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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-2a. - Workplace stress awareness and prevention program. Workplace violence awareness, prevention and preparedness program.

(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, shall, within the limits of available appropriations, provide an appropriate program of workplace stress awareness and prevention for state employees.
(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.
(P.A. 98-136, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-33, S. 1; 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 98-136 effective May 6, 1998; P.A. 11-33 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete “and violence” and “and preparedness” and added Subsec. (b) re development of state employee training program on workplace violence awareness, prevention and preparedness; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-2b. - Master insurance program.

Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the Department of Administrative Services may administer a master property and casualty insurance program for state funded and federally funded housing units operating under the jurisdiction of local housing authorities. The department may charge the housing authorities a reasonable fee to provide for the administrative costs of the program.
(P.A. 98-176, S. 2, 4.)
History: P.A. 98-176 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-2c. - Diversity training program.

On or before February 1, 2000, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall, within available appropriations, develop a standardized diversity training program which shall be used by each state agency in completing the diversity training required under section 46a-54. Such program shall include, but shall not be limited to, training and education concerning the federal and state statutory provisions concerning discrimination and hate crimes directed at protected classes and remedies available to victims of discrimination and hate crimes, standards for working with and serving persons from diverse populations and strategies for addressing differences that may arise from diverse work environments.
(P.A. 99-180, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-2d. - Online posting of links to state employment opportunities required.

Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall post on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services where executive branch employment opportunities are posted, in a prominent location, individual links to the Internet web sites containing the employment opportunities of the judicial branch, legislative branch and the constituent units of the state system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1. If the links to such web sites are updated subsequent to such posting, the applicable branch agency or unit shall notify the Department of Administrative Services of the updated link and said department shall update the link posted on its web site.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 122.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-3. (Formerly Sec. 4-23c). - Deputy commissioners; appointment and qualifications. Director of Personnel and Labor Relations.

Section 4a-3 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 64, 610; P.A. 96-168, S. 33, 34.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-4. (Formerly Sec. 4-23j). - Control of state property and equipment.

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall consider and devise ways and means of establishing and maintaining proper control of state property and equipment, including vehicles and office equipment; shall require the establishment of proper permanent inventory records and the taking of physical inventories of both stores and equipment; shall discover unused and improperly used or neglected equipment and shall authorize the transfer, use or disposal of such equipment.
(b) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall consider and devise ways and means of establishing and maintaining proper control of Judicial Department property and equipment, including vehicles and office equipment, require the establishment of proper permanent inventory records and the taking of physical inventories of Judicial Department equipment, and authorize the transfer, use or disposal of unused and improperly used or neglected Judicial Department equipment. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “Judicial Department” does not include the courts of probate, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Public Defender Services Commission, except where they share facilities in state-maintained courts.
(c) The chief executive officer of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education may consider and devise ways and means of and The University of Connecticut shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining proper control of equipment, including all vehicles and office equipment of such unit, require the establishment of proper permanent inventory records and the taking of physical inventories of the equipment of such constituent unit, and may authorize the transfer, use or disposal of unused and improperly used or neglected equipment of such unit.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 74, 610; P.A. 84-436, S. 1, 12; P.A. 91-256, S. 7, 69; P.A. 95-230, S. 31, 45; P.A. 07-217, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 84-436 added Subsec. (b) re the control, inventory, transfer, use and disposal of judicial department property and equipment by the office of the chief court administrator and a definition of “judicial department”, effective July 1, 1985; Sec. 4-23j transferred to Sec. 4a-4 in 1989; P.A. 91-256 added Subsec. (c) concerning constituent units of the state system of higher education; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (c) to add that The University of Connecticut shall be responsible for control of property and equipment, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 12, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-5. (Formerly Sec. 4-23l). - State motor pool.

