CHAPTER 60
CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATIONS
OF STATE BUILDINGS

Table of Contents

Sec. 4b-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-131). Alterations, repairs or additions to real assets. Selection of consultants for certain projects.
Sec. 4b-51a. Recycled content requirements for construction materials.
Sec. 4b-52. (Formerly Sec. 4-132). Repairs or changes to state premises, contracts, bids, use of state employees or inmates. Emergency conditions and restoration of facilities. Governor's written consent and certification to General Assembly required, when. Renegotiation of leases.
Sec. 4b-53. (Formerly Sec. 4-131a). Allocation of bond proceeds for art work in construction or remodeling of state buildings. State building works of art account. Regulations.
Sec. 4b-54. (Formerly Sec. 4-134). Designs of public structures to be submitted to commissioner. Work of art for Capitol to be submitted to Legislative Management Committee.
Sec. 4b-55. (Formerly Sec. 4-134a). State Construction Services Selection Panel; Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel. Definitions.
Sec. 4b-55a. Contracting for environmental evaluations for priority higher education facility projects.
Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State Construction Services Selection Panel, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, established. Membership; terms.
Sec. 4b-57. (Formerly Sec. 4-134c). Invitation of responses. Consideration by selection panel.
Sec. 4b-58. (Formerly Sec. 4-134d). Contracting for consultant services.
Sec. 4b-59. (Formerly Sec. 4-134e). Commissioner to adopt regulations.
Sec. 4b-60. (Formerly Sec. 4-24l). Commission on Capitol Preservation and Restoration.
Sec. 4b-61. (Formerly Sec. 4-24m). Contracting for design professional services.
Sec. 4b-62. (Formerly Sec. 4-135). Trusts for erecting and maintaining memorials.
Sec. 4b-63. (Formerly Sec. 4-36b). Demolition of state buildings. Notice to municipalities.
Sec. 4b-64. (Formerly Sec. 4-36c). When notice of intent to dispose of, demolish or transfer certain structures required to be given Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and affected municipality.
Sec. 4b-65. Buildings adjacent to Capitol.
Sec. 4b-66. (Formerly Sec. 4-24c). Connecticut Capitol Center. Master plan for development. Exceptions. Review of plan by Connecticut Capitol Center Commission. Reports.
Sec. 4b-66a. Connecticut Capitol Center Commission. Duties.
Sec. 4b-67. (Formerly Sec. 4-24d). Consultation with the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and other state agencies.
Sec. 4b-68. (Formerly Sec. 4-24e). Amendment of master plan.
Sec. 4b-69. (Formerly Sec. 4-24f). Development of Connecticut Capitol Center except Legislative Office Building: Approval of preliminary plans.
Sec. 4b-70. (Formerly Sec. 4-24g). Commissioner of Public Works to review construction.
Sec. 4b-71. (Formerly Sec. 4-24h). Approvals prerequisite to acquisition or development of property within Capitol Center District.
Sec. 4b-72. (Formerly Sec. 4-24i). Acquisition of property within district by Commissioner of Public Works.
Sec. 4b-73. (Formerly Sec. 4-24j). Relocation of displaced persons.
Sec. 4b-74. (Formerly Sec. 4-24k). Approval of building or zoning permits for property within district.
Sec. 4b-75. Status report on emergency correctional facility projects.
Secs. 4b-76 to 4b-90.
Sec. 4b-91. (Formerly Sec. 4-137a). Bidding for public building contracts. Prequalification requirements.
Sec. 4b-92. (Formerly Sec. 4-137b). "Lowest responsible and qualified bidder" defined. Bid bonds, certified checks, when forfeited.
Sec. 4b-93. (Formerly Sec. 4-137c). Contract specifications; subtrades, subcontracts.
Sec. 4b-94. (Formerly Sec. 4-137d). Rejection of bids.
Sec. 4b-95. (Formerly Sec. 4-137e). General bid form requirements. Selection by awarding authority. Subcontractors.
Sec. 4b-95a. Listing of general bidder as a subcontractor on bid form.
Sec. 4b-96. (Formerly Sec. 4-137g). Subcontract, form. Procedure on failure of subcontractor to execute subcontract. General bidder's responsibilities.
Sec. 4b-97. (Formerly Sec. 4-126c). Arbitration of public works contracts.
Secs. 4b-98, 4b-98a and 4b-99. Definitions. Large public building projects; bidding procedures, contracts and payrolls. Construction management services; invitation of responses and contracts for; regulations.
Sec. 4b-100. Regulations.
Sec. 4b-100a. Construction services award panels. Screening, interview and selection of contractors. Memoranda re selection. Regulations.
Sec. 4b-101. Information re contractors and subcontractors to be provided to Commissioner of Revenue Services.
Sec. 4b-101a. Awarding authorities to prepare report on status of certain projects and property management contracts. When.
Sec. 4b-102. Bidding for certain construction contracts for the Connecticut State University system.
Secs. 4b-103 to 4b-129.
CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, ADDITIONS
AND DEMOLITION

      Sec. 4b-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-131). Alterations, repairs or additions to real assets. Selection of consultants for certain projects. (a) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any real asset, except any dam, flood or erosion control system, highway, bridge or any mass transit, marine or aviation transportation facility, a facility of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, an asset of the Department of Agriculture program established pursuant to section 26-237a, or any building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, involving an expenditure in excess of five hundred thousand dollars, and except that each constituent unit of the state system of higher education may have charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction or enlargement of any real asset involving an expenditure of not more than two million dollars, except that The University of Connecticut shall have charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair, construction, or enlargement of any project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, notwithstanding the amount of the expenditure involved. In any decision to remodel, alter, repair or enlarge any real asset, the commissioner shall consider the capability of the real asset to facilitate recycling programs.

      (b) No officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government, except the Commissioner of Public Works, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Connecticut Marketing Authority, the Department of Agriculture for purposes of the program established pursuant to section 26-237a, the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, or a constituent unit of the state system of higher education as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, shall, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, make or contract for the making of any alteration, repair or addition to any real asset involving an expenditure of more than five hundred thousand dollars.

