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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5370
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 513
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.
AN ACT PROMOTING VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES.
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 1
awarding authorities to (1) in determining the lowest responsible 2
qualified bidder for an open market order or contract, give a price 3
preference of ten per cent for the purchase of goods or services from a 4
veteran-owned business, and (2) set aside, in each fiscal year, five per 5
cent of the total value of all contracts let by such awarding authority 6
for award to veteran-owned contractors. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To give veteran-owned businesses a ten per cent price preference on
state contracts and set aside five per cent of all such contracts for
award to such businesses.