Connecticut Senate Bill SB00391 Latest Draft

                             
 
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General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 391  
February Session, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE 
CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any 1 
provision of the general statutes, the appropriations recommended for 2 
the State Contracting Standards Board shall be the estimates of 3 
expenditure requirements transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of 4 
Policy and Management by the executive director of the board and the 5 
recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the 6 
recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, transmitted by said 7 
executive director to the Office of Policy and Management. 8 
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the 9 
Governor shall not reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force 10 
concerning the State Contracting Standards Board. 11 
Sec. 2. Section 4e-1 of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes is 12 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 13 
2024): 14 
For the purposes of this section and sections [4e-1] 4e-2 to 4e-47, 15 
inclusive, as amended by this act: 16 
(1) "Best value selection" means a contract selection process in which 17  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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the award of a contract is based on a combination of quality, timeliness 18 
and cost factors; 19 
(2) "Bid" means an offer, submitted in response to an invitation to bid, 20 
to furnish supplies, materials, equipment, construction or contractual 21 
services to a state contracting agency under prescribed conditions at a 22 
stated price; 23 
(3) "Bidder" means a business submitting a bid in response to an 24 
invitation to bid by a state contracting agency; 25 
(4) "Business" means any individual or sole proprietorship, 26 
partnership, firm, corporation, trust, limited liability company, limited 27 
liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association or 28 
other legal entity through which business for profit or not-for-profit is 29 
conducted; 30 
(5) "Competitive bidding" means the submission of prices by a 31 
business competing for a contract to provide supplies, materials, 32 
equipment or contractual services to a state contracting agency, under a 33 
procedure in which the contracting authority does not negotiate prices, 34 
as set forth in statutes and regulations concerning procurement; 35 
(6) "Consultant" means (A) any architect, professional engineer, 36 
landscape architect, land surveyor, accountant, interior designer, 37 
environmental professional or construction administrator, who is 38 
registered or licensed to practice such person's profession in accordance 39 
with the applicable provisions of the general statutes, (B) any planner or 40 
any environmental, management or financial specialist, or (C) any 41 
person who performs professional work in areas including, but not 42 
limited to, educational services, medical services, information 43 
technology and real estate appraisal; 44 
(7) "Consultant services" means those professional services rendered 45 
by a consultant and any incidental services that a consultant and those 46 
in the consultant's employ are authorized to perform; 47  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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(8) "Contract" [or "state contract"] means an agreement or a 48 
combination or series of agreements between a state contracting agency 49 
[or quasi-public agency] and a business for: 50 
(A) A project for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, 51 
remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building, public work, 52 
mass transit, rail station, parking garage, rail track or airport; 53 
(B) Services, including, but not limited to, consultant and professional 54 
services; 55 
(C) The acquisition or disposition of personal property; 56 
(D) The provision of goods and services, including, but not limited 57 
to, the use of purchase of services contracts and personal service 58 
agreements; 59 
(E) The provision of information technology, state contracting agency 60 
information system or telecommunication system facilities, equipment 61 
or services; 62 
(F) A lease; or 63 
(G) A licensing agreement; 64 
"Contract" [or "state contract"] does not include a contract between a 65 
state contracting agency [or a quasi-public agency] and a political 66 
subdivision of the state; 67 
[(9) "Term contract" means the agreement reached when the state 68 
accepts a bid or proposal to furnish supplies, materials, equipment or 69 
contractual services at a stated price for a specific period of time in 70 
response to an invitation to bid;] 71 
[(10)] (9) "Contract risk assessment" means (A) the identification and 72 
evaluation of loss exposures and risks, including, but not limited to, 73 
business and legal risks associated with the contracting process and the 74 
contracted goods and services, and (B) the identification, evaluation and 75  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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implementation of measures available to minimize potential loss 76 
exposures and risks; 77 
[(11)] (10) "Contractor" means any business that is awarded, or is a 78 
subcontractor under, a contract or an amendment to a contract with a 79 
state contracting agency under statutes and regulations concerning 80 
procurement, including, but not limited to, a small contractor, minority 81 
business enterprise, an individual with a disability, as defined in section 82 
4a-60, or an organization providing products and services by persons 83 
with disabilities; 84 
[(12)] (11) "Contractual services" means the furnishing of labor by a 85 
contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other 86 
than reports, which are merely incidental to the required performance 87 
and includes any and all laundry and cleaning service, pest control 88 
service, janitorial service, security service, the rental and repair, or 89 
maintenance, of equipment, machinery and other [state-owned] 90 
personal property owned by a state contracting agency, advertising and 91 
photostating, mimeographing, human services and other service 92 
arrangements where the services are provided by persons other than 93 
state employees or quasi-public agency employees. "Contractual 94 
services" includes the design, development and implementation of 95 
technology, communications or telecommunications systems or the 96 
infrastructure pertaining thereto, including hardware and software and 97 
services for which a contractor is conferred a benefit by the state, 98 
whether or not compensated by the state. "Contractual services" does 99 
not include employment agreements or collective bargaining 100 
agreements; 101 
[(13)] (12) "Data" means recorded information, regardless of form or 102 
characteristic; 103 
[(14)] (13) "Vote of two-thirds of the members of the board present 104 
and voting" means a vote by the State Contracting Standards Board that 105 
is agreed upon by two-thirds of the members of the State Contracting 106 
Standards Board present and voting for a particular purpose and that 107  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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includes the vote of one member of the board appointed by a legislative 108 
leader; 109 
[(15)] (14) "Electronic" means electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, 110 
electromagnetic, or any other similar technology; 111 
[(16)] (15) "Emergency procurement" means procurement by a state 112 
contracting agency, [quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120,] 113 
judicial department or constituent unit of higher education that is made 114 
necessary by a sudden, unexpected occurrence that poses a clear and 115 
imminent danger to public safety or requires immediate action to 116 
prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, property or 117 
essential public services or in response to a court order, settlement 118 
agreement or other similar legal judgment; 119 
[(17)] (16) "Equipment" means personal property of a durable nature 120 
that retains its identity throughout its useful life; 121 
[(18)] (17) "Materials" means items required to perform a function or 122 
used in a manufacturing process, particularly those incorporated into 123 
an end product or consumed in its manufacture; 124 
[(19)] (18) "Nonprofit agency" means any organization that is not a 125 
for-profit business under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 126 
of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the 127 
United States, as amended from time to time, [amended,] makes no 128 
distribution to its members, directors or officers and provides services 129 
contracted for by (A) the state or a quasi-public agency, or (B) a nonstate 130 
entity; 131 
[(20)] (19) "Professional services" means any type of service to the 132 
public that requires that members of a profession rendering such service 133 
obtain a license or other legal authorization as a condition precedent to 134 
the rendition thereof, including, but not limited to, the professional 135 
services of architects, professional engineers, or jointly by architects and 136 
professional engineers, landscape architects, certified public 137 
accountants and public accountants, land surveyors, attorneys-at-law, 138  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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psychologists, licensed marital and family therapists, licensed 139 
professional counselors and licensed clinical social workers as well as 140 
such other professional services described in section 33-182a; 141 
[(21)] (20) "Privatization contract" means an agreement or series of 142 
agreements between a state contracting agency and a person or entity in 143 
which such person or entity agrees to provide services that are 144 
substantially similar to and in lieu of services provided, in whole or in 145 
part, by state employees or quasi-public agency employees, other than 146 
contracts with a nonprofit agency, which are in effect as of January 1, 147 
2009, and which through a renewal, modification, extension or 148 
rebidding of contracts continue to be provided by a nonprofit agency; 149 
[(22)] (21) "Procurement" means contracting for, buying, purchasing, 150 
renting, leasing or otherwise acquiring or disposing of, any supplies, 151 
services, including but not limited to, contracts for purchase of services 152 
and personal service agreements, interest in real property, or 153 
construction, and includes all government functions that relate to such 154 
activities, including best value selection and qualification based 155 
selection; 156 
[(23)] (22) "Proposer" means a business submitting a proposal to a 157 
