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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 107
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 936
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT UPDATING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
AND REPEALING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PLAN TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF FULL -TIME FACULTY AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10a-109bb of the general statutes is repealed and 1
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 2
[(a) There is established a construction management oversight 3
committee consisting of (1) four members appointed jointly by the 4
Governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority 5
leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House 6
of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority 7
leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the Senate, and (2) three 8
members appointed by the Board of Trustees for The University of 9
Connecticut, who shall be members of said board. The board of trustees 10
shall replace any such committee member appointed by said board if 11
such committee member's term on the board expires or otherwise ends. 12 Raised Bill No. 107
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The members appointed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection 13
shall have expertise in the fields of construction management, 14
architectural design or construction project management. The 15
chairperson of the committee shall be designated by the board of 16
trustees. All appointments of the initial committee shall be made no later 17
than July 20, 2006. Appointments shall be for four consecutive years, 18
except that two of the initial appointments pursuant to subdivision (1) 19
of this subsection shall be for three consecutive years. Upon expiration 20
of the initial members' terms and every four years thereafter, new 21
members shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures for 22
appointment set forth in this section. A majority of the members of the 23
committee shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The 24
committee shall act by a majority vote of the members. The committee 25
shall maintain a record of its proceedings in such form as it determines, 26
provided such record indicates attendance and all votes cast by each 27
member. 28
(b) The construction management oversight committee established 29
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section] (a) The Board of Trustees of 30
The University of Connecticut, or a committee of the board, shall review 31
and approve the policies and procedures developed by The University 32
of Connecticut to undertake any project of UConn 2000, as defined in 33
subdivision (25) of section 10a-109c, concerning the selection of design 34
professionals and contractors, as defined in subdivision (27) of section 35
10a-109c, contract compliance, building and fire code compliance, 36
deferred maintenance, as defined in subdivision (29) of section 10a-109c, 37
and an annual budget for such maintenance prepared pursuant to 38
section 10a-109dd, as amended by this act, project and program budgets 39
and schedules and the authorization and review of contract changes. 40
The [committee] university shall prepare, biennially, a summary of 41
construction performance of UConn 2000 based on reports submitted at 42
least quarterly by the construction assurance office established pursuant 43
to section 10a-109cc, as amended by this act, and the board, or 44
committee of the board, shall, upon the completion of each named 45
project pursuant to section 10a-109e, conduct a review of the university's 46 Raised Bill No. 107
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management of such project for its conformance with the applicable 47
policies and procedures governing construction undertaken pursuant to 48
section 10a-109n. Such review of completed projects shall incorporate 49
information, including, but not limited to, that which is derived from 50
reviews of the reports submitted at least quarterly by the construction 51
assurance office, in accordance with section 10a-109cc, as amended by 52
this act. 53
[(c) The construction management oversight committee established 54
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall, upon] (b) Upon 55
completion of each assessment, summary and review conducted 56
pursuant to this section [,] by The University of Connecticut or a 57
committee of the board, the university or such committee, as applicable, 58
shall submit such assessment, summary and review to the [Board of 59
Trustees for The University of Connecticut] board. The board shall 60
initially review each such assessment, summary and review without the 61
presence of university staff members. 62
Sec. 2. Section 10a-109cc of the general statutes is repealed and the 63
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 64
Not later than August 1, 2006, the Board of Trustees [for] of The 65
University of Connecticut shall establish the construction assurance 66
office. Positions in the office shall be paid positions. The office shall be 67
led by a director who shall be responsible for reviews of construction 68
performance of UConn 2000, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 69
10a-109c, and shall report at least quarterly to the [construction 70
management oversight committee in accordance with section 10a-71
109bb] Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, or a 72
committee of the board, and to the president of The University of 73
Connecticut. 74
Sec. 3. Section 10a-109dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 75
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 76
The university, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10a-109c, 77
shall conduct reviews of deferred maintenance needs at the university 78 Raised Bill No. 107
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and annually submit to the [construction management oversight 79
committee established pursuant to section 10a-109bb] Board of Trustees 80
of The University of Connecticut, or a committee of the board, an annual 81
budget concerning deferred maintenance, as defined in subdivision (29) 82
of section 10a-109c. 83
Sec. 4. Section 10a-154c of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 84
July 1, 2024) 85
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2024 10a-109bb
Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 10a-109cc
Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 10a-109dd
Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To remove reference to the defunct construction management oversight
committee for UConn 2000 projects and repeal the requirement for the
state universities to develop a plan to increase the number of full-time
faculty.
[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.]