Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00977 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 977
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2+January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3319
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1224 AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND CONTRACTING PREFERENCES.
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1426 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16-Section 1. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of The University of Connecticut and the Commissioners of Public Works and Transportation, or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor. Such report shall include (1) an analysis of any law or economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified bid, (2) the reason any enacted law designed to give preference to state citizens for employment on public works projects is not being enforced, and (3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or otherwise.
28+Section 1. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Public Works and Transportation, shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-41 of the general statutes, to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters related to labor. Such report shall include an analysis of any law or economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified bid. Such report shall include recommendations for administrative or legislation action, within the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in state contract preference or otherwise.
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2133 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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2436 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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46+To require the Labor Commissioner, in consultation with other contracting agencies, to submit a report to the labor committee analyzing the legal or economic reasons resident bidders often lose bids to nonresident bidders, and to submit recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within the confines of the commerce clause of the United States Constitution, to provide a preference in the award of contracts to resident bidders.
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48+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]