| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 3626 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1184 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 3626 | |
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PD) | |
| 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 19 | AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD FOR SEALED BIDDING ON | |
| 13 | 20 | CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS. | |
| 14 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 15 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
| 16 | 23 | ||
| 17 | 24 | Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7-148v of the general statutes is 1 | |
| 18 | 25 | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 | |
| 19 | 26 | 1, 2025): 3 | |
| 20 | 27 | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter or any 4 | |
| 21 | 28 | special act to the contrary, any municipality may, by ordinance, 5 | |
| 22 | 29 | establish requirements for competitive bidding for the award of any 6 | |
| 23 | 30 | contract or the purchase of any real or personal property by the 7 | |
| 24 | 31 | municipality. Such ordinance may provide that, except as otherwise 8 | |
| 25 | 32 | required by any provision of the general statutes, sealed bidding shall 9 | |
| 26 | 33 | not be required for contracts or purchases having a value less than or 10 | |
| 27 | 34 | equal to an amount established in the ordinance, which amount shall 11 | |
| 28 | - | not be greater than [twenty-five] | |
| 29 | - | ||
| 35 | + | not be greater than [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars. Nothing in this 12 | |
| 36 | + | section shall be deemed to invalidate any ordinance enacted by a 13 | |
| 30 | 37 | municipality prior to October 1, 1989. Nothing in this section and no 14 | |
| 31 | 38 | ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be construed to limit 15 | |
| 32 | - | the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract pursuant to section 16 | |
| 33 | - | 4a-53a. 17 Substitute Bill No. 1184 | |
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 1184 | |
| 34 | 40 | ||
| 35 | 41 | ||
| 36 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 37 | 42 | ||
| 43 | + | LCO No. 3626 2 of 2 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract pursuant to section 16 | |
| 46 | + | 4a-53a. 17 | |
| 38 | 47 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 39 | 48 | sections: | |
| 40 | 49 | ||
| 41 | 50 | Section 1 October 1, 2025 7-148v(a) | |
| 42 | 51 | ||
| 43 | - | PD Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 52 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 53 | + | To increase the threshold for sealed bidding on municipal contracts for | |
| 54 | + | the purchase of real and personal property from twenty-five thousand | |
| 55 | + | dollars to fifty thousand dollars. | |
| 56 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 57 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 58 | + | underlined.] | |
| 44 | 59 |