Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-164a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-164a
Sec. 4-164a. Office of the Claims Commissioner exempt from certain provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act.
Status: in_force

Cited. 186 C. 300. P.A. 82-167, Sec. 1 of which became this section, should be read as a clarification of Superior Court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from Claims Commissioner. 195 C. 534. Cited. 204 C. 259; 212 C. 415.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-170 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-170
Sec. 4-170. Legislative regulation review committee. Submission requirements for regulations. Disapproved regulations. Resubmitted regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) No adoption, amendment or repeal of any regulation, except a regulation issued pursuant to subsection (g) of section 4-168 , shall be effective until (A) an electronic copy of the proposed regulation approved by the Attorney General, as provided in section 4-169 , and an electronic copy of the regulatory flexibility analysis as provided in section 4-168a are submitted to the standing legislative regulation review committee in a manner designated by the committee, by the agency proposing the regulation, (B) the regulation is approved by the committee, at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose, and (C) a certified electronic copy of the regulation is submitted to the office of the Secretary of the State by the agency, as provided in section 4-172 , and the regulation is posted on the eRegulations System by the Secretary. (2) The date of submission for purposes of subsection (c) of this section shall be the first Tuesday of each month. Any regulation received by the committee on or before the first Tuesday of a month shall be deemed to have been submitted on the first Tuesday of that month. Any regulation submitted after the first Tuesday of a month shall be deemed to be submitted on the first Tuesday of the next succeeding month. (3) The form of proposed regulations which are submitted to the committee shall be as follows: New language added to an existing regulation shall be underlined; language to be deleted shall be enclosed in brackets and a new regulation or new section of a regulation shall be preceded by the word “(NEW)” in capital letters. Each proposed regulation shall have a statement of its purpose following the final section of the regulation. (4) The committee may permit any proposed regulation, including, but not limited to, a proposed regulation which by reference incorporates in whole or in part, any other code, rule, regulation, standard or specification, to be submitted in summary form together with a statement of purpose for the proposed regulation. On and after October 1, 1994, if the committee finds that a federal statute requires, as a condition of the state exercising regulatory authority, that a Connecticut regulation at all times must be identical to a federal statute or regulation, then the committee may approve a Connecticut regulation that by reference specifically incorporates future amendments to such federal statute or regulation provided the agency that proposed the Connecticut regulation shall submit for approval amendments to such Connecticut regulations to the committee not later than thirty days after the effective date of such amendment, and provided further the committee may hold a public hearing on such Connecticut amendments. (5) The agency shall also provide the committee with a copy of the fiscal note prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-168 . At the time of submission to the committee, the agency shall submit an electronic copy of the proposed regulation and the fiscal note to (A) the Office of Fiscal Analysis which, not later than seven days after receipt, shall submit an analysis of the fiscal note to the committee; and (B) each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of the subject matter of the proposed regulation. No regulation shall be found invalid due to the failure of an agency to submit an electronic copy of the proposed regulation and the fiscal note to each committee of cognizance, provided such regulation and fiscal note have been electronically submitted to one such committee.

(c) The committee shall review all proposed regulations and, in its discretion, may hold public hearings on any proposed regulation and may approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice, in whole or in part, any such regulation. If the committee fails to so approve, disapprove or reject without prejudice a proposed regulation, within sixty-five days after the date of submission as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the committee shall be deemed to have approved the proposed regulation for purposes of this section.

(d) If the committee disapproves a proposed regulation in whole or in part, it shall give notice of the disapproval and the reasons for the disapproval to the agency, and no agency shall thereafter issue any regulation or directive or take other action to implement such disapproved regulation, or part thereof, as the case may be, except that the agency may adopt a substantively new regulation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided the General Assembly may reverse such disapproval under the provisions of section 4-171 . If the committee disapproves any regulation proposed for the purpose of implementing a federally subsidized or assisted program, the General Assembly shall be required to either sustain or reverse the disapproval.

(e) If the committee rejects a proposed regulation without prejudice, in whole or in part, it shall notify the agency of the reasons for the rejection and the agency, following approval by the Attorney General for legal sufficiency pursuant to section 4-169 , shall resubmit the regulation in revised form to the committee, if the adoption of such regulation is required by the general statutes or any public or special act, not later than the first Tuesday of the second month following such rejection without prejudice and may so resubmit any other regulation, in the same manner as provided in this section for the initial submission. Each resubmission under this subsection shall include a summary of revisions identified by paragraph. The committee shall review and take action on such resubmitted regulation no later than thirty-five days after the date of submission, as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Posting of the notice on the eRegulations System pursuant to the provisions of section 4-168 shall not be required in the case of such resubmission.

(f) If an agency fails to submit any regulation approved in whole or in part by the standing legislative regulation review committee to the office of the Secretary of the State as provided in section 4-172 , not later than fourteen days after the date of approval, the agency shall notify the committee, not later than five days after such fourteen-day period, of its reasons for failing to submit such regulation. If any agency fails to comply with the time limits established under subsection (c) of section 4-168 , or under subsection (e) of this section, the administrative head of such agency shall submit to the committee a written explanation of the reasons for such noncompliance. The committee, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members, may grant an extension of the time limits established under subsection (c) of section 4-168 and under subsection (e) of this section. If no such extension is granted, the administrative head of the agency shall personally appear before the standing legislative regulation review committee, at a time prescribed by the committee, to explain such failure to comply. After any such appearance, the committee may, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its members, report such noncompliance to the Governor. Not later than fourteen days thereafter, the Governor shall report to the committee concerning the action the Governor has taken to ensure compliance with the provisions of section 4-168 and with the provisions of this section.

Cited. 165 C. 448; 168 C. 597; 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 177 C. 356. Constitutionality of statute not in question since disputed regulation was not subject to review under the statutes. 183 C. 313. Cited. 186 C. 153; 187 C. 458; 191 C. 173; Id., 384; 200 C. 133; 202 C. 583; 204 C. 122; Id., 287; 215 C. 590; 217 C. 631; 221 C. 206; 232 C. 599; 234 C. 614; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 26 CA 132; 28 CA 145; 39 CA 216.

Cited. 34 CS 225; 42 CS 602.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-9a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 46 / Section 4-9a
Sec. 4-9a. Appointment of chairpersons and executive directors of boards and commissions. Public members; proportion; definition; exception; online system. Members; terms.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Public members shall constitute not less than one-third of the members of each board and commission within the Executive Department, except the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Public member means an elector of the state who has no substantial financial interest in, is not employed in or by, and is not professionally affiliated with, any industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution regulated or licensed by the relevant board or commission, and who has had no professional affiliation with any such industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution for three years preceding his appointment to the board or commission. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the general statutes, this section shall not apply to the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, boards and commissions the membership of which is entirely composed of state department heads, elected officials or deputies appointed by such department heads or where the membership of such board or commission is determined in accordance with the provisions of any federal law.

(2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall create, maintain and make accessible on the state Internet web site a system through which an individual may electronically submit a name to be considered for appointment as a public member to a board or commission within the Executive Department. Such system shall include information about each such board or commission and specify any requirements for membership on such board or commission.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the term of each member of each board and commission within the Executive Department, except the State Board of Education, the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the State Properties Review Board, the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board, the Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, the Psychiatric Security Review Board, the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, the E 9-1-1 Commission, and the board of trustees of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education, commencing on or after July 1, 1979, shall be coterminous with the term of the Governor or until a successor is chosen, whichever is later.

(d) Each member of each board and commission within the Executive Department shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority except where otherwise specifically provided by any provision of the general statutes.

Cited. 22 CA 181.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-47 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-47
Sec. 4b-47. Sale or transfer of state land or interest in state land by state agency. Notice. Publication. Comment period. Duties of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop a policy for reviewing notices received from a state agency, department or institution, as described in subsection (a) of this section, and making a draft recommendation to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management as to whether all or a portion of the land or land interest referenced in such notice should be preserved by (1) transferring the land or land interest or granting a conservation easement therein to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (2) imposing restrictions or conditions upon the transfer of the land or land interest, or (3) transferring all or a portion of the land or land interest, or granting a conservation easement interest therein, to an appropriate third party. Any such recommendations shall be accompanied by a report explaining the basis of the recommendations and shall include, where appropriate, a natural resource inventory. Such recommendations and report shall be published in the Environmental Monitor and shall provide for a written public comment period of thirty days following publication of such notice. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall (A) respond to any written comments received during such thirty-day comment period, (B) make a final recommendation to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, and (C) publish such written comments along with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's response to such written comments including the department's final recommendation to the secretary in the Environmental Monitor. Following receipt of the final recommendation of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall make the final determination as to the ultimate disposition of the land or interest. Such determination shall be published in the Environmental Monitor for a period of not less than fifteen days prior to the sale or transfer of such land or interest.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

(1) Limit the applicability of sections 22a-1a to 22a-1i , inclusive, with respect to the sale or transfer of state land or any interest in state land, except that if an environmental impact evaluation was prepared pursuant to sections 22a-1b and 22a-1c or an environmental statement was prepared for such state land or interest in state land pursuant to any other state or federal law or regulation, as specified in section 22a-1f , such state agency, department or institution shall be exempt from the notice and public comment requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section;

(2) Affect any purchase and sale agreement entered into between the state and any second party that was in effect prior to October 1, 2007, or any subsequent sale, transfer, easement, lease or other such agreement made pursuant to any such purchase and sale agreement;

(3) Apply to the conveyance of any parcel of state land or any interest in state land pursuant to an act of the General Assembly;

(4) Apply to the sale or transfer of state lands between state agencies;

(5) Apply to any easement that is granted to a municipality or a regulated utility or utilities that (A) primarily benefits the state or an agency or institution of the state, (B) is ordered as the result of a state or federal regulatory process or proceeding, or (C) is necessary as a result of the construction or reconstruction of any Department of Transportation highway or facility;

(6) Apply to the sale or transfer of state land or an interest in state land that was designated as surplus, pursuant to subsections (b) to (h), inclusive, of section 4b-21 prior to October 1, 2007, provided the provisions of this section were complied with at the time of such designation;

(7) Apply to the transfer of ten acres or less by the Department of Transportation or the Department of Education;

(8) Limit state agency or public comments to a particular subject matter area;

(9) Limit the publication of any public notifications, comments or reports that are required under this section solely to the Environmental Monitor; or

(10) Limit the solicitation of public comment solely to the Environmental Monitor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-182 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-182
Sec. 4-182. Matters involving licenses.
Status: in_force

(b) When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a license or a new license with reference to any activity of a continuing nature, the existing license shall not expire until the application has been finally determined by the agency, and, in case the application is denied or the terms of the new license limited, until the last day for seeking review of the agency order or a later date fixed by order of the reviewing court.

(c) No revocation, suspension, annulment or withdrawal of any license is lawful unless, prior to the institution of agency proceedings, the agency gave notice by mail to the licensee of facts or conduct which warrant the intended action and the specific provisions of the general statutes or of regulations adopted by the agency that authorize such intended action, and the licensee was given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license. If the agency finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.

(d) (1) When an agency is authorized under the general statutes to issue a license, but is not specifically authorized to revoke or suspend such license, the agency may: (A) Revoke or suspend such license in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section; or (B) (i) adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, that provide a procedure for the revocation or suspension of such license consistent with the requirements of said subsection (c), and (ii) revoke or suspend such license in accordance with such regulations.

(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect (A) the validity of any regulation adopted in accordance with this chapter and effective on or before October 1, 1999, or (B) any contested case in which a notice under section 4-177 is issued on or before October 1, 1999.

Cited. 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 207 C. 77; Id., 698; 211 C. 508; 213 C. 184; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 9 CA 622; 27 CA 495; judgment reversed, see 225 C. 499.

Cited. 40 CS 226.

Subsec. (c):

Cited. 207 C. 698; 214 C. 560; 220 C. 86; 223 C. 618; 235 C. 128. Since phrase “institution of agency proceedings” means the institution of a particular action at law or case in litigation and “proceeding” encompasses a broader category of events than that encompassed by a hearing or final decision, Department of Public Utility Control instituted proceedings against plaintiff when it issued the letter to plaintiff informing it of its initiation of the new investigation; grounds for revocation of license must be more than self-evident to the licensee, thus Department of Public Utility Control's letter to licensee which merely advised that department had initiated an investigation into whether it should revoke licensee's certificate of public convenience and necessity, stated certain departmental procedural practices and indicated that licensee was designated as a party to the proceeding without reference to the basis underlying initiation of the proceeding did not satisfy statutory requirements because the letter commenced revocation proceedings and could not have provided licensee with notice and opportunity to show compliance prior to institution of the proceeding; “opportunity to show compliance” provision represents a “second chance” doctrine which allows licensee opportunity to put its house in lawful order before more formal agency proceedings are undertaken; court did not interpret Subsec. as requiring a hearing or opportunity for a hearing prior to revocation of license or as component of the “opportunity to show compliance” provision. 270 C. 778. Issuance of second chance notice under Subsec. is precursor to formal license revocation process governed by Sec. 4-177(b) and does not on its own constitute the institution of agency proceedings; agency proceeding by Insurance Department is not instituted until department commences a contested case proceeding in accordance with regulation implementing Sec. 4-177(b). 315 C. 196.

Cited. 14 CA 552; 24 CA 662; judgment reversed, see 223 C. 618; 34 CA 343; 37 CA 777. Where plaintiff had been given ample notice of charges against him and had a sufficient opportunity to be heard, failure of state electrical work examining board to hold a compliance hearing prior to license revocation did not deprive plaintiff of his statutory or constitutional rights. 104 CA 655.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4a-57d — Connecticut Code / Title 4a / Chapter 58 / Section 4a-57d
Sec. 4a-57d. Report re resident bidders. Program to increase state contract awards to resident bidders.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop and implement a program to increase the number of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or other method selected by the commissioner, provided such program shall not violate clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States Constitution. In developing such program, the commissioner shall consider the findings contained in the report made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-67p — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-67p
Sec. 4-67p. Chief Data Officer. Duties. Designation of agency data officers. State data plan. Agency inventories of data. Open data access plans. Online repository. Voluntary compliance of other agencies or municipalities.
Status: in_force

(b) Each executive branch agency shall designate an employee of the agency to serve as the agency data officer, who shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this section and who shall serve as the main contact person for inquiries, requests or concerns regarding access to the data of such agency. The agency data officer, in consultation with the Chief Data Officer and the executive agency head, shall establish procedures to ensure that requests for data that the agency receives are complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner.

(c) Not later than December 31, 2018, and every two years thereafter, the Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the agency data officers and executive branch agency heads, shall create a state data plan. The state data plan shall (1) establish management and data analysis standards across all executive branch agencies, (2) include specific, achievable goals within the two years following adoption of such plan, as well as longer term goals, (3) make recommendations to enhance standardization and integration of data systems and data management practices across all executive branch agencies, (4) provide a timeline for a review of any state or federal legal concerns or other obstacles to the internal sharing of data among agencies, including security and privacy concerns, and (5) set goals for improving the online repository established pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Each state data plan shall provide for a procedure for each agency head to report to the Chief Data Officer regarding the agency's progress toward achieving the plan's goals. Such plan may make recommendations concerning data management for the legislative or judicial branch agencies, but such recommendations shall not be binding on such agencies.

