Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-38d — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-38d
Sec. 4-38d. (Formerly Sec. 4-38). Transfer or assignment of functions, powers, duties of department, institution, or agency to successor department, institution, agency or authority.
Status: repealed

(b) Continuance of orders and regulations. Any order or regulation of a department, institution or agency, or of a division thereof, the functions, powers or duties of which are so assigned or transferred, which is in force at the time of such assignment or transfer, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the department, institution, agency or authority to which such assignment or transfer is made until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law.

(c) Pending actions and proceedings. The assignment or transfer of any of the functions, powers or duties of a department, institution or agency, or any division thereof, under the provisions of any act of the General Assembly shall not affect any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of such assignment or transfer, and the proper party shall be deemed substituted in such action by operation of this section without motion or order.

(d) Completion of unfinished business. Any contract, right of action or matter undertaken or commenced by any department, institution or agency, or any division thereof, the functions, powers or duties of which are so assigned or transferred, may be conducted and completed by its successor in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if undertaken or commenced and conducted and completed by the department, institution or agency, the functions, powers and duties of which are so assigned or transferred.

(e) Officers and employees; general transfer. Officers and employees of any department, institution or agency, or any division thereof, the functions, powers or duties of which are so assigned or transferred, shall be assigned or transferred to the department or authority to which such assignment or transfer is made, subject to any statutes or regulations governing the employment of state employees. If the duties of any such officer or employee pertain to functions which are divided and assigned to two or more departments, institutions, agencies or authorities, the heads thereof shall determine the department, institution, agency or authority to which such officer or employee shall be transferred and, if they are unable to agree, such determination shall be made by the Governor.

(f) Records and property; general transfer. Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, the head of a department, institution or agency, the functions, powers or duties of which are so assigned or transferred, shall deliver to the department, institution, agency or authority to which such assignment or transfer is made all contracts, books, maps, plans, papers, records and property pertaining to or used in connection with the functions, powers or duties so assigned or transferred.

Cited. 148 C. 591; 222 C. 414.

Subsec. (a):

Supervision of trusts and appointment of trustees is judicial function and not a legislative power; transfer under section of duties of commission on fine arts to public works commissioner carried with it only the power to act as trustee. 140 C. 124.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-178a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-178a
Sec. 4-178a. Contested cases and declaratory ruling proceedings. Review of preliminary, procedural or evidentiary rulings.
Status: in_force

Cited. 217 C. 130; 239 C. 32.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-4 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-4
Sec. 4e-4. Authority and responsibilities of the board with respect to procurements by state contracting agencies.
Status: in_force

(a) Recommend the repeal of repetitive, conflicting or obsolete statutes concerning state procurement;

(b) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed legislation and regulations concerning procurement, management, control, and disposal of any and all supplies, services, and construction to be procured by the state, including, but not limited to:

(1) Conditions and procedures for delegation of procurement authority;

(2) Prequalification, suspension, debarment and reinstatement of prospective bidders and contractors;

(3) Small purchase procedures;

(4) Conditions and procedures for the procurement of perishables and items for resale;

(5) Conditions and procedures for the use of source selection methods authorized by statutes and regulations concerning procurement;

(6) Conditions and procedures for the use of emergency procurements;

(7) Conditions and procedures for the selection of contractors by processes or methods that restrict full and open competition;

(8) The opening or rejection of bids and offers, and waiver of errors in bids and offers;

(9) Confidentiality of technical data and trade secrets submitted by actual or prospective bidders;

(10) Partial, progressive and multiple awards;

(11) Supervision of storerooms and inventories, including determination of appropriate stock levels and the management, transfer, sale or other disposal of publicly-owned supplies;

(12) Definitions and classes of contractual services and procedures for acquiring such services;

(13) Regulations providing for conducting cost and price analysis;

(14) Use of payment and performance bonds;

(15) Guidelines for use of cost principles in negotiations, adjustments and settlements; and

(16) Identification of procurement best practices;

(c) Adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of statutes concerning procurement, in order to facilitate consistent application of the law and require the implementation of procurement best practices;

(d) Make recommendations with regard to information systems for state procurement including, but not limited to, data element and design and the State Contracting Portal;

(e) Develop a guide to state statutes and regulations concerning procurement, for use by all state contracting agencies;

(f) Assist state contracting agencies in complying with the statutes and regulations concerning procurement by providing guidance, models, advice and practical assistance to state contracting agency staff relating to: (1) Buying the best service at the best price, (2) properly selecting contractors, and (3) drafting contracts that achieve state goals of accountability, transparency and results based outcomes and to protect taxpayers' interest;

(g) Train and oversee the agency procurement officer of each state contracting agency and any contracting officers thereunder;

(h) Review and certify, on or after January 1, 2009, that a state contracting agency's procurement processes are in compliance with statutes and regulations concerning procurement by:

(1) Establishing procurement and project management education and training criteria and certification procedures for agency procurement officers and contracting officers. All agency procurement officers and contracting officers designated under this provision shall be required to maintain the certification in good standing at all times while performing procurement functions;

(2) Approving an ethics training course, in consultation with the Office of State Ethics, including, but not limited to, state employees involved in procurement and for state contractors and substantial subcontractors who are prequalified pursuant to chapter 58a. Such ethics training course may be developed and provided by the Office of State Ethics or by any person, firm or corporation provided such course is approved by the State Contracting Standards Board;

(i) Recertify each state contracting agency's procurement processes, triennially, and provide agencies with notice of any certification deficiency and exercise those powers authorized by section 4e-34 , 4e-39 or 4e-40 , as applicable, if a determination of noncompliance is made;

(j) Define the contract data reporting requirements to the board for state agencies concerning information on: (1) The number and type of state contracts of each state contracting agency currently in effect state-wide; (2) the term and dollar value of such contracts; (3) a list of client agencies; (4) a description of services purchased under such contracts; (5) contractor names; (6) an evaluation of contractor performance, including, but not limited to records pertaining to the suspension or disqualification of contractors, and assuring such information is available on the State Contracting Portal; and (7) a list of contracts and contractors awarded without full and open competition stating the reasons for and identifying the approving authority; and

(k) Provide the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration with recommendations concerning the statutes and regulations concerning procurement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-193 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55 / Section 4-193
Sec. 4-193. Agency's duties re personal data.
Status: in_force

(a) Inform each of its employees who operates or maintains a personal data system or who has access to personal data, of the provisions of (1) this chapter, (2) the agency's regulations adopted pursuant to section 4-196 , (3) the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , and (4) any other state or federal statute or regulation concerning maintenance or disclosure of personal data kept by the agency;

(b) Take reasonable precautions to protect personal data from the dangers of fire, theft, flood, natural disaster or other physical threats;

(c) Keep a complete record, concerning each person, of every individual, agency or organization who has obtained access to or to whom disclosure has been made of personal data and the reason for each such disclosure or access; and maintain such record for not less than five years from the date of obtaining such access or disclosure or maintain such record for the life of the record, whichever is longer;

(d) Make available to a person, upon written request, the record kept under subsection (c) of this section;

(e) Maintain only that information about a person which is relevant and necessary to accomplish the lawful purposes of the agency;

(f) Inform an individual in writing, upon written request, whether the agency maintains personal data concerning him;

(g) Except as otherwise provided in section 4-194 , disclose to a person, upon written request, on a form understandable to such person, all personal data concerning him which is maintained by the agency. If disclosure of personal data is made under this subsection, the agency shall not disclose any personal data concerning persons other than the requesting person;

(h) Establish procedures which:

(1) Allow a person to contest the accuracy, completeness or relevancy of his personal data;

(2) Allow personal data to be corrected upon request of a person when the agency concurs in the proposed correction;

(3) Allow a person who believes that the agency maintains inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning him to add a statement to the record setting forth what he believes to be an accurate or complete version of that personal data. Such a statement shall become a permanent part of the agency's personal data system, and shall be disclosed to any individual, agency or organization to which the disputed personal data is disclosed.