state contracting agency in response to a request for proposals or other 158 
competitive sealed proposal; 159 
[(24)] (23) "Public record" means a public record, as defined in section 160 
1-200; 161 
[(25)] (24) "Qualification based selection" means a contract selection 162 
process in which the award of a contract is primarily based on an 163 
assessment of contractor qualifications and on the negotiation of a fair 164 
and reasonable price; 165 
[(26)] (25) "Regulation" means regulation, as defined in section 4-166; 166 
[(27)] (26) "Request for proposals" means all documents, whether 167 
attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for soliciting proposals; 168  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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[(28)] (27) "State contracting agency" means any executive branch 169 
agency, board, commission, department, office, institution or council or 170 
quasi-public agency. "State contracting agency" does not include the 171 
judicial branch, the legislative branch, the offices of the Secretary of the 172 
State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, 173 
with respect to their constitutional functions [,] or any state agency with 174 
respect to contracts specific to the constitutional and statutory functions 175 
of the office of the State Treasurer. For [the purposes of every provision 176 
of this chapter other than section 4e-16, "state contracting agency" 177 
includes the Connecticut Port Authority, for] the purposes of section 4e-178 
16, as amended by this act, "state contracting agency" includes any 179 
constituent unit of the state system of higher education; [and for the 180 
purposes of section 4e-19, "state contracting agency" includes the State 181 
Education Resource Center, established under section 10-4q;] 182 
[(29)] (28) "Subcontractor" means a subcontractor of a contractor for 183 
work under a contract or an amendment to a contract; 184 
[(30)] (29) "Supplies" means any and all articles of personal property, 185 
including, but not limited to, equipment, materials, printing, insurance 186 
and leases of real property, excluding land or a permanent interest in 187 
land furnished to or used by any state contracting agency; 188 
[(31)] (30) "Infrastructure facility" means a building, structure or 189 
network of buildings, structures, pipes, controls and equipment that 190 
provide transportation, utilities, public education or public safety 191 
services. [Infrastructure facility] "Infrastructure facility" includes 192 
government office buildings, public schools, jails, water treatment 193 
plants, distribution systems and pumping stations, wastewater 194 
treatment plants, collections systems and pumping stations, solid waste 195 
disposal plants, incinerators, landfills, and related facilities, public roads 196 
and streets, highways, public parking facilities, public transportation 197 
systems, terminals and rolling stock, rail, air and water port structures, 198 
terminals and equipment; [and] 199 
[(32)] (31) "State employee" [means state employee, as defined] has 200  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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the same meaning as provided in section 5-154 and, for purposes of 201 
section 4e-16, as amended by this act, [state employee] includes an 202 
employee of any state contracting agency that is not a quasi-public 203 
agency; and 204 
(32) "Quasi-public agency" has the same meaning as provided in 205 
section 1-120. 206 
Sec. 3. Subsections (g) and (h) of section 4e-2 of the 2024 supplement 207 
to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in 208 
lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 209 
(g) The board shall appoint a Chief Procurement Officer for a term 210 
not to exceed six years, unless reappointed pursuant to the provisions 211 
of this subsection. The Chief Procurement Officer shall report to the 212 
board and annually be evaluated by, and serve at the pleasure of, the 213 
board. For administrative purposes only, the Chief Procurement Officer 214 
shall be supervised by the executive director. 215 
(1) The Chief Procurement Officer shall be responsible for carrying 216 
out the policies of the board relating to procurement including, but not 217 
limited to, oversight, investigation, auditing, agency procurement 218 
certification and procurement and project management training and 219 
enforcement of [said] such policies as well as the application of such 220 
policies to the screening and evaluation of current and prospective 221 
contractors. The Chief Procurement Officer may enter into such 222 
contractual agreements as may be necessary for the discharge of the 223 
duties as set forth in this subsection and by the board, including, but not 224 
limited to, recommending best practices and providing operational and 225 
administrative assistance to state agencies determined, by the board, to 226 
be in violation of sections 4e-16 to 4e-47, inclusive, as amended by this 227 
act. 228 
(2) In addition to the duties set forth by the board, the Chief 229 
Procurement Officer shall (A) oversee state contracting agency 230 
compliance with the provisions of statutes and regulations concerning 231 
procurement; (B) monitor and assess the performance of the 232  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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procurement duties of each agency procurement officer; (C) administer 233 
the certification system and monitor the level of agency compliance with 234 
the requirements of statutes and regulations concerning procurement, 235 
including, but not limited to, the education and training, performance 236 
and qualifications of agency procurement officers; (D) review and 237 
monitor the procurement processes of each state contracting agency [, 238 
quasi-public agencies] and institutions of higher education; and (E) 239 
serve as chairperson of the Contracting Standards Advisory Council. 240 
(h) The board may contract with consultants and professionals on a 241 
temporary or project by project basis and [may] shall employ, subject to 242 
the provisions of chapter 67, [such] not less than five full-time 243 
employees and may employ additional employees as may be necessary 244 
to carry out the provisions of this section. 245 
Sec. 4. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 4e-3 of the general 246 
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 247 
(Effective July 1, 2024): 248 
(2) Any state contracting agency's contracting and procurement 249 
processes, including, but not limited to, leasing and property transfers, 250 
purchasing or leasing of supplies, materials or equipment, consultant or 251 
consultant services, purchase of service agreements or privatization 252 
contracts; and 253 
Sec. 5. Section 4e-4 of the general statutes is repealed and the 254 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 255 
Except as otherwise provided in the general statutes, the board shall 256 
have the following authority and responsibilities with respect to 257 
procurements by state contracting agencies: 258 
[(a) Recommend] (1) To recommend the repeal of repetitive, 259 
conflicting or obsolete statutes concerning [state] procurement; 260 
[(b) Review] (2) To review and make recommendations concerning 261 
proposed legislation and regulations concerning procurement, 262  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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management, control, and disposal of any and all supplies, services, and 263 
construction to be procured by [the] state contracting agencies, 264 
including, but not limited to: 265 
[(1)] (A) Conditions and procedures for delegation of procurement 266 
authority; 267 
[(2)] (B) Prequalification, suspension, debarment and reinstatement 268 
of prospective bidders and contractors; 269 
[(3)] (C) Small purchase procedures; 270 
[(4)] (D) Conditions and procedures for the procurement of 271 
perishables and items for resale; 272 
[(5)] (E) Conditions and procedures for the use of source selection 273 
methods authorized by statutes and regulations concerning 274 
procurement; 275 
[(6)] (F) Conditions and procedures for the use of emergency 276 
procurements; 277 
[(7)] (G) Conditions and procedures for the selection of contractors by 278 
processes or methods that restrict full and open competition; 279 
[(8)] (H) The opening or rejection of bids and offers, and waiver of 280 
errors in bids and offers; 281 
[(9)] (I) Confidentiality of technical data and trade secrets submitted 282 
by actual or prospective bidders; 283 
[(10)] (J) Partial, progressive and multiple awards; 284 
[(11)] (K) Supervision of storerooms and inventories, including 285 
determination of appropriate stock levels and the management, 286 
transfer, sale or other disposal of publicly-owned supplies; 287 
[(12)] (L) Definitions and classes of contractual services and 288 
procedures for acquiring such services; 289  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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[(13)] (M) Regulations providing for conducting cost and price 290 
analysis; 291 
[(14)] (N) Use of payment and performance bonds; 292 
[(15)] (O) Guidelines for use of cost principles in negotiations, 293 
adjustments and settlements; and 294 
[(16)] (P) Identification of procurement best practices; 295 
[(c) Adopt] (3) To adopt regulations, pursuant to the provisions of 296 
chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of statutes concerning 297 
procurement, in order to facilitate consistent application of the law and 298 
require the implementation of procurement best practices; 299 
[(d) Make] (4) To make recommendations with regard to information 300 
systems for state contracting agency procurement including, but not 301 
limited to, data element and design and the State Contracting Portal; 302 
[(e) Develop] (5) To develop a guide [to] of state statutes and 303 
regulations concerning procurement, for use by all state contracting 304 
agencies; 305 
[(f) Assist] (6) To assist state contracting agencies in complying with 306 
the statutes and regulations concerning procurement by providing 307 
guidance, models, advice and practical assistance to state contracting 308 
agency staff relating to: [(1)] (A) Buying the best service at the best price, 309 
[(2)] (B) properly selecting contractors, and [(3)] (C) drafting contracts 310 
that achieve state goals of accountability, transparency and results 311 
based outcomes and to protect taxpayers' interest; 312 
[(g) Train] (7) To train and oversee the agency procurement officer of 313 
each state contracting agency and any contracting officers thereunder; 314 
[(h) Review] (8) To review and certify, on or after January 1, 2009, that 315 
a state contracting agency's procurement processes are in compliance 316 
