2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-1. (Formerly Sec. 4-23a). - Department of Administrative Services. Commissioner. Successor department authority.

(a) There shall be a Department of Administrative Services. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Administrative Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, with the powers and the duties therein prescribed.
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Public Works, except those duties relating to construction and construction management, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39. Where any order or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may implement policies or procedures consistent with the provisions of this title and title 4b while in the process of adopting such policies or procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt such regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Any such policies or procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(c) The Department of Administrative Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Information Technology in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39. Where any order or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may implement policies or procedures consistent with the provisions of title 4d while in the process of adopting such policies or procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt such regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Any such policies or procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(d) The Department of Administrative Services shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Construction Services in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e, 4-39 and 4b-1b. Where any order or regulation of said departments conflict, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may implement policies or procedures consistent with the provisions of title 4b while in the process of adopting such policies or procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt such regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Any such policies or procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 62, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 42; P.A. 13-247, S. 196.)
History: Sec. 4-23a transferred to Sec. 4a-1 in 1989; P.A. 11-51 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re successor authority to Departments of Public Works and Information Technology, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 added Subsec. (d) re successor authority to Department of Construction Services, effective July 1, 2013.
See Sec. 4b-1 et seq. re successor authority to Department of Public Works and Department of Construction Services and Sec. 4d-1 et seq. re successor authority to Department of Information Technology.