Cited. 186 C. 153; 216 C. 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-61 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60 / Section 4b-61
Sec. 4b-61. (Formerly Sec. 4-24m). Contracting for design professional services.
Status: in_force

(1) The committee shall direct the State Commission on Capitol Preservation and Restoration to invite responses from design professionals by advertisements inserted at least once in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the state. The responses received shall be considered by the commission which shall select from among those responding the three professionals, which in its opinion are most qualified to perform the required design professional services, and submit the names to the committee. If three or fewer responses are received, the commission shall submit the names of all those responding.

(2) The committee may negotiate a contract with the most qualified design professional on the list, in its judgment, at compensation which it determines is both fair and reasonable. If the committee is unable to conclude a contract with any of the design professionals recommended by the commission, it shall issue a finding giving the reasons for such inability and may negotiate with any design professional which it determines to be most qualified to perform the services at fair and reasonable compensation. In determining fair and reasonable compensation, the committee shall consider, in the following order of importance, the professional competence of the design professional, the technical merits of the proposal, the ability of the firm to perform the required services within the time and budgetary limits of the contract and the price for which the services are to be rendered.

(3) As used in this section, “design professional” means any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor or interior designer who is registered to practice his profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes; and “design professional services” means those professional services rendered by architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors or interior designers, as well as incidental services that members of such professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-30a — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-30a
Sec. 4b-30a. Sublease of land or buildings and facilities leased to the state.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall deposit all payments received under this section in the General Fund and each such payment shall be credited to the appropriation made from such fund for the lease of such sublet land or buildings, or both, and facilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4d-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 4d / Chapter 61 / Section 4d-8
Sec. 4d-8. Information and telecommunication systems. Purchase, lease, contracts for, sale and disposal.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) As used in this subsection, “information technology personal property” includes, but is not limited to, electronic data processing equipment, other equipment necessary for the utilization of information systems, telecommunication equipment or installations, and other equipment necessary for the utilization of telecommunication systems.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of information technology personal property. The commissioner may execute personal service agreements or other contracts with outside vendors for such purposes. If any such information technology personal property was purchased or improved with the proceeds of tax-exempt obligations issued or to be issued by the state, the commissioner shall notify the State Treasurer and obtain the approval of the State Treasurer, before selling, leasing or disposing of the personal property or executing such an agreement or contract for such purpose. The State Treasurer may disapprove such sale, lease, disposition, agreement or contract only if it would affect the tax-exempt status of such obligations and could not be modified to maintain such tax-exempt status.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-3 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-3
Sec. 4b-3. (Formerly Sec. 4-26a). State Properties Review Board established. Commissioner of Administrative Services' powers in state realty transactions. Review by board of transactions, contracts and acquisition of development rights. Appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) The chairman of the board shall be compensated two hundred dollars per diem up to a maximum of thirty thousand dollars annually. Other members of the board shall be compensated two hundred dollars per diem up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars annually. The members of the board shall choose their own chairman. No person shall serve on this board who holds another state or municipal governmental position and no person on the board shall be directly involved in any enterprise which does business with the state or directly or indirectly involved in any enterprise concerned with real estate acquisition or development.

(c) The board may adopt such rules as it deems necessary for the conduct of its internal affairs, in accordance with section 4-167 .

(d) Notwithstanding any other statute or special act to the contrary, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be the sole person authorized to represent the state in its dealings with third parties for the construction, development, acquisition or leasing of real estate for housing the offices or equipment of all agencies of the state or for the state-owned public buildings or realty, as provided for in sections 2-90 , 4b-1 to 4b-5 , inclusive, 4b-21 , 4b-23 , 4b-24 , 4b-26 , 4b-27 , 4b-30 and 4b-32 , subsection (c) of section 4b-66 and sections 4b-67 to 4b-69 , inclusive, 4b-71 , 4b-72 , 10-95 , 10a-72 , 10a-89 , 10a-90 , 10a-114 , 10a-130 , 10a-144 , 17a-784 , 22a-324 , 26-3 , 27-45 , 32-1c , 32-39 , 48-9 , 51-27d and 51-27f , except that (1) the Joint Committee on Legislative Management may represent the state in the planning and construction of the Legislative Office Building and related facilities, in Hartford; (2) the Chief Court Administrator may represent the state in providing for (A) space for the Court Support Services Division as part of a new or existing contract for an alternative incarceration program pursuant to section 54-103b or a program developed pursuant to section 46b-121k , or (B) other real estate needs of the Judicial Branch when delegated authority to do so by the Commissioner of Administrative Services; (3) the board of trustees of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education may represent the state in the leasing of real estate for housing the offices or equipment of such constituent unit, provided no lease payments for such realty are made with funds generated from the general revenues of the state; (4) the Labor Commissioner may represent the state in the leasing of premises required for employment security operations as provided in subsection (c) of section 31-250 ; (5) the Commissioner of Developmental Services may represent the state in the leasing of residential property as part of the program developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17a-218 , provided such residential property does not exceed two thousand five hundred square feet, for the community placement of persons eligible to receive residential services from the department; (6) the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may represent the state in the leasing of residential units as part of a program developed pursuant to section 17a-455a , provided each such residential unit does not exceed two thousand five hundred square feet; and (7) the Connecticut Marketing Authority may represent the state in the leasing of land or markets under the control of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, and, except for the housing of offices or equipment in connection with the initial acquisition of an existing state mass transit system or the leasing of land by the Connecticut Marketing Authority for a term of one year or more in which cases the actions of the Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Marketing Authority shall be subject to the review and approval of the State Properties Review Board. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish and implement any procedures necessary for the commissioner to assume the commissioner's responsibilities as said sole bargaining agent for state realty acquisitions and shall perform the duties necessary to carry out such procedures. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may appoint, within the department's budget and subject to the provisions of chapter 67, such personnel deemed necessary by the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this section, including experts in real estate, construction operations, financing, banking, contracting, architecture and engineering. The Attorney General's office, at the request of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall assist the commissioner in contract negotiations regarding the purchase, lease or construction of real estate.

(e) The State Properties Review Board shall be within the Department of Administrative Services and shall have independent decision-making authority.

