LCO No. 2198 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6313 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2198 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION Introduced by: REP. FOSTER, 57th Dist. REP. CHAFEE, 33rd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE UTILIZATION OF THE SAFE HARBOR RATES FOR SMALL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICE FIRMS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to permit small engineering 1 design service firms to utilize the Safe Harbor indirect cost rate 2 established by the Federal Highway Administration, instead of an audit, 3 when such firms are in consideration for projects being undertaken by 4 the Department of Transportation or other agencies. 5 Statement of Purpose: To give small engineering design service firms the opportunity to be considered for projects undertaken by the Department of Transportation and allow the department to save money on smaller projects.