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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1183
January Session, 2023
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE CONSTRUCTION RELATED
THRESHOLDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4b-51 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2023): 3
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have charge 4
and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of 5
any real asset, except any dam, flood or erosion control system, 6
highway, bridge or any mass transit, marine or aviation transportation 7
facility, a facility of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, an asset of the 8
Department of Agriculture program established pursuant to section 26-9
237a, or any building under the supervision and control of the Joint 10
Committee on Legislative Management, involving an expenditure in 11
excess of five hundred thousand dollars, and except that (1) the Judicial 12
Branch may have charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, 13
repair, construction or enlargement of any real asset involving an 14 Raised Bill No. 1183
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expenditure of not more than two million dollars, (2) each constituent 15
unit of the state system of higher education may have charge and 16
supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or 17
enlargement of any real asset involving an expenditure of not more than 18
[two] three million dollars, (3) The University of Connecticut shall have 19
charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, 20
construction, or enlargement of any project, as defined in subdivision 21
(16) of section 10a-109c, notwithstanding the amount of the expenditure 22
involved, and (4) the Military Department may have charge and 23
supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or 24
enlargement of any real asset involving an expenditure of not more than 25
[two] three million dollars. In any decision to remodel, alter, repair or 26
enlarge any real asset, the commissioner shall consider the capability of 27
the real asset to facilitate recycling programs. 28
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 4b-52 of the general statutes is 29
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 30
2023): 31
(a) (1) No repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the 32
state of five hundred thousand dollars or less or, in the case of repairs, 33
alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by the Judicial 34
Branch, [one million two hundred fifty thousand] two million dollars or 35
less or, in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented 36
or occupied by a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, 37
[two] three million dollars or less, shall be made to any state building or 38
premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, 39
commission or council of the state government and no contract for any 40
construction, repairs, alteration or addition shall be entered into without 41
the prior approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, 42
except repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the 43
supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative 44
Management or the Military Department and repairs, alterations or 45
additions to a building under the supervision of The University of 46
Connecticut. Repairs, alterations or additions which are made pursuant 47
to such approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall 48 Raised Bill No. 1183
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conform to all guidelines and procedures established by the Department 49
of Administrative Services for agency-administered projects. (2) 50
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, 51
repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of five 52
hundred thousand dollars or less may be made to any state building or 53
premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court 54
Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system of higher 55
education, under the terms of section 4b-11, and any contract for any 56
such construction, repairs or alteration may be entered into by the Office 57
of the Chief Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system 58
of higher education without the approval of the Commissioner of 59
Administrative Services. 60
Sec. 3. Subdivision (6) of section 4b-55 of the general statutes is 61
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 62
2023): 63
(6) "Project" means any state program requiring consultant services if 64
the cost of such services is estimated to exceed [five hundred] seven 65
hundred fifty thousand dollars, adjusted annually on and after July 1, 66
2024, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this act; 67
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) Not later than July 1, 2024, and 68
annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall 69
adjust the threshold cost for consultant services for a state program to 70
be deemed a project for the purposes of section 4b-1 of the general 71
statutes and sections 4b-55 to 4b-59, inclusive, of the general statutes, as 72
amended by this act. The commissioner shall adjust such threshold cost 73
by the percentage change in the Producer Price Index by Commodity: 74
Construction (Partial) (WPU80), not seasonally adjusted, or its successor 75
index, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, over the 76
preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one 77
hundred dollars. 78
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 July 1, 2023 4b-51(a)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 4b-52(a)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 4b-55(6)
Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To permit constituent units of the state system of higher education and
the Military Department to have charge and supervision of certain
changes to real assets involving expenditures of not more than three
million dollars, redefine "project" for purposes of the threshold for
consultant services and permit the Commissioner of Administrative
Services to adjust such threshold.
[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.]