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CT Gen Stat § 4-261 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55d - Public-Private Partnerships|Section 4-261 - Prevailing wage requirements or project labor agreement. Compliance with state and local requirements. Agreements re operations or maintenance of state facilities.

 (a) Each public-private partnership project shall either be subject to the prevailing wage requirements pursuant to section 31-53 or the rate established by the use of a project labor agreement. The agency shall provide notice of which requirement applies prior to soliciting bids or proposals for such public-private partnership.(b) Each public-private partnership project shall comply with: (1) The state's environmental policy requirements as set forth in sections 22a-1 and 22a-1a, (2) the requirements of the set-aside program for small contractors as set forth in section 4a-60g, and (3) any applicable permitting or inspection requirements for projects of a similar type, scope and size as set forth in the general statutes or the local ordinances of the municipality where the project is to be located.(c) Any agency that is subject to section 4e-16 shall comply with the provisions of section 4e-16, provided, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 4e-16, any agency that enters into a partnership agreement concerning the operations or maintenance of a state facility that meets the definition of a privatization contract, as defined in section 4e-1, shall be subject to the requirements of section 4e-16 regardless of whether such services are currently privatized.(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 86.)History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 effective October 27, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 4-262 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55d - Public-Private Partnerships|Section 4-262 - Remedies re material default by contractor. Agency authority.

 (a) In addition to any other remedy available to the state, in the event of a material default by the contractor, the state may elect to assume the responsibilities and duties of the contractor of the public-private partnership project, and in such case, the state shall succeed to all of the rights, title and interest in such partnership project, subject to any liens on revenue previously granted by the contractor to any person providing financing thereof.(b) Any state agency having the power of condemnation under state law may exercise such power of condemnation to acquire the public-private partnership project in the event of a material default by the contractor. Any person who has provided financing for the public-private partnership 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 agency 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 partnership project pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the agency may develop or operate the public-private partnership 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 agency may use revenue to pay current operation and maintenance costs of the qualifying project, including compensation to the agency for its services in operating and maintaining the public-private partnership project. The right to receive such payment, if any, shall be considered just compensation for the project. The full faith and credit of the agency 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 partnership project shall not obligate the agency to pay any obligation of the contractor from sources other than revenue.(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 87.)History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 effective October 27, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 4-263 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55d - Public-Private Partnerships|Section 4-263 - Exemption from municipal property tax.

 Any property developed, operated or held by a private entity pursuant to a partnership agreement shall be exempt from municipal property tax.(Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 88.)History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 effective October 27, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 4-276 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-276 - Attorney General's investigation of prohibited acts. Civil action.

 The Attorney General may investigate any violation of subsection (a) of section 4-275. Any information obtained pursuant to such an investigation shall be exempt from disclosure under section 1-210. If the Attorney General finds that a person has violated or is violating any provision of subsection (a) of section 4-275, 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 person.(P.A. 14-217, S. 3.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-277 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-277 - Civil action by individual. Consent for withdrawal. Manner of service. Complaint under seal. Intervention by Attorney General.

 (a) A person may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford against any person who violates subsection (a) of section 4-275, for the person who brings the action and for the state. Such civil action shall be brought in the name of the state. The action may thereafter be withdrawn only if the court and the Attorney General give written consent to the withdrawing of such action and their reasons for consenting.(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.(P.A. 14-217, S. 4.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-279 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-279 - Civil action when Attorney General declines to proceed. Division of proceeds. Attorneys' fees and costs. Stay of discovery.

