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	10	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
	11	+	AND ELECTIONS
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	20		AN ACT CONCERNING STATE CONSTRUCTION RELATED
15	21		THRESHOLDS.
16	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	23		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. Section 4b-51 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 2
21		-	(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have charge 3
22		-	and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of 4
23		-	any real asset, except any dam, flood or erosion control system, 5
24		-	highway, bridge or any mass transit, marine or aviation transportation 6
25		-	facility, a facility of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, an asset of the 7
26		-	Department of Agriculture program established pursuant to section 26-8
27		-	237a, or any building under the supervision and control of the Joint 9
28		-	Committee on Legislative Management, involving an expenditure in 10
29		-	excess of five hundred thousand dollars, and except that: (1) Until June 11
30		-	30, 2028, (A) the Judicial Branch may have charge and supervision of the 12
31		-	remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or enlargement of any real 13
32		-	asset involving an expenditure of not more than [two] three million 14
33		-	dollars, [(2)] (B) each constituent unit of the state system of higher 15
34		-	education may have charge and supervision of the remodeling, 16
35		-	alteration, repair, construction or enlargement of any real asset 17
36		-	involving an expenditure of not more than [two] three million dollars, 18 Substitute Bill No. 1183
	25	+	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4b-51 of the general statutes is 1
	26	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
	27	+	2023): 3
	28	+	(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have charge 4
	29	+	and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of 5
	30	+	any real asset, except any dam, flood or erosion control system, 6
	31	+	highway, bridge or any mass transit, marine or aviation transportation 7
	32	+	facility, a facility of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, an asset of the 8
	33	+	Department of Agriculture program established pursuant to section 26-9
	34	+	237a, or any building under the supervision and control of the Joint 10
	35	+	Committee on Legislative Management, involving an expenditure in 11
	36	+	excess of five hundred thousand dollars, and except that (1) the Judicial 12
	37	+	Branch may have charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, 13
	38	+	repair, construction or enlargement of any real asset involving an 14 Raised Bill No. 1183
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43		-	[(3)] (C) The University of Connecticut shall have charge and 19
44		-	supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction, or 20
45		-	enlargement of any project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-21
46		-	109c, notwithstanding the amount of the expenditure involved, and [(4)] 22
47		-	(D) the Military Department may have charge and supervision of the 23
48		-	remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or enlargement of any real 24
49		-	asset involving an expenditure of not more than [two] three million 25
50		-	dollars; and (2) on and after July 1, 2028, the maximum dollar amounts 26
51		-	listed in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this 27
52		-	subsection for which the Judicial Branch, each such constituent unit, The 28
53		-	University of Connecticut and the Military Department shall have 29
54		-	charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, 30
55		-	construction or enlargement of real assets shall be adjusted in 31
56		-	accordance with subsection (b) of this section. In any decision to 32
57		-	remodel, alter, repair or enlarge any real asset, the commissioner shall 33
58		-	consider the capability of the real asset to facilitate recycling programs. 34
59		-	(b) Not later than July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the 35
60		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services shall (1) adjust the maximum 36
61		-	dollar amounts listed in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of 37
62		-	subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section by the percentage change 38
63		-	in the Producer Price Index by Commodity: Construction (Partial) 39
64		-	(WPU80), not seasonally adjusted, or its successor index, as calculated 40
65		-	by the United States Department of Labor, over the preceding calendar 41
66		-	year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars; and (2) 42
67		-	post such adjusted dollar amounts on the Internet web site of the 43
68		-	Department of Administrative Services. 44
69		-	[(b)] (c) No officer, department, institution, board, commission or 45
70		-	council of the state government, except the Commissioner of 46
71		-	Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Transportation, the 47
72		-	Connecticut Marketing Authority, the Department of Agriculture for 48
73		-	purposes of the program established pursuant to section 26-237a, the 49
74		-	Joint Committee on Legislative Management, the Judicial Branch, a 50
75		-	constituent unit of the state system of higher education or the Military 51 Substitute Bill No. 1183
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	44	+	expenditure of not more than two million dollars, (2) each constituent 15
	45	+	unit of the state system of higher education may have charge and 16