(d) The Chief Data Officer shall submit a preliminary draft of such plan to the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board established under section 2-79e not later than November 1, 2018, and every two years thereafter. Said board shall hold a public hearing on such draft and shall submit any suggested revisions to the Chief Data Officer not later than thirty days after receipt of such draft.

(e) After the public hearing and if applicable, receiving any recommended revisions from the board, the Chief Data Officer shall finalize such plan and submit the final plan to the board. The Chief Data Officer shall send a copy of the final state data plan to all agency data officers and shall post such plan on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management.

(f) Information technology-related actions and initiatives of all executive branch agencies, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of hardware and software and the development of software, shall be consistent with the final state data plan.

(g) On or before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually thereafter, each executive branch agency shall conduct an inventory of any high value data that is collected or possessed by the agency. Such inventory shall be in a form prescribed by the Chief Data Officer. In conducting such inventory, data shall be presumed to be public data unless otherwise classified by federal or state law or regulation. On or before December 31, 2018, and not less than annually thereafter, each executive branch agency shall submit such inventory to the Chief Data Officer and the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board.

(h) Each executive branch agency shall develop an open data access plan. Such plan shall be in a form prescribed by the Office of Policy and Management and shall detail the agency's plan to publish, as open data, any public data that the agency has identified and any protected data that can be made public through aggregation, redaction of individually identifiable information or other means sufficient to satisfy applicable state or federal law or regulation.

(i) The Office of Policy and Management shall operate and maintain an online repository for the publication of open data by executive branch agencies.

(j) Any state agency that is not an executive branch agency and any quasi-public agency or municipality may voluntarily opt to comply with the provisions of this section and, upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management, the provisions of this section shall apply to such agency or municipality. Any state or quasi-public agency or any municipality that voluntarily opts to comply with the provisions of this section may opt out of complying with this section upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management. The Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain a list of all agencies subject to the provisions of this section, including those agencies and municipalities that have voluntarily opted to comply, and shall publish such list on the office's Internet web site and update such list as necessary.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-124v — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-124v
Sec. 4-124v. Bond issue for nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid under the nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(c) (1) There is established the nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for infrastructure costs related to the consolidation of programs and services resulting from the collaborative efforts of two or more such organizations. Grant funds may be used for: (A) The purchase of and improvements to facilities; (B) the refinancing of facility loans; (C) equipment purchases; (D) energy conservation, transportation and technology projects; (E) planning and administrative costs related to such purchases, improvements, refinancing or projects; and (F) any other purpose authorized in guidelines established under subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(2) Not later than February 1, 2010, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, in consultation with the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, and with representatives of nonprofit organizations that receive state funding, develop guidelines for (A) administration of the nonprofit collaboration incentive grant program, (B) eligibility criteria for participation by nonprofit organizations, and for the expenditure of grant funds, and (C) prioritization for the awarding of grants pursuant to this section.

(3) Nonprofit organizations eligible for such funding pursuant to the guidelines developed under subdivision (2) of this subsection may file applications for such funding at such times and in such manner as the secretary prescribes. The secretary shall review all grant applications and make determinations as to which projects to fund and the amount of grants to be awarded in accordance with the guidelines developed under subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(d) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-38f — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-38f
Sec. 4-38f. “Administrative purposes only”, defined. Agencies assigned to departments for administrative purposes only; agencies' powers; departments' duties.
Status: repealed

(b) The department to which an agency is assigned for administrative purposes only shall: (1) Provide record keeping, reporting, and related administrative and clerical functions for the agency to the extent deemed necessary by the department head; (2) disseminate for the agency any required notices, rules or orders adopted, amended or repealed by the agency; (3) provide staff for the agency subject to the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section; and (4) include in the departmental budget the agency's budgetary request, if any, as a separate part of said budget and exactly as prepared and submitted to the department by the agency.

Cited. 193 C. 379.

Cited. 3 CA 464.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-1b — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-1b
Sec. 4b-1b. Transfer of authority from former Department of Construction Services to Department of Administrative Services.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Construction Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Public Safety with respect to the Division of Fire, Emergency and Building Services within the Department of Public Safety, except the portion of said division concerning emergency services, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d , 4-38e and 4-39 .

(c) The Department of Construction Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Education in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d , 4-38e and 4-39 with respect to the issuance of school construction grants in accordance with chapter 173. On and after July 1, 2011, any regulation of the State Board of Education adopted pursuant to chapter 173 shall continue in force and effect until the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Construction Services, determines which regulations need to be transferred to the Department of Construction Services in accordance with chapter 54 and either the Department of Construction Services or the State Board of Education amends such regulations to effect such transfer. Where any order or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Construction Services or the Commissioner of Education may implement policies or procedures consistent with the provisions of chapter 173 while in the process of adopting such policies or procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt such regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Any such policies or procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.

(d) All powers and duties transferred to the Department of Construction Services by this section are transferred to the Department of Administrative Services, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-38d , 4-38e and 4-39 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-151a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-151a
Sec. 4-151a. Waiver of hearings.
Status: in_force

Cited. 186 C. 300. P.A. 82-167, Sec. 4 of which amended this section, should be read as a clarification of Superior Court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from Claims Commissioner. 195 C. 534.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-279 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55e / Section 4-279
Sec. 4-279. Civil action when Attorney General declines to proceed. Division of proceeds. Attorneys' fees and costs. Stay of discovery.
Status: in_force

(b) A person bringing an action under this section or settling the claim shall receive an amount which the court decides is reasonable for collecting the civil penalty and damages. The amount shall be not less than twenty-five per cent or more than thirty per cent of the proceeds of the action or settlement and shall be paid out of such proceeds. Such person shall also receive an amount for reasonable expenses that the court finds to have been necessarily incurred, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. All such expenses, fees and costs shall be awarded against the defendant.

(c) If a defendant prevails in the action conducted under this section and the court finds that the claim of the person bringing the action was clearly frivolous, clearly vexatious or brought primarily for purposes of harassment, the court may award reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses to the defendant.

(d) Irrespective of whether the Attorney General proceeds with the action, upon request and showing by the Attorney General that certain motions or requests for discovery by a person bringing the action would interfere with the state's investigation or prosecution of a criminal or civil matter arising out of the same facts, the court may stay such discovery for a period of not more than sixty days from the date of the order of the stay. Such a showing shall be conducted in camera. The court may extend the stay for an additional sixty-day period upon a further showing in camera that the state has pursued the criminal or civil investigation or proceedings with reasonable diligence and any proposed discovery in the civil action will interfere with the ongoing criminal or civil investigation or proceedings. For the purposes of this subsection, the Chief State's Attorney or state's attorney for the appropriate judicial district may appear to explain to the court the potential impact of such discovery on a pending criminal investigation or prosecution.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-34 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-34
Sec. 4b-34. (Formerly Sec. 4-127c). Advertising for space. List of prospective lessors. Space inventory. Notice to Connecticut Association of Realtors. Leasing from political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall maintain a list of prospective lessors, which shall be updated at least annually after suitable notice to the public through the various media in the state.

(c) The commissioner shall maintain and continuously update an inventory of potential space to lease.

(d) Whenever space sufficient to meet the needs of a requesting agency or institution is owned by a political subdivision of the state and is available for lease, the commissioner may lease such space without complying with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, if he has determined that the rent and other terms of the proposed lease are at least as favorable to the state as prevailing rental rates and terms for privately owned space.

(e) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply in the case of (1) a terminating lease which the commissioner decides to renegotiate, if the commissioner submits his proposal to the State Properties Review Board not later than nine months before the expiration of such lease, (2) a lease (A) which is renegotiated or on holdover status, for a term of not more than eighteen months, and (B) which is for an agency that is scheduled to move into a state-owned building, or (3) the lease of new facilities following a declaration by the commissioner that (A) an emergency exists because a state facility has been damaged, destroyed or otherwise rendered unusable due to any cause, and (B) such emergency would adversely affect public safety or the proper conduct of essential state governmental operations. The State Properties Review Board shall approve or disapprove a lease proposal under subdivision (3) of this subsection within five days after receipt of the proposal.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-142b — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-142b
Sec. 4-142b. Office of the Claims Commissioner. Authority of Claims Commissioner to assign a special deputy to hear and decide claims.
Status: in_force

Cited. 186 C. 300. P.A. 82-167, Sec. 2 of which amended this section, should be read as a clarification of Superior Court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from Claims Commissioner. 195 C. 534.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-258 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55d / Section 4-258
Sec. 4-258. Competitive procurement process; requirements. Stipend for unsuccessful proposer. Department authority to retain consultants.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to beginning a competitive procurement process in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the department may issue a request for information to obtain information regarding potential projects.

(c) In conducting the competitive procurement process, the department shall meet the following requirements in addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section:

(1) Contain, within the bid specifications, a detailed description of the scope of the proposed project;

(2) Contain the material terms and conditions of the terms applicable to the procurement and any contract that results;

(3) Provide public notice of the invitation to bid, request for proposal or request for information not less than thirty days prior to the due date, unless the Commissioner of Transportation makes a written determination that a lesser time period is appropriate and will preserve the competitive nature of the procurement; and

(4) Publish the evaluation and selection criteria and include a determination of which proposals best serve the public purpose of sections 4-255 to 4-264 , inclusive.

(d) The department may pay a stipend to an unsuccessful proposer, in an amount and on the terms and conditions determined by the department as reasonable, if (1) the department cancels the procurement process less than thirty days prior to the date the bid or proposal is due, or (2) the unsuccessful proposer submits a proposal that is responsive and meets all the requirements established by the department for the project. The department may require the proposer to grant the department the right to use any work product contained in any unsuccessful proposal, or in the event of a cancelled procurement as set forth in this section, any work product developed prior to cancellation, including designs, processes, technologies and information. All conditions for a stipend shall be clearly set forth in the request for information, bid solicitation, request for proposal or request for qualifications.

(e) The department may retain financial, legal and other consultants and experts to assist in the procurement, evaluation and negotiation of public-private partnerships and for the development of eligible facilities in accordance with sections 4-255 to 4-264 , inclusive. Such services may be procured through a contract with a private entity or with another state agency.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-1
Sec. 4e-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Best value selection” means a contract selection process in which the award of a contract is based on a combination of quality, timeliness and cost factors;

(2) “Bid” means an offer, submitted in response to an invitation to bid, to furnish supplies, materials, equipment, construction or contractual services to a state contracting agency under prescribed conditions at a stated price;

(3) “Bidder” means a business submitting a bid in response to an invitation to bid by a state contracting agency;

(4) “Business” means any individual or sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, trust, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association or other legal entity through which business for profit or not-for-profit is conducted;

(5) “Competitive bidding” means the submission of prices by a business competing for a contract to provide supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services to a state contracting agency, under a procedure in which the contracting authority does not negotiate prices, as set forth in statutes and regulations concerning procurement;

(6) “Consultant” means (A) any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor, accountant, interior designer, environmental professional or construction administrator, who is registered or licensed to practice such person's profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes, (B) any planner or any environmental, management or financial specialist, or (C) any person who performs professional work in areas including, but not limited to, educational services, medical services, information technology and real estate appraisal;

(7) “Consultant services” means those professional services rendered by a consultant and any incidental services that a consultant and those in the consultant's employ are authorized to perform;

(8) “Contract” or “state contract” means an agreement or a combination or series of agreements between a state contracting agency or quasi-public agency and a business for:

(A) A project for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building, public work, mass transit, rail station, parking garage, rail track or airport;

(B) Services, including, but not limited to, consultant and professional services;

(C) The acquisition or disposition of personal property;

(D) The provision of goods and services, including, but not limited to, the use of purchase of services contracts and personal service agreements;

(E) The provision of information technology, state agency information system or telecommunication system facilities, equipment or services;

(F) A lease; or

(G) A licensing agreement;

“Contract” or “state contract” does not include a contract between a state agency or a quasi-public agency and a political subdivision of the state;

(9) “Term contract” means the agreement reached when the state accepts a bid or proposal to furnish supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services at a stated price for a specific period of time in response to an invitation to bid;

(10) “Contract risk assessment” means (A) the identification and evaluation of loss exposures and risks, including, but not limited to, business and legal risks associated with the contracting process and the contracted goods and services, and (B) the identification, evaluation and implementation of measures available to minimize potential loss exposures and risks;

(11) “Contractor” means any business that is awarded, or is a subcontractor under, a contract or an amendment to a contract with a state contracting agency under statutes and regulations concerning procurement, including, but not limited to, a small contractor, minority business enterprise, an individual with a disability, as defined in section 4a-60 , or an organization providing products and services by persons with disabilities;

(12) “Contractual services” means the furnishing of labor by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports, which are merely incidental to the required performance and includes any and all laundry and cleaning service, pest control service, janitorial service, security service, the rental and repair, or maintenance, of equipment, machinery and other state-owned personal property, advertising and photostating, mimeographing, human services and other service arrangements where the services are provided by persons other than state employees. “Contractual services” includes the design, development and implementation of technology, communications or telecommunications systems or the infrastructure pertaining thereto, including hardware and software and services for which a contractor is conferred a benefit by the state, whether or not compensated by the state. “Contractual services” does not include employment agreements or collective bargaining agreements;

(13) “Data” means recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic;

(14) “Vote of two-thirds of the members of the board present and voting” means a vote by the State Contracting Standards Board that is agreed upon by two-thirds of the members of the State Contracting Standards Board present and voting for a particular purpose and that includes the vote of one member of the board appointed by a legislative leader;

(15) “Electronic” means electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or any other similar technology;

(16) “Emergency procurement” means procurement by a state contracting agency, quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120 , judicial department or constituent unit of higher education that is made necessary by a sudden, unexpected occurrence that poses a clear and imminent danger to public safety or requires immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, property or essential public services or in response to a court order, settlement agreement or other similar legal judgment;

(17) “Equipment” means personal property of a durable nature that retains its identity throughout its useful life;

(18) “Materials” means items required to perform a function or used in a manufacturing process, particularly those incorporated into an end product or consumed in its manufacture;

(19) “Nonprofit agency” means any organization that is not a for-profit business under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, makes no distribution to its members, directors or officers and provides services contracted for by (A) the state, or (B) a nonstate entity;

(20) “Professional services” means any type of service to the public that requires that members of a profession rendering such service obtain a license or other legal authorization as a condition precedent to the rendition thereof, including, but not limited to, the professional services of architects, professional engineers, or jointly by architects and professional engineers, landscape architects, certified public accountants and public accountants, land surveyors, attorneys-at-law, psychologists, licensed marital and family therapists, licensed professional counselors and licensed clinical social workers as well as such other professional services described in section 33-182a ;