with statutes and regulations concerning procurement by: 317  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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[(1)] (A) Establishing procurement and project management 318 
education and training criteria and certification procedures for agency 319 
procurement officers and contracting officers. All agency procurement 320 
officers and contracting officers designated under this provision shall be 321 
required to maintain the certification in good standing at all times while 322 
performing procurement functions; 323 
[(2)] (B) Approving an ethics training course, in consultation with the 324 
Office of State Ethics, including, but not limited to, state employees and 325 
quasi-public agency employees involved in procurement and for state 326 
contractors and substantial subcontractors who are prequalified 327 
pursuant to chapter 58a. Such ethics training course may be developed 328 
and provided by the Office of State Ethics or by any person, firm or 329 
corporation provided such course is approved by the State Contracting 330 
Standards Board; 331 
[(i) Recertify] (9) To recertify each state contracting agency's 332 
procurement processes, triennially, and provide agencies with notice of 333 
any certification deficiency and exercise those powers authorized by 334 
section 4e-34, as amended by this act, 4e-39 or 4e-40, as amended by this 335 
act, as applicable, if a determination of noncompliance is made; 336 
[(j) Define] (10) To define the contract data reporting requirements to 337 
the board for state contracting agencies concerning information on: [(1)] 338 
(A) The number and type of [state] contracts of each state contracting 339 
agency currently in effect state-wide; [(2)] (B) the term and dollar value 340 
of such contracts; [(3)] (C) a list of client agencies; [(4)] (D) a description 341 
of services purchased under such contracts; [(5)] (E) contractor names; 342 
[(6)] (F) an evaluation of contractor performance, including, but not 343 
limited to records pertaining to the suspension or disqualification of 344 
contractors, and assuring such information is available on the State 345 
Contracting Portal; and [(7)] (G) a list of contracts and contractors 346 
awarded without full and open competition stating the reasons [for] 347 
therefor and identifying the approving authority; and 348 
[(k) Provide] (11) To provide the Governor and the joint standing 349  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 350 
relating to government administration with recommendations 351 
concerning the statutes and regulations concerning procurement. 352 
Sec. 6. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 4e-5 of the general 353 
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 354 
(Effective July 1, 2024): 355 
(a) (1) The head of each state contracting agency shall appoint an 356 
agency procurement officer. Such officer shall serve as the liaison 357 
between the agency and the Chief Procurement Officer on all matters 358 
relating to the agency's procurement activity, including, but not limited 359 
to, implementation and compliance with the provisions of statutes and 360 
regulations concerning procurement and any policies or regulations 361 
adopted by the board, coordination of the training and education of 362 
agency procurement employees and any person serving on the 363 
Contracting Standards Advisory Council; 364 
(2) The agency procurement officer shall be responsible for [assuring] 365 
(A) ensuring that any invitation to bid, request for proposals or any 366 
other solicitation for goods and services issued on or after July 1, 2024, 367 
contains a notice of the rights of prospective bidders, proposers or 368 
prospective contractors under section 4e-36, (B) ensuring that 369 
contractors are properly screened prior to the award of a contract, (C) 370 
ensuring that contractors are advised of their rights under section 4e-36, 371 
prior to entering into a contract on or after July 1, 2024, (D) ensuring 372 
that, upon the award of such a contract, unsuccessful bidders, proposers 373 
or respondents are advised of their rights under section 4e-36, (E) 374 
evaluating contractor performance during and at the conclusion of a 375 
contract, (F) submitting written evaluations to a central data repository 376 
to be designated by the board, and (G) creating a project management 377 
plan for the agency with annual reports to the board pertaining to 378 
procurement projects within the agency. 379 
(b) The State Contracting Standards Board, with the advice and 380 
assistance of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall 381  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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develop a standardized state procurement and project management 382 
education and training program. Such education and training program 383 
shall develop education, training and professional development 384 
opportunities for employees of state contracting agencies charged with 385 
procurement responsibilities. The education and training program shall 386 
educate such employees in general business acumen and on proper 387 
purchasing procedures as established in statutes and regulations 388 
concerning procurement with an emphasis on ethics, fairness, 389 
consistency and project management. Participation in the education and 390 
training program shall be required of any supervisory and 391 
nonsupervisory [state] employees in state contracting agencies with 392 
responsibility for buying, purchasing, renting, leasing or otherwise 393 
acquiring any supplies, service or construction, including the 394 
preparation of the description of requirements, selection and solicitation 395 
of sources, preparation and award of contracts and all phases of contract 396 
administration. 397 
(c) The education and training program shall include, but shall not be 398 
limited to, (1) training and education concerning federal, state and 399 
municipal procurement processes, including the statutes and 400 
regulations concerning procurement; (2) training and education courses 401 
developed in cooperation with the Office of State Ethics, the Freedom of 402 
Information Commission, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, 403 
the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the office of the 404 
Attorney General and any other state agency the board determines is 405 
necessary in carrying out statutes and regulations concerning 406 
procurement; (3) providing technical assistance to state contracting 407 
agencies and municipalities for implementing statutes and regulations 408 
concerning procurement, regulations, policies and standards developed 409 
by the board; (4) training to current and prospective contractors and 410 
vendors and others seeking to do business with [the] state contracting 411 
agencies; and (5) training and education of state employees and quasi-412 
public agency employees in the area of best procurement practices in 413 
[state] purchasing with the goal of achieving the level of acumen 414 
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concerning procurement. 416 
Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 4e-7 of the general statutes is repealed 417 
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 418 
(a) For cause, the State Contracting Standards Board may review, 419 
terminate or recommend to a state contracting agency the termination 420 
of any contract or procurement agreement undertaken by any state 421 
contracting agency after providing fifteen days' notice to the state 422 
contracting agency and the applicable contractor, and consulting with 423 
the Attorney General. Such termination of a contract or procurement 424 
agreement by the board may occur only after (1) the board has consulted 425 
with the state contracting agency to determine the impact of an 426 
immediate termination of the contract, (2) a determination has been 427 
made jointly by the board and the state contracting agency that an 428 
immediate termination of the contract will not create imminent peril to 429 
the public health, safety or welfare, (3) a vote of two-thirds of the 430 
members of the board present and voting for that purpose, and (4) the 431 
board has provided the state contracting agency and the contractor with 432 
opportunity for a hearing conducted pursuant to the provisions of 433 
chapter 54. Such action shall be accompanied by notice to the state 434 
contracting agency and any other affected party. For the purpose of this 435 
section, "for cause" means: (A) A violation of section 1-84 or 1-86e, as 436 
determined by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board; (B) wanton or 437 
reckless disregard of any state or quasi-public agency contracting and 438 
procurement process by any person substantially involved in such 439 
contract or state contracting agency; or (C) notification from the 440 
Attorney General to the state contracting agency that an investigation 441 
pursuant to section 4-61dd has concluded that the process by which 442 
such contract was awarded was compromised by fraud, collusion or any 443 
other criminal violation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 444 
limit the authority of the board as described in section 4e-6. 445 
Sec. 8. Section 4e-8 of the general statutes is repealed and the 446 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 447  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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There is established a Contracting Standards Advisory Council, 448 
which shall consist of representatives from the Office of Policy and 449 
Management, Departments of Administrative Services and 450 
Transportation, [and] representatives of at least three additional state 451 
contracting agencies that are not quasi-public agencies, including at 452 
least one human services related state agency, to be designated by the 453 
Governor, and at least four additional state contracting agencies that are 454 
quasi-public agencies, two to be appointed by the speaker of the House 455 
of Representatives and two to be appointed by the president pro 456 
tempore of the Senate. The Chief Procurement Officer shall be a member 457 
of the council and serve as chairperson. The advisory council shall meet 458 
at least four times per year to discuss [state] procurement issues and to 459 
make recommendations for improvement of the procurement processes 460 
to the State Contracting Standards Board. The advisory council may 461 
conduct studies, research and analyses and make reports and 462 
recommendations with respect to subjects or matters within the 463 
jurisdiction of the State Contracting Standards Board. 464 
Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 4e-10 of the general statutes is 465 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 466 
2024): 467 
(a) On or before July 1, 2010, the board shall submit to the Governor 468 
and the General Assembly such legislation as is necessary to permit state 469 