      (c) The plans necessary for any such remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any state humane institution, as defined in section 17b-222, shall be subject to the approval of the administrative head of such humane institution.

      (d) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, the Commissioner of Public Works shall select, subject to the provisions of this subsection, consultants for projects authorized under subsection (b) of this section from a list approved by said commissioner. Fees for such consultant services shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, except that, in the case of a project of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, fees for such services shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars. As used in this subsection, "consultant" means "consultant" as defined in section 4b-55, and "consultant services" means "consultant services" as defined in section 4b-55.

      (2) Individuals may apply to the commissioner to be included in the list of consultants. Such application shall be on such form as the commissioner prescribes. At least twice a year, the commissioner shall invite requests for inclusion in the list by advertising in (A) one or more newspapers having a circulation in each county in this state, and (B) publications that are marketed to small businesses in this state.

      (e) Costs for projects authorized under subsection (b) of this section shall be charged to the bond fund account for the project for which such costs are incurred. The Department of Public Works shall develop procedures for expediting the administration of projects for alterations, repairs or additions authorized under said subsection (b).

      (f) Any state agency proposing to remodel, alter or enlarge any real asset shall submit a statement to the commissioner demonstrating the capability of the real asset to facilitate recycling programs.

      (1949 Rev., S. 203; March, 1950, S. 1899d; 1957, P.A. 150, S. 2; 457, S. 2; P.A. 73-488; P.A. 75-326; 75-365, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 81-421, S. 2, 9; P.A. 82-114, S. 1, 2; 82-369, S. 17, 28; 82-438, S. 3, 6; P.A. 83-487, S. 23, 33; P.A. 84-48, S. 9, 17; P.A. 85-567, S. 1, 6; P.A. 87-496, S. 32, 110; 87-529, S. 1; P.A. 88-117, S. 3, 5; 88-231, S. 3; 88-291, S. 3, 6; P.A. 91-200, S. 2, 3; 91-230, S. 8, 17; P.A. 93-201, S. 4, 24; P.A. 95-230, S. 35, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 19, 26; P.A. 98-235, S. 5; P.A. 99-75, S. 4; P.A. 01-172, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 73-488 gave commissioner of transportation power to make or contract for real estate expenditures; P.A. 75-326 gave heads of humane institutions authority to approve or disapprove plans for changes to institutions under their control; P.A. 75-365 raised expenditures amount to fifty thousand dollars, and required public works commissioner's approval of all contracts; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 81-421 excluded the supervision of the alteration of mass transit, marine or aviation transportation facilities from the duties of the commissioner; P.A. 82-114 increased amount from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 82-369 also increased the amount of expenditure involved from fifty thousand or more dollars to one hundred thousand or more dollars and added provision that amount of expenditure involved in such an alteration, repair or addition made or contracted for by any such officer, department, institution, board, commission or council, may, with prior approval of said commissioner, exceed one hundred thousand dollars up to a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars; P.A. 82-438 amended section to provide that commissioner of administrative services does not have charge and supervision of remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of state capitol building and to authorize legislative management committee to make or contract for alterations, repairs or additions to the capitol; P.A. 83-487 added exception for Connecticut marketing authority and its facilities; P.A. 84-48 excepted any building under the supervision and control of the joint committee on legislative management, where previously exception was for state capitol building; P.A. 85-567 divided section into Subsecs., amended Subsec. (a) to permit departments and institutions to have charge and supervision over and to contract for alterations, repairs and additions involving expenditures of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars, where previously the limit was one hundred thousand dollars and added a Subsec. (d) re selection of architects and engineers, maximum fees for technical services and expedited project administration; P.A. 87-496 replaced commissioner and department of administrative services with commissioner and department of public works; P.A. 87-529 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to provide that each constituent unit of the state system of higher education have charge and supervision of the remodeling, alteration, repair or enlargement of any real asset involving an expenditure of not more than five hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 88-117 added an exception to the fee limit in Subsec. (d) for projects of constituent units and made a technical change in Subsec. (e); P.A. 88-231 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring commissioner to consider capabilities of real assets to facilitate recycling programs and added Subsec. (e) requiring statements by agencies proposing to remodel, alter or enlarge real assets demonstrating the capability of such real assets to facilitate recycling; P.A. 88-291 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding the exception for the department of agriculture program established pursuant to Sec. 26-237a; Sec. 4-131 transferred to Sec. 4b-51 in 1989; P.A. 91-200 amended Subsec. (a) to exclude from commissioner's authority the control of any "dam, flood or erosion control system"; P.A. 91-230 in Subsec. (a) added "construction" and changed five hundred thousand to one million dollars in the exception concerning the constituent units of the state system of higher education and in Subsec. (d) changed fifty thousand to one hundred fifty thousand dollars; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the expenditure limit for a constituent unit from "one" to "two" million dollars and amended Subsec. (d) to increase the fee limit for projects of a constituent unit from "one hundred fifty" to "three hundred" thousand dollars, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-235 amended Subsec. (d) by substituting "consultants" for "architects and engineers", "consultant services" for "architectural and engineering technical services" and "fifty thousand dollars" for "twenty-five thousand dollars" and adding the definitions of "consultant" and "consultant services"; P.A. 99-75 substituted "five hundred thousand dollars" for "two hundred fifty thousand dollars" in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 01-172 amended Subsec. (d) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), making a technical change therein, and add Subdiv. (2) re applications and advertisements for consultants; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

      See Sec. 4a-60 re nondiscrimination clauses required in contracts.

      See Sec. 4b-101 re information on contractors and subcontractors to be provided to Commissioner of Revenue Services.

      See Sec. 13b-4 re certain transportation capital projects.

      See chapter 557, part III re state contracts generally.

      Annotations to former section 4-131:

      Under former statute "real assets" do not include highways and bridges. 124 C. 33. Cited. 140 C. 124. Cited. 190 C. 212, 215-217.

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      Sec. 4b-51a. Recycled content requirements for construction materials. The Commissioner of Public Works shall revise the specifications for products and materials purchased for construction projects administered by the department for which the United States Environmental Protection Agency has guidelines for minimum recycled content. Recycled products and materials shall be used in such projects where such products and materials are available and are within ten per cent of the cost of the virgin product or material and where use of the recycled product or material is consistent with public safety.

