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| 5 | 24 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEASING OF JUDICIAL BRANCH FACILITIES. |
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| 7 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 9 | 28 | | Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 4b-3 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012): |
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| 11 | 30 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other statute or special act to the contrary, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be the sole person authorized to represent the state in its dealings with third parties for the acquisition or leasing of real estate for housing the offices or equipment of all agencies of the state or for the state-owned public buildings or realty and the Commissioner of Construction Services shall be the sole person authorized to represent the state in its dealings with third parties for the construction or development of real estate or state-owned public buildings or realty, as provided for in sections 2-90, 4b-1 to 4b-5, inclusive, 4b-21, 4b-23, 4b-24, 4b-26, 4b-27, 4b-30, as amended by this act, and 4b-32, subsection (c) of section 4b-66 and sections 4b-67 to 4b-69, inclusive, 4b-71, 4b-72, 10-95, 10a-72, 10a-89, 10a-90, 10a-114, 10a-130, 10a-144, 17b-655, 22-64, 22a-324, 26-3, 27-45, 32-1c, 32-39, 48-9, 51-27d and 51-27f, except that (1) the Joint Committee on Legislative Management may represent the state in the planning and construction of the Legislative Office Building and related facilities, in Hartford; (2) the Chief Court Administrator may represent the state in providing for (A) space for the Court Support Services Division as part of a new or existing contract for an alternative incarceration program pursuant to section 54-103b or a program developed pursuant to section 46b-121i, 46b-121j, 46b-121k or 46b-121l, or (B) other real estate needs of the Judicial Branch when delegated authority to do so by the Commissioner of Administrative Services; (3) the board of trustees of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education may represent the state in the leasing of real estate for housing the offices or equipment of such constituent unit, provided no lease payments for such realty are made with funds generated from the general revenues of the state; (4) the Labor Commissioner may represent the state in the leasing of premises required for employment security operations as provided in subsection (c) of section 31-250; (5) the Commissioner of Developmental Services may represent the state in the leasing of residential property as part of the program developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17a-218, provided such residential property does not exceed two thousand five hundred square feet, for the community placement of persons eligible to receive residential services from the department; (6) the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may represent the state in the leasing of residential units as part of a program developed pursuant to section 17a-455a, provided each such residential unit does not exceed two thousand five hundred square feet; and (7) the Connecticut Marketing Authority may represent the state in the leasing of land or markets under the control of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, and, except for the housing of offices or equipment in connection with the initial acquisition of an existing state mass transit system or the leasing of land by the Connecticut Marketing Authority for a term of one year or more in which cases the actions of the Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Marketing Authority shall be subject to the review and approval of the State Properties Review Board. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have the power to establish and implement any procedures necessary for the commissioner to assume the commissioner's responsibilities as said sole bargaining agent for state realty acquisitions and shall perform the duties necessary to carry out such procedures. The Commissioner of Administrative Services or the Commissioner of Construction Services may appoint, within each department's budget and subject to the provisions of chapter 67, such personnel deemed necessary by the applicable commissioner to carry out the provisions hereof, including experts in real estate, construction operations, financing, banking, contracting, architecture and engineering. The Attorney General's office, at the request of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall assist the Commissioner of Administrative Services in contract negotiations regarding the purchase or lease of real estate, and, at the request of the Commissioner of Construction Services, shall assist said commissioner in contract negotiations regarding the construction of real estate. |
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| 13 | 32 | | Sec. 2. Subsection (f) of section 4b-3 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012): |
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| 15 | 34 | | (f) The State Properties Review Board shall review real estate acquisitions, sales, leases and subleases proposed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or proposed by the Chief Court Administrator pursuant to the authority delegated to the Chief Court Administrator by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the acquisition, other than by condemnation, or the sale or lease of any property by the Commissioner of Transportation under subdivision (11) of section 13b-4, subject to section 4b-23 and subsection (h) of section 13a-73 and review, for approval or disapproval, any contract for a project described in subsection (h) of section 4b-91. Such review shall consider all aspects of the proposed actions, including feasibility and method of acquisition and the prudence of the business method proposed. The board shall also cooperate with and advise and assist the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Transportation in carrying out their duties. The board shall have access to all information, files and records, including financial records, of the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Transportation, and shall, when necessary, be entitled to the use of personnel employed by said commissioners. The board shall approve or disapprove any acquisition of development rights of agricultural land by the Commissioner of Agriculture under section 22-26cc. The board shall hear any appeal under section 8-273a and shall render a final decision on the appeal within thirty days thereafter. The written decision of the board shall be a final decision for the purposes of sections 4-180 and 4-183. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any airport, airport site or any part thereof operated by the Connecticut Airport Authority established pursuant to section 15-120bb. |
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| 17 | 36 | | Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 4b-30 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012): |
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| 19 | 38 | | (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall assign office space and provide necessary accommodations in state-owned facilities for state agencies, other than institutions, the Legislative [Department] Branch and the Judicial [Department] Branch. Subject to the provisions of section 4b-23, the commissioner shall execute all leases for offices or any other type of space or facility necessary to meet the needs of all state agencies, the Judicial [Department] Branch, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Public Defender Services Commission and institutions. Any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be the sole authority for negotiating such leases, provided any such leases, intending to provide for the needs of institutions, shall further be subject to the approval of the board of trustees of the institution involved and provided further, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall expedite the handling of leases to meet emergency and short term needs. Subject to the provisions of section 4b-23, the commissioner may delegate authority to the Chief Court Administrator to negotiate and enter into leases for office, court or parking facilities for the Judicial Branch when the commissioner deems such delegation to be appropriate and such leases will be consistent with relevant real estate and contracting laws. For the purposes of this section, the term "Judicial [Department"] Branch" 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. |
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