| 26 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 2-90 of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 27 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2 |
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| 28 | | - | October 1, 2019): 3 |
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| 29 | | - | (c) Said auditors shall audit, on a biennial basis if deemed most 4 |
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| 30 | | - | economical and efficient, or as frequently as they deem necessary, the 5 |
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| 31 | | - | books and accounts of each officer, department, commission, board 6 |
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| 32 | | - | and court of the state government, all institutions supported by the 7 |
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| 33 | | - | state and all public and quasi-public bodies, politic and corporate, 8 |
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| 34 | | - | created by public or special act of the General Assembly and not 9 |
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| 35 | | - | required to be audited or subject to reporting requirements, under the 10 |
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| 36 | | - | provisions of chapter 111. Each such audit may include an examination 11 |
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| 37 | | - | of any relevant information concerning the department, commission, 12 |
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| 38 | | - | board or court of state government being audited that is in the 13 |
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| 39 | | - | possession or control of a private entity that has a contract with such 14 |
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| 40 | | - | department, commission, board or court. Each such audit may include 15 |
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| 41 | | - | Committee Bill No. 6667 |
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| 43 | | - | |
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| 44 | | - | LCO No. 4541 2 of 2 |
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| 46 | | - | an examination of performance in order to determine effectiveness in 16 |
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| 47 | | - | achieving expressed legislative purposes. The auditors shall report 17 |
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| 48 | | - | their findings and recommendations to the Governor, the State 18 |
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| 49 | | - | Comptroller and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 19 |
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| 50 | | - | having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the 20 |
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| 51 | | - | budgets of state agencies. 21 |
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| 52 | | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) As used in this section, 22 |
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| 53 | | - | "contract", "state agency", "data" and "contractor" have the same 23 |
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| 54 | | - | meanings as provided in section 4e-1 of the general statutes. Any 24 |
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| 55 | | - | contract between a state contracting agency and a contractor that is 25 |
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| 56 | | - | entered into, renewed or amended on or after October 1, 2019, shall 26 |
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| 57 | | - | contain a provision authorizing the state contracting agency to access 27 |
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| 58 | | - | any data concerning such agency that is in the possession or control of 28 |
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| 59 | | - | the contractor. 29 |
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| 60 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 61 | | - | sections: |
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| 63 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2019 2-90(c) |
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| 64 | | - | Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 New section |
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| 24 | + | That chapter 23b of the general statutes be amended to permit (1) 1 |
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| 25 | + | any state agency that contracts with a private entity to access any data 2 |
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| 26 | + | concerning such state agency that is held by such entity, and (2) the 3 |
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| 27 | + | Auditors of Public Accounts to access such data for purposes of 4 |
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| 28 | + | conducting an audit. 5 |
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| 67 | | - | To permit the Auditors of Public Accounts to access any information |
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| 68 | | - | concerning a state agency that is held by a state contractor and to |
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| 69 | | - | require state contracts to contain a provision authorizing state agencies |
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| 70 | | - | to access any of their data held by a contractor. |
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| 71 | | - | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 72 | | - | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 73 | | - | not underlined.] |
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| 75 | | - | Co-Sponsors: REP. DAVIS C., 57th Dist. |
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| 77 | | - | H.B. 6667 |
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| 30 | + | To increase transparency and accountability in state government. |
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