      (P.A. 93-367, S. 4.)

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      Sec. 4b-52. (Formerly Sec. 4-132). Repairs or changes to state premises, contracts, bids, use of state employees or inmates. Emergency conditions and restoration of facilities. Governor's written consent and certification to General Assembly required, when. Renegotiation of leases. (a)(1) No repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of five hundred thousand dollars or less or, in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, two million dollars or less shall be made to any state building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government and no contract for any construction, repairs, alteration or addition shall be entered into without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Public Works, except repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the supervision of The University of Connecticut. Repairs, alterations or additions which are made pursuant to such approval of the Commissioner of Public Works shall conform to all guidelines and procedures established by the Department of Public Works for agency-administered projects. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1), repairs, alterations or additions involving expense to the state of one hundred thousand dollars or less may be made to any state building or premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, under the terms of section 4b-11, and any contract for any such construction, repairs or alteration may be entered into by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or a constituent unit of the state system of higher education without the approval of the Commissioner of Public Works.

      (b) Except as provided in this section, no repairs, alterations or additions involving an expense to the state of more than five hundred thousand dollars or, in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, more than two million dollars shall be made to any state building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government, nor shall any contract for any construction, repairs, alteration or addition be entered into, until the Commissioner of Public Works or, in the case of the construction or repairs, alterations or additions to a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management of the General Assembly, said joint committee or, in the case of the construction, repairs, alterations or additions to a building involving expenditures in excess of five hundred thousand dollars but not more than two million dollars under the supervision and control of one of the constituent units of higher education, the constituent unit has invited bids thereon and awarded a contract thereon, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4b-91 to 4b-96, inclusive. The Commissioner of Public Works, with the approval of the authority having the supervision of state employees or the custody of inmates of state institutions, without the necessity of bids, may employ such employees or inmates and purchase or furnish the necessary materials for the construction, erection, alteration, repair or enlargement of any such state building or premises occupied by any state officer, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government.

      (c) Whenever the Commissioner of Public Works declares that an emergency condition exists at any state facility, other than a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, and that the condition would adversely affect public safety or the proper conduct of essential state government operations, or said joint committee declares that such an emergency exists at a building under its supervision and control, the commissioner or the joint committee may employ such assistance as may be required to restore facilities under their control and management, or the commissioner may so act upon the request of a state agency, to restore facilities under the control and management of such agency, without inviting bids as required in subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner shall take no action requiring the expenditure of more than five hundred thousand dollars to restore any facility under this subsection (1) without the written consent of the Governor, and (2) until the commissioner has certified to the joint committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to legislative management that the project is of such an emergency nature that an exception to subsection (b) of this section is required. Such certification shall include input from all affected agencies, detail the need for the exception and include any relevant documentation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if any person is obligated under the terms of an existing contract with the state to render such assistance. The annual report of the commissioner shall include a detailed statement of all expenditures made under this subsection.

      (d) The Commissioner of Public Works may, during the term of a lease of a building or premises occupied by any state offices, department, institution, board, commission or council of the state government, (1) renegotiate the lease in order to enable the lessor to make necessary alterations or additions up to a maximum amount of five hundred thousand dollars, subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board, or (2) require that a security audit be conducted for such building or premises and, if necessary, renegotiate the lease in order to enable the lessor to make necessary alterations or additions to bring the building or premises into compliance with the security standards for state agencies established under section 4b-132. Alterations or additions under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall not be subject to the spending limit in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and a renegotiated lease under said subdivision (2) shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board, provided such approval requirement shall not compromise the security requirements of chapter 60a and this section. The commissioner shall determine the manner of submission, conditions and requirements of bids and awards made for alterations or additions under this subsection. No lease shall be renegotiated under this subsection for a term less than five years. As used in this subsection, "security" and "security audit" have the meanings assigned to such terms in section 4b-130.

      (1949 Rev., S. 262; March, 1950, S. 100d; 1957, P.A. 150, S. 1; 457, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 708; P.A. 73-528, S. 11, 12; P.A. 74-246, S. 10, 11; P.A. 75-365, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 82-285, S. 2, 3; P.A. 83-12, S. 2; 83-199; 83-329; 83-530, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-48, S. 10, 17; 84-436, S. 5, 12; P.A. 85-225; 85-567, S. 2, 6; P.A. 87-496, S. 34, 110; 87-529, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-116, S. 1; P.A. 91-230, S. 9, 17; P.A. 92-154, S. 4, 23; P.A. 93-201, S. 5, 24; P.A. 95-230, S. 36, 45; P.A. 96-235, S. 16, 19; P.A. 97-293, S. 13, 26; P.A. 99-75, S. 5; 99-220, S. 8; P.A. 03-215, S. 10.)

