Senate Bill No. 226
Public Act No. 24-25
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
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2024):
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any
special act to the contrary, any municipality may, by ordinance,
establish requirements for competitive bidding for the award of any
contract or the purchase of any real or personal property by the
municipality. Such ordinance may provide that, except as otherwise
required by any provision of the general statutes, sealed bidding shall
not be required for contracts or purchases having a value less than or
equal to an amount established in the ordinance, which amount shall
not be greater than [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars. Nothing in this
section shall be deemed to invalidate any ordinance enacted by a
municipality prior to October 1, 1989. Nothing in this section and no
ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be construed to limit
the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract pursuant to section
4a-53a. Senate Bill No. 226
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