(f) The State Properties Review Board shall review real estate acquisitions, sales, leases and subleases proposed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or proposed by the Chief Court Administrator pursuant to the authority delegated to the Chief Court Administrator by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the acquisition, other than by condemnation, or the sale or lease of any property by the Commissioner of Transportation under subdivision (11) of section 13b-4 , subject to section 4b-23 and subsection (h) of section 13a-73 and review, for approval or disapproval, any contract for a project described in subsection (h) of section 4b-91 . Such review shall consider all aspects of the proposed actions, including feasibility and method of acquisition and the prudence of the business method proposed. The board shall also cooperate with and advise and assist the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Transportation in carrying out their duties. The board shall have access to all information, files and records, including financial records, of the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Transportation, and shall, when necessary, be entitled to the use of personnel employed by said commissioners. The board shall approve or disapprove any acquisition of development rights of agricultural land by the Commissioner of Agriculture under section 22-26cc . The board shall hear any appeal under section 8-273a and shall render a final decision on the appeal within thirty days thereafter. The written decision of the board shall be a final decision for the purposes of sections 4-180 and 4-183 . The provisions of this section shall not apply to any airport, airport site or any part thereof operated by the Connecticut Airport Authority established pursuant to section 15-120bb .

Annotation to former section 4-26a:

Cited. 9 CA 514.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4a-2a — Connecticut Code / Title 4a / Chapter 57 / Section 4a-2a
Sec. 4a-2a. Workplace stress awareness and prevention program. Workplace violence awareness, prevention and preparedness program.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop an employee training program to instruct state employees on workplace violence awareness, prevention and preparedness. Any full-time employee, as defined in section 5-196 , employed by the state prior to January 1, 2012, shall be required to attend the training described in this subsection. Any full-time employee employed by the state on or after January 1, 2012, shall be required, not later than six months from the date of hire, to attend the training described in this subsection as a condition of his or her employment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-282 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55e / Section 4-282
Sec. 4-282. Court's jurisdiction over civil actions brought by certain individuals. Duplicate actions.
Status: in_force

(b) Unless opposed by the state, the court shall dismiss an action or claim brought under section 4-277 if allegations or transactions that are substantially the same as those alleged in the action or claim were publicly disclosed (1) in a state criminal, civil or administrative hearing in which the state or its agent is a party, (2) in a report, hearing, audit or investigation conducted by the General Assembly, a committee of the General Assembly, the Auditors of Public Accounts, a state agency or quasi-public agency, or (3) by the news media, except the court shall not dismiss such action or claim if the action or claim is brought by the Attorney General or the person who is an original source of information.

(c) For purposes of this section, “original source” means an individual who (1) voluntarily discloses to the state information on which the allegations or transactions in an action or claim are based, prior to public disclosure of such information as described in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (b) of this section, or (2) has knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclosed allegations or transactions and has voluntarily provided the information to the state before filing an action or claim under sections 4-276 to 4-280 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4d-82a — Connecticut Code / Title 4d / Chapter 61a / Section 4d-82a
Sec. 4d-82a. Ed-Net account.
Status: in_force

(b) The funds made available to the Department of Administrative Services in subsection (a) of this section, for Ed-Net, may be transferred by said department to state agencies requiring funds for such purpose.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-289 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55e / Section 4-289
Sec. 4-289. Report by Attorney General re civil actions.
Status: in_force

(1) The number of civil actions the Attorney General filed during the previous fiscal year under sections 4-276 to 4-280 , inclusive;

(2) The number of civil actions private persons filed during the previous fiscal year under sections 4-276 to 4-280 , inclusive, including the number of civil actions that remain under seal, along with (A) the state or federal courts in which such civil actions were filed and the number of civil actions filed in each such court, (B) the state program or agency involved in each civil action, and (C) the number of civil actions filed by private individuals who previously had filed an action based on the same or similar transactions or allegations under the federal False Claims Act, 31 USC 3729-3733, as amended from time to time, or the false claims act of any other state; and

(3) The amount that was recovered by the state under sections 4-276 to 4-280 , inclusive, in settlement, damages and penalties and the litigation cost, if known, along with the (A) case number and parties for each civil action where there was a recovery, (B) separate amount of any funds recovered for damages, penalties and litigation costs, and (C) percentage of the recovery and the amount that the state paid to any private person who brought the civil action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-174 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-174
Sec. 4-174. Petition for regulation.
Status: in_force

Cited. 169 C. 344; 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 179 C. 111; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 239 C. 32. Section not intended to grant right to petition for regulations to persons who have no specific, legally protectible interest that would be, or potentially could be, affected by the regulations. 278 C. 197.

Cited. 1 CA 1.

Cited. 32 CS 300.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-262 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55d / Section 4-262
Sec. 4-262. Remedies re material default by contractor. Department authority.
Status: in_force

(b) The department may exercise the power of condemnation to acquire the project in the event of a material default by the contractor. Any person who has provided financing for the project, and the contractor, to the extent of its capital investment, may participate in the condemnation proceedings with the standing of a property owner.

(c) The department may terminate, with cause, the partnership agreement and exercise any other rights and remedies that may be available to it at law or in equity.

(d) The state may make or cause to be made any appropriate claims under the maintenance, performance or payment bonds, or lines of credit, as set forth in the partnership agreement.

(e) In the event the state elects to assume the responsibility and duties of a project pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the department may develop or operate the project, impose user fees, impose and collect lease payments for the use thereof and comply with any service contracts as if it were the contractor. Any revenue that is subject to a lien shall be collected for the benefit of and paid to secured parties, as their interests may appear, to the extent necessary to satisfy the contractor's obligations to secured parties, including the maintenance of reserves. Such liens shall be correspondingly reduced and, when paid off, released. Before any payments to, or for the benefit of, secured parties, the department may use revenue to pay current operation and maintenance costs of the qualifying project, including compensation to the department for its services in operating and maintaining the project. The right to receive such payment, if any, shall be considered just compensation for the project. The full faith and credit of the department shall not be pledged to secure any financing of the contractor by the election to take over such project. The assumption of the operation of the project shall not obligate the department to pay any obligation of the contractor from sources other than revenue.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-177a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-177a
Sec. 4-177a. Contested cases. Party, intervenor status.
Status: in_force

(b) The presiding officer may grant any person status as an intervenor in a contested case if that officer finds that: (1) Such person has submitted a written petition to the agency and mailed copies to all parties, at least five days before the date of hearing; and (2) the petition states facts that demonstrate that the petitioner's participation is in the interests of justice and will not impair the orderly conduct of the proceedings.

(c) The five-day requirement in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be waived at any time before or after commencement of the hearing by the presiding officer on a showing of good cause.

(d) If a petition is granted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the presiding officer may limit the intervenor's participation to designated issues in which the intervenor has a particular interest as demonstrated by the petition and shall define the intervenor's rights to inspect and copy records, physical evidence, papers and documents, to introduce evidence, and to argue and cross-examine on those issues. The presiding officer may further restrict the participation of an intervenor in the proceedings, including the rights to inspect and copy records, to introduce evidence and to cross-examine, so as to promote the orderly conduct of the proceedings.