	46	+	supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or 17
	47	+	enlargement of any real asset involving an expenditure of not more than 18
	48	+	[two] three million dollars, (3) The University of Connecticut shall have 19
	49	+	charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, 20
	50	+	construction, or enlargement of any project, as defined in subdivision 21
	51	+	(16) of section 10a-109c, notwithstanding the amount of the expenditure 22
	52	+	involved, and (4) the Military Department may have charge and 23
	53	+	supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or 24
	54	+	enlargement of any real asset involving an expenditure of not more than 25
	55	+	[two] three million dollars. In any decision to remodel, alter, repair or 26
	56	+	enlarge any real asset, the commissioner shall consider the capability of 27
	57	+	the real asset to facilitate recycling programs. 28
	58	+	Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 4b-52 of the general statutes is 29
	59	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 30
	60	+	2023): 31
	61	+	(a) (1) No repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the 32
	62	+	state of five hundred thousand dollars or less or, in the case of repairs, 33
	63	+	alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by the Judicial 34
	64	+	Branch, [one million two hundred fifty thousand] two million dollars or 35
	65	+	less or, in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented 36
	66	+	or occupied by a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, 37
	67	+	[two] three million dollars or less, shall be made to any state building or 38
	68	+	premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, 39
	69	+	commission or council of the state government and no contract for any 40
	70	+	construction, repairs, alteration or addition shall be entered into without 41
	71	+	the prior approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, 42
	72	+	except repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the 43
	73	+	supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative 44
	74	+	Management or the Military Department and repairs, alterations or 45
	75	+	additions to a building under the supervision of The University of 46
	76	+	Connecticut. Repairs, alterations or additions which are made pursuant 47
	77	+	to such approval of the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall 48 Raised Bill No. 1183
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82		-	Department as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, shall, unless 52
83		-	otherwise specifically authorized by law, make or contract for the 53
84		-	making of any alteration, repair or addition to any real asset involving 54
85		-	an expenditure of more than five hundred thousand dollars. 55
86		-	[(c)] (d) The plans necessary for any such remodeling, alteration, 56
87		-	repair or enlargement of any state humane institution, as defined in 57
88		-	section 17b-222, shall be subject to the approval of the administrative 58
89		-	head of such humane institution. 59
90		-	[(d)] (e) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the 60
91		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services may select consultants to be 61
92		-	on a list established for the purpose of providing any consultant 62
93		-	services. Such list shall be established as provided in sections 4b-56, as 63
94		-	amended by this act, and 4b-57, as amended by this act. The 64
95		-	commissioner may enter into a contract with any consultant on such list 65
96		-	to perform a range of consultant services or to perform a range of tasks 66
97		-	pursuant to a task letter detailing services to be performed under such 67
98		-	contract. 68
99		-	(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the 69
100		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services may (A) compile a list of 70
101		-	architects, professional engineers and construction administrators for 71
102		-	the limited purpose of providing consultant services for a particular 72
103		-	program involving various projects for the construction of new 73
104		-	buildings or renovations to existing buildings where such buildings are 74
105		-	under the operation and control of either the Military Department or the 75
106		-	Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (B) enter into 76
107		-	a contract with any architect, professional engineer or construction 77
108		-	administrator on such list for such limited purpose, except that the 78
109		-	Adjutant General may perform the functions described in 79
110		-	subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision for any such building 80
111		-	under the operation and control of the Military Department. 81
112		-	(3) As used in this subsection, "consultant" means "consultant" as 82
113		-	defined in section 4b-55, as amended by this act, "consultant services" 83 Substitute Bill No. 1183
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	83	+	conform to all guidelines and procedures established by the Department 49
	84	+	of Administrative Services for agency-administered projects. (2) 50
	85	+	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, 51
	86	+	repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of five 52
	87	+	hundred thousand dollars or less may be made to any state building or 53
	88	+	premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court 54
	89	+	Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system of higher 55
	90	+	education, under the terms of section 4b-11, and any contract for any 56