There shall be a state interagency motor pool within the Department of Administrative Services. Said motor pool shall provide motor vehicles to state agencies on a rental basis. Proceeds from rentals of such motor vehicles by said motor pool shall be deposited in the purchasing revolving fund maintained by said department and all direct expenses incurred by said motor pool shall be charged against said fund on order of the State Comptroller. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt rules regarding the rental and use of motor vehicles provided by the motor pool.
(P.A. 78-173, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 4-23
l
transferred to Sec. 4a-5 in 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-5a. - State agency use of services provided by the Department of Administrative Services.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each state agency, except (1) the agencies within the Legislative Department, (2) the Judicial Department, and (3) the constituent units of the state system of higher education, shall use the services of the Department of Administrative Services if the Department of Administrative Services can: (A) Provide the particular goods or services requested by such state agency, (B) comply with the delivery schedule set forth by such state agency, and (C) provide such goods or services at a cost which is not more than three per cent greater than the price quoted to such state agency by any private vendor.
(P.A. 93-80, S. 40, 67; P.A. 05-287, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 93-80 effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1995 numeric Subdiv. indicators in Subdiv. (2) were changed editorially by the Revisors to alphabetic indicators to conform to customary statutory style); P.A. 05-287 replaced requirement that state agencies utilize the services of the state regional laundry system, the facilities of the Central State Warehouse, the State Data Center and the Office of Administrative Support with requirement that state agencies use the services of the Department of Administrative Services, effective July 13, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-5b. - Memorandum of understanding with state agencies re provision of certain services. Report.

(a) The Department of Administrative Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with each state agency for which the department provides the following services: (1) Personnel, (2) payroll, (3) affirmative action, and (4) business office functions, establishing said department's and such agency's responsibilities regarding the services provided. Said department and each such agency shall enter into such a memorandum of understanding not later than October 1, 2012, or three months after the department begins providing such services to such agency, whichever is later.
(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.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 248.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-6. (Formerly Sec. 4-23o). - Leasing of personal property by state agencies; responsibilities of Commissioner of Administrative Services.

No state agency shall enter into any agreement, whether oral or written, or renew any agreement for the leasing of any personal property, except upon approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services and subject to such procedures as the commissioner may establish respecting the leasing of personal property. The commissioner shall cause to be kept a complete record of all personal property leased by state agencies, the location of each item of such property and a copy of all leasing agreements and renewals thereof.
(1967, P.A. 855; P.A. 77-614, S. 78, 610; P.A. 82-314, S. 10, 63; P.A. 21-76, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred duties of comptroller under section to commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designation of appropriations committee; Sec. 3-116b transferred to Sec. 4-23o in 1985; Sec. 4-23o transferred to Sec. 4a-6 in 1989; P.A. 21-76 deleted former Subsec. (b) re annual report listing leased personal property of state agencies and deleted Subsec. designator (a), effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-7a. - Personal service agreements.

(a) As used in this section, “personal service agreement” means a written agreement between the state and an individual for services rendered to the state which are infrequent or unique.
(b) A personal service agreement between a state agency and an individual shall have a term of not more than one year. Any such personal service agreement may be extended or renewed, for an unlimited term, provided the appropriate collective bargaining representative, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees are notified of such extension or renewal.
(P.A. 88-77.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-9. - Capital Equipment Purchase Fund.

There is created a Capital Equipment Purchase Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by purchase or by exercise of prepayment or purchase options in existing capital leases entered into by the state, capital equipment with an anticipated remaining useful life of not less than five years from the date of purchase and (1) to the extent of not more than two million nine hundred thousand dollars, payment for projects under subsection (a) of section 4-67f, and (2) to the extent of not more than one hundred thousand dollars, payment for awards under subsection (b) of said section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, or any regulations adopted under the general statutes, a state agency may purchase necessary data processing equipment that has a unit price of less than one thousand dollars from the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund authorized under section 4a-10, provided such equipment has a useful life of not less than five years.
(P.A. 87-361, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-276, S. 1, 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 3, 36; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 2, 203; P.A. 96-27, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-167, S. 56, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 24, 28.)
History: P.A. 88-276 removed former Subsecs. (b) and (c) concerning the Capital Equipment Debt Service Fund and certain transitional provisions concerning the start-up of the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 added provision regarding allocations for Sec. 4-67f; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 made technical change re application for funds, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-27 substituted requirement that fund be administered by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for requirement that secretary submit written request to Commissioner of Administrative Services for use of fund, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 00-167 extended the requirement for useful life of equipment purchased under this section from three to five years, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 added provision authorizing agencies to purchase data processing equipment with a useful life of not less than five years and having unit price of less than $1,000 from the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund, effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-10a. - 2-1-1 Infoline program.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4a-9, the Department of Social Services may provide up to five hundred thousand dollars of the funds authorized under section 4a-10 to the United Way of Connecticut for the purchase of capital equipment for the 2-1-1 Infoline program.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 18.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 effective June 8, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-11a. - Bond issue for technical education and career schools for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund.