(21) “Privatization contract” means an agreement or series of agreements between a state contracting agency and a person or entity in which such person or entity agrees to provide services that are substantially similar to and in lieu of services provided, in whole or in part, by state employees, other than contracts with a nonprofit agency, which are in effect as of January 1, 2009, and which through a renewal, modification, extension or rebidding of contracts continue to be provided by a nonprofit agency;

(22) “Procurement” means contracting for, buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise acquiring or disposing of, any supplies, services, including but not limited to, contracts for purchase of services and personal service agreements, interest in real property, or construction, and includes all government functions that relate to such activities, including best value selection and qualification based selection;

(23) “Proposer” means a business submitting a proposal to a state contracting agency in response to a request for proposals or other competitive sealed proposal;

(24) “Public record” means a public record, as defined in section 1-200 ;

(25) “Qualification based selection” means a contract selection process in which the award of a contract is primarily based on an assessment of contractor qualifications and on the negotiation of a fair and reasonable price;

(26) “Regulation” means regulation, as defined in section 4-166 ;

(27) “Request for proposals” means all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting proposals;

(28) “State contracting agency” means any executive branch agency, board, commission, department, office, institution or council. “State contracting agency” does not include the judicial branch, the legislative branch, the offices of the Secretary of the State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, with respect to their constitutional functions, any state agency with respect to contracts specific to the constitutional and statutory functions of the office of the State Treasurer. For the purposes of every provision of this chapter other than section 4e-16 , “state contracting agency” includes the Connecticut Port Authority, for the purposes of section 4e-16 , “state contracting agency” includes any constituent unit of the state system of higher education and for the purposes of section 4e-19 , “state contracting agency” includes the State Education Resource Center, established under section 10-4q ;

(29) “Subcontractor” means a subcontractor of a contractor for work under a contract or an amendment to a contract;

(30) “Supplies” means any and all articles of personal property, including, but not limited to, equipment, materials, printing, insurance and leases of real property, excluding land or a permanent interest in land furnished to or used by any state agency;

(31) “Infrastructure facility” means a building, structure or network of buildings, structures, pipes, controls and equipment that provide transportation, utilities, public education or public safety services. Infrastructure facility includes government office buildings, public schools, jails, water treatment plants, distribution systems and pumping stations, wastewater treatment plants, collections systems and pumping stations, solid waste disposal plants, incinerators, landfills, and related facilities, public roads and streets, highways, public parking facilities, public transportation systems, terminals and rolling stock, rail, air and water port structures, terminals and equipment; and

(32) “State employee” means state employee, as defined in section 5-154 and, for purposes of section 4e-16 , state employee includes an employee of any state contracting agency.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-61jj — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-61jj
Sec. 4-61jj. Incidental benefits. Fulfillment of experience or training requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to provide for the recognition of volunteer service as partial fulfillment of state employment requirements of training or experience.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-277 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55e / Section 4-277
Sec. 4-277. Civil action by individual. Consent for withdrawal. Manner of service. Complaint under seal. Intervention by Attorney General.
Status: in_force

(b) A copy of the complaint and written disclosure of substantially all material evidence and information the person who brings such action possesses shall be served on the state by serving the Attorney General in the manner prescribed in section 52-64 . The complaint shall be filed in camera, shall remain under seal for at least sixty days and shall not be served on the defendant until the court so orders. The court, upon motion of the Attorney General, may, for good cause shown, extend the time during which the complaint remains under seal. Such motion may be supported by affidavits or other submissions in camera. Prior to the expiration of the time during which the complaint remains under seal, the Attorney General shall: (1) Proceed with the action in which case the action shall be conducted by the Attorney General, or (2) notify the court that the Attorney General declines to take over the action in which case the person bringing the action shall have the right to conduct the action.

(c) If the court orders the complaint to be unsealed and served, the court shall issue an appropriate order of notice requiring the same notice that is ordinarily required to commence a civil action. The defendant shall not be required to respond to any complaint filed under this section until thirty days after the complaint is served upon the defendant.

(d) If a person brings an action under this section, no person other than the state may intervene or bring a related action based on the facts underlying the pending action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-28e — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 47 / Section 4-28e
Sec. 4-28e. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Tobacco Settlement Fund. Disbursements.
Status: in_force

*(b) (1) The Treasurer is authorized to invest all or any part of the Tobacco Settlement Fund, all or any part of the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund created in section 4-28f and all or any part of the Biomedical Research Trust Fund created in section 19a-32c . The interest derived from any such investment shall be credited to the resources of the fund from which the investment was made.

(2) Notwithstanding sections 3-13 to 3-13h , inclusive, the Treasurer shall invest the amounts on deposit in the Tobacco Settlement Fund, the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund and the Biomedical Research Trust Fund in a manner reasonable and appropriate to achieve the objectives of such funds, exercising the discretion and care of a prudent person in similar circumstances with similar objectives. The Treasurer shall give due consideration to rate of return, risk, term or maturity, diversification of the total portfolio within such funds, liquidity, the projected disbursements and expenditures, and the expected payments, deposits, contributions and gifts to be received. The Treasurer shall not be required to invest such funds directly in obligations of the state or any political subdivision of the state or in any investment or other fund administered by the Treasurer. The assets of such funds shall be continuously invested and reinvested in a manner consistent with the objectives of such funds until disbursed in accordance with this section, section 4-28f or section 19a-32c .

(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, annual disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be made as follows: (1) To the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in an amount equal to twelve million dollars; and (2) the remainder to the General Fund; except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the annual disbursement from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be made to the General Fund.

(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Revenue Services and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated to the office of the Attorney General for the enforcement of the provisions of sections 4-28h to 4-28q , inclusive.

*Note: On and after July 1, 2025, subsection (b) of this section, as amended by section 95 of public act 24-81, is to read as follows:

“(b) (1) The Treasurer is authorized to invest all or any part of the Tobacco Settlement Fund and all or any part of the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund created under section 4-28f. The interest derived from any such investment shall be credited to the resources of the fund from which the investment was made.

(2) Notwithstanding sections 3-13 to 3-13h, inclusive, the Treasurer shall invest the amounts on deposit in the Tobacco Settlement Fund and the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund in a manner reasonable and appropriate to achieve the objectives of such funds, exercising the discretion and care of a prudent person in similar circumstances with similar objectives. The Treasurer shall give due consideration to rate of return, risk, term or maturity, diversification of the total portfolio within such funds, liquidity, the projected disbursements and expenditures, and the expected payments, deposits, contributions and gifts to be received. The Treasurer shall not be required to invest such funds directly in obligations of the state or any political subdivision of the state or in any investment or other fund administered by the Treasurer. The assets of such funds shall be continuously invested and reinvested in a manner consistent with the objectives of such funds until disbursed in accordance with this section or section 4-28f.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-28k — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 47 / Section 4-28k
Sec. 4-28k. Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, menthol, lights, kings and 100's, and includes any use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes;

(2) “Cigarette” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services;

(4) “Importer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(5) “Master Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(6) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer;

(7) “Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(8) “Participating manufacturer” has the meaning as provided in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto;

(9) “Qualified escrow fund” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(10) “Stamper” means, in the case of cigarettes other than roll-your-own tobacco, a person that under chapter 214 may lawfully purchase unstamped packages of cigarettes and affix Connecticut cigarette tax stamps to such packages, and, in the case of roll-your-own tobacco, a person licensed as a distributor under chapter 214a and required to pay the tax due on such tobacco under said chapter 214a;

(11) “Tobacco product manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; and

(12) “Units sold” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-166 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-166
Sec. 4-166. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Agency” means each state board, commission, department or officer authorized by law to make regulations or to determine contested cases, but does not include either house or any committee of the General Assembly, the courts, the Council on Probate Judicial Conduct, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General, or town or regional boards of education, or automobile dispute settlement panels established pursuant to section 42-181 ;

(2) “Approved regulation” means a regulation submitted to the Secretary of the State in accordance with the provisions of section 4-172 ;

(3) “Certification date” means the date the Secretary of the State certifies, in writing, that the eRegulations System is technologically sufficient to serve as the official compilation and electronic repository in accordance with section 4-173b ;

(4) “Contested case” means a proceeding, including but not restricted to rate-making, price fixing and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by state statute or regulation to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing or in which a hearing is in fact held, but does not include proceedings on a petition for a declaratory ruling under section 4-176 , hearings referred to in section 4-168 or hearings conducted by the Department of Correction or the Board of Pardons and Paroles;

(5) “Final decision” means (A) the agency determination in a contested case, (B) a declaratory ruling issued by an agency pursuant to section 4-176 , or (C) an agency decision made after reconsideration. The term does not include a preliminary or intermediate ruling or order of an agency, or a ruling of an agency granting or denying a petition for reconsideration;

(6) “Hearing officer” means an individual appointed by an agency to conduct a hearing in an agency proceeding. Such individual may be a staff employee of the agency;

(7) “Intervenor” means a person, other than a party, granted status as an intervenor by an agency in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of section 4-176 or subsection (b) of section 4-177a ;

(8) “License” includes the whole or part of any agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or similar form of permission required by law, but does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes;

(9) “Licensing” includes the agency process respecting the grant, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension, annulment, withdrawal or amendment of a license;

(10) “Party” means each person (A) whose legal rights, duties or privileges are required by statute to be determined by an agency proceeding and who is named or admitted as a party, (B) who is required by law to be a party in an agency proceeding, or (C) who is granted status as a party under subsection (a) of section 4-177a ;

(11) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental subdivision, agency or public or private organization of any character, but does not include the agency conducting the proceeding;

(12) “Personal delivery” means delivery directly to the intended recipient or a recipient's designated representative and includes, but is not limited to, delivery by electronic mail to an electronic mail address identified by the recipient as an acceptable means of communication;

(13) “Presiding officer” means the member of an agency or the hearing officer designated by the head of the agency to preside at the hearing;

(14) “Proposed final decision” means a final decision proposed by an agency or a presiding officer under section 4-179 ;

(15) “Proposed regulation” means a proposal by an agency under the provisions of section 4-168 for a new regulation or for a change in, addition to or repeal of an existing regulation;

(16) “Regulation” means each agency statement of general applicability, without regard to its designation, that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or describes the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of any agency. The term includes the amendment or repeal of a prior regulation, but does not include (A) statements concerning only the internal management of any agency and not affecting private rights or procedures available to the public, (B) declaratory rulings issued pursuant to section 4-176 , or (C) intra-agency or interagency memoranda;

(17) “Regulation-making” means the process for formulation and adoption of a regulation;

(18) “Regulation-making record” means the documents specified in subsection (b) of section 4-168b and includes any other documents created, received or considered by an agency during the regulation-making process; and

(19) “Regulations of Connecticut state agencies” means the official compilation of all permanent regulations adopted by all state agencies subsequent to October 27, 1970, organized by title number, subtitle number and section number.

Cited. 166 C. 337. The term “state board” includes such entities as the Berlin board of education when acting as agent of the state. 167 C. 368. Cited. 168 C. 435; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 176 C. 82; 184 C. 311; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 198 C. 445; 207 C. 346; 211 C. 690; 212 C. 83; 213 C. 184; 214 C. 560; 215 C. 517; 216 C. 228; 220 C. 516; 231 C. 391; 238 C. 361; 239 C. 32. Because Sec. 22a-371 does not require Commissioner of Environmental Protection to conduct hearing to determine whether an application is complete, commissioner's rejection notice for plaintiff's insufficient application did not constitute a final decision in contested case. 263 C. 692. Plaintiff determined to have no statutory right of appeal from decision of Department of Social Services with respect to liens imposed pursuant to Secs. 17b-93 and 17b-94 which provide for reimbursement of Medicaid and public assistance benefits previously paid by state to plaintiff, and therefore hearing is not a “contested case” as defined under Uniform Administrative Procedure Act; trial court judgment reversed and case remanded with direction to dismiss plaintiff's administrative appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 273 C. 434. Department of Public Works was not under a statutory or regulatory mandate to conduct a hearing regarding alleged violations of bidding process; there was no agency determination in a contested case; plaintiff had no right to judicial review of commissioner's decision because it was not aggrieved by a final decision required to trigger judicial review under Uniform Administrative Procedure Act. 282 C. 764.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 9 CA 622; 19 CA 713; 25 CA 555. Harmless error analysis is available in the administrative context. 57 CA 767. Plaintiff was not aggrieved by final decision because the hearing, which was not required by statute, did not constitute contested case within meaning of statute. 75 CA 215. Plaintiff was not barred from pursuing unpaid wages despite investigation conducted pursuant to Sec. 31-76a because res judicata only applies to a final judgment in a contested case and plaintiff withdrew claim prior to final determination; an administrative tribunal's decision is not entitled to res judicata effect in subsequent proceedings between the parties if the initial decision was not subject to judicial review. 141 CA 110.

Question whether personnel policies of state colleges are “regulations” within meaning of chapter. 32 CS 153. Cited. 34 CS 225; 36 CS 1; Id., 18; 38 CS 24; 40 CS 365; 44 CS 21.

Subdiv. (1):

Berlin board of education held authorized by law to determine contested cases. 167 C. 368. Cited. 170 C. 668. Exclusions of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general from definition of “agency” constitute exemptions from chapter. 172 C. 603. Cited. 176 C. 318; Id., 466. Indian affairs council is an “agency” within the meaning of statute. 180 C. 474. Cited. 181 C. 69; 183 C. 76; 193 C. 379; 195 C. 174; 207 C. 77; Id., 674; 208 C. 709; 217 C. 130; 228 C. 651; 231 C. 308; 235 C. 128. Adoption review board is an “agency”. 247 C. 474.

Cited. 3 CA 464; 6 CA 473; 13 CA 1; 17 CA 429; 18 CA 13; 22 CA 181; 35 CA 769.

Cited. 39 CS 443.

Subdiv. (4) (Former Subdiv. (2)):

Hearing under Sec. 10-151(b) is a “contested case”. 167 C. 368. Cited. 171 C. 348; Id., 691; 183 C. 76; Id., 128; 191 C. 497; 193 C. 379; 214 C. 726; 221 C. 422; 224 C. 693; 226 C. 105. Court found legislative intent to limit contested case status to proceedings in which agency is required by statute to provide opportunity for hearing determining party's legal rights or privileges. Id., 792. Cited. 231 C. 403; 234 C. 411; 235 C. 128; 239 C. 124. Proceeding of adoption review board constitutes a “contested case”. 247 C. 474. Decision, after hearing, terminating authorized vendor from participation in federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) was not final decision in a contested case since hearing not required by state statute. 262 C. 222. Trial court properly determined that P.A. 04-94, which amended definition of contested case to include a hearing required by “state” statute “or regulation”, did not apply retroactively because that act implements a substantive change in the law. 283 C. 156.

Cited. 2 CA 196; 28 CA 674; 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361; Id., 777; 44 CA 143. Contested case does not exist because section contains no provision obligating board of selectmen to determine rights and privileges with respect to municipal tax relief appeal. 182 CA 855.

Cited. 30 CS 118; 39 CS 202; 42 CS 413; 43 CS 386.