	91	+	such construction, repairs or alteration may be entered into by the Office 57
	92	+	of the Chief Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system 58
	93	+	of higher education without the approval of the Commissioner of 59
	94	+	Administrative Services. 60
	95	+	Sec. 3. Subdivision (6) of section 4b-55 of the general statutes is 61
	96	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 62
	97	+	2023): 63
	98	+	(6) "Project" means any state program requiring consultant services if 64
	99	+	the cost of such services is estimated to exceed [five hundred] seven 65
	100	+	hundred fifty thousand dollars, adjusted annually on and after July 1, 66
	101	+	2024, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this act; 67
	102	+	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) Not later than July 1, 2024, and 68
	103	+	annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall 69
	104	+	adjust the threshold cost for consultant services for a state program to 70
	105	+	be deemed a project for the purposes of section 4b-1 of the general 71
	106	+	statutes and sections 4b-55 to 4b-59, inclusive, of the general statutes, as 72
	107	+	amended by this act. The commissioner shall adjust such threshold cost 73
	108	+	by the percentage change in the Producer Price Index by Commodity: 74
	109	+	Construction (Partial) (WPU80), not seasonally adjusted, or its successor 75
	110	+	index, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, over the 76
	111	+	preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one 77
	112	+	hundred dollars. 78
	113	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	114	+	sections:
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120		-	means "consultant services" as defined in section 4b-55, as amended by 84
121		-	this act, and "program" means multiple projects involving the planning, 85
122		-	design, construction, repair, improvement or expansion of specified 86
123		-	buildings, facilities or site improvements, wherein the work (A) will be 87
124		-	of a repetitive nature, (B) will share a common funding source that 88
125		-	imposes particular requirements, or (C) would be significantly 89
126		-	facilitated if completed by the same design professional or construction 90
127		-	administrator. 91
128		-	[(e)] (f) Costs for projects authorized under subsection [(b)] (c) of this 92
129		-	section shall be charged to the bond fund account for the project for 93
130		-	which such costs are incurred. The Department of Administrative 94
131		-	Services shall develop procedures for expediting the administration of 95
132		-	projects for alterations, repairs or additions authorized under said 96
133		-	subsection. [(b).] 97
134		-	[(f)] (g) Any state agency proposing to remodel, alter or enlarge any 98
135		-	real asset shall submit a statement to the commissioner demonstrating 99
136		-	the capability of the real asset to facilitate recycling programs. 100
137		-	Sec. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4b-52 of the general statutes 101
138		-	are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 102
139		-	1, 2023): 103
140		-	(a) (1) No repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the 104
141		-	state of five hundred thousand dollars or less or, in the case of repairs, 105
142		-	alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by the Judicial 106
143		-	Branch, [one million two hundred fifty thousand] three million dollars 107
144		-	or less or, in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building 108
145		-	rented or occupied by a constituent unit of the state system of higher 109
146		-	education, [two] three million dollars or less, shall be made to any state 110
147		-	building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, 111
148		-	institution, board, commission or council of the state government and 112
149		-	no contract for any construction, repairs, alteration or addition shall be 113
150		-	entered into without the prior approval of the Commissioner of 114
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158		-	building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on 116
159		-	Legislative Management or the Military Department and repairs, 117
160		-	alterations or additions to a building under the supervision of The 118
161		-	University of Connecticut. Repairs, alterations or additions which are 119
162		-	made pursuant to such approval of the Commissioner of Administrative 120
163		-	Services shall conform to all guidelines and procedures established by 121
164		-	the Department of Administrative Services for agency-administered 122
165		-	projects. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this 123
166		-	subsection, repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the 124
167		-	state of five hundred thousand dollars or less may be made to any state 125
168		-	building or premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief 126
169		-	Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system of higher 127
170		-	education, under the terms of section 4b-11, and any contract for any 128
171		-	such construction, repairs or alteration may be entered into by the Office 129
172		-	of the Chief Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system 130
173		-	of higher education without the approval of the Commissioner of 131
174		-	Administrative Services. 132
175		-	(b) Except as provided in this section, no repairs, alterations or 133
176		-	additions involving an expense to the state of more than five hundred 134
177		-	thousand dollars or, in the case of any repair, alteration or addition 135