(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be deposited in the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund created by section 4a-9. Any such proceeds shall be allocated to the Department of Education for technical education and career schools and satellites of such schools.
(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 five years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 8, 25; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 33.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “state technical high schools” with “technical education and career schools”, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-11b. - Bond issue for Department of Children and Families for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund.

(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one million eight hundred thousand dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be deposited in the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund created by section 4a-9. Any such proceeds shall be allocated to the Department of Children and Families for capital equipment purchases.
(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 five years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 4, 36; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-11c. - Bond issue for Judicial Department for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund.

(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate two million four hundred ninety thousand dollars, provided one million six hundred thousand dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be deposited in the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund created by section 4a-9. Any such proceeds shall be allocated to the Judicial Department for capital equipment purchases.
(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 five years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 4, 45.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-13. (Formerly Sec. 4-68e). - Commissioner may accept mortgage notes and deeds in payment of claims.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services may accept mortgage notes and mortgage deeds in payment of claims due for (1) institutional care, and (2) to the extent required under federal law, medical assistance. The commissioner may accept such mortgage notes and mortgage deeds on such terms and conditions as the commissioner deems proper and reasonable, and such encumbrances may be foreclosed in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction by the commissioner on behalf of the state. Any such encumbrance shall be released by the commissioner upon payment of the amount by it secured.
(1959, P.A. 203; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 10-32, S. 10; P.A. 21-3, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 4-68e transferred to Sec. 4a-13 in 1989; P.A. 10-32 made technical changes, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 21-3 deleted “welfare assistance or” from claims due, added Subdiv. (1) designator and Subdiv. (2) re limitation on recovery of medical assistance, and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-14. (Formerly Sec. 4-68b). - Estate administrator.

There shall be an estate administrator in the Department of Administrative Services, appointed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of chapter 67. In the case of a vacancy in such office and the filling of such vacancy by the commissioner, said commissioner shall file with the several probate courts a certificate attesting his appointment of a successor estate administrator and such successor shall be appointed by the Probate Court as the fiduciary in each case before it wherein the estate administrator was fiduciary without application, notice or hearing effective on the date of such vacancy. The Auditors of Public Accounts shall immediately make an audit of the accounts of the previous estate administrator and, if such accounts are found in order, they shall so certify to the Commissioner of Administrative Services. No final accounting of the previous estate administrator shall be required, provided the successor estate administrator shall include in his next accounting all the doings in each estate since the last previous accounting. Before entering upon the duties of his office the estate administrator shall take the oath provided by law for public officers.
(1967, P.A. 314, S. 19; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 71, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced division of central collections and commissioner of finance and control with department and commissioner of administrative services, respectively; Sec. 4-68b transferred to Sec. 4a-14 in 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-15. (Formerly Sec. 4-68c). - Powers and duties of administrator.

