House Bill No. 7087
Public Act No. 19-136
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REPORTING OF THE T RIENNIAL
AUDIT OF STATE CONTR ACTING AGENCIES BY T HE STATE
CONTRACTING STANDARD S BOARD AND THE MEMBERSHIP
AND QUORUM REQUIREME NTS OF THE BOARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4e-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):
(a) The board shall conduct audits of state contracting agencies,
triennially, to ensure compliance with statutes and regulations
concerning procurement. In conducting each such audit, the board
shall have access to all contracting and procurement records, may
interview any and all personnel responsible for contracting, contract
negotiations or procurement and may enter into an agreement with the
Auditors of Public Accounts to effectuate such audit.
(b) Upon completion of any such audit, the board shall prepare and
issue a compliance report for the state contracting agency. Such report
shall identify any process or procedure that is inconsistent with
statutes and regulations concerning procurement and indicate those
corrective measures the board deems necessary to comply with
statutes and regulations concerning procurement requirements. Such
report shall be issued and delivered to the state contracting agency not House Bill No. 7087
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later than thirty days after completion of such audit and shall be a
public record. The state contracting agency may provide a written
response to the board concerning such report not later than sixty days
after receipt of such report and any such response shall be a public
record. After receiving such response or after such sixty-day period
has elapsed with no response, whichever is earlier, the board may
submit such report and the response, if applicable, in accordance with
the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the state
contracting agency that is the subject of such report, appropriations
and the budgets of state agencies and government administration.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 4e-2 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
1, 2019):
(a) There is established a State Contracting Standards Board that
shall consist of fourteen members appointed as follows: Eight
members by the Governor, at least one of whom is certified in
procurement, two members by the speaker of the House of
Representatives, two members by the president pro tempore of the
Senate, one member by the majority leader of the Senate and one
member by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who is
certified in procurement. In the event that the party of the Governor
also controls both houses of the General Assembly, the board shall be
appointed as follows: Eight members by the Governor, at least one of
whom is certified in procurement, one member by the president pro
tempore of the Senate, one member by the speaker of the House of
Representatives, one member by the majority leader of the Senate, one
member [of] by the majority leader of the House of Representatives,
one member by the minority leader of the Senate and one member by
the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who is certified in
procurement. House Bill No. 7087
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Sec. 3. Subsection (m) of section 4e-2 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
1, 2019):
(m) [Eight] A majority of the appointed members of the board,
[including not less than one member appointed by a legislative leader]
but not less than five members, shall constitute a quorum, which shall
be required for the transaction of business by the board.