Cited. 233 C. 486; 234 C. 624; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 30 CA 85; 35 CA 455; 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-34 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-34
Sec. 4e-34. Disqualification of contractor, bidder or proposer by State Contracting Standards Board. Causes for disqualification.
Status: in_force

(b) Causes for such disqualification shall include the following:

(1) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to, the commission of a criminal offense as an incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or in the performance of such contract or subcontract;

(2) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to, the violation of any state or federal law for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a state contractor;

(3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to, a violation of any state or federal antitrust, collusion or conspiracy law arising out of the submission of bids or proposals on a public or private contract or subcontract;

(4) Accumulation of two or more suspensions pursuant to section 4e-35 within a twenty-four-month period;

(5) A wilful, negligent or reckless failure to perform in accordance with the terms of one or more contracts or subcontracts, agreements or transactions with state contracting agencies;

(6) A history of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance on one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions with state contracting agencies;

(7) A wilful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a contract, agreement or transaction with state contracting agencies;

(8) A wilful or egregious violation of the ethical standards set forth in sections 1-84 , 1-86e and 1-101nn , as determined by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board; or

(9) Any other cause or conduct the board determines to be so serious and compelling as to affect responsibility as a state contractor, including, but not limited to:

(A) Disqualification by another state for cause;

(B) The fraudulent or criminal conduct of any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with a contractor, bidder or proposer of such contractor, bidder or proposer, provided such conduct occurred in connection with the individual's performance of duties for or on behalf of such contractor, bidder or proposer and such contractor, bidder or proposer knew or had reason to know of such conduct;

(C) The existence of an informal or formal business relationship with a contractor who has been disqualified from bidding or proposing on state contracts of any state contracting agency.

(c) Upon written request by the affected state contractor, bidder or proposer, the State Contracting Standards Board may reduce the period or extent of disqualification for a contractor, bidder or proposer if documentation supporting any of the following reasons for modification is provided to the board by the contractor, bidder or proposer:

(1) Newly discovered material evidence;

(2) Reversal of the conviction upon which the disqualification was based;

(3) Bona fide change in ownership or management; or

(4) Elimination of other causes for which the disqualification was imposed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-40b — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-40b
Sec. 4-40b. Payments to state employees resigning or retiring from employment pursuant to settlement or nondisparagement agreement.
Status: in_force

(b) No settlement agreement or nondisparagement agreement, as described in subsection (a) of this section, may prohibit an employee from making a complaint or providing information in accordance with section 4-61dd or sections 4-276 to 4-280 , inclusive.

See Sec. 1-125a re prohibition against certain payments to resigning or retiring quasi-public agency employees.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-67z — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-67z
Sec. 4-67z. Review of legal obstacles to sharing of high value data. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Chief Data Officer shall submit a report, developed in consultation with the Attorney General, agency data officers and executive branch agency legal counsel, that includes any recommendations on (1) methods to facilitate the sharing of such high value data to the extent permitted under state and federal law, including, but not limited to, the preparation and execution of memoranda of understanding among executive branch agencies, and (2) any necessary legislation, to the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a . Concomitantly, the Chief Data Officer shall post each such report on the Office of Policy and Management's Internet web site.

(c) The report submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be consistent with the state data plan, created under section 4-67p . The Chief Data Officer shall update such report annually with additional information concerning the sharing of high value data and any additional recommendations, including any potential fiscal impact of any recommendations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-175 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-175
Sec. 4-175. Declaratory judgment action to determine validity of a regulation or applicability of a statute, regulation or final decision.
Status: in_force

(b) When the action for declaratory judgment concerns the applicability or validity of a regulation, the agency shall, within thirty days after service of the complaint, transmit to the court the original or a certified copy of the regulation-making record relating to the regulation. The court may order the agency to transcribe any portion of the regulation-making record that has not been transcribed and transmit to the court the original or a certified copy of the transcription. By stipulation of all parties, the record may be shortened. A party unreasonably refusing to stipulate to limit the record may be taxed by the court for the additional costs.

Jurisdiction under section which specifically provides for declaratory judgments under the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act depends on whether plaintiff's rights or privileges have been threatened or impaired. 165 C. 448. Cited. 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 352; 178 C. 586; 183 C. 76; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 192 C. 460; 194 C. 165; 197 C. 554; 199 C. 609; 204 C. 67; 207 C. 346; 208 C. 663; 211 C. 436; 214 C. 256; 215 C. 616; 218 C. 335; 219 C. 520; 222 C. 414; 239 C. 32; Id., 124; Id., 599. Declaratory judgment procedures under section and Sec. 4-176 may not be used to bypass obligation to exhaust remedies in context of pending administrative proceeding; issuance of second chance notice under Sec. 4-182(c) does not on its own constitute institution of agency proceedings that would give plaintiff access to administrative remedy. 315 C. 196.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 6 CA 723; 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570; 34 CA 123. Court found no requirement that prisoner have a liberty interest before he can seek a determination as to validity of agency regulation that he claims interferes with or impairs or threatens to interfere with or impair his legal rights or privileges. 64 CA 258. Owner of land abutting property on which Department of Public Health recommended installation of a subsurface sewage disposal system does not have standing to challenge recommendation since no statute, regulation or decision applied to the facts. 65 CA 201. Jurisdictional challenges are within the purview of administrative agency and there exists no broad exception to the exhaustion requirement for challenges to the jurisdiction of an administrative agency; plaintiff was obligated to raise its challenge to the jurisdiction of the commission in the pending administrative proceedings and, if necessary, an appeal pursuant to Sec. 4-183 or a subsequent declaratory petition pursuant to Sec. 4-176. 180 CA 478.

Procedure to challenge regulation. 32 CS 153. Cited. 33 CS 86; 35 CS 13; 39 CS 99; Id., 462.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-3 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-3
Sec. 4e-3. Exercise of rights, powers, duties and authority relating to the procurement policies of the state by the board.
Status: in_force

(1) Acquisition of supplies, services, and construction, and the management, control, warehousing, sale, and disposal of supplies, services, and construction;

(2) Any state contracting and procurement processes, including, but not limited to, leasing and property transfers, purchasing or leasing of supplies, materials or equipment, consultant or consultant services, purchase of service agreements or privatization contracts; and

(3) Contracts for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 14 upon request by the board, each state contracting agency, including institutions of higher education, shall provide the board, in a timely manner, with such procurement information as the board deems necessary. The board shall have access to all information, files and records related to any state contracting agency in furtherance of the board's duties, as described in this section and sections 4e-4 to 4e-47 , inclusive. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the board's disclosure of documents that are exempt from disclosure pursuant to chapter 14.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-252 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55c / Section 4-252
Sec. 4-252. Representations required in large state contracts.
Status: in_force

(b) The official or employee of such state agency or quasi-public agency who is authorized to execute state contracts shall represent that the selection of the person, firm or corporation was not the result of collusion, the giving of a gift or the promise of a gift, compensation, fraud or inappropriate influence from any person.

(c) Any principal or key personnel of the person, firm or corporation submitting a bid or proposal for a large state contract shall represent:

(1) That no gifts were made by (A) such person, firm, corporation, (B) any principals and key personnel of the person, firm or corporation, who participate substantially in preparing bids, proposals or negotiating state contracts, or (C) any agent of such person, firm, corporation or principals and key personnel, who participates substantially in preparing bids, proposals or negotiating state contracts, to (i) any public official or state employee of the state agency or quasi-public agency soliciting bids or proposals for state contracts, who participates substantially in the preparation of bid solicitations or requests for proposals for state contracts or the negotiation or award of state contracts, or (ii) any public official or state employee of any other state agency, who has supervisory or appointing authority over such state agency or quasi-public agency;

(2) That no such principals and key personnel of the person, firm or corporation, or agent of such person, firm or corporation or principals and key personnel, knows of any action by the person, firm or corporation to circumvent such prohibition on gifts by providing for any other principals and key personnel, official, employee or agent of the person, firm or corporation to provide a gift to any such public official or state employee; and

(3) That the person, firm or corporation is submitting bids or proposals without fraud or collusion with any person.

(d) Any bidder or proposer that does not agree to the representations required under this section shall be rejected and the state agency or quasi-public agency shall award the contract to the next highest ranked proposer or the next lowest responsible qualified bidder or seek new bids or proposals.

(e) Each state agency and quasi-public agency shall include in the bid specifications or request for proposals for a large state contract a notice of the representation requirements of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-73 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62a / Section 4e-73
Sec. 4e-73. Contracts with providers of health and human services. Prohibition on recovery of American Rescue Plan Act payments. Exceptions to prohibition.
Status: in_force

(b) No state agency contracting with a provider of health and human services may attempt to recover or otherwise offset Home and Community-Based Services Provider Payments obtained or retained by such provider. Nothing in this subsection shall require state agencies to take action that would jeopardize federal claims or Medicaid reimbursements.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-68o — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-68o
Sec. 4-68o. Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes.
Status: in_force

(b) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on a monthly basis: (1) The number of admissions to prison (A) directly from courts, (B) on account of parole revocation, and (C) on account of probation revocation, (2) the number of releases on parole and to other forms of community supervision and facilities, (3) the rate of granting parole, (4) the number of probation placements and placements to probation facilities, (5) the prison population, and (6) the projected prison population.

(c) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on an annual basis: (1) Recidivism of offenders released from prison, (2) recidivism of offenders on probation, (3) recidivism of offenders participating in programs designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison, and (4) recidivism of offenders who received earned risk reduction credits pursuant to section 18-98e . The division shall measure recidivism in accordance with a nationally-accepted methodology.

(d) The division shall monthly report the reporting system's tracking pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.

(e) The division shall publish an annual outcome report not later than February fifteenth of each year thereafter. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site. Such report may be included as part of the report submitted under section 4-68p .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-173 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-173
Sec. 4-173. Omission of certain regulations from eRegulations System. Link to electronic copy. Maintenance of copy for public inspection.
Status: in_force

Cited. 171 C. 691; 172 C. 263; 173 C. 462; 186 C. 153; 191 C. 173; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 1 CA 1; 25 CA 555.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-107 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-107
Sec. 4-107. Institutions receiving state aid; visitation.
Status: in_force

Cited. 92 C. 120; 175 C. 49.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-66aa — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-66aa
Sec. 4-66aa. Community investment account. Distribution of funds.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, fifty per cent of the moneys deposited in the community investment account from January 1, 2016, until June 30, 2017, shall be credited every three months to the resources of the General Fund, provided the funds remaining in the account shall be distributed as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-256 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55d / Section 4-256
Sec. 4-256. Approval of projects. Department analysis. Submittal to committees.
Status: in_force

(b) In determining whether a project is suitable for a public-private partnership agreement, the department shall conduct an analysis of the feasibility, desirability and the convenience to the public of the project and whether the project furthers the public policy goals of section 4-255 , this section and sections 4-257 to 4-264 , inclusive, taking into consideration the following, when applicable:

(1) The essential characteristics of the proposed facility;

(2) The anticipated demand for use of the facility and its economic and social impact on the community and the state;

(3) The technical function and feasibility of the project and its conformity with the state plan of conservation and development adopted under chapter 297;

(4) The benefit to the state and its citizens;

(5) An analysis of the value provided for the cost of the project, that at a minimum includes a cost-benefit analysis, an assessment of opportunity costs and any nonfinancial benefits of the project;

(6) Any operational or technological risk associated with the proposed project;

(7) The cost of the investment to be made and the economic and financial feasibility of the project;

(8) An analysis of public versus private financing on a present value basis, and the eligibility of the project for other public funds from local or federal government sources;

(9) The impact to the state's finances of undertaking the project by the department; and

(10) The advantages and disadvantages of using a public-private partnership rather than having the department perform the function.

(c) The department shall not submit a project to the Governor for approval for a public-private partnership solely based upon the amount of potential revenue generated by such project.

(d) If the department submits a project in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the department shall at the same time transmit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , a copy of its submission to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and transportation. Said committees shall hold public hearings on any such submission.

(e) The Governor shall notify the department when a project has been approved for a public-private partnership.

(f) On or before January 15, 2022, and annually thereafter, the department shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the General Assembly concerning the status of the public-private partnerships established under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-170b — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 54 / Section 4-170b
Sec. 4-170b. Agency submission to legislative regulation review committee upon failure to submit or resubmit required regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) A list of every section of the general statutes that requires the agency to adopt regulations on or before January first of such year if the agency (A) has not submitted the proposed regulations to the committee as provided in section 4-170 by said December first, or (B) submitted proposed regulations which were rejected without prejudice by the committee and the agency has not resubmitted the proposed regulations to the committee as provided in section 4-170 by said December first;

(2) A date by which the agency proposes to submit or resubmit each of the proposed regulations; and

(3) An explanation in writing by the administrative head of the agency of the reasons each such proposed regulation was not submitted or resubmitted to the committee on or before the date by which the agency is required by the general statutes to adopt the regulation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-66e — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-66e
Sec. 4-66e. Development of interagency self-sufficiency measurement standards.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 1999, the Office of Policy and Management shall contract with a private vendor to develop a self-sufficiency measurement by October 1, 1999. This measurement shall take into account geographical variations in costs and the age and number of children in the family. The value of any state or federal public assistance benefit received by a recipient of temporary family assistance shall be calculated into such recipient's self-sufficiency measurement.

(c) Not later than October 31, 1999, the Office of Policy and Management shall distribute the self-sufficiency measurement to all state agencies that counsel individuals who are seeking education, training or employment. Effective October 31, 1999, the Office of Policy and Management may also distribute the self-sufficiency measurement to any other entity that requests such measurement. Such state agencies and other entities may use the self-sufficiency measurement to assist and guide individuals who are seeking education, training or employment in establishing personal financial goals and estimating the amount of income such individuals may need to support their families.

(d) The self-sufficiency measurement shall not be used to: (1) Analyze the success or failure of any program; (2) determine or establish eligibility or benefit levels for any state or federal public assistance program, including, but not limited to, temporary family assistance, child care assistance, medical assistance, state-administered general assistance, supplemental nutrition assistance or eligibility for the HUSKY Health program; (3) determine whether a person subject to time-limited benefits under the temporary family assistance program qualifies for an extension of benefits under such program; or (4) supplement the amount of benefits awarded under the temporary family assistance program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-68gg — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-68gg
Sec. 4-68gg. Annual report re community engagement training.
Status: in_force

*Note: Section 32 of public act 20-1 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-30 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-30
Sec. 4e-30. Audit of contractor's or subcontractor's books and records by state contracting agency.
Status: in_force

(b) If a state contracting agency enters into an amendment to any negotiated contract or subcontract that extends the terms of such contract or subcontract, the amendment shall be deemed a new and separate negotiated contract for the purposes of this section. The books and records of a contractor or any subcontractor related to the performance of such amendment shall be maintained by the contractor or subcontractor from the commencement of such amendment until a period of three years from the date of final payment under such amendment or the date of expiration of such amendment, whichever is later.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-60p — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-60p
Sec. 4-60p. State agencies as members of public-private consortia.
Status: in_force

