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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 211 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 607 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 211 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION |
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| 11 | 11 | | AND ELECTIONS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SEN. CICARELLA, 34th Dist. |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT INCREASING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE STATE |
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| 20 | 20 | | CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | That section 4e-2 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require the 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Governor to appoint a chairperson of the State Contracting Standards 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Board not later than thirty days after the occurrence of a vacancy; (2) 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | provide that the most senior member of the board become the acting 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | interim chairperson if no appointment is made within such period; (3) 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | require legislative confirmation of the chairperson under section 4-7 of 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the general statutes; (4) require an investigation team of three members 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | be created under the direction of the Chief Procurement Officer with 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | access to all state agency contracting and procurement records; and (5) 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | decrease the membership of the board from fourteen to eleven 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | members, with one member each appointed by the president pro 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tempore of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, two 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | members each appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | House, two members each appointed by the majority and minority 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | leaders of the Senate and the chairperson, appointed by the Governor. 15 Proposed Bill No. 607 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 211 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To increase legislative oversight over the State Contracting Standards |
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| 45 | 45 | | Board to ensure efficiency and compliance in state procurement and |
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| 46 | 46 | | contracting practices. |
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