contracting agencies, not including [quasi-publics] quasi-public 470 
agencies, institutions of higher education, and municipal procurement 471 
processes utilizing state funds, to carry out their functions under 472 
statutes and regulations concerning procurement. 473 
Sec. 10. Section 4e-14 of the general statutes is repealed and the 474 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 475 
On and after June 1, 2010, all [state] contracts of each state contracting 476 
agency that is not a quasi-public agency that take effect on or after June 477 
1, 2010, shall contain provisions to ensure accountability, transparency 478 
and [results based] results-based outcomes, as prescribed by the State 479  Substitute Bill No. 391 
 
 
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Contracting Standards Board. On and after June 1, 2010, all state 480 
contracts of the legislative branch and the judicial branch that take effect 481 
on or after June 1, 2010, shall contain provisions to ensure 482 
accountability, transparency and [results based] results-based 483 
outcomes. On and after July 1, 2024, all contracts of each state 484 
contracting agency that is a quasi-public agency that take effect on or 485 
after July 1, 2024, shall contain provisions to ensure accountability, 486 
transparency and results-based outcomes. 487 
Sec. 11. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 4e-16 of the general statutes 488 
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 489 
1, 2024): 490 
(c) (1) If such cost-benefit analysis identifies a cost savings to the state 491 
contracting agency of ten per cent or more, and such privatization 492 
contract will not diminish the quality of such service, the state 493 
contracting agency shall develop a business case, in accordance with the 494 
provisions of subsection (d) of this section, in order to evaluate the 495 
feasibility of entering into any such contract and to identify the potential 496 
results, effectiveness and efficiency of such contract. 497 
(2) If such cost-benefit analysis identifies a cost savings of less than 498 
ten per cent to the state contracting agency and such privatization 499 
contract will not diminish the quality of such service, the state 500 
contracting agency may develop a business case, in accordance with the 501 
provisions of subsection (d) of this section, in order to evaluate the 502 
feasibility of entering into any such contract and to identify the potential 503 
results, effectiveness and efficiency of such contract, provided there is a 504 
significant public policy reason to enter into such privatization contract. 505 
Any such business case shall be approved in accordance with the 506 
provisions of subdivision (4) of subsection (h) of this section. 507 
(3) If any such proposed privatization contract would result in the 508 
layoff, transfer or reassignment of [one hundred] twenty-five or more 509 
state contracting agency employees, after consulting with the 510 
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shall notify the state employees or quasi-public agency employees of 512 
such bargaining unit, as applicable, after such cost-benefit analysis is 513 
completed. Such state contracting agency shall provide an opportunity 514 
for [said] such employees to reduce the costs of conducting the 515 
operations to be privatized and provide reasonable resources for the 516 
purpose of encouraging and assisting such [state] employees to organize 517 
and submit a bid to provide the services that are the subject of the 518 
potential privatization contract. The state contracting agency shall retain 519 
sole discretion in determining whether to proceed with the privatization 520 
contract, provided the business case for such contract is approved by the 521 
board. 522 
(d) Any business case developed by a state contracting agency for the 523 
purpose of complying with subsection (c) of this section shall include: 524 
(1) The cost-benefit analysis as described in subsection (b) of this section, 525 
(2) a detailed description of the service or activity that is the subject of 526 
such business case, (3) a description and analysis of the state contracting 527 
agency's current performance of such service or activity, (4) the goals to 528 
be achieved through the proposed privatization contract and the 529 
rationale for such goals, (5) a description of available options for 530 
achieving such goals, (6) an analysis of the advantages and 531 
disadvantages of each option, including, at a minimum, potential 532 
performance improvements and risks attendant to termination of the 533 
contract or rescission of such contract, (7) an analysis of the potential 534 
impact of the proposed privatization contract on workers of color and 535 
workers who are women, including whether such privatization contract 536 
will lessen or increase historical patterns that produce inequities 537 
between such workers and other workers, (8) an analysis of the 538 
qualitative impact of the proposed privatization contract on the existing 539 
state workforce, (9) a description of the current market for the services 540 
or activities that are the subject of such business case, [(8)] (10) an 541 
analysis of the quality of services as gauged by standardized measures 542 
and key performance requirements including compensation, turnover, 543 
and staffing ratios, [(9)] (11) a description of the specific results-based 544 
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adequate performance by any party performing such service or activity, 546 
[(10)] (12) the projected time frame for key events from the beginning of 547 
the procurement process through the expiration of a contract, if 548 
applicable, [(11)] (13) a specific and feasible contingency plan that 549 
addresses contractor nonperformance and a description of the tasks 550 
involved in and costs required for implementation of such plan, and 551 
[(12)] (14) a transition plan, if appropriate, for addressing changes in the 552 
number of agency personnel, affected business processes, employee 553 
transition issues, and communications with affected stakeholders, such 554 
as agency clients and members of the public, if applicable. Such 555 
transition plan shall contain a reemployment and retraining assistance 556 
plan for employees who are not retained by the state or quasi-public 557 
agency or employed by the contractor. If the primary purpose of the 558 
proposed privatization contract is to provide a core governmental 559 
function, such business case shall also include information sufficient to 560 
rebut the presumption that such core governmental function should not 561 
be privatized. Such presumption shall not be construed to prohibit a 562 
state contracting agency from contracting for specialized technical 563 
expertise not available within such agency, provided such agency shall 564 
retain responsibility for such core governmental function. For the 565 
purposes of this section, "core governmental function" means a function 566 
for which the primary purpose is (A) the inspection for adherence to 567 
health and safety standards because public health or safety may be 568 
jeopardized if such inspection is not done or is not done in a timely or 569 
proper manner, (B) the establishment of statutory, regulatory or 570 
contractual standards to which a regulated person, entity or state 571 
contractor shall be held, (C) the enforcement of statutory, regulatory or 572 
contractual requirements governing public health or safety, [or] (D) 573 
criminal or civil law enforcement, or (E) the provision of essential 574 
human services to residents of the state who would otherwise lack the 575 
support necessary to assure basic human needs. If any part of such 576 
business case is based upon evidence that the state contracting agency 577 
is not sufficiently staffed to provide the core governmental function 578 
required by the privatization contract, the state contracting agency shall 579 
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understaffing to allow such services to be provided directly by the state 581 
contracting agency in the future. 582 
Sec. 12. Subdivisions (2) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (l) of section 583 
4e-16 of the general statutes are repealed and the following is 584 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 585 
(2) If such cost-benefit analysis identifies a ten per cent or more cost 586 
savings to the state contracting agency from the use of such 587 
privatization contract and such contract does not diminish the quality 588 
of the service provided, such state contracting agency shall develop a 589 
business case for the renewal of such privatization contract in 590 
accordance with the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section. 591 
The board shall review such contract in accordance with the provisions 592 
of subsections (f) to (h), inclusive, of this section and may approve such 593 
renewal by the applicable vote of the board, provided any such renewal 594 
that is estimated to cost in excess of one hundred fifty million dollars 595 
annually or six hundred million dollars or more over the life of the 596 
contract shall also be approved by the General Assembly prior to the 597 
state contracting agency renewing such contract. If such renewal is 598 
approved by the board and the General Assembly, if applicable, the 599 
provisions of subsection (j) of this section shall apply to any proposed 600 
amendment to such contract. 601 
(3) If such cost-benefit analysis identifies a cost savings to the state 602 
contracting agency of less than ten per cent, such state contracting 603 
agency shall prepare a plan to have such service provided by state 604 
employees, or, in the case of a state contracting agency that is a quasi-605 
public agency, by the employees of the quasi-public agency, and shall 606 
begin to implement such plan, provided: (A) While such plan is 607 
prepared, but prior to implementation of such plan, such state 608 
contracting agency may develop a business case for such privatization 609 
contract, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this 610 
section, that achieves a cost savings to the state of ten per cent or more. 611 
Any such business case shall be reviewed by the board in accordance 612 
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may be approved by the applicable vote of the board; (B) such 614 
privatization contract shall not be renewed with the vendor currently 615 
providing such service unless: (i) There exists a significant public 616 
interest in renewing such contract, and (ii) such renewal is approved by 617 
a two-thirds vote of the board; (C) the state contracting agency may 618 
enter into a contract with a term of one year or less for the provision of 619 
such service until such state contracting agency implements such plan; 620 
and (D) the procedure for the transfer of funds from the General Fund, 621 