(b) Any state agency, institution or board may enter into such long-term contracts and other agreements as will further the purposes of each consortium organized in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, and as contained in each consortium's certificate of incorporation, provided the certificate of incorporation of each such consortium shall include a provision that no state agency, institution or board of the state sitting as a member of the board of the consortium shall be obligated to undertake or participate in any activity, which the representative of the state agency, institution or board, acting in his sole discretion, determines to be in violation of the primary responsibility of his agency, board or institution as provided in the general statutes.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-67g — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-67g
Sec. 4-67g. State real property: Long-range planning, efficiency and appropriateness of use and inventories. Secretary approval re ownership and use.
Status: in_force

(b) In creating and maintaining such inventories, the secretary shall make recommendations concerning the reuse or disposition of state real property and identify in such inventories existing buildings that (1) are of historic, architectural or cultural significance, including buildings listed or eligible to be listed in the national register established under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 80 Stat. 915 (1966), 16 USC 470a, and (2) would be suitable, whether or not in need of repair, alteration or addition, to meet the public building needs of the state or to meet the needs of the public in accordance with the provisions of subsection (m) of section 4b-23 . At the request of the secretary, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall advise the secretary as to whether such buildings are of historic, architectural or cultural significance.

(c) All state agencies shall provide the secretary, in the manner and form prescribed by the secretary, with any information requested by said secretary for purposes of maintaining the inventories required by this section.

(d) The secretary shall update such inventories not less than annually and shall provide the Commissioner of Administrative Services with a copy of such inventories whenever the inventories are updated.

(e) Not later than July 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a copy of such inventories, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.

(f) Each state agency shall request and obtain the written approval of the secretary or his or her designee prior to any (1) change in ownership of state real property, (2) change in use of state real property, (3) use of state real property by an entity other than a state agency, or (4) use of state real property by a state agency other than the state agency with custody and control over such state real property. For purposes of this subsection, “state agency” does not include a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, a technical education and career school or an agency in the legislative or judicial branch of state government.

(g) Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this section, “state real property” means any improved or unimproved real property owned by a state agency, and “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. § 4b-28 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-28
Sec. 4b-28. (Formerly Sec. 4-36a). Notice of proposed change in use of state-supervised property. Notice of construction or enlargement of building or underground utility facility.
Status: in_force

(b) Each state agency, commission or department, except the Department of Transportation, that plans to construct or enlarge a building or underground utility facility, which project has an estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more, shall give written notice to the chief executive officer of the town, city or borough in which such project is planned, and to the members of the General Assembly representing such town, city or borough, not later than sixty days before advertising for bids for such project. If a state agency, commission or department plans to do such construction or enlargement itself, it shall give such notice not later than sixty days before beginning the work. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, if the executive authority of the agency, commission or department determines that an emergency exists or that compliance with the provisions of this subsection would increase the cost of the construction or enlargement project, such agency, commission or department shall give such notice as soon as practicable. As used in this section, “executive authority” shall be construed as defined in section 4-37e . The provisions of this section shall not apply to a community-based residential facility for individuals with intellectual disability or persons with psychiatric disabilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-31 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-31
Sec. 4b-31. (Formerly Sec. 4-27b). Colocation and integration of human services.
Status: in_force

(a) “Human services” means adoption and foster care services; advocacy services; alcohol and drug abuse services; case management services; school readiness programs; Head Start programs; family resource centers; child and adult day care; community-based services; community organization services; counseling, guidance and appraisal services; day treatment services; employment, compensatory education, adult education and training; energy payment assistance; family planning services; health services; home care, management and maintenance services; housing services; human resource development services; income assistance; information and referral services; mental health services; intellectual disability services; nutrition services; parole supervision; protective services; residential treatment services; services to persons who are blind or visually impaired, persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, persons with developmental disabilities, persons with disabilities, the non-English-speaking and the poor; social development services; social services; special transportation services; and planning, management and evaluation activities related to the services listed in this section.

(b) “Human services agencies” means any state agency, authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, institution or office providing or having cognizance of any human services.

(c) “Colocation” means that representatives of two or more agencies are located in the same building to facilitate consumer access.

(d) “Integration of services” means providing multiproblem consumers who are receiving more than one service with coordinated intake, referral, case management and other services.

(e) Human services shall be provided, wherever feasible, through colocated sites that promote accessibility and integration of services. Each human services agency shall develop a colocation statement indicating the manner in which any planned or requested capital project or program providing intake, referral and case management services addresses the following goals: (1) Accessibility to consumers of human services who rely on public transportation; (2) ability to provide opportunities for colocation of human services agencies with each other and with federal, municipal and private agencies providing human services; (3) ability to provide opportunities for integration of services for multiproblem consumers; and (4) ability to provide cost-effective services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4a-25b — Connecticut Code / Title 4a / Chapter 57b / Section 4a-25b
Sec. 4a-25b. Bond authorization.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be used for the purposes of a loss portfolio arrangement program entered into by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 4a-25a .

(c) 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 ten 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.

(d) 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 the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and stating such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require.

(e) For the purposes of this section “state moneys”, means the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized pursuant to this section or of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in subsection (d) of this section for an authorization of bonds shall identify the purpose for which the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended.

(f) Any balance of proceeds from the sale of said bonds authorized for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section in excess of the aggregate costs of the purposes so authorized shall be deposited in the General Fund.

(g) Net earnings on investment of proceeds, accrued interest and premiums on the issuance of any such bonds authorized for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, after payment of expenses incurred by the State Treasurer or State Bond Commission in connection with their issuance, if any, shall be used for the purposes described in said subsection (b).
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-58 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-58
Sec. 4-58. Disposition of unclaimed property in custody of heads of state institutions.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to set forth the manner in which the department shall sell or otherwise dispose of any unclaimed inmate property, clothing or jewelry after reasonable efforts have been made to return the same to the rightful owner. All proceeds from any such sale shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established by section 54-215 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-16 — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 59 / Section 4b-16
Sec. 4b-16. Outdoor luminaires on the grounds of state buildings or facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) “Fixture” means the assembly that holds a lamp and may include an assembly housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror and a refractor or lens;

(2) “Restricted uplight luminaire” means a luminaire that allows no direct light emissions above a horizontal plane through the luminaire's lowest light-emitting part other than a 0.5 per cent maximum incidental uplight from reflection off mounting hardware;

(3) “Glare” means direct light emitting from a luminaire that causes reduced vision or momentary blindness;

(4) “Illuminance” means the level of light measured at a surface;

(5) “Lamp” means the component of a luminaire that produces the light;

(6) “Light trespass” means light emitted by a luminaire that shines beyond the boundaries of the property on which the luminaire is located;

(7) “Lumen” means a unit of measurement of luminous flux;

(8) “Luminaire” means the complete lighting unit, including the lamp and the fixture;

(9) “Permanent outdoor luminaire” means any luminaire or system of luminaires that is outdoors and intended to be used for seven days or longer; and

(10) “State funds” means any bond revenues or any money appropriated or allocated by the General Assembly.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no state funds shall be used to install or replace a permanent outdoor luminaire for lighting on the grounds of any state building or facility unless (1) the luminaire is designed to maximize energy conservation and to minimize light pollution, glare and light trespass, (2) the luminaire's illuminance is equal to the minimum illuminance adequate for the intended purpose of the lighting, and (3) for a luminaire with a rated output of more than one thousand eight hundred lumens, such luminaire is a restricted uplight luminaire.