      History: 1969 act required award of bid sixty days after bid opening rather than thirty days and provided for negotiation of contract if lowest bid exceeds funds available; P.A. 73-528 put upper limit on expenditures of five hundred thousand dollars, effective January 1, 1974; P.A. 74-246 clarified procedure for negotiation of contract if lowest bid exceeds available funds, specifying that bidders be negotiated with in ascending order of bid amounts; P.A. 75-365 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), required approval of public works commissioner for all work and contracts for work and raised lower limit for expenditures requiring bids to fifty thousand dollars; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 82-285 added Subsec. (c) establishing procedure for making emergency repairs to state facilities without competitive bidding; P.A. 83-12 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing repairs, alterations or additions to the state capitol without the prior approval of the commissioner of administrative services, amended Subsec. (b) by placing responsibility for bids on repairs, alterations or additions to the state capitol with the joint committee on legislative management rather than the department of administrative services and amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the joint committee on legislative management shall have the responsibility of declaring and managing any emergency situations which may arise at the state capitol building; P.A. 83-199 added Subsec. (d) giving the commissioner of administrative services the power to renegotiate the terms of a lease under certain circumstances; P.A. 83-329 added Subsec. (e) permitting expenditures in excess of five hundred thousand dollars for repairs, alterations or additions to leased properties if leased from a municipality, remaining term is five years or more and properties review board approves; P.A. 83-530 raised limit on expenditures requiring administrative commissioner's approval from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars in Subsec. (a) and made corresponding change in Subsec. (b) re expenditures for which bids must be invited; P.A. 84-48 included references to building under the supervision and control of the joint committee on legislative management, replacing references to state capitol; P.A. 84-436 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the office of the chief court administrator to contract for and make repairs, alterations or additions costing fifty thousand dollars or less to any state building or premises under its supervision without the commissioner's approval, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-225 increased the maximum expenditure amount in Subsec. (c) from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 85-567 increased dollar amounts of expenditures for projects which may be undertaken by departments and institutions from one hundred thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars; P.A. 87-496 replaced commissioner of administrative services with commissioner of public works; P.A. 87-529 in Subsec. (a) raised limit on expenditures requiring administrative commissioner's approval from two hundred fifty to five hundred thousand dollars in the case of repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, and in Subsec. (b) placed responsibility for bids on construction, repairs, alterations or additions to buildings involving expenditures in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars but not more than five hundred thousand dollars under the supervision and control of a constituent unit with the constituent unit; P.A. 88-116 transferred first sentence of Subsec. (a), re control and management of property leased or rented by the state or a state entity, to Sec. 4-133, amended Subsec. (b) by requiring contract to be awarded "in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-137a to 4-137g, inclusive" in lieu of former procedure and deleted Subsec. (e) re applicability of five hundred thousand dollar limit in Subsec. (b) on expenditure of funds for repairs, alterations or additions to buildings or premises occupied by the state; Sec. 4-132 transferred to Sec. 4b-52 in 1989; P.A. 91-230 in Subsecs. (a) and (b) changed five hundred thousand dollar limit to one million dollars; P.A. 92-154 amended Subsec. (a) to apply provisions of Subdiv. (2) to constituent units of the state system of higher education; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to increase the limit for repairs, alterations or additions to a building rented or occupied by a constituent unit from "one" to "two" million dollars, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-235 amended Subsec. (c) by repealing provision that required damage by fire or other disaster for declaration of emergency condition at state facility or building and substituting "two hundred fifty thousand dollars" for "one hundred thousand dollars" as expenditure limit without Governor's consent, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-293 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to increase the amount from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-75 substituted "five hundred thousand dollars" for "two hundred fifty thousand dollars" in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c), amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provision requiring conformity of certain repairs, alterations or additions to Department of Public Works guidelines and procedures, and amended Subsec. (c) by repealing requirement of Governor's consent for emergency restorations by joint committee exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars and by deleting the joint committee from the annual report requirement; P.A. 99-220 amended Subsec. (d) by adding Subdiv. (2) re security audits and alterations or additions to leased buildings for compliance with security standards and defining the terms "security" and "security audit"; P.A. 03-215 amended Subsec. (c) to insert Subdiv. (1) designator and insert provisions re certification to General Assembly re emergency nature of project as Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 2004.

      See Sec. 4a-60 re nondiscrimination clause required in contracts.

      See chapter 557, part III re state contracts generally.

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      Sec. 4b-53. (Formerly Sec. 4-131a). Allocation of bond proceeds for art work in construction or remodeling of state buildings. State building works of art account. Regulations. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: "State building" means any building or facility owned or leased by the state of Connecticut and open to the public or intended for such use, exclusive of any shed, warehouse, garage, building of a temporary nature or building located on the grounds of a correctional institution; "proposal development expenses" means the cost of preparing a detailed drawing, model or plan as determined by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; and "work of art" means art work which is to be an integrated part of such state building, including but not limited to, fresco, mosaic, sculpture and other architectural embellishment or functional art created by a professional artist, artisan or craftsperson, and any work of visual art which is not to be an integrated part of such state building, including but not limited to, a drawing, painting, sculpture, mosaic, photograph, work of calligraphy or work of graphic art or mixed media. Work of art as used in this section shall not include landscape architecture or landscape gardening.

      (b) The State Bond Commission, in the allocation of proceeds of state bonds for purposes of construction, reconstruction or remodeling of any state building, shall allocate for works of art, with respect to each such project and for the purposes of subsection (c) of this section, an amount from such proceeds not less than one per cent of the total estimated cost of such construction, reconstruction or remodeling, exclusive of (1) the cost of any land acquisition, (2) any nonconstruction costs including the cost of such work of art and (3) any augmentations to such cost, provided any such allocation for work of art as provided in this section must be approved, prior to authorization of such allocation by the State Bond Commission, by the Commissioner of Public Works in consultation with the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. Such allocation may be used to reimburse any artist, artisan, craftsperson or person who creates a work of art, for proposal development expenses when the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism requests such proposal development or to compensate persons who, at the request of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism determine whether such works of art require proposal development.

      (c) There is established within the General Fund a state building works of art account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The moneys within said account shall be used (1) for the purchase of works of art from distinguished Connecticut artists, which shall be placed on public view in state buildings, (2) to establish a bank of major works of art, from which individual works of art may be circulated among state buildings, public art museums and nonprofit galleries, and (3) for repair of all works acquired under this section. The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Works, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which shall (A) indicate the portion of the one per cent allocation under subsection (b) of this section, up to one quarter of such allocation, which shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to said account, (B) set forth the manner in which the moneys in said account shall be allocated and expended for the purposes of this subsection and (C) establish procedures to ensure accountability in maintaining the integrity of such bank of works of art.

      (d) The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism shall, with respect to work of art in any project under subsection (b) of this section, be responsible for the selection of any artist, artisan or craftsperson, review of any design or plan, and execution, completion, acceptance and placement of such work of art, provided any work of art to be located in any building under the supervision, security, utilization and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall be approved by said committee. The Commissioner of Public Works, in consultation with said commission, (1) shall be responsible for the contractual arrangements with any such artist, artisan or craftsperson and (2) shall prescribe regulations concerning implementation of the purposes of subsection (b) of this section and this subsection.