Subdiv. (5) (Former Subdiv. (3)):

Cited. 221 C. 422; 224 C. 693; 227 C. 545; 231 C. 391; 232 C. 181; 234 C. 411; Id., 424; 239 C. 124. Denial of petition to intervene pursuant to Sec. 22a-19 was not a final decision within meaning of statute because it is not the agency determination in a contested case because, in turn, it does not determine the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party and instead, it is more properly considered as a preliminary or intermediate ruling of the agency. 259 C. 131.

Cited. 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361; Id., 777; 44 CA 143. Commissioner's decision denying plaintiff's petition for reconsideration is not a final decision. 61 CA 137.

Subdiv. (7) (Former Subdiv. (5)):

Cited. 205 C. 324; 207 C. 674; 212 C. 157.

Cited. 3 CA 416; 14 CA 376.

Parties admitted at a Blue Cross rate hearing, need only be served notice of an appeal, not necessarily made parties to the appeals. 31 CS 257.

Subdiv. (8) (Former Subdiv. (6)):

Cited. 226 C. 792; 235 C. 128.

Subdiv. (9) (Former Subdiv. (7)):

Former Sec. 4-41 defined “regulation” as “designed to implement, interpret or prescribe law or to establish the general policy of such department or agency”; not mandatory that such regulations be adopted by motor vehicle department relative to hearings on suspension or revocation of dealers' licenses, but hearings not to violate the fundamentals of natural justice. 165 C. 559. Cited. 177 C. 356; 183 C. 76. Applicability of statute to regulations promulgated under Sec. 14-298 discussed. Id., 313. Cited. 187 C. 458; 191 C. 384; 200 C. 133; Id., 489; 204 C. 287.

Cited. 41 CS 271.

Subdiv. (10) (Former Subdiv. (8)):

Cited. 30 CA 85.

Subdiv. (11) (Former Subdiv. (9)):

Cited. 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.

Subdiv. (16) (Former Subdiv. (15)):

Department's use of “one year frequency tidal flood elevation” in proceeding under Sec. 22a-359 did not constitute a regulation or improper rule making since it is not a rule of general applicability and was applied in addition to other evidence. 308 C. 359.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-190 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55 / Section 4-190
Sec. 4-190. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Agency” means each state or municipal board, commission, department or officer, other than the legislature, courts, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General or town or regional boards of education, which maintains a personal data system.

(2) “Attorney” means an attorney at law empowered by a person to assert the confidentiality of or right of access to personal data under this chapter.

(3) “Authorized representative” means a parent, or a guardian or conservator, other than an attorney, appointed to act on behalf of a person and empowered by such person to assert the confidentiality of or right of access to personal data under this chapter.

(4) “Automated personal data system” means a personal data system in which data is stored, in whole or part, in a computer or in computer accessible files.

(5) “Computer accessible files” means any personal data which is stored on-line or off-line, which can be identified by use of electronic means, including, but not limited to, microfilm and microfilm devices, which includes, but is not limited to, magnetic tape, magnetic film, magnetic disks, magnetic drums, internal memory utilized by any processing device, including computers or telecommunications control units, punched cards, optically scannable paper or film.

(6) “Maintain” means collect, maintain, use or disseminate.

(7) “Manual personal data system” means a personal data system other than an automated personal data system.

(8) “Person” means an individual of any age concerning whom personal data is maintained in a personal data system, or a person's attorney or authorized representative.

(9) “Personal data” means any information about a person's education, finances, medical or emotional condition or history, employment or business history, family or personal relationships, reputation or character which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily associated with a particular person. “Personal data” shall not be construed to make available to a person any record described in subdivision (3) or (18) of subsection (b) of section 1-210 .

(10) “Personal data system” means a collection of records containing personal data.

(11) “Record” means any collection of personal data which is collected, maintained or disseminated.

Cited. 186 C. 153; 216 C. 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-80 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-80
Sec. 4-80. Hearings on tentative budget.
Status: in_force

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-71a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-71a
Sec. 4-71a. Estimates of recommended state grants-in-aid to towns under the budget document.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 4-66b re urban action goals.

Cited. 200 C. 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-76 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-76
Sec. 4-76. Governor to explain budget document and reports to legislative committees.
Status: in_force

Cited. 193 C. 670; 200 C. 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-60d — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-60d
Sec. 4-60d. Legislative Committee on State Planning and Development.
Status: in_force

(b) Said committee shall establish broad goals and objectives for the physical and economic development of the state and shall transmit such goals and objectives to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.

(c) Said committee shall receive from the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management any plan or plans or portion thereof and shall consider the effect of such plans on state goals and objectives and determine the need for legislative action thereon.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-62 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60 / Section 4b-62
Sec. 4b-62. (Formerly Sec. 4-135). Trusts for erecting and maintaining memorials.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 4-135:

Cited. 140 C. 124.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-146 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-146
Sec. 4-146. Notice of injury by claimant.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 13a-144 re claims for injuries sustained on state highways or sidewalks.

Cited. 186 C. 300.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-141 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-141
Sec. 4-141. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Claim” means a petition for the payment or refund of money by the state or for permission to sue the state;

(2) “Just claim” means a claim which in equity and justice the state should pay, provided the state has caused damage or injury or has received a benefit;

(3) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or other group, including political subdivisions of the state;

(4) “State agency” includes every department, division, board, office, commission, arm, agency and institution of the state government, whatever its title or function; and

(5) “State officers and employees” includes (A) every person elected or appointed to or employed in any office, position or post in the state government, whatever such person's title, classification or function and whether such person serves with or without remuneration or compensation, including judges of probate courts, employees of such courts and special limited conservators appointed by such courts pursuant to section 17a-543a , and (B) attorneys appointed as victim compensation commissioners, attorneys appointed by the Public Defender Services Commission as public defenders, assistant public defenders or deputy assistant public defenders and attorneys appointed by the court as Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel, individuals appointed by the Public Defender Services Commission, or by the court, as a guardian ad litem or attorney for a party in a neglect, abuse, termination of parental rights, delinquency or family with service needs proceeding, the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General and any associate attorney general or assistant attorney general, any other attorneys employed by any state agency, any commissioner of the Superior Court hearing small claims matters or acting as a factfinder, arbitrator or magistrate or acting in any other quasijudicial position, any person appointed to a committee established by law for the purpose of rendering services to the Judicial Department, including, but not limited to, the Legal Specialization Screening Committee, the State-Wide Grievance Committee, the Client Security Fund Committee, the advisory committee appointed pursuant to section 51-81d and the State Bar Examining Committee, any member of a multidisciplinary team established by the Commissioner of Children and Families pursuant to section 17a106a, the Municipal Electric Consumer Advocate selected pursuant to section 7-121f , the Independent Consumer Advocate selected pursuant to section 7-334a , and any physicians or psychologists employed by any state agency. “State officers and employees” does not include any medical or dental intern, resident or fellow of The University of Connecticut when (i) the intern, resident or fellow is assigned to a hospital affiliated with the university through an integrated residency program, and (ii) such hospital provides protection against professional liability claims in an amount and manner equivalent to that provided by the hospital to its full-time physician employees.

Teacher in local school system does not come within definition. 180 C. 96. Cited. 186 C. 300; 189 C. 550; 190 C. 622; 204 C. 17; 207 C. 59; 216 C. 85. Plaintiffs in their role as foster parents were “employees” of the state as that term is used in section. 238 C. 146. Cited. 239 C. 265. “Claim” means petition for permission to sue state for payment or refund of money. 271 C. 96.

Cited. 40 CA 460.

Cited. 26 CS 24; 40 CS 251.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-60u — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-60u
Sec. 4-60u. Agreements re public utilization of government services and programs electronically.
Status: in_force

(b) Any such agreement authorized under this section shall comply with the provisions of chapter 14 and shall ensure the public retains the ability to access government services and programs using nonelectronic means. The secretary shall not authorize any agreement that adversely affects the ability of individuals to apply for or receive assistance or benefits from the Department of Social Services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-184 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-184
Sec. 4-184. Appeal from final judgment of Superior Court.
Status: in_force

Cited. 171 C. 345; Id., 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 186 C. 153. Freedom of information commission was not an aggrieved party and therefore was not eligible to appeal. 191 C. 173. Cited. 192 C. 234; 202 C. 405; 204 C. 672; 208 C. 187; 210 C. 597; 216 C. 253.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 17 CA 429; 18 CA 13; 19 CA 489; 30 CA 720; 37 CA 694; 42 CA 519; 45 CA 476.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-147 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-147
Sec. 4-147. Notice of claim.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 1-2a re construction of references to “United States mail”, “postmark” or “registered or certified mail”.

Cited. 186 C. 300; 191 C. 1. P.A. 82-167, Sec. 3 of which amended this section, should be read as a clarification of Superior Court's ongoing lack of jurisdiction to hear appeals from Claims Commissioner. 195 C. 534. Cited. 211 C. 199; 212 C. 176; Id., 415; 213 C. 13; 223 C. 52; 239 C. 265; 240 C. 246.

Although claimant is not required to set forth a formal declaration of the particular causes of action he or she seeks to bring against the state, claimant needs to include information that would clarify the nature of the waiver sought and ensure that Claims Commissioner and the General Assembly, which may review the action of Claims Commissioner, have an understanding of the nature of the waiver. 150 CA 237. Subdiv. (2) expressly provides that the claim in the notice need not be particularized, as all that is statutorily required is a concise statement of the basis for the claim. 175 CA 493. Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's claims because notice of claim did not apprise Claims Commissioner of intention to sue defendant in an administrative capacity. 212 CA 147.

Court held authorization to sue related to amount requested, and plaintiff's suit for more than that amount was abatable. 26 CS 24. Cited. 40 CS 251.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-231 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55b / Section 4-231
Sec. 4-231. Single audit or program-specific audit requirements. Exemption. Records.
Status: in_force

(2) If the total amount of state financial assistance expended in any such fiscal year is for a single program, such nonstate entity may elect to have a program-specific audit made in lieu of a single audit, provided no grant agreement or statutory or regulatory provision governing the program of state financial assistance requires a financial statement audit of such nonstate entity.

(3) If the total amount of state financial assistance expended in any such fiscal year is for more than one program, such entity shall have a single audit made for such fiscal year.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation adopted under any provision of the general statutes, each nonstate entity that expends total state financial assistance of less than five hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year of such nonstate entity beginning on or after July 1, 2024, shall be exempt with respect to such fiscal year from complying with any statutory or regulatory requirements concerning financial or financial and compliance audits that would otherwise apply to such nonstate entity.

(c) No provision of this section shall be deemed to exempt a nonstate entity from complying with any statutory or regulatory provision requiring such nonstate entity to (1) maintain records concerning state financial assistance, or (2) provide access to such records to a state agency.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-235 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55b / Section 4-235
Sec. 4-235. Designation of cognizant agencies. Issuance of compliance supplement. Pass-through entities and subrecipients.
Status: in_force

(b) A cognizant agency shall: (1) Ensure through coordination with state agencies, that audits are made in a timely manner and in accordance with the requirements of sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive; (2) ensure that corrective action plans made pursuant to section 4-233 are transmitted to the appropriate state officials; and (3)(A) coordinate, to the extent practicable, audits done by or under contract with state agencies that are in addition to the audits conducted pursuant to sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive; and (B) ensure that such additional audits build upon the audits conducted pursuant to said sections.

(c) (1) Each pass-through entity which is subject to the audit requirements of sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive, shall:

(A) Advise subrecipients of requirements imposed on them by state laws, regulations, and the provisions of contracts or grant agreements, and any supplemental requirements imposed by the pass-through entity;

(B) If the subrecipient is subject to an audit in accordance with the requirements of said sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive, review such audit and ensure that prompt and appropriate corrective action is taken with respect to material or reportable findings of noncompliance with individual compliance requirements or significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in internal controls pertaining to state financial assistance provided to the subrecipient by the pass-through entity; or

(C) If the subrecipient is not subject to an audit in accordance with the requirements of said sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive, monitor the activities of subrecipients as necessary to ensure that state financial assistance is used for authorized purposes in compliance with laws, regulations, and the provisions of contracts or grant agreements.

(2) Each pass-through entity, as a condition of receiving state financial assistance, shall require each of its subrecipients to permit the independent auditor of the pass-through entity to have such access to the subrecipient's records and financial statements as may be necessary for the pass-through entity to comply with sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-51 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60 / Section 4b-51
Sec. 4b-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-131). Alterations, repairs or additions to real assets. Selection of consultants for certain projects.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall (1) adjust the maximum dollar amounts listed in subparagraphs (A)(i) to (A)(iii), inclusive, of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section by the percentage change in the Producer Price Index by Commodity: Construction (Partial) (WPU80), not seasonally adjusted, or its successor index, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, over the preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars; and (2) post such adjusted dollar amounts on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services.

(c) No officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government, except the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Connecticut Marketing Authority, the Department of Agriculture for purposes of the program established pursuant to section 26-237a , the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, the Judicial Branch, a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or the Military Department as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, shall, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, make or contract for the making of any alteration, repair or addition to any real asset involving an expenditure of more than one million dollars.

(d) The plans necessary for any such remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any state humane institution, as defined in section 17b-222 , shall be subject to the approval of the administrative head of such humane institution.

(e) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may select consultants to be on a list established for the purpose of providing any consultant services. Such list shall be established as provided in sections 4b-56 and 4b-57 . The commissioner may enter into a contract with any consultant on such list to perform a range of consultant services or to perform a range of tasks pursuant to a task letter detailing services to be performed under such contract.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may (A) compile a list of architects, professional engineers and construction administrators for the limited purpose of providing consultant services for a particular program involving various projects for the construction of new buildings or renovations to existing buildings where such buildings are under the operation and control of either the Military Department or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (B) enter into a contract with any architect, professional engineer or construction administrator on such list for such limited purpose, except that the Adjutant General may perform the functions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision for any such building under the operation and control of the Military Department.

(3) As used in this subsection, “consultant” means “consultant” as defined in section 4b-55 , “consultant services” means “consultant services” as defined in section 4b-55 , and “program” means multiple projects involving the planning, design, construction, repair, improvement or expansion of specified buildings, facilities or site improvements, wherein the work (A) will be of a repetitive nature, (B) will share a common funding source that imposes particular requirements, or (C) would be significantly facilitated if completed by the same design professional or construction administrator.

(f) Costs for projects authorized under subsection (c) of this section shall be charged to the bond fund account for the project for which such costs are incurred. The Department of Administrative Services shall develop procedures for expediting the administration of projects for alterations, repairs or additions authorized under said subsection.

(g) Any state agency proposing to remodel, alter or enlarge any real asset shall submit a statement to the commissioner demonstrating the capability of the real asset to facilitate recycling programs.

See chapter 557, part III re state contracts.

See Sec. 4a-60 re nondiscrimination clauses required in contracts.

See Sec. 4b-101 re information on contractors and subcontractors to be provided to Commissioner of Revenue Services.

