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	7	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 7087
	8	+	January Session, 2019
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	13	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	16	+	Introduced by:
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4		-	House Bill No. 7087
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6		-	Public Act No. 19-136
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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REPORTING OF THE T RIENNIAL
10		-	AUDIT OF STATE CONTR ACTING AGENCIES BY T HE STATE
11		-	CONTRACTING STANDARD S BOARD AND THE MEMBERSHIP
12		-	AND QUORUM REQUIREME NTS OF THE BOARD.
	21	+	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REPORTING OF THE TRIENNIAL AUDIT
	22	+	OF STATE CONTRACTING AGENCIES BY THE STAT E
	23	+	CONTRACTING STANDARD S BOARD.
13	24		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	25		Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. Section 4e-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the
17		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):
18		-	(a) The board shall conduct audits of state contracting agencies,
19		-	triennially, to ensure compliance with statutes and regulations
20		-	concerning procurement. In conducting each such audit, the board
21		-	shall have access to all contracting and procurement records, may
22		-	interview any and all personnel responsible for contracting, contract
23		-	negotiations or procurement and may enter into an agreement with the
24		-	Auditors of Public Accounts to effectuate such audit.
25		-	(b) Upon completion of any such audit, the board shall prepare and
26		-	issue a compliance report for the state contracting agency. Such report
27		-	shall identify any process or procedure that is inconsistent with
28		-	statutes and regulations concerning procurement and indicate those
29		-	corrective measures the board deems necessary to comply with
30		-	statutes and regulations concerning procurement requirements. Such
31		-	report shall be issued and delivered to the state contracting agency not House Bill No. 7087
	27	+	Section 1. Section 4e-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	28	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
	29	+	(a) The board shall conduct audits of state contracting agencies, 3
	30	+	triennially, to ensure compliance with statutes and regulations 4
	31	+	concerning procurement. In conducting each such audit, the board 5
	32	+	shall have access to all contracting and procurement records, may 6
	33	+	interview any and all personnel responsible for contracting, contract 7
	34	+	negotiations or procurement and may enter into an agreement with the 8
	35	+	Auditors of Public Accounts to effectuate such audit. 9
	36	+	(b) Upon completion of any such audit, the board shall prepare and 10
	37	+	issue a compliance report for the state contracting agency. Such report 11
	38	+	shall identify any process or procedure that is inconsistent with 12
	39	+	statutes and regulations concerning procurement and indicate those 13 Committee Bill No. 7087
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35		-	later than thirty days after completion of such audit and shall be a
36		-	public record. The state contracting agency may provide a written
37		-	response to the board concerning such report not later than sixty days
38		-	after receipt of such report and any such response shall be a public
39		-	record. After receiving such response or after such sixty-day period
40		-	has elapsed with no response, whichever is earlier, the board may
41		-	submit such report and the response, if applicable, in accordance with
42		-	the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the
43		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the state
44		-	contracting agency that is the subject of such report, appropriations
45		-	and the budgets of state agencies and government administration.
46		-	Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 4e-2 of the general statutes is
47		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
48		-	1, 2019):
49		-	(a) There is established a State Contracting Standards Board that
50		-	shall consist of fourteen members appointed as follows: Eight
51		-	members by the Governor, at least one of whom is certified in
52		-	procurement, two members by the speaker of the House of
53		-	Representatives, two members by the president pro tempore of the
54		-	Senate, one member by the majority leader of the Senate and one
55		-	member by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who is
56		-	certified in procurement. In the event that the party of the Governor
57		-	also controls both houses of the General Assembly, the board shall be
58		-	appointed as follows: Eight members by the Governor, at least one of
59		-	whom is certified in procurement, one member by the president pro
60		-	tempore of the Senate, one member by the speaker of the House of
61		-	Representatives, one member by the majority leader of the Senate, one
62		-	member [of] by the majority leader of the House of Representatives,
63		-	one member by the minority leader of the Senate and one member by
64		-	the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who is certified in
65		-	procurement. House Bill No. 7087
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	46	+	corrective measures the board deems necessary to comply with 14
	47	+	statutes and regulations concerning procurement requirements. Such 15
	48	+	report shall be issued and delivered to the state contracting agency not 16
	49	+	later than thirty days after completion of such audit and shall be a 17
	50	+	public record. The state contracting agency may provide a written 18
	51	+	response to the board concerning such report not later than sixty days 19
	52	+	after receipt of such report and any such response shall be a public 20
	53	+	record. After receiving such response or after such sixty-day period 21
	54	+	has elapsed with no response, whichever is earlier, the board may 22
	55	+	submit such report and the response, if applicable, in accordance with 23
	56	+	the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the 24
	57	+	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the state 25
	58	+	contracting agency that is the subject of such report, appropriations 26
	59	+	and the budgets of state agencies and government administration. 27
	60	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	61	+	sections:
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69		-	Sec. 3. Subsection (m) of section 4e-2 of the general statutes is
70		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
71		-	1, 2019):
72		-	(m) [Eight] A majority of the appointed members of the board,
73		-	[including not less than one member appointed by a legislative leader]
74		-	but not less than five members, shall constitute a quorum, which shall
75		-	be required for the transaction of business by the board.
	63	+	Section 1 October 1, 2019 4e-6
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	65	+	GAE Joint Favorable
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