      (P.A. 78-215, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-260; P.A. 87-368; 87-496, S. 33, 110; 87-589, S. 71, 87; P.A. 89-383, S. 14, 16; P.A. 90-230, S. 9, 101; P.A. 95-226, S. 9, 30; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30.)

      History: P.A. 86-260 added definition of "proposal development expenses" and added provision allowing reimbursement for such expenses and allowing compensation to persons who determine whether proposal development is required; P.A. 87-368 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Subsec. (c), added new Subsec. (c) re state building works of art account, relettered former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended Subsec. (d) to divide responsibilities under the Subsec. to state commission on the arts, commissioner of administrative services and joint committee on legislative management; P.A. 87-496 and P.A. 87-589 replaced commissioner of administrative services with commissioner of public works; Sec. 4-131a transferred to Sec. 4b-53 in 1989; P.A. 89-383 amended Subsec. (a) to exclude from definition of "state building" any building located on the grounds of a correctional institution; P.A. 90-230 made a technical correction in Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-226 amended Subsec. (c) to add circulation to public art museums and nonprofit galleries in Subdiv. (2) and to add Subdiv. (3) re repair of works of art, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: The word "statute" in Subdiv. (3) was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "section" for consistency with customary statutory usage); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

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      Sec. 4b-54. (Formerly Sec. 4-134). Designs of public structures to be submitted to commissioner. Work of art for Capitol to be submitted to Legislative Management Committee. (a) No public monument, memorial, building or other structure shall become the property of the state unless a design for the same and its proposed location has been submitted to the Commissioner of Public Works for his advice. No construction or erection of any such structure shall be begun unless the design and proposed location has been so submitted to the commissioner.

      (b) No painting, portrait, statue or tablet shall be accepted for placing in a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or on the grounds thereof until it has been submitted to said joint committee, which shall advise as to the hanging of paintings, portraits and pictures and the placement of statues and other works of art.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3533; March, 1950, S. 1901d; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 82-472, S. 6, 183; P.A. 84-48, S. 11, 17; P.A. 87-496, S. 37, 110.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 82-472 required works of art for capitol to be submitted to joint committee on legislative management instead of commissioner; P.A. 84-48 deleted reference to state capitol in Subsec. (b) and inserted reference to a building under the supervision and control of the joint committee on legislative management; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner in Subsec. (a); Sec. 4-134 transferred to Sec. 4b-54 in 1989.

      Annotation to former section 4-134:

      Cited. 140 C. 124.

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      Sec. 4b-55. (Formerly Sec. 4-134a). State Construction Services Selection Panel; Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel. Definitions. As used in this section, section 4b-1 and sections 4b-56 to 4b-59, inclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

      (a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Works;

      (b) "Consultant" means (1) any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor, accountant, interior designer, environmental professional or construction administrator, who is registered or licensed to practice such person's profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes, or (2) any planner or financial specialist;

      (c) "Consultant services" shall include those professional services rendered by architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, accountants, interior designers, environmental professionals, construction administrators, planners or financial specialists, as well as incidental services that members of these professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform;

      (d) "University of Connecticut library project" means a project to renovate and improve the Homer Babbidge Library at The University of Connecticut;

      (e) "Firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association or other legal entity (1) authorized by law to practice the profession of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, land surveying, accounting, interior design, environmental or construction administration, or (2) practicing the profession of planning or financial specialization;

      (f) "Priority higher education facility project" means any project which is part of a state program to repair, renovate, enlarge, equip, purchase or construct (1) instructional facilities, (2) academic core facilities, including library, research and laboratory facilities, (3) student residential or related student dining facilities, or (4) utility systems related to such projects, which are or will be operated under the jurisdiction of the board of trustees of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education, except The University of Connecticut provided the project is included in the comprehensive facilities master plan of the constituent unit pursuant to section 10a-4a or in the most recent state facility plan of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-23;

      (g) "Project" means any state program requiring consultant services if (1) the cost of such services is estimated to exceed fifty thousand dollars or, in the case of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, the cost of such services is estimated to exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and (2) the construction costs in connection with such program are estimated to exceed five hundred thousand dollars; or, in the case of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education, other than The University of Connecticut, the construction costs in connection with such program are estimated to exceed two million dollars;

      (h) "Selection panel" or "panel" means the State Construction Services Selection Panel established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4b-56 or, in the case of a Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority project pursuant to section 10a-186a, means the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 4b-56;

      (i) "User agency" means the state department or agency requesting the project;

      (j) "Community court project" means (1) any project to renovate and improve a facility designated for the community court pilot program established pursuant to section 51-181c, and (2) the renovation and improvement of other state facilities required for the relocation of any state agency resulting from the placement of the community court;

      (k) "Connecticut Juvenile Training School project" means a project (1) to develop on a designated site new facilities for a Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown including, but not limited to, preparing a feasibility study for, designing, constructing, reconstructing, improving or equipping said facility for use by the Department of Children and Families, which is an emergency project because there is an immediate need for completion of said project to remedy overcrowding at Long Lane School; said school shall have an annual average daily population of not more than two hundred forty residents; or (2) to develop a separate facility for girls including, but not limited to, acquiring of land or buildings, designing, constructing, reconstructing, improving or equipping said facility for use by the Department of Children and Families;

      (l) "Downtown Hartford higher education center project" means a project to develop a higher education center, as defined in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of section 32-600, and as described in subsection (a) of section 32-612, for the regional community-technical college system;

      (m) "Correctional facility project" means any project (1) which is part of a state program to repair, renovate, enlarge or construct facilities which are or will be operated by the Department of Correction, and (2) for which there is an immediate need for completion in order to remedy prison and jail overcrowding; and

      (n) "Juvenile detention center project" means any project (1) which is part of a state program to repair, renovate, enlarge or construct juvenile detention centers which are or will be operated by the Judicial Department, and (2) for which there is an immediate need for completion in order to remedy overcrowding.