See Sec. 13b-4 re certain transportation capital projects.

Annotations to former section 4-131:

Under former statute, “real assets” do not include highways and bridges. 124 C. 33. Cited. 140 C. 124; 190 C. 212.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-67o — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-67o
Sec. 4-67o. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Data” means the final version of statistical or factual information that: (A) Is reflected in a list, table, graph, chart or other non-narrative form that can be digitally or nondigitally transmitted or processed; (B) is regularly created or maintained by, or on behalf of, an executive branch agency; and (C) records a measurement, transaction or determination related to the mission of the agency or is provided to the agency by third parties pursuant to law.

(2) “Executive branch agency” means any agency listed in section 4-38c , except the Board of Regents for Higher Education.

(3) “High value data” means any data that the department head determines (A) is critical to the operation of an executive branch agency; (B) can increase executive branch agency accountability and responsiveness; (C) can improve public knowledge of the executive branch agency and its operations; (D) can further the core mission of the executive branch agency; (E) can create economic opportunity; (F) is frequently requested by the public; (G) responds to a need and demand as identified by the agency through public consultation; or (H) is used to satisfy any legislative or other reporting requirements.

(4) “Open data” means any data that (A) is freely available in convenient and modifiable format and can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed and searched; (B) is formatted in a manner that allows for automated machine processing; (C) does not have restrictions governing use; (D) is published with the finest possible level of detail that is practicable and permitted by law; and (E) is described in enough detail so users of the data have sufficient information to understand (i) the strengths, weaknesses, analytical limitations and security requirements of the data, and (ii) how to process such data.

(5) “Public data” means any data collected by an executive branch agency that is permitted to be made available to the public, consistent with any and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, resolutions, policies or other restrictions, requirements or rights associated with the data, including, but not limited to, contractual or other legal restrictions, orders or requirements.

(6) “Protected data” means any data the public disclosure of which would (A) violate federal or state laws or regulations; (B) endanger the public health, safety or welfare; (C) hinder the operation of the federal, state or municipal government, including criminal and civil investigations; or (D) impose an undue financial, operational or administrative burden on the executive branch agency. “Protected data” includes any records not required to be disclosed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1-210 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-5 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-5
Sec. 4e-5. Appointment of agency procurement officers. Responsibilities. State procurement and project management education and training program. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(2) The agency procurement officer shall be responsible for assuring that contractors are properly screened prior to the award of a contract, evaluating contractor performance during and at the conclusion of a contract, submitting written evaluations to a central data repository to be designated by the board and creating a project management plan for the agency with annual reports to the board pertaining to procurement projects within the agency.

(b) The State Contracting Standards Board, with the advice and assistance of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall develop a standardized state procurement and project management education and training program. Such education and training program shall develop education, training and professional development opportunities for employees of state contracting agencies charged with procurement responsibilities. The program shall educate such employees in general business acumen and on proper purchasing procedures as established in statutes and regulations concerning procurement with an emphasis on ethics, fairness, consistency and project management. Participation in the program shall be required of any supervisory and nonsupervisory state employees in state contracting agencies with responsibility for buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise acquiring any supplies, service or construction, including the preparation of the description of requirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contracts and all phases of contract administration.

(c) The program shall include, but shall not be limited to (1) training and education concerning federal, state and municipal procurement processes, including the statutes and regulations concerning procurement; (2) training and education courses developed in cooperation with the Office of State Ethics, the Freedom of Information Commission, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the office of the Attorney General and any other state agency the board determines is necessary in carrying out statutes and regulations concerning procurement; (3) providing technical assistance to state contracting agencies and municipalities for implementing statutes and regulations concerning procurement, regulations, policies and standards developed by the board; (4) training to current and prospective contractors and vendors and others seeking to do business with the state; and (5) training and education of state employees in the area of best procurement practices in state purchasing with the goal of achieving the level of acumen necessary to achieve the objectives of statutes and regulations concerning procurement.

(d) Any employee who completes the program established under subsection (b) of this section shall be issued documentation by the board acknowledging such employee's participation in the program. The board shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of such program in accordance with section 11-4a .

(e) The board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to develop and implement the training and education program established under subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-52 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60 / Section 4b-52
Sec. 4b-52. (Formerly Sec. 4-132). Repairs or changes to state premises. Annual adjustment of amounts. Exception for emergency conditions. Renegotiation of leases.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Except as provided in this section, no repairs, alterations or additions involving an expense to the state of more than one million dollars or, in the case of any repair, alteration or addition administered by the Department of Administrative Services, more than one million five hundred thousand dollars, shall be made to any state building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government, nor shall any contract for any construction, repairs, alteration or addition be entered into, until the Commissioner of Administrative Services or, in the case of the construction of or repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management of the General Assembly, said joint committee or, in the case of the construction of or repairs, alterations or additions to a building involving expenditures (A) in excess of one million dollars but not more than three million dollars under the supervision and control of the Judicial Branch, said Judicial Branch, (B) in excess of one million dollars but not more than three million dollars under the supervision and control of one of the constituent units of higher education, such constituent unit, or (C) in excess of one million dollars but not more than three million dollars under the supervision and control of the Military Department, said department, has invited bids thereon and awarded a contract thereon, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4b-91 to 4b-96 , inclusive. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the approval of the authority having the supervision of state employees or the custody of inmates of state institutions, without the necessity of bids, may employ such employees or inmates and purchase or furnish the necessary materials for the construction, erection, alteration, repair or enlargement of any such state building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government.

(2) Not later than July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall (A) adjust the maximum dollar amounts listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section and subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection by the percentage change in the Producer Price Index by Commodity: Construction (Partial) (WPU80), not seasonally adjusted, or its successor index, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, over the preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars; and (B) post such adjusted dollar amounts on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services.

(c) Whenever the Commissioner of Administrative Services declares that an emergency condition exists at any state facility, other than a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, and that the condition would adversely affect public safety or the proper conduct of essential state government operations, or said joint committee declares that such an emergency exists at a building under its supervision and control, the commissioner or the joint committee may employ such assistance as may be required to restore facilities under their control and management, or the commissioner may so act upon the request of a state agency, to restore facilities under the control and management of such agency, without inviting bids as required in subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner shall take no action requiring the expenditure of more than one million five hundred thousand dollars to restore any facility under this subsection (1) without the written consent of the Governor, and (2) until the commissioner has certified to the Joint Committee on Legislative Management that the project is of such an emergency nature that an exception to subsection (b) of this section is required. Such certification shall include input from all affected agencies, detail the need for the exception and include any relevant documentation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if any person is obligated under the terms of an existing contract with the state to render such assistance. The annual report of the commissioner shall include a detailed statement of all expenditures made under this subsection.

(d) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may, during the term of a lease of a building or premises occupied by any state offices, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government, (1) renegotiate the lease in order to enable the lessor to make necessary alterations or additions up to a maximum amount of five hundred thousand dollars, subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board, or (2) require that a security audit be conducted for such building or premises and, if necessary, renegotiate the lease in order to enable the lessor to make necessary alterations or additions to bring the building or premises into compliance with the security standards for state agencies established under section 4b-132 . Alterations or additions under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall not be subject to the spending limit in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and a renegotiated lease under said subdivision (2) shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board, provided such approval requirement shall not compromise the security requirements of chapter 60a and this section. The commissioner shall determine the manner of submission, conditions and requirements of bids and awards made for alterations or additions under this subsection. No lease shall be renegotiated under this subsection for a term less than five years. As used in this subsection, “security” and “security audit” have the meanings assigned to such terms in section 4b-130 .

See chapter 557, part III re state contracts.

See Sec. 4a-60 re nondiscrimination clause required in contracts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-37t — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 47 / Section 4-37t
Sec. 4-37t. Coordinated emergency recovery. Fund. Disbursements to CT CARE.
Status: in_force

(b) Disbursements from the fund shall be made by the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee to CT CARE upon (1) the declaration of an eligible incident, and (2) receipt of the certification required in subdivision (6) of subsection (c) of section 4-37s .

(c) On or before January 1, 2014, and monthly thereafter, the State Treasurer shall submit to the Governor and the Attorney General a report on the financial condition of the Coordinated Emergency Recovery Fund. Such report shall include (1) an estimate of the fund's value as of the date of the report; (2) the effect of disbursements and scheduled disbursements on the fund's value; and (3) an estimate of the monthly administrative costs necessary to operate the fund.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-177 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-177
Sec. 4-177. Contested cases. Notice. Record.
Status: in_force

(b) The notice shall be in writing and shall include: (1) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the hearing; (2) a statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held; (3) a reference to the particular sections of the statutes and regulations involved; and (4) a short and plain statement of the matters asserted. If the agency or party is unable to state the matters in detail at the time the notice is served, the initial notice may be limited to a statement of the issues involved. Thereafter, upon application, a more definite and detailed statement shall be furnished.

(c) Unless precluded by law, a contested case may be resolved by stipulation, agreed settlement, or consent order or by the default of a party.

(d) The record in a contested case shall include: (1) Written notices related to the case; (2) all petitions, pleadings, motions and intermediate rulings; (3) evidence received or considered; (4) questions and offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon; (5) the official transcript, if any, of proceedings relating to the case, or, if not transcribed, any recording or stenographic record of the proceedings; (6) proposed final decisions and exceptions thereto; and (7) the final decision.

(e) Any recording or stenographic record of the proceedings shall be transcribed on request of any party. The requesting party shall pay the cost of such transcript. Nothing in this section shall relieve an agency of its responsibility under section 4-183 to transcribe the record for an appeal.

Notice of hearing under Sec. 10-151(b) which did not include two of the charges against the teacher held insufficient; findings of fact must be based on matters “officially noticed” as well as on the evidence. 167 C. 368. Cited. 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 176 C. 82; Id., 191; 177 C. 78; 183 C. 128; 186 C. 153; 188 C. 90; 191 C. 173; 207 C. 77; Id., 296; 208 C. 442; 210 C. 531; 211 C. 508; 213 C. 184; 214 C. 726; 215 C. 474; Id., 616; 223 C. 618; 228 C. 651; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 4 CA 117, 121; 9 CA 622; 33 CA 727; 34 CA 123; 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361. Notification by letter from complainant that requested information has been received, which was the same manner in which complainant initially notified commission of the contested case, constitutes a formal withdrawal of the complaint and therefore terminates commission's jurisdiction over the issue. 103 CA 571.

Administrative adjudication of no refund, not contested case. 30 CS 118. Cited. Id., 120; 34 CS 225; 39 CS 99; Id., 462; 41 CS 211; 42 CS 1; Id., 599.

Subsec. (b):

Subdiv. (4): Notice which failed to include several charges in “matters asserted” was prejudicial violation of Subsec. 167 C. 368. Cited. 174 C. 366. Subdiv. (2): Notice of hearing deemed legally sufficient where it cited statutory authorities of jurisdiction and under which violations claimed. 177 C. 515. Cited. 200 C. 489; 220 C. 86; 232 C. 57.

Cited. 22 CA 181; 41 CA 866.

Cited. 40 CS 226; 43 CS 340.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-37v — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 47 / Section 4-37v
Sec. 4-37v. Limit on aggregate principal amount of energy consumption and environmental impact lease financings.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purposes of this section, “state agency” means any office, department, board, council, commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher education, technical education and career school or other agency in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-70 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62a / Section 4e-70
Sec. 4e-70. Requirements for state contractors who receive confidential information. Definitions. Minimum requirements. Prohibitions. Breach. Violation. Ban. Effect on other applicable laws.
Status: in_force

(1) “Contractor” means an individual, business or other entity that is receiving confidential information from a state contracting agency or agent of the state pursuant to a written agreement to provide goods or services to the state.

(2) “State agency” means any agency with a department head, as defined in section 4-5 .

(3) “State contracting agency” means any state agency disclosing confidential information to a contractor pursuant to a written agreement with such contractor for the provision of goods or services for the state.

(4) “Confidential information” means an individual's name, date of birth, mother's maiden name, motor vehicle operator's license number, Social Security number, employee identification number, employer or taxpayer identification number, alien registration number, government passport number, health insurance identification number, demand deposit account number, savings account number, credit card number, debit card number or unique biometric data such as fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image, or other unique physical representation, personally identifiable information subject to 34 CFR 99, as amended from time to time and protected health information, as defined in 45 CFR 160.103, as amended from time to time. In addition, “confidential information” includes any information that a state contracting agency identifies as confidential to the contractor. “Confidential information” does not include information that may be lawfully obtained from publicly available sources or from federal, state, or local government records that are lawfully made available to the general public.

(5) “Confidential information breach” means an instance where an unauthorized person or entity accesses confidential information that is subject to or otherwise used in conjunction with any part of a written agreement with a state contracting agency in any manner, including, but not limited to, the following occurrences: (A) Any confidential information that is not encrypted or secured by any other method or technology that renders the personal information unreadable or unusable is misplaced, lost, stolen or subject to unauthorized access; (B) one or more third parties have accessed, or taken control or possession of, without prior written authorization from the state, (i) any confidential information that is not encrypted or protected, or (ii) any encrypted or protected confidential information together with the confidential process or key that is capable of compromising the integrity of the confidential information; or (C) there is a substantial risk of identity theft or fraud of the client of the state contracting agency, the contractor, the state contracting agency or the state.

(b) Except as provided in section 4e-71 , every written agreement that authorizes a state contracting agency to share confidential information with a contractor shall require the contractor to, at a minimum, do the following:

(1) At its own expense, protect from a confidential information breach any and all confidential information that it comes to possess or control, wherever and however stored or maintained;

(2) Implement and maintain a comprehensive data-security program for the protection of confidential information. The safeguards contained in such program shall be consistent with and comply with the safeguards for protection of confidential information as set forth in all applicable federal and state law and written policies of the state contained in the agreement. Such data-security program shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (A) A security policy for contractor employees related to the storage, access and transportation of data containing confidential information; (B) reasonable restrictions on access to records containing confidential information, including the area where such records are kept and secure passwords for electronically stored records; (C) a process for reviewing policies and security measures at least annually; and (D) an active and ongoing employee security awareness program that is mandatory for all employees who may have access to confidential information provided by the state contracting agency that, at a minimum, advises such employees of the confidentiality of the information, the safeguards required to protect the information and any applicable civil and criminal penalties for noncompliance pursuant to state and federal law;

(3) Limit access to confidential information to authorized contractor employees and authorized agents of the contractor, for authorized purposes as necessary for the completion of the contracted services or provision of the contracted goods;

(4) Maintain all electronic data constituting confidential information obtained from state contracting agencies: (A) In a secure server; (B) on secure drives; (C) behind firewall protections and monitored by intrusion detection software; (D) in a manner where access is restricted to authorized employees and their authorized agents; and (E) as otherwise required under state and federal law;

(5) Implement, maintain and update security and breach investigation procedures that are appropriate given the nature of the information disclosed and that are reasonably designed to protect the confidential information from unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure, manipulation or destruction;

(6) Notify the state contracting agency and the Attorney General as soon as practical after the contractor becomes aware of or has reason to believe that any confidential information that the contractor possesses or controls has been subject to a confidential information breach;

(7) Immediately cease all use of the data provided by the state contracting agency or developed internally by the contractor pursuant to a written agreement with the state if so directed by the state contracting agency; and

(8) In accordance with the proposed timetable established pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of this section, submit to the office of the Attorney General and the state contracting agency either (A) a report detailing the breach or suspected breach, including a plan to mitigate the effects of any breach and specifying the steps taken to ensure future breaches do not occur, or (B) a report detailing why, upon further investigation, the contractor believes no breach has occurred. Any report submitted under this subdivision shall be considered information given in confidence and not required by statute, under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of section 1-210 .

