Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-79

In any year in which there is a Governor-elect, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall cause to be prepared, not later than the fifteenth of November next succeeding the receipt by said secretary of the estimates of expenditure requirements and of revenue as provided in section 4-77 , a tentative budget conforming as to scope, contents and character to the requirements of sections 4-72 , 4-73 and 4-74 and containing the estimates of expenditures and revenue called for by section 4-77 . Such tentative budget shall be transmitted to the Governor-elect.