      (P.A. 79-450, S. 1, 8; P.A. 82-369, S. 18, 28; P.A. 85-567, S. 3, 6; P.A. 87-496, S. 38, 110; 87-529, S. 4; P.A. 88-117, S. 4, 5; P.A. 89-353, S. 1, 8; P.A. 90-261, S. 1, 19; P.A. 91-230, S. 1, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9, S. 6, 10; P.A. 92-228, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-201, S. 6, 24; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 3, 203; P.A. 95-152, S. 1; 95-230, S. 37, 45; P.A. 96-235, S. 5, 19; P.A. 97-293, S. 11, 26; P.A. 98-21, S. 2; 98-59, S. 2, 3; 98-235, S. 4; P.A. 99-26, S. 2, 39; 99-75, S. 6; 99-241, S. 48, 66; P.A. 00-192, S. 15, 102; P.A. 01-26, S. 4; 01-172, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 15, 28; P.A. 03-215, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 82-369 redefined "project" by increasing the estimated cost of design professional services from ten thousand dollars to twenty-five thousand dollars; P.A. 85-567 amended definition of "project", increasing dollar amount for construction costs from one hundred thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars; P.A. 87-496 redefined "commissioner" as public works rather than administrative services commissioner; P.A. 87-529 redefined "project" by increasing dollar amount for construction costs in the case of a constituent unit of the state system of higher education from two hundred fifty thousand to five hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 88-117 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (e) to provide an exception for constituent units, of the state system of higher education; Sec. 4-134a transferred to Sec. 4b-55 in 1989; P.A. 89-353 added definition of "emergency correctional facility project" and relettered former Subsecs. (d) to (g), inclusive; P.A. 90-261 amended the definition of "emergency correctional facility project" to change the deadline for the commencement of the project from June 30, 1990, to December 31, 1991, and to increase the maximum estimated construction cost from twelve million to twenty million dollars; P.A. 91-230 inserted definition of "priority higher education facility project" as Subsec. (f), relettering former Subsecs. accordingly and in Subsec. (g) changed fifty thousand to one hundred fifty thousand dollars in Subdiv. (1), and five hundred thousand to one million dollars in Subdiv. (2); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9 amended Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (d) to substitute December 31, 1993, for December 31, 1991; P.A. 92-228 amended Subsec. (h) to change name of panel from "design professional services selection panel" to "state construction services selection panel"; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (g) defining "project" to increase the limits for a constituent unit from "one hundred fifty" to "three hundred" thousand dollars for design services and from "one" to "two" million dollars for construction costs for higher education projects, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 added definition of "University of Connecticut library project" and relettered former Subsecs. (f) to (j), inclusive, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-152 amended Subsec. (d) to delete in Subdiv. (1) the provision that the immediate need for completion of such facility project "has been certified by the advisory commission pursuant to section 18-87f", reflecting the repeal of said section by the same public act; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsecs. (g) and (h) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-235 amended Subsec. (b) by changing defined term from "design professional" to "consultant" and including registered or licensed accountants, interior designers, environmental professionals and construction administrators and any planner, construction manager or financial specialist in such definition, amended Subsec. (c) by changing defined term from "design professional services" to "consultant services" and including services rendered by accountants, interior designers, environmental professionals, construction administrators, planners, construction managers and financial specialists in such definition, amended Subsec. (f) by adding entities authorized by law to practice profession of accounting, interior design, environmental or construction administration or practicing profession of planning, construction management or financial specialization to definition of "firm" and amended Subsec. (h) by substituting "consultant services" for "design professionals", effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-293 redefined "selection panel" or "panel" to include the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-21 added Subsec. (k) defining "community court project"; P.A. 98-59 changed effective date of P.A. 98-21 from October 1, 1998, to April 13, 1998; P.A. 98-235 deleted reference to Sec. 4b-23(i) in introductory text and amended Subsec. (h), defining "project", by substituting "fifty thousand dollars" for "twenty-five thousand dollars" in Subdiv. (1) and "four hundred thousand dollars" for "two hundred fifty thousand dollars" in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 99-26 added Subsec. (l), designated by the Revisors as Subsec. (k) defining the "Connecticut Juvenile Training School project" and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 7, 1999; P.A. 99-75 repealed Subsec. (d) which defined "Emergency correctional facility project", relettered former Subsecs. (e) to (k), inclusive, accordingly and substituted "five hundred thousand dollars" for "four hundred thousand dollars" in relettered Subsec. (g), defining "project"; P.A. 99-241 made a technical change in Subsec. (b) for purposes of gender neutrality and added new Subsec. (l) re downtown Hartford higher education center, effective June 28, 1999; P.A. 00-192 added Subsecs. (m) and (n) defining "correctional facility project" and "juvenile detention center project", effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-26 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 01-172 amended Subsec. (g) to substitute "and" for "or" between Subdivs. (1) and (2); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 amended Subsec. (k) to make technical changes and include in the definition of "Connecticut Juvenile Training School" a provision for a separate facility for girls, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-215 redefined "consultant", "consultant services" and "firm" by deleting references to "construction managers" and "construction management", effective October 1, 2004.

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      Sec. 4b-55a. Contracting for environmental evaluations for priority higher education facility projects. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the Commissioner of Public Works may select and interview at least three responsible and qualified environmental professionals, and may negotiate with any one of such professionals a contract which is both fair and reasonable to the state in order to conduct the evaluations required by section 22a-1b for a priority higher education facility project, as defined in subsection (f) of section 4b-55.

      (P.A. 91-230, S. 4, 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 82, 121; P.A. 99-75, S. 11.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 substituted "subsection (g)" for "subsection (f)", effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 99-75 made a technical change.

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      Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State Construction Services Selection Panel, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, established. Membership; terms. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works a State Construction Services Selection Panel which shall consist of five members. Four of such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Public Works and shall serve for terms of one year from July first. The remaining member shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency and shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which he was appointed. If any vacancy occurs on the panel, the commissioner shall appoint a person for the unexpired term in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

      (b) The selection panel shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a.

      (c) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works a Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel which shall consist of five members: Three of whom shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works and shall be current employees of the Department of Public Works; and the remaining members shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency and shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such member was appointed. The members of the selection panel appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works shall serve for terms of one year from July first. If any vacancy occurs on the panel, the Commissioner of Public Works or the head or acting head of the user agency, as appropriate, shall appoint a person for the unexpired term in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

      (d) The panel established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a. Such panel shall be the selection panel only for Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority projects pursuant to section 10a-89b.