(c) A contractor shall not:

(1) Store data constituting confidential information on stand-alone computer or notebook hard disks or portable storage devices such as external or removable hard drives, flash cards, flash drives, compact disks or digital video disks, except as provided for in the agreement and including alternate measures of security assurance approved pursuant to section 4e-71 ; or

(2) Copy, reproduce or transmit data constituting confidential information, except as necessary for the completion of the contracted services or provision of the contracted goods.

(d) All copies of data constituting confidential information of any type, including, but not limited to, any modifications or additions to data that contain confidential information, are subject to the provisions of this section in the same manner as the original data.

(e) Except as provided in section 4e-71 , every written agreement that authorizes a state contracting agency to share confidential information with a contractor shall:

(1) Include a proposed timetable for submittal to the office of the Attorney General and the state contracting agency either (A) a report detailing the breach or suspected breach, or (B) a report detailing why, upon further investigation, the contractor believes no breach has occurred; and

(2) Specify how the cost of any notification about, or investigation into, a confidential information breach is to be apportioned when the state contracting agency or contractor is the subject of such a breach.

(f) The notice required by subsection (b) of this section may be delayed (1) at the state contracting agency's sole discretion based on the report and, if applicable, the plan provided, or (2) if a law enforcement agency or intelligence agency notifies the contractor that such notification would impede a criminal investigation or jeopardize homeland or national security. If notice is delayed pursuant to this subsection, notification shall be given as soon as reasonably feasible by the contractor to the applicable state contracting agency.

(g) The Attorney General may investigate any violation of this section. If the Attorney General finds that a contractor has violated or is violating any provision of this section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford under this section in the name of the state against such contractor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a private right of action.

(h) If the confidential information or personally identifiable information, as defined in 34 CFR 99.3, that has been subject to a confidential information breach consists of education records, the contractor may be subject to a five-year ban from receiving access to such information imposed by the State Department of Education.

(i) The requirements of this section shall be in addition to the requirements of section 36a-701b , and nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede a contractor's obligations pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 P.L. 104-191 (HIPAA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, (FERPA) or any other applicable federal or state law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-12 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-12
Sec. 4e-12. Procurement codes for legislative and judicial branches. Requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) The procurement codes described in subsection (a) of this section shall be designed to: (1) Establish uniform contracting standards and practices; (2) simplify and clarify contracting standards and procurement policies and practices, including, but not limited to, procedures for competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, small purchases, sole source procurements, emergency procurements and special procurements; (3) ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all businesses and persons who deal with the procurement system; (4) include a process to maximize the use of small contractors and minority business enterprises; (5) provide increased economy in procurement activities and maximize purchasing value to the fullest extent possible; (6) ensure that the procurement of supplies, materials, equipment, services, real property and construction is obtained in a cost-effective and responsive manner; (7) include a process to ensure contractor and judicial branch or legislative branch accountability; and (8) provide a process for competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, small purchases, sole source procurements, emergency procurements, special procurements, best value selection, qualification based selection and the conditions for their use.

(c) On or before February 1, 2011, the judicial branch shall submit such procurement code for review and approval to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 46 / Section 4-8
Sec. 4-8. Qualifications, powers and duties of department heads.
Status: in_force

(1) Be qualified by training and experience for the duties of the department head's office;

(2) Act as the executive officer of the Governor for accomplishing the purposes of the department head's department;

(3) Conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of such department and coordinate the activities and programs of the state agencies therein;

(4) Cause the administrative organization of such department to be examined with a view to promoting economy and efficiency; and

(5) Organize such department and any agency therein into such divisions, bureaus or other units as the department head deems necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department.

(b) Each department head may abolish, transfer or consolidate within the department or any agency therein any division, bureau or other unit as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department, provided such organization shall include any division, bureau or other unit which is specifically required by the general statutes.

(c) Each department head may appoint such deputies as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department. Each department head shall designate one deputy who shall in the absence or disqualification of the department head or upon the department head's death, exercise the powers and duties of the department head until the department head resumes his or her duties or the vacancy is filled, as applicable. Such deputies shall serve at the pleasure of the department head. Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, each department head shall appoint such other employees as may be necessary for the discharge of the department head's duties.

(d) Each department head may:

(1) Adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the conduct of the department head's department;

(2) Enter into such contractual agreements, in accordance with established procedures, as may be necessary for the discharge of the department head's duties;

(3) Subject to the provisions of section 4-32 , and unless otherwise provided by law, receive any money, revenue or services from the federal government, corporations, associations or individuals, including payments from the sale of printed matter or any other material or services; and

(4) Create such advisory boards as the department head deems necessary.

Cited. 151 C. 680; 177 C. 344; 184 C. 1.

Cited. 36 CS 586.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-91 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60 / Section 4b-91
Sec. 4b-91. (Formerly Sec. 4-137a). Process for bidding for public works contracts. Prequalification requirements. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, every contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building or any other public work by the state that is estimated to cost more than one million dollars shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and qualified general bidder who is prequalified pursuant to section 4a-100 on the basis of competitive bids in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter, after the awarding authority has invited such bids by posting notice on the State Contracting Portal. The awarding authority shall indicate the prequalification classification required for the contract in such notice.

(3) The requirements set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall not apply to (A) a public highway or bridge project or any other construction project administered by the Department of Transportation, or (B) a contract awarded by the Commissioner of Administrative Services for (i) any public building or other public works project administered by the Department of Administrative Services that is estimated to cost one million five hundred thousand dollars or less, (ii) a community court project, (iii) the downtown Hartford higher education center project, (iv) a correctional facility project, (v) a juvenile residential center project, or (vi) a student residential facility for the Connecticut State University System that is a priority higher education facility project.

(4) Every contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building or any other public work by a public agency that is paid for, in whole or in part, with state funds and that is estimated to cost more than one million dollars shall be awarded to a bidder that is prequalified pursuant to section 4a-100 after the public agency has invited such bids by posting notice on the State Contracting Portal, except for (A) a public highway or bridge project or any other construction project administered by the Department of Transportation, or (B) any public building or other public works project administered by the Department of Administrative Services that is estimated to cost one million five hundred thousand dollars or less. The awarding authority or public agency, as the case may be, shall indicate the prequalification classification required for the contract in such notice.

(5) (A) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may select contractors to be on lists established for the purpose of providing contractor services for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building or other public works project administered by the Department of Administrative Services involving an expense to the state of one million five hundred thousand dollars or less. The commissioner shall use the prequalification classifications established pursuant to section 4a-100 to determine the specific categories of services that contractors may perform after being selected in accordance with this subparagraph and subparagraph (B) of this subdivision and awarded a contract in accordance with subparagraph (C) of this subdivision. The commissioner may establish a separate list for projects involving an expense to the state of less than one million dollars for the purpose of selecting and utilizing the services of small contractors and minority business enterprises, as such terms are defined in section 4a-60g .

(B) The commissioner shall invite contractors to submit qualifications for each specific category of services sought by the department by posting notice of such invitation on the State Contracting Portal. The notice shall be in the form determined by the commissioner, and shall set forth the information that a contractor is required to submit to be considered for selection. Upon receipt of the submittal from the contractor, the commissioner shall select, for each specified category, those contractors who (i) are determined to be the most responsible and qualified, as such terms are defined in section 4b-92 , to perform the work required under the specified category, (ii) have demonstrated the skill, ability and integrity to fulfill contract obligations considering their past performance, financial responsibility and experience with projects of the size, scope and complexity required by the state under the specified category, and (iii) for projects with a cost exceeding one million dollars, have the ability to obtain the requisite bonding. The commissioner shall establish the duration that each list remains in effect, which in no event may exceed three years.

(C) For any public building or public works project involving an expense to the state of one million five hundred thousand dollars or less, the commissioner shall invite bids from only those contractors selected pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision for the specific category of services required for the particular project. The commissioner shall determine the form of bid invitation, the manner of, and time for, submission of bids, and the conditions and requirements of such bids. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder, subject to the provisions of sections 4b-92 and 4b-94 . In the event that fewer than three bids are received in response to an invitation to bid under this subdivision, or that all the bids are in excess of the amount of available funds for the project, the commissioner may negotiate a contract with any of the contractors submitting a bid, or reject the bids received and rebid the project in accordance with this section.

(b) The awarding authority shall determine the manner of submission and the conditions and requirements of such bids, and the time within which the bids shall be submitted, consistent with the provisions of this section and sections 4b-92 to 4b-96 , inclusive. Such award shall be made not later than ninety days after the opening of such bids. If the general bidder selected as the general contractor fails to perform the general contractor's agreement to execute a contract in accordance with the terms of the general contractor's general bid and furnish a performance bond and also a labor and materials or payment bond to the amount specified in the general bid form, an award shall be made to the next lowest responsible and qualified general bidder, or, in the case of a contract awarded by the Department of Administrative Services under subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of this section, to the bidder determined in accordance with said subdivision if fewer than three bids are received. No employee of an awarding authority with decision-making authority concerning the award of a contract and no public official, as defined in section 1-79 , may communicate with any bidder prior to the award of the contract if the communication results in the bidder receiving information about the contract that is not available to other bidders, except that if the lowest responsible and qualified bidder's price submitted is in excess of funds available to make an award, the awarding authority may negotiate with such bidder and award the contract on the basis of the funds available, without change in the contract specifications, plans and other requirements. If the award of a contract on such basis is refused by such bidder, the awarding authority may negotiate with other contractors who submitted bids in ascending order of bid prices without change in the contract, specifications, plans and other requirements. In the event of negotiation with general bidders as provided in this section, the general bidder involved may negotiate with subcontractors on the same basis, provided such general bidder shall negotiate only with subcontractors named on such general bidder's general bid form.

(c) No person may bid on a contract or perform work pursuant to a contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section unless the person is prequalified in accordance with section 4a-100 .

(d) Each bid submitted for a contract described in subsection (c) of this section shall include an update statement in such form as the Commissioner of Administrative Services prescribes and, if required by the public agency soliciting such bid, a copy of the prequalification certificate issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The form for such update statement shall provide space for information regarding all projects completed by the bidder since the date the bidder's prequalification certificate was issued or renewed, all projects the bidder currently has under contract, including the percentage of work on such projects not completed, the names and qualifications of the personnel who will have supervisory responsibility for the performance of the contract, any significant changes in the bidder's financial position or corporate structure since the date the certificate was issued or renewed, any change in the contractor's qualification status as determined by the provisions of subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 4a-100 and such other relevant information as the Commissioner of Administrative Services prescribes. Any public agency that accepts a bid submitted without a copy of such prequalification certificate, if required by such public agency soliciting such bid, and an update statement, may become ineligible for the receipt of funds related to such bid, except the public agency soliciting such bids may allow bidders no more than two business days after the opening of bids to submit a copy of the prequalification certificate, if required by such public agency, and an update statement.

(e) Any person who bids on a contract described in subsection (c) of this section shall certify under penalty of false statement at the conclusion of the bidding process that the information in the bid is true, that there has been no substantial change in the bidder's financial position or corporate structure since the bidder's most recent prequalification certificate was issued or renewed, other than those changes noted in the update statement, and that the bid was made without fraud or collusion with any person.

(f) Any person who receives information from a state employee or public official that is not available to the general public concerning any construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition project on a public building or any other public work prior to the date that a notice for bids on the project is posted shall be disqualified from bidding on the project.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter regarding competitive bidding procedures, the commissioner may select and interview at least three responsible and qualified general contractors who are prequalified pursuant to section 4a-100 and submit the three selected contractors to the construction services award panels process described in section 4b-100a and any regulation adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner may negotiate with the successful bidder a contract which is both fair and reasonable to the state for a community court project, the downtown Hartford higher education center project, a correctional facility project, a juvenile residential center project, or a student residential facility for the Connecticut State University System that is a priority higher education facility project. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, prior to entering any such contract or performing any work on such project, shall submit such contract to the State Properties Review Board for review and approval or disapproval by the board, pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Any general contractor awarded a contract pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the same requirements concerning the furnishing of bonds as a contractor awarded a contract pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(h) Any agency that seeks to have a project awarded without being subject to competitive bidding procedures shall certify to the joint committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration and elections that the project is of such an emergency nature that an exception to the competitive bidding procedures of this section is required. Such certification shall include input from all affected agencies, detail the need for the exception and include any relevant documentation.

(i) In the event that the General Assembly approves legislation authorizing an exception to the competitive bidding process for a project, the State Properties Review Board shall complete a review of the contract for such project and approve or disapprove such contract no later than thirty days after the Commissioner of Administrative Services submits such contract to the board. Such review shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 4b-3 . In the event that such review does not occur within the thirty-day period prescribed by this subsection, such contract shall be deemed to be approved.

(j) No person whose subcontract exceeds one million dollars in value may perform work as a subcontractor on a project for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building or any other public work by the state or a municipality, except a public highway or bridge project or any other construction project administered by the Department of Transportation, which project is estimated to cost more than one million dollars and is paid for, in whole or in part, with state funds, unless, at the time of the bid submission, the person is prequalified in accordance with section 4a-100 . The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the downtown Hartford higher education center project.

(k) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may purchase equipment, supplies, materials or other property or services under sections 4a-53 and 4a-66 as required to fulfill his or her responsibilities under this chapter.

Annotation to former section 4-137a:

Cited. 191 C. 497.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-124ii — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-124ii
Sec. 4-124ii. Awarding of grants to generate talent in institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

(1) Grants that focus on key technology areas to give Connecticut a competitive advantage in the knowledge economy;

(2) Grants that create certificate and degree programs to encourage talent generation;

(3) Grants that promote multi-institutional collaboration across public and private institutions of higher education;

(4) Grants that involve multiple activities, enhance research capabilities, promote applied research collaborations and advance the commercialization of research of institutions of higher education; and

(5) Grants that include matching funds from institutions of higher education, technology-focused organizations or business entities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-67n — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-67n
Sec. 4-67n. Data-sharing program for executive agencies. Policies and procedures. Memoranda of agreement. Employment records. Requests for public records.
Status: in_force

(1) “Data” means statistical or factual information that: (A) is reflected in a list, table, graph, chart, or other nonnarrative form that can be digitally transmitted or processed; (B) is regularly created and maintained by or on behalf of an executive agency; and (C) records a measurement, transaction or determination related to the mission of the executive agency or is provided to such agency by any third party as required by any provision of law. “Data” does not include return and return information, as defined in section 12-15 ;

(2) “Executive agency” means any agency with a department head, as defined in section 4-5 , a constituent unit of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1 , or the Office of Higher Education, established by section 10a-1d ; and

(3) “State agency” means any office, department, board, council, commission, institution, constituent unit of the state system of higher education, technical education and career school or other agency in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a program to access, link, analyze and share data maintained by executive agencies and to respond to queries from any state agency, and from any private entity or person that would otherwise require access to data maintained by two or more executive agencies. The secretary shall give priority to queries that seek to measure outcomes for state-funded programs or that may facilitate the development of policies to promote the effective, efficient and best use of state resources.