 (a) If the Attorney General declines to proceed with the action, the person who brought the action shall have the right to conduct the action. In the event that the Attorney General declines to proceed with the action, upon the request of the Attorney General, the court shall order that copies of all pleadings filed in the action and copies of any deposition transcripts be provided to the state. When the person who brought the action proceeds with the action, the court, without limiting the status and rights of such person, may permit the Attorney General to intervene at a later date upon a showing of good cause.(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.(P.A. 14-217, S. 6.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-280 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-280 - Attorney General's pursuit of claim through alternate remedy.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-277, the Attorney General may elect to pursue the state's claim through any alternate remedy available to the state, including any administrative proceeding to determine a civil penalty. If any such alternate remedy is pursued in another proceeding, the person bringing the action shall have the same rights in such proceeding as such person would have had if the action had continued under the provisions of sections 4-277 to 4-279, inclusive. Any finding of fact or conclusion of law made in such other proceeding that has become final shall be conclusive on all parties to an action under sections 4-277 to 4-279, inclusive. A finding or conclusion is final if it has been finally determined on appeal to the appropriate court of the state, if the time for filing such an appeal with respect to the finding or conclusion has expired or if the finding or conclusion is not subject to judicial review.(P.A. 14-217, S. 7.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-281 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-281 - Civil action by individual who committed prohibited act. Reduction of proceeds.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-278 and 4-279, if the court finds that the action was brought by a person who planned and initiated the violation of subsection (a) of section 4-275, upon which violation an action was brought, then the court may reduce the share of the proceeds of the action that the person would otherwise receive under section 4-278 or 4-279, taking into account the role of that person in advancing the case to litigation and any relevant circumstances pertaining to the violation. If a person bringing the action is convicted of criminal conduct arising from his or her role in the violation of subsection (a) of section 4-275, such person shall be dismissed from the civil action and shall not receive any share of the proceeds of the action. Such dismissal shall not prejudice the right of the Attorney General to continue the action.(P.A. 14-217, S. 8.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-282 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-282 - Court's jurisdiction over civil actions brought by certain individuals. Duplicate actions.

 (a) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought under section 4-277 (1) against a member of the General Assembly, a member of the judiciary or an elected officer or department head of the state if the action is based on evidence or information known to the state when the action was brought; or (2) that is based upon allegations or transactions that are the subject of a civil suit or an administrative civil penalty proceeding in which the state is already a party.(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.(P.A. 14-217, S. 9.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-283 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-283 - State not liable for expenses.

 The state of Connecticut shall not be liable for expenses which a person incurs in bringing an action under sections 4-277 to 4-280, inclusive.(P.A. 14-217, S. 10.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-284 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-284 - Discrimination in employment prohibited. Remedies. Attorneys' fees and costs.

 (a) Any employee, contractor, or agent shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make that employee, contractor, or agent whole, if that employee, contractor, or agent is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts done by the employee, contractor, agent or associated others in furtherance of an action under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, or other efforts to stop one or more violations of section 4-275.(b) Relief under subsection (a) of this section shall include reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee, contractor, or agent would have had but for the discrimination, two times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay, and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. An action under this section may be brought in the Superior Court for the relief provided in this section.(c) A civil action under this section may not be brought more than three years after the date when the retaliation occurred.(P.A. 14-217, S. 11.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-285 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-285 - Limitation of action. Pleadings upon state's intervention.

 A civil action under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, may not be brought: (1) More than six years after the date on which the violation of subsection (a) of section 4-275 is committed, or (2) more than three years after the date when facts material to the right of action are known or reasonably should have been known by the official of the state charged with responsibility to act in the circumstances, but in no event more than ten years after the date on which the violation is committed, whichever last occurs. If the state elects to intervene and proceed with an action brought under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, the state may file its own complaint or amend the complaint of a person who has brought an action under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, to clarify or add detail to claims in which the state is intervening and to add any additional claim under which the state contends that it is entitled to relief. For statute of limitation purposes, any such state pleading shall relate back to the filing date of the complaint of the person who originally brought the action to the extent that the claim of the state arises out of the conduct, transactions or occurrences set forth or attempted to be set forth in the prior complaint of such person.(P.A. 14-217, S. 12.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-286 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-286 - Standard of proof.

 In any action brought under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, the Attorney General or the person initiating such action shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.(P.A. 14-217, S. 13.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-287 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-287 - Effect of final judgment in criminal proceeding on civil action.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final judgment rendered in favor of the state against a defendant in any criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statements, whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, shall estop such defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action which involves the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and which is brought in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive.(P.A. 14-217, S. 14.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-288 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-288 - Remedies not exclusive.

 The provisions of sections 4-274 to 4-288, inclusive, and subsection (a) of section 4-61dd are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other provision of the general statutes or federal law or available under common law.(P.A. 14-217, S. 15.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4-289 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4 - Management of State Agencies|Chapter 55e - False Claims and Other Prohibited Acts Under State-Administered Health Or Human Services Programs|Section 4-289 - Report by Attorney General re civil actions.

 On January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the General Assembly and the Governor, in accordance with section 11-4a, that contains the following information:(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.(P.A. 14-217, S. 16.)History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 4a-1a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4a - Administrative Services|Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services|Section 4a-1a - Commissioner and Department of Administrative Services substituted for former commissioner and department.

 Section 4a-1a is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.(P.A. 11-51, S. 44; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 14-134, S. 129; P.A. 15-73, S. 6.)