      (P.A. 79-450, S. 3, 8; P.A. 87-496, S. 39, 110; P.A. 91-43, S. 2; P.A. 92-228, S. 5, 9; P.A. 96-235, S. 15, 19; P.A. 97-47, S. 49; 97-293, S. 12, 26.)

      History: P.A. 87-496 substituted "public works" for "administrative services" department; Sec. 4-134b transferred to Sec. 4b-56 in 1989; P.A. 91-43 amended Subsec. (a) to allow either current or retired employees to be appointed by commissioner to panel; P.A. 92-228 amended Subsec. (a) by changing name of panel from "state design professional services selection panel" to "state construction services selection panel"; P.A. 96-235 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing membership of panel from six to five and decreasing number of appointments by Commissioner of Public Works from five to four, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-47 rearranged provisions in Subsec. (a); P.A. 97-293 added Subsecs. (c) and (d) re Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, effective July 1, 1997.

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      Sec. 4b-57. (Formerly Sec. 4-134c). Invitation of responses. Consideration by selection panel. (a) Whenever consultant services are required by the commissioner in fulfilling his responsibilities under section 4b-1, and in the case of each project, the commissioner shall invite responses from such firms by advertisements inserted at least once in one or more newspapers having a circulation in each county in the state. The commissioner shall prescribe, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, the advance notice required for, the manner of submission, and conditions and requirements of, such responses.

      (b) In the case of a project, the responses received shall be considered by the selection panel. The panel shall select from among those responding no fewer than three firms, which it determines in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner are most qualified to perform the required consultant services. The selection panel shall submit a list of the most qualified firms to the commissioner for his consideration unless fewer than three responses for a particular project have been received, in which case, the panel shall submit the names of all firms who have submitted responses.

      (P.A. 79-450, S. 4, 8; P.A. 80-483, S. 13, 186; P.A. 96-235, S. 11, 19.)

      History: P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; Sec. 4-134c transferred to Sec. 4b-57 in 1989; P.A. 96-235 substituted "consultant" for "design professional", effective June 6, 1996.

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      Sec. 4b-58. (Formerly Sec. 4-134d). Contracting for consultant services. (a)(1) Except in the case of a project, The University of Connecticut library project, a priority higher education facility project, a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, a community court project, a correctional facility project, a juvenile detention center project, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, and the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall negotiate a contract for consultant services with the firm most qualified, in the commissioner's judgment, at compensation which the commissioner determines is both fair and reasonable to the state. (2) In the case of a project, the commissioner shall negotiate a contract for such services with the most qualified firm from among the list of firms submitted by the panel at compensation which the commissioner determines in writing to be fair and reasonable to the state. If the commissioner is unable to conclude a contract with any of the firms recommended by the panel, the commissioner shall, after issuing written findings of fact documenting the reasons for such inability, negotiate with those firms which the commissioner determines to be most qualified, at fair and reasonable compensation, to render the particular consultant services under consideration. (3) Whenever consultant services are required for The University of Connecticut library project, a priority higher education facility project, a community court project, a correctional facility project, a juvenile detention center project, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, or the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall select and interview at least three consultants or firms and shall negotiate a contract for consultant services with the firm most qualified, in the commissioner's judgment, at compensation which the commissioner determines is both fair and reasonable to the state, except that if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project needs to be expedited in order to meet the needs of the Department of Children and Families, the commissioner may waive such selection requirement. Except for the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall notify the State Properties Review Board of the commissioner's action within five business days, for its approval or disapproval in accordance with subsection (i) of section 4b-23, except that if, within fifteen days of such notice, a decision has not been made, the board shall be deemed to have approved such contract. The Connecticut Juvenile Training School project shall be exempt from the State Properties Review Board approval process.

      (b) In determining fair and reasonable compensation to be paid in accordance with subsection (a), the commissioner shall consider, in the following order of importance, the professional competence of the consultant, the technical merits of the proposal, the ability of the firm to perform the required services within the time and budgetary limits of the contract and the price for which the services are to be rendered.

      (P.A. 79-450, S. 5, 8; P.A. 80-334; P.A. 89-353, S. 2, 8; P.A. 91-230, S. 2, 17; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 4, 203; P.A. 95-230, S. 38, 45; P.A. 96-235, S. 12, 19; P.A. 97-293, S. 20, 26; P.A. 98-21, S. 3; 98-59, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-26, S. 3, 39; 99-75, S. 7; 99-241, S. 49, 66; P.A. 00-192, S. 16, 102.)

      History: P.A. 80-334 rewrote considerations for determining fair and reasonable compensation; Sec. 4-134d transferred to Sec. 4b-58 in 1989; P.A. 89-353 divided Subsec. (a) into Subdivs., exempted emergency correctional facility project from Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (3) re procedure for contracting with design professionals or firms for such projects; P.A. 91-230 in Subsec. (a) added references to a priority higher education facility project and the exception for instances in which a decision has not been made within fifteen days; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 exempted the University of Connecticut library project from Subdiv. (1) and included said project in provisions of Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-235 substituted "consultant" for "design professional", effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-293 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-21 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt a community court project from Subdiv. (1) and to include a community court project in Subdiv. (3); P.A. 98-59 changed effective date of P.A. 98-21 from October 1, 1998, to April 13, 1998; P.A. 99-26 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project from Subdiv. (1), to include said project in Subdiv. (3), to add exception in Subdiv. (3) authorizing the commissioner to waive the selection requirement if said project needs to be expedited, to add provision exempting said project from the State Properties Review Board approval process and to make technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 7, 1999; P.A. 99-75 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to "an emergency correctional facility project" and making technical changes; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (a) to add downtown Hartford higher education center, effective June 28, 1999; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (a)(1) and (3) to include correctional facility project and juvenile detention center project, effective July 1, 2000.

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      Sec. 4b-59. (Formerly Sec. 4-134e). Commissioner to adopt regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of sections 4b-56 to 4b-59, inclusive.