(c) The provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to luminaires located on the grounds of any correctional institution or facility administered by the Commissioner of Correction, required by federal regulations, required for storm operation activities performed by the Department of Transportation, required to illuminate either the state flag or the flag of the United States or in a lighting plan for a Department of Transportation facility where less than twenty-five per cent of the luminaires are to be replaced. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee, may waive the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section with respect to luminaires on the grounds of any other state building or facility when, after a request for such a waiver has been made and reviewed, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee determines that such a waiver is necessary for the lighting application. Requests for such a waiver shall be made to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall include, without limitation, a description of the lighting plan, a description of the efforts that have been made to comply with the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section and the reasons such a waiver is necessary. In reviewing a request for such a waiver, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall consider design safety, costs and other factors deemed appropriate by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the installation or replacement of luminaires for which the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (1) conducts a life-cycle cost analysis of one or more luminaires that meet the requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this section and one or more luminaires that do not meet such requirements, and (2) certifies that a luminaire which meets such requirements is not cost effective and is not the most appropriate alternative based on the life-cycle cost analysis.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-252a — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55c / Section 4-252a
Sec. 4-252a. Certification re whether making certain investments in Iran.
Status: in_force

(b) No state agency or quasi-public agency shall enter into any large state contract, or amend or renew any such contract with any entity unless such contract contains a certification that such entity has not made a direct investment of twenty million dollars or more in the energy sector of Iran on or after October 1, 2013, as described in Section 202 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010, and has not increased or renewed such investment on or after said date.

(c) Each state agency and quasi-public agency shall include in the bid specifications or request for proposals for a large state contract a notice of the certification requirements of this section.

(d) Any entity that makes a good faith effort to determine whether such entity has made an investment described in subsection (b) of this section shall not be deemed to be in breach of the contract or in violation of this section. A “good faith effort” for purposes of this subsection includes a determination that such entity is not on the list of persons who engage in certain investment activities in Iran created by the Department of General Services of the state of California pursuant to Division 2, Chapter 2.7 of the California Public Contract Code. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impair the ability of the state agency or quasi-public agency to pursue a breach of contract action for any violation of the provisions of the contract.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any contract of the Treasurer as trustee of the Connecticut retirement plans and trust funds, as defined in section 3-13c , provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the Treasurer from performing his or her fiduciary duties under section 3-13g .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-68hh — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-68hh
Sec. 4-68hh. Analysis and report re impact of federal and state housing programs on economic and racial segregation.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, and not later than January 1, 2024, 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 housing. Such report shall include a summary of any findings and recommendations relating to the data collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-165b — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-165b
Sec. 4-165b. Claims against the state by inmates.
Status: in_force

(b) In addition to the information required by section 4-147 , an inmate's notice of claim shall include a description of the administrative remedies that have been exhausted. An inmate shall present such claim to the Office of the Claims Commissioner not later than one year after the date on which the inmate exhausted all administrative remedies.

Cited. 186 C. 300; 212 C. 415.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-10 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-10
Sec. 4e-10. Submission of legislation by board to the Governor and General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before July 1, 2011, the board shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly such legislation as is necessary to apply the provisions of statutes concerning procurement to constituent units of the state system of higher education. Concomitantly, the board shall submit such additional legislation as is necessary to apply the provisions of statutes and regulations concerning privatization and procurement to quasi-public agencies.

(c) On or before July 1, 2012, the board shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly such legislation as is necessary to apply the provisions of statutes and regulations concerning procurement to the municipal procurement processes utilizing state funds.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-61cc — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-61cc
Sec. 4-61cc. Renewal of license, certificate, permit or registration that expires while holder is on active duty with armed forces of the United States or ordered out with the National Guard. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to reservists or National Guard members on active duty for annual training that is a regularly scheduled obligation for reservists or members of the National Guard for training which is not a part of mobilization.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-98 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-98
Sec. 4-98. Appropriations encumbered by purchase order; current and capital expenditures. Delegation to agency. Purchasing cards.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller may delegate to any budgeted agency the certification and transmission requirements of purchase orders using authorized electronic methods, provided such agency transmits the information contained in such purchase orders to the Comptroller. Upon receipt of any such electronic transmission, the Comptroller shall immediately charge the same to the specific appropriation of the budgeted agency issuing the same and shall electronically certify that the purchase is approved and recorded, if the proposed purchase is within the applicable specific appropriation and the budgeted agency has unencumbered funds sufficient to defray such expenditure. Upon receipt of the Comptroller's certification, the budgeted agency shall transmit the purchase order to the vendor named in the purchase order.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Comptroller may allow budgeted agencies to use purchasing cards for purchases not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars, unless such agency receives written approval from the Comptroller and the Commissioner of Administrative Services to exceed such amount. No budgeted agency, or any official, employee or agent of a budgeted agency, shall incur any obligation using such a card, except in accordance with procedures established by the Comptroller.

Cited. 200 C. 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-151 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-151
Sec. 4-151. Consideration and hearing of claims.
Status: in_force

(b) The Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may call witnesses, examine and cross-examine any witness, require information not offered by the claimant or the Attorney General and stipulate matters to be argued. The Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy shall not be bound by any law or rule of evidence, except the rules prescribed by the Claims Commissioner pursuant to section 4-157 .

(c) The Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may administer oaths, cause depositions to be taken, issue subpoenas and order inspection and disclosure of books, papers, records and documents. Upon good cause shown, any such order or subpoena may be quashed by the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy.

(d) If any person fails to respond to a subpoena, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy may issue a capias, directed to a state marshal to arrest such person and bring such person before the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy to testify.

(e) If any person refuses to testify or to produce any relevant, unprivileged book, paper, record or document, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy shall certify such fact to the Attorney General, who shall apply to the superior court for the judicial district in which such person resides for an order compelling compliance. Further refusal of such person shall be punished as provided by section 2-46 . If such person is the claimant, the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy shall summarily dismiss the claim and order it forfeited to the state.

(f) When subpoenaed by the Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner or a special deputy, a witness shall be offered the fees and mileage allowances authorized by section 52-260 , provided no such fee or allowance shall be paid to any state officer or employee who appears on behalf of the state.

Cited. 186 C. 300; 239 C. 265.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4b-100a — Connecticut Code / Title 4b / Chapter 60 / Section 4b-100a
Sec. 4b-100a. Construction services award panels. Screening, interview and selection of contractors. Memoranda re selection. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) A panel established pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a . Such panels shall be the award panels for any contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building for the state pursuant to subsection (g) of section 4b-91 and section 4b-24 .

(c) For each applicable contract, the commissioner shall designate one panel to screen all submitted proposals and establish a list of bidders to be interviewed and shall designate a separate panel consisting of different members to interview bidders on the list and submit a list of recommended contractors to the commissioner ranked in order of preference with the most qualified bidder listed first.

(d) The commissioner shall designate one voting member on each panel to serve as chairperson. The chairperson shall moderate the committee, collect votes and compile the results.