(c) The secretary shall establish policies and procedures to:

(1) Review and respond to queries to ensure (A) a response is permitted under state and federal law; (B) the privacy and confidentiality of protected data can be assured; and (C) the query is based on sound research design principles; and

(2) Protect and ensure the security, privacy, confidentiality and administrative value of data collected and maintained by executive agencies.

(d) The secretary shall, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer, develop and implement a secure information technology solution to link data across executive agencies and to develop and implement a detailed data security and safeguarding plan for the data accessed or shared through such solution.

(e) The secretary shall request from, and execute a memorandum of agreement with, each executive agency detailing data-sharing between the agency and the Office of Policy and Management. Each such agreement shall authorize the Office of Policy and Management to act on behalf of the executive agency that is a party to such agreement for purposes of data access, matching and sharing and shall include provisions to ensure the proper use, security and confidentiality of the data shared. Any executive agency that is requested by the secretary to execute such an agreement shall comply with such request.

(f) The secretary shall notify the applicable executive agency when data within such agency's custody has been requested under subsection (b) of this section.

(g) The Labor Department, upon the request of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall furnish unemployment compensation records maintained by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to chapter 567, for purposes of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the secretary's authority to request or receive information from the Labor Department.

(h) For the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , the Office of Policy and Management shall not be considered the agency with custody or control of any public records or files that are made accessible to said office pursuant to this section, but shall be considered the agency with custody and control of any public records or files created by the Office of Policy and Management, including, but not limited to, all reports generated by said office in response to queries posed under subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4d-5 — Connecticut Code / Title 4d / Chapter 61 / Section 4d-5
Sec. 4d-5. (Formerly Sec. 16a-118). Telecommunication facilities, equipment, services and infrastructure.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall be responsible for planning for such telecommunication infrastructure and assisting state agencies in (1) planning for the acquisition of telecommunication systems and (2) implementing such systems.

See Sec. 14-42a re provision of Department of Motor Vehicles information to organ and tissue procurement organizations.

See Sec. 18-81x re transfer of revenue derived from contract for inmate pay telephone service.

See Sec. 27-62 re telephone and telegraph services for military units.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-86 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-86
Sec. 4-86. Monthly notification re refunds. Warrants to be specific; not to exceed appropriations. Transfer of appropriations.
Status: in_force

(b) Each warrant, draft or order upon the State Treasurer shall specify the particular appropriation against which it is drawn, and no money shall be paid by the Treasurer unless the warrant, draft or order contains such a specification. The Treasurer shall honor all warrants, drafts or orders of the Comptroller drawn in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(c) The Comptroller shall keep an account in connection with each appropriation and shall not issue any warrant, draft or order on the Treasurer in payment of any obligation in excess of the available balance of the appropriation for the purpose or purposes for which such obligation was incurred, until the General Assembly has passed a deficiency bill for the purpose and allotments have been made by the Governor, or such appropriation has been increased as provided in section 4-87 .

(d) Except as provided in section 4-87 , no money shall be transferred or appropriated from one specific appropriation to another, otherwise than by authority of the General Assembly.

Cited. 200 C. 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-68aaa — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-68aaa
Sec. 4-68aaa. (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.) Youth sports grant program for distressed municipalities.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) There is established a youth sports grant program to provide grants to distressed municipalities for the support of eligible organizations in such municipalities. Such grants shall be disbursed by a distressed municipality to be used by eligible organizations for the expenses of operating sports programs and sports activities in such municipality, including, but not limited to, personnel, equipment, insurance, permits, training and facility fees, renovation of sports facilities and refurbishment of playing fields and to help defray or eliminate participant registration fees.

(2) Priority for grants under the program shall be given to sports programs and sports activities that (A) provide adaptive sports for children and young adults with disabilities, or (B) seek to foster improved outcomes in (i) mental health through social and emotional skills development, (ii) educational achievements through increased attendance and attainment, or (iii) community cohesion by strengthening cooperation, teamwork and leadership.

(3) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall notify the chief elected official of each distressed municipality of the application period for grants under the program to be awarded in such fiscal year. Any such official may apply to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for a grant, provided a new application shall be required each year such official wishes to apply. The application shall be in such form and manner as prescribed by the secretary and shall include information sufficient to allow the secretary to consider the priority criteria set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(4) Each distressed municipality that is awarded a grant under this section shall, at the close of the fiscal year during which such grant was awarded, submit to the secretary a summary of each eligible organization to which program funds were disbursed and a description of the sports program or sports activity and related expenses for which such funds were used.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2029, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, education and finance, revenue and bonding, on the youth sports grant program for the preceding two fiscal years. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, for each fiscal year, (1) the amounts deposited in the youth sports grant account pursuant to subsection (a) of section 12-867 , (2) the municipalities that applied for a grant, the municipalities that were awarded a grant and the total amount of grants awarded, and (3) the summaries provided to the secretary under subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) There is established an account to be known as the “youth sports grant account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account and may accept gifts, grants and donations from public or private sources. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of providing grants to distressed municipalities in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4a-4 — Connecticut Code / Title 4a / Chapter 57 / Section 4a-4
Sec. 4a-4. (Formerly Sec. 4-23j). Control of state property and equipment.
Status: in_force

(b) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall consider and devise ways and means of establishing and maintaining proper control of Judicial Department property and equipment, including vehicles and office equipment, require the establishment of proper permanent inventory records and the taking of physical inventories of Judicial Department equipment, and authorize the transfer, use or disposal of unused and improperly used or neglected Judicial Department equipment. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “Judicial Department” does not include the courts of probate, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Public Defender Services Commission, except where they share facilities in state-maintained courts.

(c) The chief executive officer of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education may consider and devise ways and means of and The University of Connecticut shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining proper control of equipment, including all vehicles and office equipment of such unit, require the establishment of proper permanent inventory records and the taking of physical inventories of the equipment of such constituent unit, and may authorize the transfer, use or disposal of unused and improperly used or neglected equipment of such unit.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-22a — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-22a
Sec. 4b-22a. Easements. Grant and acquisition.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may (1) grant rights-of-way or other easements with respect to land owned by the state to the federal government or any political subdivision of the state for public purposes if the commissioner finds that such purposes are not in conflict with the public interest, subject to the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, the agency having supervision of the care and control of such land, and the State Properties Review Board, and (2) acquire easements with respect to land owned by the federal government or any political subdivision of the state for public purposes if the commissioner finds that such purposes do not conflict with the public interest, subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-1a — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-1a
Sec. 4b-1a. Public Works Capital Projects Revolving Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Bond Commission shall have power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series in accordance with section 3-20 and in a principal amount necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, but not in excess of an aggregate amount of one million dollars. All of said bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or different or varying rates and payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form with or without interest coupons attached, carry such registration and transfer privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium as, irrespective of the provisions of said section 3-20 , may be provided by the authorization of the State Bond Commission or fixed in accordance therewith. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be deposited in the Public Works Capital Projects Revolving Fund created by this section. Such bonds shall be general obligations of the state and full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due. Accordingly, and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due. Net earnings on investments or reinvestments of proceeds, accrued interest and premiums on the issuance of such bonds, after payment therefrom of expenses incurred by the Treasurer or State Bond Commission in connection with their issuance, shall be deposited in the General Fund of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-48 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-48
Sec. 4e-48. Reciprocal preference provision in award of state contracts. Definitions. Application of provision. List of states with in-state preference published by the State Contracting Standards Board.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law, in the award of a contract, after the original bids have been received and an original lowest responsible qualified bid is identified, a state contracting agency shall add a per cent increase to the original bid of a nonresident bidder equal to the per cent, if any, of the preference given to such nonresident bidder in the state in which such nonresident bidder resides. If, after application of such per cent increase, the bidder that submits the lowest responsible qualified bid is a resident bidder, the state contracting agency shall award such contract to such resident bidder provided such resident bidder agrees, in writing, to meet the original lowest responsible qualified bid. Any such agreement by such resident bidder to meet the original lowest responsible qualified bid shall be made not later than seventy-two hours after such resident bidder receives notice from such state contracting agency that such resident bidder may be awarded such contract if such resident bidder agrees to meet the original lowest responsible qualified bid.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2009, and each January thereafter, the State Contracting Standards Board shall publish a list of states that give preference to in-state bidders with the per cent increase applied in each state. Such list shall be made available to all state contracting agencies and may be relied upon by such agencies in determining the lowest responsible bidder.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-76 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62a / Section 4e-76
Sec. 4e-76. Modification of contracts.
Status: in_force

(b) Any such impairment of a contract as described in subsection (a) of this section may be considered reasonable and necessary if (1) the state did not consider such impairment on par with other policy alternatives, (2) the state did not impose a drastic impairment when an evident and more moderate course of action would serve its purpose equally well, and (3) the state did not act unreasonably in light of the surrounding circumstances.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be construed to apply to (1) investments by the State Treasurer or administered by the State Treasurer or any contracts related thereto, or (2) bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness or other direct or contingent obligations of the state for borrowed money or any contracts related thereto.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-97b — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-97b
Sec. 4-97b. Assignment of authority to enter into contract or other agreement using state funds by secretary or budgeted agency.
Status: in_force

(b) The department head of a budgeted agency, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may execute a memorandum of understanding with the department head of another budgeted agency, to assign to such other department head the authority to enter into a contract or other written agreement using any funds appropriated to the assigning budgeted agency by any provision of the general statutes, public or special act or authorization of the State Bond Commission for purposes of such contract or agreement, provided the department head to whom such authority is assigned otherwise has the authority to contract for the specific purpose that such funds are required to be used for, as set forth in such statute, public or special act or authorization of the State Bond Commission.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Such report shall contain a summary of all assignments of authority made by the secretary under subsection (a) of this section and by other budgeted agencies under subsection (b) of this section during the year immediately preceding such report.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-12 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-12
Sec. 4b-12. (Formerly Sec. 4-133). Control of certain state property in Hartford. Control of leased state property outside Hartford.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 4-133:

Former section cited. 124 C. 33. Cited. 140 C. 124.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-61bb — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-61bb
Sec. 4-61bb. Inquiry by licensing authority of service member's status. Annual reports re application of military training or experience for service members.
Status: in_force

(b) Each licensing authority shall ask each applicant for a license, a certificate, a registration or an educational credit that is within such licensing authority's purview and where military training or experience is relevant and could be applied whether such applicant is a service member.

(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, each licensing authority, except the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to military and veterans' affairs and higher education and employment advancement, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , and the Labor Department that shall include the following: (A) The number of service members who applied for a military training evaluation pursuant to section 31-22u , a license, a certificate, a registration or an educational credit that is within such licensing authority's purview and where military training or experience is relevant and could be applied; (B) the number of service members whose application for a license, a certificate, a registration or an educational credit that is within such licensing authority's purview and where military training or experience is relevant and could be applied was approved; (C) the number of service members whose application for a license, a certificate, a registration or an educational credit that is within such licensing authority's purview and where military training or experience is relevant and could be applied was denied, and data on the reasons for any such denial; (D) the licensing authority's processing time for applications that are within such licensing authority's purview where military training or experience is relevant and could be applied and are submitted by service members and the average processing time for all applications; (E) information on the licensing authority's efforts to inform and assist service members in accessing programs that provide the education and training necessary for meeting the requirements for licensure, certification, registration or educational credit; (F) information on whether existing law effectively addresses the challenges that service members face when applying for an occupational or professional license, a certificate, a registration or an educational credit upon discharge from military service or relocating to the state; and (G) recommendations on improving the licensing authority's ability to meet the occupational needs of service members, including, but not limited to, the issuance of temporary or provisional licenses, certificates or registrations. The Labor Department shall also include in its report the number of service members who were issued or denied a recommendation for review or a deduction from the hours of apprenticeship training pursuant to section 31-22u .

(2) On or before July 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall each submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to military and veterans' affairs and higher education and employment advancement, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , and the Labor Department that shall (A) include the information required pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), (E), (F) and (G) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, and (B) in aggregate, detail the types of military training presented, the types of educational credit awarded to enrolled service members for such training and the types of military training for which credit was not awarded to enrolled service members.

(d) On or before January 1, 2016, each licensing authority shall, within existing budgetary resources, publish on its Internet web site a link to the Department of Veterans Affairs informational Internet web site established pursuant to section 27-100f and the Internet web site maintained by the executive branch listing resources and opportunities available to veterans.

(e) On or before January 1, 2016, the Labor Department shall post the reports submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section on its Internet web site.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-7 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 46 / Section 4-7
Sec. 4-7. Confirmation or rejection of nominations by house of General Assembly. Vacancy appointment.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, if a vacancy occurs in the office of any department head while the General Assembly is in regular session, the Governor shall, within thirty calendar days of the occurrence of the vacancy, submit his nomination to fill the vacancy to either house of the General Assembly. The house to which the nomination is submitted shall immediately refer the nomination to its committee on executive nominations, which shall report thereon by resolution within ten legislative days from the date of reference. Such house shall confirm or reject said nomination. If such house, by resolution, confirms the nomination within thirty calendar days after it is submitted, the nominee shall forthwith take office to serve at the pleasure of the Governor but no longer than the original appointee could have served under his appointment. If such house rejects the nomination within thirty calendar days after it is submitted, the Governor shall, within thirty calendar days, submit another nomination to either house of the General Assembly, provided, if any nomination is submitted less than thirty calendar days before the date established by the Constitution for adjournment of the General Assembly, and the house to which it is submitted fails to confirm or reject the nomination before its adjournment on said date, the procedure prescribed in subsection (c) of this section shall be followed.

(2) If a vacancy occurs in the office of any department head prior to the first day of March during the first regular session of the General Assembly following the election of a new Governor, the nominee of the newly elected Governor may exercise the powers and duties of the office as provided in section 4-8 , as designate, until the nomination is confirmed or rejected pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(c) If a vacancy occurs in the office of any department head while the General Assembly is not in regular session, it shall be filled by the Governor until the sixth Wednesday of the next session of the General Assembly. At the beginning of the next regular session of the General Assembly, the Governor shall submit the name of the vacancy appointee to either house of the General Assembly as he elects and the procedure prescribed in subsection (b) of this section shall be followed.

(d) No person who has been rejected by resolution of the house to which his name has been submitted by the Governor shall serve in the office for which he was nominated during the term of the house which rejected him.

