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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 226
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 650
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD FOR SEALED BIDDING ON
CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7-148v of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2024): 3
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any 4
special act to the contrary, any municipality may, by ordinance, 5
establish requirements for competitive bidding for the award of any 6
contract or the purchase of any real or personal property by the 7
municipality. Such ordinance may provide that, except as otherwise 8
required by any provision of the general statutes, sealed bidding shall 9
not be required for contracts or purchases having a value less than or 10
equal to an amount established in the ordinance, which amount shall 11
not be greater than [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars. Nothing in this 12
section shall be deemed to invalidate any ordinance enacted by a 13
municipality prior to October 1, 1989. Nothing in this section and no 14 Bill No. 226
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ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be construed to limit 15
the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract pursuant to section 16
4a-53a. 17
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2024 7-148v(a)
PD Joint Favorable