as described in section 4-94, may be utilized to allocate necessary 622 
resources for the implementation of the provisions of this subdivision. 623 
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of this 624 
subsection, the renewal of a privatization contract with a nonprofit 625 
organization shall not be denied if the cost of increasing compensation 626 
to employees performing the privatized service is the sole cause for such 627 
contract not achieving a cost savings to the state contracting agency of 628 
ten per cent or more. 629 
Sec. 13. Subsection (n) of section 4e-16 of the general statutes is 630 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 631 
2024): 632 
(n) The State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the 633 
Department of Administrative Services, shall: (1) Recommend and 634 
implement standards and procedures for state contracting agencies to 635 
develop business cases in connection with privatization contracts, 636 
including templates for use by state contracting agencies when 637 
submitting business cases to the board, and policies and procedures to 638 
guide state contracting agencies to complete such business cases, and (2) 639 
develop guidelines and procedures for assisting state employees or 640 
quasi-public agency employees whose jobs are affected by a 641 
privatization contract. 642 
Sec. 14. Subsection (p) of section 4e-16 of the general statutes is 643 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 644 
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(p) Prior to entering into or renewing any privatization contract that 646 
is not subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the state 647 
contracting agency shall evaluate such contract to determine if entering 648 
into or renewing such contract is the most cost-effective method of 649 
delivering the service, by determining the costs, as defined in subsection 650 
(b) of this section, of such service. The state contracting agency shall 651 
perform such evaluation in accordance with a template prescribed by 652 
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation 653 
with the board, pursuant to subsection (m) of this section, and such 654 
evaluation shall be [subject to verification by the secretary] submitted to 655 
the board. The secretary may, in consultation with the Chief 656 
Procurement Officer of the board, waive the requirement for an 657 
evaluation of cost-effectiveness under this subsection upon a finding by 658 
the secretary that exigent or emergent circumstances necessitate such 659 
waiver. 660 
Sec. 15. Section 4e-17 of the general statutes is repealed and the 661 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 662 
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of sections 4e-16 to 663 
4e-47, inclusive, as amended by this act, shall apply to all contracts 664 
solicited or entered into by [state contracting agencies] a state 665 
contracting agency that is a state agency after June 1, 2010, and all 666 
contracts solicited or entered into by a state contracting agency that is a 667 
quasi-public agency on or after July 1, 2024. 668 
(b) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of sections 4e-16 to 669 
4e-47, inclusive, as amended by this act, shall apply to every 670 
expenditure of public funds by any state contracting agency, 671 
irrespective of their source, involving any state contracting agency 672 
contracting and procurement processes, including, but not limited to, 673 
leasing and property transfers, purchasing or leasing of supplies, 674 
materials or equipment, consultant or consultant services, personal 675 
service agreements, purchase of service agreements or privatization 676 
contracts, as defined in section 4e-1, as amended by this act, and, 677 
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remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building, bridge or road. 679 
(c) Nothing in sections 4e-16 to 4e-47, inclusive, as amended by this 680 
act, shall be construed to require the application of procurement statutes 681 
or regulations to a procurement that involves the expenditure of federal 682 
assistance or federal contract funds if federal law provides procurement 683 
procedures applicable to the expenditure of such funds, to the extent 684 
such federal procedures are inconsistent with state procurement 685 
statutes or regulations. 686 
Sec. 16. Section 4e-18 of the general statutes is repealed and the 687 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 688 
For the purpose of obtaining supplies, materials, equipment or 689 
contractual services, except infrastructure facilities, the Commissioner 690 
of Administrative Services shall establish a requisition system to be used 691 
by state contracting agencies that are not quasi-public agencies to 692 
initiate and authorize the procurement process. Such system shall be 693 
approved by the State Contracting Standards Board. 694 
Sec. 17. Subsection (c) of section 4e-21 of the general statutes is 695 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 696 
2024): 697 
(c) The State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the 698 
Commissioner of Administrative Services, may waive the requirement 699 
of competitive bidding or competitive negotiation in the case of minor, 700 
nonrecurring or emergency purchases of ten thousand dollars or less in 701 
amount, upon application of the state contracting agency. Any state 702 
contracting agency that obtains such a waiver for such an emergency 703 
purchase shall post notice of such emergency purchase on the Internet 704 
web site of the state contracting agency prior to making such emergency 705 
purchase. 706 
Sec. 18. Section 4e-24 of the general statutes is repealed and the 707 
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(a) [Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards 709 
Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative 710 
Services and any other appropriate award authority, shall adopt 711 
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, permitting] 712 
If an emergency [procurements when there exists] procurement is 713 
deemed necessary by a state contracting agency due to a threat to public 714 
health, welfare or safety, the state contracting agency shall give notice 715 
to the board of the need for such emergency procurement. Such 716 
emergency [procurements] procurement shall be made with 717 
competition, as is practicable under the circumstances. [Said regulations 718 
shall require that] The state contracting agency shall (1) include a 719 
written determination of the basis for the emergency and for the 720 
selection of the particular contractor [be included] in the contract file 721 
and [transmitted] transmit such determination to the Governor, the 722 
president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders 723 
of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the 724 
majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives, and (2) 725 
post such determination on the Internet web site of the state contracting 726 
agency. 727 
(b) The State Contracting Standards Board may adopt regulations in 728 
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the 729 
provisions of this section. 730 
Sec. 19. Section 4e-27 of the general statutes is repealed and the 731 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 732 
Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in 733 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall adopt regulations, in 734 
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the types of 735 
contracts that may be used by state contracting agencies. Such 736 
regulations shall specify that a cost-reimbursement contract may be 737 
used only when a determination is made in writing by the agency 738 
procurement officer that such contract is likely to be less costly to the 739 
state contracting agency than any other type or that it is impracticable 740 
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such a contract. 742 
Sec. 20. Section 4e-31 of the general statutes is repealed and the 743 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 744 
When, for any reason, collusion or other anticompetitive practices are 745 
suspected among any bidders or proposers for [a state] the contract of a 746 
state contracting agency, a notice of the relevant facts shall be 747 
transmitted to the Attorney General by any affected party, including, 748 
but not limited to, the state contracting agency, a bidder or a proposer. 749 
Sec. 21. Section 4e-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the 750 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 751 
(a) After reasonable notice and hearing and consultation with the 752 
relevant state contracting agency and the Attorney General, the State 753 
Contracting Standards Board, acting through a subcommittee of three 754 
members, appointed by the chairperson, which subcommittee shall 755 
include not less than one legislative appointee, may disqualify any 756 
contractor, bidder or proposer, for a period of not more than five years, 757 
from bidding on, applying for or participating as a contractor or 758 
subcontractor under, contracts with [the] state or quasi-public agencies. 759 
Such disqualification shall be upon the vote of two-thirds of the 760 
members of the subcommittee present and voting for that purpose. Such 761 
hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 762 
54. The subcommittee shall issue a written recommendation not later 763 
than sixty days after the conclusion of such hearing, and shall state the 764 
reason for the recommended action and, if the disqualification is 765 
recommended, the period of time the contractor, bidder or proposer 766 
shall be disqualified. In determining whether to disqualify a contractor, 767 
bidder or proposer, the subcommittee shall consider the seriousness of 768 
the acts or omissions of the contractor, bidder or proposer and any 769 
mitigating factors. Such recommendation shall be submitted to the 770 
board for action and sent to the contractor by certified mail, return 771 
receipt requested. If disqualification is recommended, the contractor 772 
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the proposed recommendation by the subcommittee, the board shall 774 
issue a written decision either adopting, rejecting or modifying the 775 
subcommittee's recommendation. Such decision shall be issued not later 776 
than thirty days after receipt by the board of the contractor's comments, 777 
if any. The board shall send the decision to the contractor by certified 778 
mail, return receipt requested. The written decision shall be a final 779 
decision for purposes of sections 4-180 and 4-183. 780 
(b) Causes for such disqualification shall include the following: 781 
(1) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or 782 
admission to, the commission of a criminal offense as an incident to 783 
obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or 784 