The estate administrator may act as guardian, conservator, administrator or trustee, or in any other fiduciary capacity under the jurisdiction and appointment of the probate courts of this state or like courts of any other state or of the United States, or any instrumentality of any other state or of the United States qualified to appoint fiduciaries, only in connection with property of any minor, incapable, incompetent or deceased person who is or has been receiving financial aid from the state. In the case of any person receiving public or medical assistance from the state, the estate administrator shall apply toward the cost of care of such person any assets exceeding limits on assets set by statute or regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Social Services. The estate administrator shall have the same rights and powers and be subject to the same duties and obligations as are possessed by and imposed upon guardians, conservators, administrators and other fiduciaries, and such courts or instrumentalities are authorized to appoint the estate administrator, trustee or other fiduciary in connection with property of any such minor, incapable, incompetent or deceased person. The authority of the estate administrator to act and of the court or instrumentality to appoint such estate administrator shall be limited to cases in which the estate consists of personal property only, and the amount of personal property involved, or the annual income other than state benefits, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars in value. The estate administrator shall be excused from giving any bond in any court proceeding, and shall not be allowed a fee for services.
(1967, P.A. 314, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 453, S. 1; P.A. 81-82, S. 4; 81-349, S. 1, 5; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 8, 165; P.A. 03-126, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act specified that estate administrators act only in cases in which estate consists entirely of personal property or of income other than state benefits not exceeding $5,000, replacing previous dollar limit of $3,500, and provided that administrators not be required to give bond and that they not receive a fee for services; P.A. 81-82 increased the limit on the amount of personal property involved from $5,000 to $10,000; P.A. 81-349 required that in the case of any person receiving public or medical assistance, the administrator shall apply any assets exceeding limits set by statute or regulation toward the cost of care of such person; Sec. 4-68c transferred to Sec. 4a-15 in 1989; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner of social services for commissioner of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-126 substituted $50,000 for $10,000, effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57a - State Insurance and Risk Management Board › Section 4a-20a. - Compensation of agents. Negotiations with an insurance company.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4a-20, the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may negotiate directly with an insurance company to avoid any commission or fee associated with the compensation of an agent or agents of record for any services performed.
(P.A. 93-163, S. 3; P.A. 98-74, S. 3, 4.)
History: P.A. 98-74 replaced “State Insurance Purchasing Board” with “State Insurance and Risk Management Board”, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57b - Transfer of Liability for Certain State Workers' Compensation Claims › Section 4a-25. - Findings.

It is found and declared that the state's management of its workers' compensation program can be improved by reducing the workers' compensation program's current administrative activities and support requirements and by improving the program's current fiscal status, that a loss portfolio arrangement can be used to enhance the overall effectiveness of the state's workers' compensation program, and therefore, it is necessary and in the public interest and for the public good that the provisions of sections 4a-25a and 4a-25b are hereby declared a matter of legislative determination.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 11, 28.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57b - Transfer of Liability for Certain State Workers' Compensation Claims › Section 4a-25a. - Loss portfolio arrangement. Transfer of liability.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services is authorized to enter into a loss portfolio arrangement program for the purpose of transferring a group of workers' compensation claims to an independent third party. Claims that qualify for transfer to such program shall be approved state employees' claims which require payment of future indemnity benefits and payment of medical benefits to certain workers with disabilities. Such program shall provide that the independent third party shall, as part of the assumption of liability, become responsible for the management and administration of the transferred liability and shall require such party to administer the individual workers' compensation claims in accordance with the Connecticut general statutes.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 12, 28; P.A. 17-202, S. 2.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 17-202 replaced “disabled workers” with “workers with disabilities”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57b - Transfer of Liability for Certain State Workers' Compensation Claims › Section 4a-25b. - Bond authorization.

(a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time, to authorize the issuance and sale of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding fifty-three million dollars.
(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).
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 13, 28.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-52b. - Circumstances in which constituent units authorized to purchase by negotiation.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or an institution of the Connecticut State University System, may purchase, by negotiation, supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, as defined in section 4a-50, for the constituent unit or institution, as appropriate, when the supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services (1) are required to implement a grant, contract or financial agreement between the constituent unit or institution, as appropriate, and the donor of funds or other things of value which are given with an obligation for service primarily to the donor by the constituent unit or institution, as appropriate and (2) are specified in such grant, contract or financial agreement.
(P.A. 89-267, S. 6; P.A. 94-245, S. 22, 46.)
History: P.A. 94-245 deleted provision limiting the authority of the constituent units to purchase to cases in which the amount to be purchased is estimated to be $20,000 or less and applied the section to institutions of the Connecticut State University System, effective June 2, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-53. (Formerly Sec. 4-110c). - Cooperative purchasing plans. Purchase from person having contract to sell to other governmental or nonprofit entities or public purchasing consortia.