178		-	administered by the Department of Administrative Services, more than 136
179		-	one million five hundred thousand dollars, shall be made to any state 137
180		-	building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, 138
181		-	institution, board, commission or council of the state government, nor 139
182		-	shall any contract for any construction, repairs, alteration or addition be 140
183		-	entered into, until the Commissioner of Administrative Services or, in 141
184		-	the case of the construction of or repairs, alterations or additions to a 142
185		-	building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on 143
186		-	Legislative Management of the General Assembly, said joint committee 144
187		-	or, in the case of the construction of or repairs, alterations or additions 145
188		-	to a building involving expenditures in excess of five hundred thousand 146
189		-	dollars but not more than [one million two hundred fifty thousand] 147
190		-	three million dollars under the supervision and control of the Judicial 148
191		-	Branch, said Judicial Branch or, in the case of the construction of or 149 Substitute Bill No. 1183
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198		-	repairs, alterations or additions to a building involving expenditures in 150
199		-	excess of five hundred thousand dollars but not more than [two] three 151
200		-	million dollars under the supervision and control of one of the 152
201		-	constituent units of higher education, such constituent unit, or, in the 153
202		-	case of the construction of or repairs, alterations or additions to a 154
203		-	building involving expenditures in excess of five hundred thousand 155
204		-	dollars but not more than [two] three million dollars under the 156
205		-	supervision and control of the Military Department, said department, 157
206		-	has invited bids thereon and awarded a contract thereon, in accordance 158
207		-	with the provisions of sections 4b-91 to 4b-96, inclusive. The 159
208		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the approval of the 160
209		-	authority having the supervision of state employees or the custody of 161
210		-	inmates of state institutions, without the necessity of bids, may employ 162
211		-	such employees or inmates and purchase or furnish the necessary 163
212		-	materials for the construction, erection, alteration, repair or enlargement 164
213		-	of any such state building or premises occupied by any state officer, 165
214		-	department, institution, board, commission or council of the state 166
215		-	government. 167
216		-	Sec. 3. Subdivision (6) of section 4b-55 of the general statutes is 168
217		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 169
218		-	2023): 170
219		-	(6) "Project" means any state program requiring consultant services if 171
220		-	the cost of such services is estimated to exceed [five hundred] seven 172
221		-	hundred fifty thousand dollars, adjusted annually on and after July 1, 173
222		-	2024, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this act; 174
223		-	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) Not later than July 1, 2024, and 175
224		-	annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall 176
225		-	(1) adjust the threshold cost for consultant services for a state program 177
226		-	to be deemed a project for the purposes of sections 4b-1 and 4b-55 to 4b-178
227		-	59, inclusive, of the general statutes, as amended by this act, by the 179
228		-	percentage change in the Producer Price Index by Commodity: 180
229		-	Construction (Partial) (WPU80), not seasonally adjusted, or its successor 181
230		-	index, as calculated by the United States Department of Labor, over the 182 Substitute Bill No. 1183
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237		-	preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one 183
238		-	hundred dollars, and (2) post such adjusted threshold cost on the 184
239		-	Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services. 185
240		-	Sec. 5. Subsection (i) of section 4b-23 of the general statutes is repealed 186
241		-	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 187
242		-	(i) As used in this subsection, (1) "project" means any state program, 188
243		-	except the downtown Hartford higher education center project, as 189
244		-	defined in section 4b-55, as amended by this act, requiring consultant 190
245		-	services if the cost of such services is estimated to exceed one hundred 191
246		-	thousand dollars or, in the case of a constituent unit of the state system 192
247		-	of higher education, the cost of such services is estimated to exceed three 193
248		-	hundred thousand dollars, or in the case of a building or premises under 194
249		-	the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or 195
250		-	property where the Judicial Department is the primary occupant, the 196
251		-	cost of such services is estimated to exceed three hundred thousand 197
252		-	dollars; (2) "consultant" means "consultant" as defined in section 4b-55, 198
253		-	as amended by this act; and (3) "consultant services" means "consultant 199
254		-	services" as defined in section 4b-55, as amended by this act. Any 200
255		-	contracts entered into by the Commissioner of Administrative Services 201
256		-	with any consultants for employment (A) for any project under the 202
257		-	provisions of this section, (B) in connection with a list established under 203
258		-	subsection [(d)] (e) of section 4b-51, as amended by this act, or (C) by 204
