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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 604
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3782
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT REQUIRING EXE CUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF
CERTAIN QUASI-PUBLIC AGENCY CONTRA CTS AND
AGREEMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019 and applicable to contracts 1
entered into or renewed on and after said date) (a) For the purposes of this 2
section, "quasi-public agency" has the same meaning as provided in 3
section 1-120 of the general statutes, "contract" means any employment 4
contract, consulting contract or separation agreement that a quasi-5
public agency intends to enter into or renew and "separation 6
agreement" means an agreement to pay less than fifty thousand dollars 7
to an employee resigning or retiring from employment with such 8
quasi-public agency for the purposes of avoiding costs associated with 9
potential litigation or pursuant to a nondisparagement agreement. 10
(b) On and after October 1, 2019, each quasi-public agency shall 11
submit a copy of all contracts to the Attorney General for review and 12
comment prior to entering into or renewing any such contract. If such 13
contract has an annual cost of over one hundred thousand dollars, the 14
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quasi-public agency shall, at the time of submission of such contract to 15
the Attorney General, also submit a copy of such contract to the joint 16
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 17
such quasi-public agency, in accordance with the provisions of section 18
11-4a of the general statutes. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the submission of quasi-public agency employment and
consulting contracts and separation agreements to the Attorney
General and relevant legislative committee for review and comment.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
S.B. 604