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may join with federal agencies, other state governments, political subdivisions of this state or nonprofit organizations in cooperative purchasing plans when the best interests of the state would be served thereby.
(b) Any state agency, with the approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services or his or her designee, may purchase equipment, supplies, materials and services from a person who has a contract to sell such property or services to other state governments, other branches, divisions or departments of this state, political subdivisions of this state, nonprofit organizations or public purchasing consortia, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such contract.
(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in conjunction with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and within available appropriations, shall make known to the chief executive officer of each municipality the existence of cooperative plans for the purchase of recycled paper.
(1969, P.A. 433; P.A. 77-408; 77-614, S. 91, 610; P.A. 90-224, S. 10; P.A. 10-3, S. 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-76, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 77-408 included nonprofit organizations under provisions of section; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for director of purchases; Sec. 4-110c transferred to Sec. 4a-53 in 1989; P.A. 90-224 added Subsec. (b) re notification of existence of cooperative plans for recycled paper; P.A. 10-3 added new Subsec. (b) allowing state to purchase equipment, supplies, materials and services from person with contract for sale of such property or services to other governmental or nonprofit entities or public purchasing consortia, in accordance with such contract, and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective April 14, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-76 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “The state, through” with “Any state agency, with the approval of”, and adding “or his or her designee” and “other branches, divisions or departments of this state,”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-53a. - Contracting agent for group of municipalities.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services may serve as the contracting agent for a group of three or more municipalities that seek to purchase supplies, materials or equipment, upon the request of such group of municipalities, provided (1) the commissioner determines that the municipalities will achieve a cost savings through the commissioner serving as the contracting agent, and (2) such cost savings are greater than the administrative costs to the state for the commissioner serving as the contracting agent. As the contracting agent for such a group of municipalities, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may perform administrative functions in accordance with state procurement laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the following: Issuing requests for bids or proposals, selecting the successful bidder based on competitive bidding or competitive negotiation and administering any contracts for such purchases. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the state to be a party to any such contract entered into pursuant to this section.
(Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2, S. 1.)
History: Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2 effective November 25, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-54. (Formerly Sec. 4-110a). - Purchasing by certain institutions through Administrative Services Commissioner.

Connecticut Children's Medical Center, The American School at Hartford for the Deaf, The Connecticut Institute for the Blind, any other institution or agency that receives at least sixty per cent of its funding from the state or federal government, or both, and, by contract, any independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, may each purchase through the Commissioner of Administrative Services such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services as such institutions require at the cost thereof to the state.
(February, 1965, P.A. 127; P.A. 77-301; 77-614, S. 89, 610; P.A. 84-214; P.A. 01-106, S. 2, 6; P.A. 14-65, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-301 included institutions or agencies with 75% or more state and/or federal government under provisions of section; P.A. 77-614 replaced purchasing division of department of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-214 decreased funding percentage required from 75% to 60% and added contractual services; Sec. 4-110a transferred to Sec. 4a-54 in 1989; P.A. 01-106 substituted “Connecticut Children's Medical Center” for “Newington Children's Hospital” and included independent colleges and universities under provisions of section, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 14-65 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-55. (Formerly Sec. 4-110b). - Laundry service and supply contracts.

Section 4a-55 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(1969, P.A. 741; P.A. 77-614, S. 90, 610; P.A. 13-225, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-57b. - Program to encourage bidding on state contracts by businesses which trade with African countries.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may initiate a program under which they shall (1) identify Connecticut businesses which (A) trade with African countries with whom the United States has diplomatic relations and (B) provide goods or services which are required by the state and (2) encourage such Connecticut businesses to bid on such goods or services.
(P.A. 97-135, S. 3, 4.)
History: P.A. 97-135 effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 58 - Purchases and Printing › Section 4a-57c. - Multiple criteria bids or proposals. Pilot program.

Section 4a-57c is repealed, effective July 1, 2001.
(P.A. 99-161, S. 8, 11; P.A. 00-66, S. 12; P.A. 01-106, S. 5, 6.)