259		-	task letter issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services to any 205
260		-	consultant on such list pursuant to which the consultant will provide 206
261		-	services valued in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, shall be 207
262		-	subject to the approval of the Properties Review Board prior to the 208
263		-	employment of such consultant or consultants by the commissioner. The 209
264		-	Properties Review Board shall, not later than thirty days after receipt of 210
265		-	such selection of or contract with any consultant, approve or disapprove 211
266		-	the selection of or contract with any consultant made by the 212
267		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to sections 4b-1 and 213
268		-	4b-55 to 4b-59, inclusive, as amended by this act. If upon the expiration 214
269		-	of the thirty-day period a decision has not been made, the Properties 215 Substitute Bill No. 1183
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277		-	contract. 217
278		-	Sec. 6. Subsection (e) of section 4b-56 of the general statutes is 218
279		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 219
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281		-	(e) There shall be established, within the Department of 221
282		-	Administrative Services, a State Construction Services Selection Panel 222
283		-	that shall consist of three members. Such members shall be appointed 223
284		-	by the commissioner, shall be current employees of the Department of 224
285		-	Administrative Services or any agency for which consultant services 225
286		-	may be contracted, and shall serve only for deliberations involving the 226
287		-	selection of consultants under subsection [(d)] (e) of section 4b-51, as 227
288		-	amended by this act, for which the employees are appointed. 228
289		-	Sec. 7. Section 4b-57 of the general statutes is repealed and the 229
290		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 230
291		-	(a) Whenever consultant services are required by the commissioner 231
292		-	in fulfilling the responsibilities under section 4b-1, and in the case of 232
293		-	each project, the commissioner shall invite responses from such firms by 233
294		-	posting notice on the State Contracting Portal, except that the 234
295		-	commissioner may receive consultant services under a contract entered 235
296		-	into pursuant to subsection [(d)] (e) of section 4b-51, as amended by this 236
297		-	act. The commissioner shall prescribe, by regulations adopted in 237
298		-	accordance with chapter 54, the advance notice required for, the manner 238
299		-	of submission, and conditions and requirements of, such responses. 239
300		-	(b) In the case of a project, the responses received shall be considered 240
301		-	by the selection panel. The panel shall select from among those 241
302		-	responding no fewer than three firms, which such panel determines in 242
303		-	accordance with criteria established by the commissioner are most 243
304		-	qualified to perform the required consultant services. In the case of any 244
305		-	project that requires consultant services by an architect or professional 245
306		-	engineer, additional criteria to be considered by such panel in selecting 246 Substitute Bill No. 1183
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314		-	of this state's building and fire codes, and (2) the geographic location of 248
315		-	such firm in relation to the geographic location of the proposed project. 249
316		-	The selection panel shall submit a list of the most qualified firms to the 250
317		-	commissioner for the commissioner's consideration unless fewer than 251
318		-	three responses for a particular project have been received, in which case 252
319		-	the panel shall submit the names of all firms who have submitted 253
320		-	responses. 254
321		-	(c) In the case of consultants selected under subsection [(d)] (e) of 255
322		-	section 4b-51, as amended by this act, the responses received shall be 256
323		-	considered by the selection panel. The panel shall select, from among 257
324		-	those persons responding, a list of those persons most qualified to 258
325		-	perform the consultant services. Knowledge of the state building and 259
326		-	fire code and whether the consultant is a micro business, as defined in 260
327		-	subsection (c) of section 4a-59, shall be considered in determining a 261
328		-	consultant's qualifications. 262
329		-	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
330		-	sections:
331		-
332		-	Section 1 July 1, 2023 4b-51
333		-	Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 4b-52(a) and (b)
	121	+	Section 1 July 1, 2023 4b-51(a)
	122	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 4b-52(a)
334	123		Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 4b-55(6)
335	124		Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 New section
336		-	Sec. 5 July 1, 2023 4b-23(i)
337		-	Sec. 6 July 1, 2023 4b-56(e)
338		-	Sec. 7 July 1, 2023 4b-57
339	125
340		-	GAE Joint Favorable Subst.
	126	+	Statement of Purpose:
	127	+	To permit constituent units of the state system of higher education and
	128	+	the Military Department to have charge and supervision of certain
	129	+	changes to real assets involving expenditures of not more than three
	130	+	million dollars, redefine "project" for purposes of the threshold for
	131	+	consultant services and permit the Commissioner of Administrative
	132	+	Services to adjust such threshold.
	133	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	134	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	135	+	underlined.]
341	136