subcontract, or in the performance of such contract or subcontract; 785 
(2) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or 786 
admission to, the violation of any state or federal law for embezzlement, 787 
theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving 788 
stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business 789 
integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a [state] 790 
contractor; 791 
(3) Conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or 792 
admission to, a violation of any state or federal antitrust, collusion or 793 
conspiracy law arising out of the submission of bids or proposals on a 794 
public or private contract or subcontract; 795 
(4) Accumulation of two or more suspensions pursuant to section 4e-796 
35, as amended by this act, within a twenty-four-month period; 797 
(5) A wilful, negligent or reckless failure to perform in accordance 798 
with the terms of one or more contracts or subcontracts, agreements or 799 
transactions with state contracting agencies; 800 
(6) A history of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance 801 
on one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions with state 802 
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(7) A wilful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or 804 
requirement applicable to a contract, agreement or transaction with 805 
state contracting agencies; 806 
(8) A wilful or egregious violation of the ethical standards set forth in 807 
sections 1-84, 1-86e and 1-101nn, as determined by the Citizen's Ethics 808 
Advisory Board; or 809 
(9) Any other cause or conduct the board determines to be so serious 810 
and compelling as to affect responsibility as a [state] contractor, 811 
including, but not limited to: 812 
(A) Disqualification by another state for cause; 813 
(B) The fraudulent or criminal conduct of any officer, director, 814 
shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with a 815 
contractor, bidder or proposer of such contractor, bidder or proposer; [, 816 
provided such conduct occurred in connection with the individual's 817 
performance of duties for or on behalf of such contractor, bidder or 818 
proposer and such contractor, bidder or proposer knew or had reason 819 
to know of such conduct;] 820 
(C) The existence of an informal or formal business relationship with 821 
a contractor who has been disqualified from bidding or proposing on 822 
[state] contracts of any state contracting agency. 823 
(c) Upon written request by the affected [state] contractor, bidder or 824 
proposer, the State Contracting Standards Board may reduce the period 825 
or extent of disqualification for a contractor, bidder or proposer if 826 
documentation supporting any of the following reasons for 827 
modification is provided to the board by the contractor, bidder or 828 
proposer: 829 
(1) Newly discovered material evidence; 830 
(2) Reversal of the conviction upon which the disqualification was 831 
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(3) Bona fide change in ownership or management; or 833 
(4) Elimination of other causes for which the disqualification was 834 
imposed. 835 
Sec. 22. Section 4e-35 of the general statutes is repealed and the 836 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 837 
(a) For purposes of this section and sections 4e-37, as amended by this 838 
act, and 4e-38, as amended by this act, "contracting agency of the state" 839 
does not include a quasi-public agency. After reasonable notice and a 840 
hearing, conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, the 841 
department head of any [state] contracting agency of the state may 842 
suspend any contractor, bidder or proposer for a period of not more 843 
than six months from bidding on, applying for or performing work as a 844 
contractor or subcontractor under, contracts with the state. The 845 
department head shall issue a written decision not later than ninety days 846 
after the conclusion of such hearing and state in the decision the reasons 847 
for the action taken and, if the contractor, bidder or proposer is being 848 
suspended, the period of such suspension. In determining whether to 849 
suspend a contractor, bidder or proposer, the department head shall 850 
consider the seriousness of the acts or omissions of the contractor, 851 
bidder or proposer and any mitigating factors. The department head 852 
shall send such decision to the contractor and the State Contracting 853 
Standards Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. Such 854 
decision shall be a final decision for purposes of sections 4-180 and 4-855 
183. 856 
(b) Causes for such suspension shall include the following: 857 
(1) Failure without good cause to perform in accordance with 858 
specifications or within the time limits provided in the contract; 859 
(2) A record of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance in 860 
accordance with the terms of one or more contracts, provided failure to 861 
perform or unsatisfactory performance caused by acts beyond the 862 
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suspension; 864 
(3) Any cause the complainant [state] contracting agency of the state 865 
determines to be so serious and compelling as to affect the responsibility 866 
of a state contractor, including suspension by another [state] contracting 867 
agency of the state for cause; or 868 
(4) A violation of the ethical standards set forth in section 1-84, 1-86e 869 
or 1-101nn, as determined by the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board. 870 
(c) The State Contracting Standards Board may grant an exception 871 
permitting a suspended contractor to participate in a particular contract 872 
or subcontract upon a written determination by the board that there is 873 
good cause for such exception and that such exception is in the best 874 
interest of the state. 875 
(d) The department head of each [state] contracting agency of the 876 
state shall conduct reviews of contractors and shall file reports 877 
pertaining to any of the reasons set forth in this section that may be the 878 
basis for disqualification. 879 
Sec. 23. Subsections (g) to (i), inclusive, of section 4e-37 of the general 880 
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 881 
(Effective July 1, 2024): 882 
(g) In the event that the appeals review subcommittee or the board 883 
determines that a procedural violation occurred, or that allegations of 884 
an unauthorized or unwarranted, noncompetitive selection process 885 
have been substantiated, the board shall direct the [state] contracting 886 
agency of the state to take corrective action not later than thirty days 887 
after the date of the subcommittee's or board's decision, as applicable. 888 
(h) In the event such appeal is found to be frivolous by the appeals 889 
review subcommittee or the full board, such frivolous appeal may serve 890 
as a basis for disqualification pursuant to section 4e-34, as amended by 891 
this act. 892 
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of any contract deliberation or award process of a [state] contracting 894 
agency of the state. 895 
Sec. 24. Section 4e-38 of the general statutes is repealed and the 896 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 897 
The State Contracting Standards Board shall issue a decision in 898 
writing or take other appropriate action on each appeal submitted 899 
pursuant to section 4e-37, as amended by this act. A copy of any decision 900 
shall be provided to all parties, the department head of the [state] 901 
contracting agency of the state and the Chief Procurement Officer. 902 
Sec. 25. Subdivision (2) of section 4e-40 of the general statutes is 903 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 904 
2024): 905 
(2) If the person awarded the contract acted in bad faith: 906 
(A) The contract may be declared null and void; or 907 
(B) The contract may be ratified and affirmed if such action is in the 908 
best interests of the state, as determined by the State Contracting 909 
Standards Board, in writing, without prejudice to the [state's] state 910 
contracting agency's right to such damages as may be appropriate. 911 
Sec. 26. Section 4e-45 of the general statutes is repealed and the 912 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 913 
With respect to infrastructure facilities, not later than June 1, 2010, the 914 
State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the state 915 
contracting agencies and the Attorney General, shall adopt regulations, 916 
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, requiring the inclusion 917 
in [state] contracts with any state contracting agency of clauses 918 
providing for adjustments in prices, time of performance, remedies, 919 
termination or other contract provisions necessary to protect the 920 
interests of the state. 921 
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 923 
Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board 924 
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, 925 
concerning the procedure and circumstances under which a state 926 
contracting agency may allow contract modification, change order, or 927 
contract price adjustment under a construction contract with the state 928 
contracting agency in excess of fifty thousand dollars. Such regulations 929 
shall require that every contract modification, change order or contract 930 
price adjustment under a construction contract with the state 931 
contracting agency in excess of fifty thousand dollars shall be subject to 932 
prior written certification by the fiscal officer of the state contracting 933 
agency or other agency responsible for funding the project or the 934 
contract, or other official responsible for monitoring and reporting upon 935 
the status of the costs of the total project budget or contract budget, as 936 
to the effect of the contract modification, change order, or adjustment in 937 
contract price on the total project budget or the total contract budget. 938 
Such regulations shall further provide that in the event the certification 939 
of the fiscal officer or other responsible official discloses a resulting 940 
increase in the total project budget or the total contract budget, the 941 
agency procurement officer shall not execute or make such contract 942 
modification, change order, or adjustment in contract price unless 943 
sufficient funds are available or the scope of the project or contract is 944 
adjusted so as to permit the degree of completion that is feasible within 945 
the total project budget or total contract budget as it existed prior to the 946 
contract modification, change order, or adjustment in contract price 947 
under consideration provided, with respect to the validity, as to the 948 
contractor, of any executed contract modification, change order, or 949 
adjustment in contract price which the contractor has reasonably relied 950 
