CT Gen Stat § 10a-109bb (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10a - State System of Higher Education|Chapter 185b - Constituent Units|Section 10a-109bb - Construction management oversight committee. Duties.

 (a) There is established a construction management oversight committee consisting of (1) four members appointed jointly by the Governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the Senate, and (2) three members appointed by the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut, who shall be members of said board. The board of trustees shall replace any such committee member appointed by said board if such committee member's term on the board expires or otherwise ends. The members appointed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall have expertise in the fields of construction management, architectural design or construction project management. The chairperson of the committee shall be designated by the board of trustees. All appointments of the initial committee shall be made no later than July 20, 2006. Appointments shall be for four consecutive years, except that two of the initial appointments pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be for three consecutive years. Upon expiration of the initial members' terms and every four years thereafter, new members shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures for appointment set forth in this section. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The committee shall act by a majority vote of the members. The committee shall maintain a record of its proceedings in such form as it determines, provided such record indicates attendance and all votes cast by each member.(b) The construction management oversight committee established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall review and approve the policies and procedures developed by The University of Connecticut to undertake any project of UConn 2000, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 10a-109c, concerning the selection of design professionals and contractors, as defined in subdivision (27) of section 10a-109c, contract compliance, building and fire code compliance, deferred maintenance, as defined in subdivision (29) of section 10a-109c, and an annual budget for such maintenance prepared pursuant to section 10a-109dd, project and program budgets and schedules and the authorization and review of contract changes. The committee shall prepare, biennially, a summary of construction performance of UConn 2000 based on reports submitted at least quarterly by the construction assurance office established pursuant to section 10a-109cc, and shall, upon the completion of each named project pursuant to section 10a-109e, conduct a review of the university's management of such project for its conformance with the applicable policies and procedures governing construction undertaken pursuant to section 10a-109n. Such review of completed projects shall incorporate information, including, but not limited to, that which is derived from reviews of the reports submitted at least quarterly by the construction assurance office, in accordance with section 10a-109cc.(c) The construction management oversight committee established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall, upon completion of each assessment, summary and review conducted pursuant to this section, submit such assessment, summary and review to the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut. The board shall initially review each such assessment, summary and review without the presence of university staff members.(P.A. 06-134, S. 3; P.A. 07-166, S. 9.)History: P.A. 06-134 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-166 made technical changes, effective June 19, 2007.