Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01081 Latest Draft

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General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 1081  
January Session, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING MU NICIPAL SET-ASIDE REQUIREMENTS.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subdivision (14) of subsection (a) of section 4a-60g of the 1 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 3 
(14) "Municipal public works contract" means that portion of an 4 
agreement entered into on or after October 1, [2015] 2019, between any 5 
individual, firm or corporation and a municipality for the construction, 6 
rehabilitation, conversion, extension, demolition or repair of a public 7 
building, highway or other changes or improvements in real property, 8 
which is financed in whole or in part by the state, including, but not 9 
limited to, matching expenditures, grants, loans, insurance or 10 
guarantees, [but excluding any project of an alliance district, as defined 11 
in section 10-262u, financed by state funding in an amount equal to 12 
fifty thousand dollars or less] in an amount greater than five hundred 13 
thousand dollars. 14 
Sec. 2. Subsection (h) of section 4a-60g of the general statutes is 15 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 16 
October 1, 2019): 17 
(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) any awarding 18  Substitute Bill No. 1081 
 
 
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agency for which the total value of all contracts or portions of contracts 19 
of the types enumerated in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this 20 
section is anticipated to be equal to ten thousand dollars or less, or (2) 21 
any [municipal public works contract or] contract for a quasi-public 22 
agency project for which the total value of the contract is anticipated to 23 
be equal to fifty thousand dollars or less. 24 
Sec. 3. Section 46a-68c of the general statutes is repealed and the 25 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 26 
In addition to the provisions of section 4a-60, each contractor with 27 
fifty or more employees awarded either a public works contract [, 28 
municipal public works contract] or contract for a quasi-public agency 29 
project in excess of fifty thousand dollars, or a municipal public works 30 
contract, in any fiscal year, but not subject to the provisions of section 31 
46a-68d, shall develop and file with the Commission on Human Rights 32 
and Opportunities an affirmative action plan which shall comply with 33 
regulations adopted by the commission. Failure to develop an 34 
approved affirmative action plan pursuant to this section shall act as a 35 
bar to bidding on or the award of future contracts until such 36 
requirement has been met. When the commission approves an 37 
affirmative action plan pursuant to this section, it shall issue a 38 
certificate of compliance to the contractor. This certificate shall be 39 
prima facie proof of the contractor's eligibility to bid or be awarded 40 
contracts for a period of two years from the date of the certificate. Such 41 
certificate shall not excuse the contractor from monitoring by the 42 
commission or from the reporting and record-keeping requirements of 43 
sections 46a-68e and 46a-68f. The commission may revoke the 44 
certificate of a contractor if the contractor does not implement its 45 
affirmative action plan in compliance with this section and sections 4a-46 
60, 4a-60g, as amended by this act, 4a-62, 46a-56, 46a-68b, 46a-68d, and 47 
46a-68e to 46a-68k, inclusive. 48 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
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Section 1 October 1, 2019 4a-60g(a)(14) 
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 4a-60g(h) 
Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 46a-68c 
 
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:   
In Sec. 3, "in excess of five hundred thousand dollars" was deleted for 
clarity and to avoid repetition, and "as amended by this act," was 
moved for accuracy. 
 
PD Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO