Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05988 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5988
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1694
Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Introduced by:
REP. ROLDAN, 4th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5988 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1694

Referred to Committee on Government Administration and Elections 

Introduced by:

REP. ROLDAN, 4th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING "BUY CONNECTICUT" AND STATE CONTRACTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 58 of the general statutes be amended to require any state contract with a value of more than two and one-half million dollars paid for with state funds to include a requirement that at least fifty-one per cent of such contract be performed by businesses or residents of the state.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure the majority of state funding is recaptured by Connecticut businesses and workers.