Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00692 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 692
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2155
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. LEBEAU, 3rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 692 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2155

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 

Introduced by:

SEN. LEBEAU, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

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

That the section 7-148v of the general statutes be amended to increase the threshold amount requiring competitive bidding for the award of any municipal contract from seven thousand five hundred dollars to fifteen thousand dollars. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow towns greater flexibility and efficiency for purchases of items that are of relatively low value.