upon, it shall be presumed that there has been compliance with the 951 
provisions of this section. 952 
Sec. 28. Subsection (a) of section 4e-48 of the general statutes is 953 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 954 
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(a) For the purposes of this section, "nonresident bidder" means a 956 
business that is not a resident of the state that submits a bid in response 957 
to an invitation to bid by a state contracting agency, "resident bidder" 958 
means a business that submits a bid in response to an invitation to bid 959 
by a state contracting agency and that has paid unemployment taxes or 960 
income taxes in this state during the twelve calendar months 961 
immediately preceding submission of such bid, has a business address 962 
in the state and has affirmatively claimed such status in the bid 963 
submission, and "contract" [means "contract" as defined in section 4e-1 964 
and "state contracting agency" means] and "state contracting agency" [, 965 
as defined] have the same meanings as provided in section 4e-1, as 966 
amended by this act. 967 
Sec. 29. Section 4e-72 of the general statutes is repealed and the 968 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 969 
As used in this section, "contract", "state contracting agency", "data" 970 
and "contractor" have the same meanings as provided in section 4e-1, as 971 
amended by this act. Any contract between a state contracting agency 972 
and a contractor that is entered into, renewed or amended on or after 973 
October 1, 2021, or, in the case of a state contracting agency that is a 974 
quasi-public agency, entered into, renewed or amended on or after July 975 
1, 2024, shall contain a provision authorizing the state contracting 976 
agency to access any data concerning such contract that is in the 977 
possession or control of the contractor upon demand in a format 978 
prescribed by the state contracting agency at no additional cost to such 979 
agency. 980 
Sec. 30. Subdivision (15) of section 15-31b of the 2024 supplement to 981 
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 982 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 983 
(15) Invest in, acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and 984 
dispose of real property and lease, convey or deal in or enter into 985 
agreements with respect to such property on any terms necessary or 986 
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inclusive, provided such transactions shall not be subject to approval, 988 
review or regulation by any state agency pursuant to title 4b or any other 989 
provision of the general statutes, except (A) the authority shall not 990 
convey fee simple ownership in any property associated with the ports 991 
or harbors under its jurisdiction and control without the approval of the 992 
State Properties Review Board and the Attorney General, and (B) as 993 
provided in [subsection (c) of this section] chapter 62; and 994 
Sec. 31. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 15-31b of the 2024 995 
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 996 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 997 
(b) The authority shall continue as long as it has bonds or other 998 
obligations outstanding and until its existence is terminated by law, 999 
provided no such termination shall affect any outstanding contractual 1000 
obligation of the authority and the state shall succeed to the obligations 1001 
of the authority under any contract. Upon the termination of the 1002 
existence of the authority, all its rights and properties shall pass to and 1003 
be vested in the state of Connecticut. 1004 
[(c) On and after June 23, 2021, the authority shall be a state 1005 
contracting agency for the purposes of chapter 62, except for the 1006 
provisions of section 4e-16, and shall be subject to the authority of the 1007 
State Contracting Standards Board established under section 4e-2.] 1008 
Sec. 32. Section 10a-196 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1009 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1010 
Sections 10a-176 to 10a-195, inclusive, shall be deemed to provide a 1011 
complete, additional and alternative method for the doing of the things 1012 
authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and 1013 
additional to powers conferred by other laws; provided the issuance of 1014 
bonds and refunding bonds under the provisions of this chapter need 1015 
not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the 1016 
issuance of bonds including, particularly, title 42a; and provided in the 1017 
construction and acquisition of a project pursuant hereto the authority 1018 
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otherwise expressly provided in this chapter and the provisions of 1020 
chapter 62 concerning state contracting agencies, none of the powers 1021 
granted to the authority under the provisions of this chapter shall be 1022 
subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or 1023 
consent of any municipality or political subdivision or any commission, 1024 
board, body, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the state. 1025 
Sec. 33. Subsection (s) of section 10a-204b of the general statutes is 1026 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1027 
2024): 1028 
(s) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to provide a 1029 
complete, additional and alternative method for the actions and the 1030 
things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and 1031 
additional to powers granted by other laws; the issuance of bonds, notes 1032 
or other obligations under the provisions of this section need not comply 1033 
with the requirements of any law applicable to the issuance of bonds, 1034 
notes or other obligations. This section, being necessary for the welfare 1035 
of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to affect its 1036 
purpose. None of the powers granted to the corporation or to any 1037 
subsidiary created pursuant to subdivision (5) of section 10a-204 under 1038 
the provisions of this section shall be subject to the supervision or 1039 
regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or 1040 
political subdivision or any department, division, commission, board, 1041 
body, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the state, and the exercise 1042 
thereof shall not cause the corporation or any such subsidiary to be 1043 
construed to be an agency within the scope of chapter 54 or a 1044 
department, institution or agency of the state, except that the 1045 
corporation or any such subsidiary shall comply with the provisions of 1046 
chapter 62 concerning state contracting agencies. 1047 
Sec. 34. Section 10a-243 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1048 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1049 
The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete, 1050 
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authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and 1052 
additional to powers granted by other laws; the issuance of revenue 1053 
bonds or notes and revenue refunding bonds or notes under the 1054 
provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any 1055 
other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes. This chapter, 1056 
being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be 1057 
liberally construed to effect its purpose. Except as otherwise expressly 1058 
provided in this chapter and in the provisions of chapter 62 concerning 1059 
state contracting agencies, none of the powers granted to the authority 1060 
under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the supervision 1061 
or regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or 1062 
political subdivision or any department, division, commission, board, 1063 
body, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the state. The authority 1064 
shall not be construed to be an agency within the scope of chapter 54 or 1065 
a department, institution or agency of the state. 1066 
Sec. 35. Subdivision (16) of subsection (b) of section 12-806 of the 2024 1067 
supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 1068 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1069 
(16) To invest in, acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and 1070 
dispose of real property and lease, convey or deal in or enter into 1071 
agreements with respect to such property on any terms necessary or 1072 
incidental to carrying out the purposes of sections 12-563a, 12-800 to 12-1073 
818, inclusive, and sections 12-853 and 12-854, provided such 1074 
transactions shall not be subject to approval, review or regulation 1075 
pursuant to title 4b or any other statute by any state agency, except that 1076 
real property transactions shall be subject to review by the State 1077 
Properties Review Board and contracts shall be subject to the provisions 1078 
of chapter 62 concerning state contracting agencies; 1079 
Sec. 36. Section 12-815 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1080 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1081 
(a) The corporation shall establish and adopt specific policies, rules 1082 
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procedures or amendments thereto shall be approved by a two-thirds 1084 
vote of the entire board. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 1085 
the contrary, the corporation may enter into management, consulting 1086 
and other agreements for the provision of goods, services and 1087 
professional advisors necessary or useful in connection with the 1088 
operation and management of the lottery (1) pursuant to a process of 1089 
open or competitive bidding, provided (A) the corporation shall first 1090 
determine the format, content and scope of any agreement for any 1091 
procurement of goods or services, the conditions under which bidding 1092 
will take place and the schedule and stipulations for contract award, and 1093 
(B) the corporation may select the contractor deemed to have submitted 1094 
the most favorable bid, considering price and other factors, when, in the 1095 
judgment of the corporation, such award is in the best interests of the 1096 
corporation, or (2) if the corporation, in its discretion, determines that, 1097 
due to the nature of the agreement to be contracted for or procured, 1098 
open or public bidding is either impracticable or not in the best interests 1099 
of the corporation, by negotiation with such prospective providers as 1100 
the corporation may determine. The terms and conditions of agreements 1101 
and the fees or other compensation to be paid to such persons shall be 1102 
determined by the corporation. The agreements entered into by the 1103 
corporation in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not 1104 
be subject to the approval of any state department, office or agency, 1105 
except as provided in chapter 62 in the provisions concerning state 1106 