(e) Each award panel shall prepare a memorandum on the selection process indicating (1) how the evaluation criteria were applied by each panel member to determine the most qualified firms, (2) the ranking of each bidder by each panel member which shall be available to the public after execution of the contract with the selected contractor, and (3) a certification by each panel member that the selection of the most qualified firm was not the result of collusion, the giving of a gift or the promise of a gift, compensation, fraud or inappropriate influence from any person.

(f) The commissioner shall select a contractor from among the list of firms submitted by the award panel that interviewed the contractors. After the commissioner has made a selection, the names of the contractor firms submitted to the commissioner shall be available to the public upon request. In the event the commissioner does not select the most qualified bidder listed by the awards panel, the commissioner shall prepare a written explanation of the commissioner's decision. The commissioner shall also prepare a memorandum on the final phase of the selection process, indicating how the commissioner applied the evaluation criteria to determine the successful bidder. Such memorandum shall include a certification by the commissioner that the commissioner's selection of the successful bidder was not the result of collusion, the giving of a gift or the promise of a gift, compensation, fraud or undue pressure from any person and shall be available to the public after execution of the contract with the selected contractor.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4e-7 — Connecticut Code / Title 4e / Chapter 62 / Section 4e-7
Sec. 4e-7. Review, termination or recommendation to terminate contract or procurement agreement by the board. Requirements. Restriction or termination of state contracting agency authority to enter contracts or procurement agreements.
Status: in_force

(b) Following consultation with the state contracting agency and upon providing fifteen days' notice and the opportunity for a hearing, the State Contracting Standards Board may restrict or terminate the authority of any state contracting agency to enter into any contract or procurement agreement if: (1) The board, upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board present and voting for such purpose, determines that such state contracting agency failed to comply with statutory contracting and procurement requirements and evidenced a reckless disregard for applicable procedures and policy; and (2) such limitation, restriction or termination of authority is in the state's best interest, provided the board has made arrangements for the exercise of the contracting power of such agency during the period of limitation, restriction or termination. Such limitation, restriction or termination of authority shall remain in effect until such time as the board determines that such state contracting agency has implemented corrective measures and demonstrated compliance with statutes and regulations concerning procurement.

(c) Following consultation with the state contracting agency, and thereafter upon providing fifteen days' notice and the opportunity for a hearing, the State Contracting Standards Board may order a state contracting agency to take appropriate action to restrict or terminate the authority of an employee or agent to enter into any contract or procurement agreement if the board, upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board present and voting for such purpose, determines that such employee or agent failed to comply with statutory contracting and procurement requirements, and evidenced a reckless disregard for applicable procedures and policy. Such limitation, restriction or termination of authority shall remain in effect until such time as the board determines that such state contracting agency has implemented corrective measures and demonstrated compliance with statutes and regulations concerning procurement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-61pp — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 48 / Section 4-61pp
Sec. 4-61pp. State agency contact person for issues regarding persons who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing.
Status: in_force

(b) Each state agency shall appoint an employee to serve as a point of contact for concerns related to persons who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing and require such employee to collaborate with the director of the Bureau of Services for Persons Who are Deaf, Deafblind or Hard of Hearing, hired pursuant to section 17a-835a , to resolve such concerns. Each state agency shall identify the name and contact information of such employee in a prominent place on such agency's Internet web site.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-66d — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-66d
Sec. 4-66d. Standardized form for notification of possible reimbursement liability.
Status: in_force

(b) The Departments of Social Services, Children and Families, Developmental Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide the form of notice established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to all applicants or recipients of care or support or the legally liable relatives, as defined in subsection (c) of section 4a-12 , of a child receiving care or support, if the whereabouts of such relatives are known.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-66dd — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 50 / Section 4-66dd
Sec. 4-66dd. Office of Responsible Growth.
Status: in_force

(b) The Office of Responsible Growth shall be responsible for the following:

(1) Collecting, analyzing and disseminating information to assist in the ongoing development of responsible growth goals for the Governor, Continuing Committee on State Planning and Development, state and regional agencies, local governments and the public;

(2) Coordinating the development of state agency policy, planning and programming to improve outcomes and make efficient use of state resources and expertise through the development and implementation of the state plan of conservation and development pursuant to chapters 297 and 297a;

(3) Administering the responsibilities under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act that have been assigned to the Office of Policy and Management, as set forth in sections 22a-1 to 22a-1h , inclusive;

(4) Facilitating interagency coordination in matters involving land and water resources and infrastructure improvements, among other activities;

(5) Facilitating coordination between the state, planning regions and municipalities on matters of development and conservation by serving as a state liaison to regional councils of governments;

(6) Providing staff support to boards, committees and other groups deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, such as the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and the State Water Planning Council;

(7) Administering grant programs, as deemed appropriate by the secretary, such as responsible growth and transit-oriented development and regional performance incentive grant programs; and

(8) Performing other duties as deemed appropriate by the secretary to address current and emerging development and conservation issues.

(c) The secretary shall designate a member of the secretary's staff to serve as the State Responsible Growth Coordinator to oversee the Office of Responsible Growth.

(d) The Office of Responsible Growth established pursuant to this section shall constitute a successor agency to the office established by Executive Order No. 15 of Governor M. Jodi Rell, in accordance with section 4-38d .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-236 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 55b / Section 4-236
Sec. 4-236. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The secretary shall also adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, (1) concerning the recovery of grant funds based on audit findings, as the secretary deems appropriate for any grantee which is found as a result of an audit to not be in compliance with the standards established pursuant to section 4-233 , and (2) establishing uniform standards which prescribe the cost accounting principles to be used in the administration of state financial assistance by the recipients of such assistance.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4a-5b — Connecticut Code / Title 4a / Chapter 57 / Section 4a-5b
Sec. 4a-5b. Memorandum of understanding with state agencies re provision of certain services. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than October 1, 2012, or three months after the Department of Administrative Services begins providing services to a state agency, whichever is later, the department shall submit a report on the status of each memorandum entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies through the Office of Fiscal Analysis in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-142 — Connecticut Code / Title 4 / Chapter 53 / Section 4-142
Sec. 4-142. Office of the Claims Commissioner. Excepted claims. Staff. Hearing and determination of claims.
Status: in_force

(b) The Office of the Claims Commissioner shall consist of the Claims Commissioner, and, within available appropriations, the Deputy Claims Commissioner, not more than six special deputies and such administrative staff as may be provided by the Department of Administrative Services. The Claims Commissioner, the Deputy Claims Commissioner, or a special deputy assigned to assist the Claims Commissioner pursuant to section 4-142b shall hear and determine all claims against the state, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section. Such claims shall be heard and determined in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Claims Commissioner pursuant to section 4-157 , except as may be provided in section 4-160 .

See Sec. 3-70a(b) re duties with respect to claims for abandoned property.

Cited. 186 C. 300; 189 C. 550; 191 C. 222; 192 C. 98; 195 C. 534; 204 C. 17; 207 C. 59; 213 C. 548; 239 C. 265; 240 C. 246. Exception carved out in section inapplicable to claims under Sec. 53-39a. 263 C. 74.

Cited. 12 CA 449; 17 CA 130; 20 CA 676; 41 CA 61.

Cited. 26 CS 24.