Cited. 184 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-95a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-95a
Sec. 4-95a. Finance Advisory Committee; appropriation of state funds to secure federal funds or offset loss of federal funds. Appropriation of funds from the Insurance Fund resources, when.
Status: in_force

(b) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the appropriate fund or funds amounts required to offset the loss of federal funds for projects or programs, the participation in which said committee deems to be in the best interest of the state. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request and federal funds have been reduced or eliminated. Funds appropriated to offset the loss of federal funds shall be authorized for a period not to exceed forty-five days after the General Assembly next convenes.

(c) When the General Assembly is not in session, the Finance Advisory Committee may appropriate from the resources of the Insurance Fund established by section 38a-52a amounts required by the Insurance Department to implement the provisions of any public or special act enacted without appropriation by the General Assembly. Any request for such appropriation shall include the certification of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the required funds have not been appropriated for the purpose of the request.

(d) No appropriation may be made under subsection (a) of this section unless authority exists in the general statutes for the programs contemplated.

Cited. 200 C. 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-131 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60a / Section 4b-131
Sec. 4b-131. Inventory of buildings and structures owned or leased by the state. Nondisclosure of security records.
Status: in_force

(b) No provision of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , shall be construed to require the disclosure of records in any form concerning (1) security measures in government-owned or leased facilities, (2) security audit recommendations for government-owned or leased facilities, or (3) future security measures to be implemented in government-owned or leased facilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4a-60g — Connecticut Code / Title 4a / Chapter 58 / Section 4a-60g
Sec. 4a-60g. (Formerly Sec. 32-9e). Set-aside programs for small contractors and minority business enterprises.
Status: reserved

(1) “Small contractor” means (A) any contractor, subcontractor, manufacturer, service company or corporation that (i) maintains its principal place of business in the state, and (ii) is registered as a small business in the federal database maintained by the United States General Services Administration, as required to do business with the federal government, or (B) any nonprofit corporation that (i) maintains its principal place of business in the state, (ii) had gross revenues not exceeding twenty million dollars in the most recently completed fiscal year prior to such application, and (iii) is independent.

(2) “Independent” means the viability of the enterprise of the small contractor does not depend upon another person, as determined by an analysis of the small contractor's relationship with any other person in regards to the provision of personnel, facilities, equipment, other resources and financial support, including bonding.

(3) “State agency” means each state board, commission, department, office, institution, council or other agency with the power to contract for goods or services itself or through its head.

(4) “Minority business enterprise” means any small contractor (A) fifty-one per cent or more of the capital stock, if any, or assets of which are owned by a person or persons who (i) exercise operational authority over the daily affairs of the enterprise, (ii) have the power to direct the management and policies and receive the beneficial interest of the enterprise, (iii) possess managerial and technical competence and experience directly related to the principal business activities of the enterprise, and (iv) are members of a minority, as such term is defined in subsection (a) of section 32-9n , or are individuals with a disability, or (B) which is a nonprofit corporation in which fifty-one per cent or more of the persons who (i) exercise operational authority over the enterprise, (ii) possess managerial and technical competence and experience directly related to the principal business activities of the enterprise, (iii) have the power to direct the management and policies of the enterprise, and (iv) are members of a minority, as defined in this subsection, or are individuals with a disability.

(5) “Affiliated” means the relationship in which a person directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another person.

(6) “Control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or through any other direct or indirect means. Control shall be presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies representing, twenty per cent or more of any voting securities of another person.

(7) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint stock company, business trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

(8) “Individual with a disability” means an individual (A) having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual, which mental impairment may include, but is not limited to, having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”, or (B) having a record of such an impairment.

(9) “Nonprofit corporation” means a nonstock corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, which is exempt from taxation under any provision of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time.

(10) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.

(11) “Quasi-public agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-120 .

(12) “Awarding agency” means a state agency or political subdivision of the state other than a municipality.

(13) “Public works contract” has the same meaning as provided in section 46a-68b .

(14) “Municipal public works contract” means that portion of an agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2015, between any individual, firm or corporation and a municipality for the construction, rehabilitation, conversion, extension, demolition or repair of a public building, highway or other changes or improvements in real property, which is financed in whole or in part by the state, including, but not limited to, matching expenditures, grants, loans, insurance or guarantees but excluding any project of an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u , financed by state funding in an amount equal to fifty thousand dollars or less.

(15) “Quasi-public agency project” means the construction, rehabilitation, conversion, extension, demolition or repair of a building or other changes or improvements in real property pursuant to a contract entered into on or after October 1, 2015, which is financed in whole or in part by a quasi-public agency using state funds, including, but not limited to, matching expenditures, grants, loans, insurance or guarantees.

(b) (1) It is found and determined that there is a serious need to help small contractors, minority business enterprises, nonprofit organizations and individuals with disabilities to be considered for and awarded state contracts for the purchase of goods and services, public works contracts, municipal public works contracts and contracts for quasi-public agency projects. Accordingly, the necessity of awarding such contracts in compliance with the provisions of this section, sections 4a-60h to 4a-60j , inclusive, and sections 32-9i to 32-9p , inclusive, for advancement of the public benefit and good, is declared as a matter of legislative determination.

(2) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes, and except as set forth in this section, the head of each awarding agency shall set aside in each fiscal year, for award to small contractors, on the basis of competitive bidding procedures, contracts or portions of contracts for the construction, reconstruction or rehabilitation of public buildings, the construction and maintenance of highways and the purchase of goods and services. The total value of such contracts or portions thereof to be set aside by each such agency shall be at least twenty-five per cent of the total value of all contracts let by the head of such agency in each fiscal year, provided a contract for any goods or services which have been determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services to be not customarily available from or supplied by small contractors shall not be included. Contracts or portions thereof having a value of not less than twenty-five per cent of the total value of all contracts or portions thereof to be set aside shall be reserved for awards to minority business enterprises.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, and except as provided in this section, on and after October 1, 2015, each municipality when awarding a municipal public works contract shall state in its notice of solicitation for competitive bids or request for proposals or qualifications for such contract that the general or trade contractor shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section and the requirements concerning nondiscrimination and affirmative action under sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a . Any such contractor awarded a municipal public works contract shall, on the basis of competitive bidding procedures, (A) set aside at least twenty-five per cent of the total value of the state's financial assistance for such contract for award to subcontractors who are small contractors, and (B) of that portion to be set aside in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, reserve a portion equivalent to twenty-five per cent of the total value of the contract or portion thereof to be set aside for awards to subcontractors who are minority business enterprises. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any municipality that has established a set-aside program pursuant to section 7-148u where the percentage of contracts set aside for minority business enterprises is equivalent to or exceeds the percentage set forth in this subsection.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, and except as provided in this section, on and after October 1, 2015, any individual, firm or corporation that enters into a contract for a quasi-public agency project shall, prior to awarding such contract, notify the contractor to be awarded such project of the requirements of this section and the requirements concerning nondiscrimination and affirmative action under sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a . Any such contractor awarded a contract for a quasi-public agency project shall, on the basis of competitive bidding procedures, (A) set aside at least twenty-five per cent of the total value of the state's financial assistance for such contract for award to subcontractors who are small contractors, and (B) of that portion to be set aside in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, reserve a portion equivalent to twenty-five per cent of the total value of the contract or portions thereof to be set aside for awards to subcontractors who are minority business enterprises.

(5) Eligibility of nonprofit corporations under the provisions of this section shall be limited to predevelopment contracts awarded by the Commissioner of Housing for housing projects.

(6) In calculating the percentage of contracts to be set aside under subdivisions (2) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection, the awarding agency or contractor shall exclude any contract that may not be set aside due to a conflict with a federal law or regulation.

(c) The head of any awarding agency may, in lieu of setting aside any contract or portions thereof, require any general or trade contractor or any other entity authorized by such agency to award contracts, to set aside a portion of any contract for subcontractors who are eligible for set-aside contracts under this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the total value of contracts which are required to be set aside by any awarding agency pursuant to this section.

(d) The head of each awarding agency shall notify the Commissioner of Administrative Services of all contracts to be set aside pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section at the time that bid documents for such contracts are made available to potential contractors.

(e) The awarding authority shall require that a contractor or subcontractor awarded a contract or a portion of a contract under this section perform not less than thirty per cent of the work with the workforces of such contractor or subcontractor and shall require that not less than fifty per cent of the work be performed by contractors or subcontractors eligible for awards under this section. A contractor awarded a contract or a portion of a contract under this section shall not subcontract with any person with whom the contractor is affiliated. No person who is affiliated with another person shall be eligible for awards under this section if both affiliated persons considered together would not qualify as a small contractor or a minority business enterprise under subsection (a) of this section. The awarding authority shall require that a contractor awarded a contract pursuant to this section submit, in writing, an explanation of any subcontract to such contract that is entered into with any person that is not eligible for the award of a contract pursuant to this section, prior to the performance of any work pursuant to such subcontract.

(f) The awarding authority may require that a contractor or subcontractor awarded a contract or a portion of a contract under this section furnish the following documentation: (1) A copy of the certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the contractor or subcontractor; (2) a copy of federal income tax returns filed by the contractor or subcontractor for the previous year; (3) evidence of payment of fair market value for the purchase or lease by the contractor or subcontractor of property or equipment from another contractor who is not eligible for set-aside contracts under this section; (4) evidence that the principal place of business of the contractor or subcontractor is located in the state; and (5) for any contractor or subcontractor certified under subsection (k) of this section on or after October 1, 2021, evidence of registration as a small business in the federal database maintained by the United States General Services Administration, as required to do business with the federal government.

(g) The awarding authority or the Commissioner of Administrative Services or the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities may conduct an audit of the financial, corporate and business records and conduct an investigation of any small contractor or minority business enterprise which applies for or is awarded a set-aside contract for the purpose of determining eligibility for awards or compliance with the requirements established under this section.

(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) any awarding agency for which the total value of all contracts or portions of contracts of the types enumerated in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section is anticipated to be equal to ten thousand dollars or less, or (2) any municipal public works contract or contract for a quasi-public agency project for which the total value of the contract is anticipated to be equal to fifty thousand dollars or less.

(i) In lieu of a performance, bid, labor and materials or other required bond, a contractor or subcontractor awarded a contract under this section may provide to the awarding authority, and the awarding authority shall accept a letter of credit. Any such letter of credit shall be in an amount equal to ten per cent of the contract for any contract that is less than one hundred thousand dollars and in an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the contract for any contract that exceeds one hundred thousand dollars.

(j) (1) Whenever the awarding agency has reason to believe that any contractor or subcontractor awarded a state set-aside contract has wilfully violated any provision of this section, the awarding agency shall send a notice to such contractor or subcontractor by certified mail, return receipt requested. Such notice shall include: (A) A reference to the provision alleged to be violated; (B) a short and plain statement of the matter asserted; (C) the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed for such violation; and (D) the time and place for the hearing. Such hearing shall be fixed for a date not earlier than fourteen days after the notice is mailed. The awarding agency shall send a copy of such notice to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

(2) The awarding agency shall hold a hearing on the violation asserted unless such contractor or subcontractor fails to appear. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If, after the hearing, the awarding agency finds that the contractor or subcontractor has wilfully violated any provision of this section, the awarding agency shall suspend all set-aside contract payments to the contractor or subcontractor and may, in its discretion, order that a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars per violation be imposed on the contractor or subcontractor. If such contractor or subcontractor fails to appear for the hearing, the awarding agency may, as the facts require, order that a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars per violation be imposed on the contractor or subcontractor. The awarding agency shall send a copy of any order issued pursuant to this subsection by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the contractor or subcontractor named in such order. The awarding agency may cause proceedings to be instituted by the Attorney General for the enforcement of any order imposing a civil penalty issued under this subsection.

(k) (1) On or before January 1, 2000, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a process for certification of small contractors and minority business enterprises as eligible for set-aside contracts. Each certification shall be valid for a period not to exceed two years, unless the Commissioner of Administrative Services determines that an extension of such certification is warranted, provided any such extension shall not exceed a period of six months from such certification's original expiration date. Any certification issued prior to October 1, 2021, shall remain valid for the term listed on such certification unless revoked pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. The Department of Administrative Services shall maintain on its web site an updated directory of small contractors and minority business enterprises certified under this section.

(2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may deny an application for the initial issuance or renewal of such certification after issuing a written decision to the applicant setting forth the basis for such denial. The commissioner may revoke such certification for cause after notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Any person aggrieved by the commissioner's decision to deny the issuance or renewal of or to revoke such certification may appeal such decision to the Superior Court, in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .

(3) Whenever the Commissioner of Administrative Services has reason to believe that a small contractor or minority business enterprise who has applied for or received certification under this section has included a materially false statement in his or her application, the commissioner may impose a penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars after notice and a hearing held in accordance with chapter 54. Such notice shall include (A) a reference to the statement or statements contained in the application alleged to be false, (B) the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed for such misrepresentation, and (C) the time and place of the hearing. Such hearing shall be fixed for a date not later than fourteen days from the date such notice is sent. The commissioner shall send a copy of such notice to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

(4) The commissioner shall hold a hearing prior to such revocation or denial or the imposition of a penalty, unless such contractor or subcontractor fails to appear. If, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that the contractor or subcontractor has wilfully included a materially false statement in his or her application for certification under this subsection, the commissioner shall revoke or deny the certification and may order that a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars be imposed on the contractor or subcontractor. If such contractor or subcontractor fails to appear for the hearing, the commissioner may, as the facts require, revoke or deny the certification and order that a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars be imposed on the contractor or subcontractor. The commissioner shall send a copy of any order issued pursuant to this subsection to the contractor or subcontractor named in such order. The commissioner may cause proceedings to be instituted by the Attorney General for the enforcement of any order imposing a civil penalty issued under this subsection.

(l) On or before June thirtieth of each year, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide each awarding agency setting aside contracts or portions of contracts under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section a preliminary report establishing small and minority business state set-aside program goals for the twelve-month period beginning July first in the same year. On or before September thirtieth of each year, each such awarding agency shall submit a final version of such report to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and government administration.

(m) On or before November first of each year and on a quarterly basis thereafter, each awarding agency setting aside contracts or portions of contracts under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall prepare a status report on the implementation and results of its small business and minority business enterprise state set-aside program goals during the three-month period ending one month before the due date for the report. Each report shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Any awarding agency that achieves less than fifty per cent of its small contractor and minority business enterprise state set-aside program goals by the end of the second reporting period in any twelve-month period beginning on July first shall provide a written explanation to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities detailing how the awarding agency will achieve its goals in the final reporting period. The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall: (1) Monitor the achievement of the annual goals established by each awarding agency; and (2) prepare a quarterly report concerning such goal achievement. The report shall be submitted to each awarding agency that submitted a report, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to planning and development and government administration. Failure by any awarding agency to submit any reports required by this section shall be a violation of section 46a-77 .

(n) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the janitorial or service contracts awarded pursuant to subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of section 4a-82 .

(o) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.