contracting agencies or in regulations adopted by the Department of 1107 
Consumer Protection. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to restrict 1108 
the discretion of the corporation to utilize its own staff and workforce 1109 
for the performance of any of its assigned responsibilities and functions 1110 
whenever, in the discretion of the corporation, it becomes necessary, 1111 
convenient or desirable to do so. Copies of all agreements of the 1112 
corporation shall be maintained by the corporation at its offices as public 1113 
records, subject to said exemption. 1114 
(b) [The] Except as provided in chapter 62, the corporation shall not 1115 
be subject to rules, regulations or restrictions on purchasing or 1116 
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Connecticut state agencies, including those contained in titles 4a and 4b 1118 
and the corresponding rules and regulations. The board shall adopt 1119 
rules and procedures on purchasing, procurement and the disposition 1120 
of assets applicable to the corporation. The adoption of such rules or 1121 
procedures shall not be subject to chapter 54. Any such rules or 1122 
procedures shall be a public record, as defined in section 1-200. 1123 
Sec. 37. Section 22a-268 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1124 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1125 
The authority shall utilize private industry, by contract, to carry out 1126 
the business, design, operating, management, marketing, planning and 1127 
research and development functions of the authority, unless the 1128 
authority determines that it is in the public interest to adopt another 1129 
course of action. The authority is hereby empowered to enter into long-1130 
term contracts with private persons for the performance of any such 1131 
functions of the authority which, in the opinion of the authority, can 1132 
desirably and conveniently be carried out by a private person under 1133 
contract provided any such contract shall contain such terms and 1134 
conditions as will enable the authority to retain overall supervision and 1135 
control of the business, design, operating, management, transportation, 1136 
marketing, planning and research and development functions to be 1137 
carried out or to be performed by such private persons pursuant to such 1138 
contract. Such contracts shall be entered into either on a competitive 1139 
negotiation or competitive bidding basis, and the authority in its 1140 
discretion may select the type of contract it deems most prudent to 1141 
utilize, pursuant to the contracting procedures adopted under section 1142 
22a-268a and considering the scope of work, the management 1143 
complexities associated therewith, the extent of current and future 1144 
technological development requirements and the best interests of the 1145 
state. Whenever a long-term contract is entered into on other than a 1146 
competitive bidding basis, the criteria and procedures therefor shall 1147 
conform to applicable provisions of subdivision (16) of subsection (a) 1148 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 22a-266, provided however, that 1149 
any contract for a period of over five years in duration, or any contract 1150 
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shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of the authority's full board of 1152 
directors. The terms and conditions of such contracts shall be 1153 
determined by the authority, as shall the fees or other similar 1154 
compensation to be paid to such persons for such contracts. The 1155 
contracts entered into by the authority shall not be subject to the 1156 
approval of any other state department, office or agency, except as 1157 
provided in chapter 62, in the provisions concerning state contracting 1158 
agencies. However, copies of all contracts of the authority shall be 1159 
maintained by the authority as public records, subject to the proprietary 1160 
rights of any party to the contract. Nothing of the aforesaid shall be 1161 
deemed to restrict the discretion of the authority to utilize its own staff 1162 
and work force for the performance of any of its assigned 1163 
responsibilities and functions whenever, in the discretion of the 1164 
authority, it becomes necessary, convenient or desirable to do so. Any 1165 
litigation with respect to any terms, conditions or provisions of any 1166 
contract of the authority, or the performance or nonperformance of same 1167 
by either party, shall be tried before a judge of the Superior Court of 1168 
Connecticut. 1169 
Sec. 38. Subdivision (14) of section 31-49h of the general statutes is 1170 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1171 
2024): 1172 
(14) Make and enter into any contract or agreement necessary or 1173 
incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers. 1174 
[The] Except as provided in chapter 62, the contracts and agreements 1175 
entered into by the authority shall not be subject to the approval of any 1176 
other state department, office or agency, provided copies of all such 1177 
contracts shall be maintained by the authority as public records, subject 1178 
to the proprietary rights of any party to such contracts. No contract shall 1179 
contain any provision in which any contractor derives any direct or 1180 
indirect economic benefit from denying or otherwise influencing the 1181 
outcome of any claim for benefits. The standard criteria for the 1182 
evaluation of proposals relating to claims processing, web site 1183 
development, database development, marketing and advertising, in the 1184 
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tasks, and for the evaluation of proposals relating to all other contracts 1186 
in amounts equal to or exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars 1187 
shall include, but need not be limited to: (A) Transparency, (B) cost, (C) 1188 
efficiency of operations, (D) quality of work related to the contracts 1189 
issued, (E) user experience, (F) accountability, and (G) a cost-benefit 1190 
analysis documenting the direct and indirect costs of such contracts, 1191 
including qualitative and quantitative benefits that will result from the 1192 
implementation of such contracts. The establishment of additional 1193 
standard criteria shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of the board 1194 
after such criteria have been posted on a public Internet web site 1195 
maintained by the authority for notice and comment for at least one 1196 
week prior to such vote. 1197 
Sec. 39. Subdivision (13) of section 38a-1083 of the general statutes is 1198 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1199 
2024): 1200 
(13) Make and enter into any contract or agreement necessary or 1201 
incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers, 1202 
including, but not limited to, an agreement with the Office of Health 1203 
Strategy to use funds collected under this section for the operation of 1204 
the all-payer claims database established under section 19a-755a and to 1205 
receive data from such database. The contracts entered into by the 1206 
exchange shall not be subject to the approval of any other state 1207 
department, office or agency, provided copies of all contracts of the 1208 
exchange shall be maintained by the exchange as public records, subject 1209 
to the proprietary rights of any party to the contract, except (A) as 1210 
provided in chapter 62, and (B) any agreement with the Office of Health 1211 
Strategy shall be subject to approval by said office and the Office of 1212 
Policy and Management and no portion of such agreement shall be 1213 
considered proprietary; 1214 
Sec. 40. Subsection (b) of section 46a-10b of the general statutes is 1215 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1216 
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-212 to 4-219, 1218 
inclusive, subdivision [(21)] (20) of section 4e-1, as amended by this act, 1219 
and chapter 62a, not later than July 1, 2017, the Governor shall designate 1220 
a nonprofit entity to serve as the Connecticut protection and advocacy 1221 
system. 1222 
Sec. 41. Subsection (a) of section 4e-30 of the general statutes is 1223 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1224 
2024): 1225 
(a) A state contracting agency shall evaluate the financial condition 1226 
of all bidders or proposers prior to selecting a bidder or proposer to 1227 
perform a contract or subcontract. A state contracting agency may audit 1228 
the books and records of a contractor or any subcontractor under any 1229 
negotiated contract or subcontract to the extent that such books and 1230 
records relate to the performance of such contract or subcontract. Such 1231 
books and records shall be maintained by the contractor for a period of 1232 
three years from the date of final payment under the prime contract and 1233 
by the subcontractor for a period of three years from the expiration of 1234 
the subcontract. 1235 
Sec. 42. Section 4e-3 of the general statutes is amended by adding 1236 
subsection (c) as follows (Effective July 1, 2024): 1237 
(NEW) (c) Any provision of this title shall supersede any contrary 1238 
provision concerning a state contracting agency or quasi-public agency 1239 
in any provision of the general statutes. 1240 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 from passage New section 
Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 4e-1 
Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 4e-2(g) and (h) 
Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 4e-3(a)(2) 
Sec. 5 July 1, 2024 4e-4 
Sec. 6 July 1, 2024 4e-5(a) to (c) 
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Sec. 8 July 1, 2024 4e-8 
Sec. 9 July 1, 2024 4e-10(a) 
Sec. 10 July 1, 2024 4e-14 
Sec. 11 July 1, 2024 4e-16(c) and (d) 
Sec. 12 July 1, 2024 4e-16(l)(2) to (4) 
Sec. 13 July 1, 2024 4e-16(n) 
Sec. 14 July 1, 2024 4e-16(p) 
Sec. 15 July 1, 2024 4e-17 
Sec. 16 July 1, 2024 4e-18 
Sec. 17 July 1, 2024 4e-21(c) 
Sec. 18 July 1, 2024 4e-24 
Sec. 19 July 1, 2024 4e-27 
Sec. 20 July 1, 2024 4e-31 
Sec. 21 July 1, 2024 4e-34 
Sec. 22 July 1, 2024 4e-35 
Sec. 23 July 1, 2024 4e-37(g) to (i) 
Sec. 24 July 1, 2024 4e-38 
Sec. 25 July 1, 2024 4e-40(2) 
Sec. 26 July 1, 2024 4e-45 
Sec. 27 July 1, 2024 4e-46 
Sec. 28 July 1, 2024 4e-48(a) 
Sec. 29 July 1, 2024 4e-72 
Sec. 30 July 1, 2024 15-31b(15) 
Sec. 31 July 1, 2024 15-31b(b) and (c) 
Sec. 32 July 1, 2024 10a-196 
Sec. 33 July 1, 2024 10a-204b(s) 
Sec. 34 July 1, 2024 10a-243 
Sec. 35 July 1, 2024 12-806(b)(16) 
Sec. 36 July 1, 2024 12-815 
Sec. 37 July 1, 2024 22a-268 
Sec. 38 July 1, 2024 31-49h(14) 
Sec. 39 July 1, 2024 38a-1083(13) 
Sec. 40 July 1, 2024 46a-10b(b) 
Sec. 41 July 1, 2024 4e-30(a) 
Sec. 42 July 1, 2024 4e-3(c) 
 
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:  
In Section 2(8)(E), "state agency" was changed to "state contracting 
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GAE Joint Favorable Subst.