      (P.A. 79-450, S. 6, 8.)

      History: Sec. 4-134e transferred to Sec. 4b-59 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-60. (Formerly Sec. 4-24l). Commission on Capitol Preservation and Restoration. (a) There shall be a State Commission on Capitol Preservation and Restoration to consist of twelve members to be appointed as follows: Two members shall be appointed by the Governor, two by the speaker of the House of Representatives, two by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the House minority leader, one by the Senate minority leader, two members of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, one appointed by each of the chairmen of said committee, and one member of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism appointed by its chairman. The Commissioner of Public Works shall be an ex-officio member of the commission and shall attend its meetings. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the term. The members shall serve without compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission shall meet at least quarterly, and more often on the call of the chairman or on the written request of a majority of the members. The commission may designate subcommittees to carry out its functions. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned.

      (b) The commission: (1) Shall undertake a continuing review and study of the State Capitol building and grounds, with a view to developing a master plan for the preservation and restoration of the Capitol, including necessary structural changes, consistent with the original historical character of the building, with due regard being given to enhancing the interior and exterior beauty of the building, making better use of existing space and reducing public safety hazards; (2) may consult with state, federal or private agencies with respect thereto, and disseminate information on its activities; and (3) shall report on its activities to the Joint Committee on Legislative Management annually or as often as the committee shall direct. The Department of Administrative Services shall provide professional staff assistance to the commission when available. If such assistance cannot be provided within a reasonable time, the commission may, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, retain technical advisors to assist in reviewing project plans and work.

      (c) The commission is authorized to accept gifts, donations and grants from the federal government or other public or private sources for the purpose of such preservation and restoration.

      (d) The Joint Committee on Legislative Management may undertake capital expenditure programs for which capital funds are authorized, in connection with such preservation and restoration. Such programs shall be carried out by the committee, pursuant to plans and specifications approved by the commission and in accordance with the bidding procedures in part II of chapter 60. The commission shall adopt regulations establishing basic artistic standards in keeping with the original historical character of the Capitol to assist the committee in the preparation of plans and specifications.

      (e) The commission shall be an independent body within the Legislative Department for administrative purposes only.

      (P.A. 73-460, S. 1-4; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 81, 610; P.A. 82-438, S. 1, 6; P.A. 84-512, S. 12, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 18, 110; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for public works commissioner, deleted obsolete language regarding first appointments, deleted provision for electing temporary chairman and vice-chairman and added Subsec. (e); P.A. 82-438 amended section to provide that the joint committee on legislative management, not the commission, may undertake capital expenditure programs and that the committee, not the department of administrative services, shall carry out such programs, including bidding procedures and to transfer commission from department of administrative services to legislative department for administrative purposes only; P.A. 84-512 authorized reimbursement of members for expenses, established attendance requirements for members and authorized commission to retain technical advisors when professional staff assistance is not available from department of administrative services; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner in Subsec. (a); Sec. 4-24l transferred to Sec. 4b-60 in 1989; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced the Connecticut Historical Commission with the Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

      See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".

      See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".

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      Sec. 4b-61. (Formerly Sec. 4-24m). Contracting for design professional services. Whenever a design professional or design professional services are required by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management in fulfilling its obligations under section 4b-60 in connection with the preservation and restoration of the State Capitol, the following procedures shall be followed:

      (1) The committee shall direct the State Commission on Capitol Preservation and Restoration to invite responses from design professionals by advertisements inserted at least once in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the state. The responses received shall be considered by the commission which shall select from among those responding the three professionals, which in its opinion are most qualified to perform the required design professional services, and submit the names to the committee. If three or fewer responses are received, the commission shall submit the names of all those responding.

      (2) The committee may negotiate a contract with the most qualified design professional on the list, in its judgment, at compensation which it determines is both fair and reasonable. If the committee is unable to conclude a contract with any of the design professionals recommended by the commission, it shall issue a finding giving the reasons for such inability and may negotiate with any design professional which it determines to be most qualified to perform the services at fair and reasonable compensation. In determining fair and reasonable compensation, the committee shall consider, in the following order of importance, the professional competence of the design professional, the technical merits of the proposal, the ability of the firm to perform the required services within the time and budgetary limits of the contract and the price for which the services are to be rendered.

      (3) As used in this section, "design professional" means any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor or interior designer who is registered to practice his profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes; and "design professional services" means those professional services rendered by architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors or interior designers, as well as incidental services that members of such professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform.

      (P.A. 82-438, S. 4, 6; P.A. 98-235, S. 8.)

      History: Sec. 4-24m transferred to Sec. 4b-61 in 1989; P.A. 98-235 amended Subdiv. (3) to include interior designers in definition of "design professional" and professional services rendered by interior designers in definition of "design professional services".

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      Sec. 4b-62. (Formerly Sec. 4-135). Trusts for erecting and maintaining memorials. The Commissioner of Public Works may accept and execute any trusts, testamentary or otherwise, created or established for the purpose of procuring, erecting and maintaining any memorial on public grounds or within public buildings of the state or any municipality therein, and the court of probate in which a will creating any such trust has been proved may appoint said commissioner as trustee to execute such trust without requiring said commissioner to furnish a probate bond as such trustee; but this section shall not be construed as empowering said commissioner to erect or maintain any such memorial upon the grounds or within or upon any public building belonging to the state without the consent of the General Assembly, nor upon any grounds nor within or upon any public building belonging to any city or town, without the consent of the common council of the city or the selectmen of the town, as the case may be. The commissioner shall not, without special authority from the General Assembly, make, erect or remove from its location any statue or sculpture upon the property of the state.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3534; March, 1950, S. 1902d; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 87-496, S. 40, 110.)

      History: 1959 act removed references to county and county commissioners; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-135 transferred to Sec. 4b-62 in 1989.

      Annotation to former section 4-135:

      Cited. 140 C. 124.

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      Sec. 4b-63. (Formerly Sec. 4-36b). Demolition of state buildings. Notice to municipalities. (a) Whenever the state plans demolition of a state building or structure, and the site upon which such building or structure is located is not to be used for a state project already authorized and funded, the Commissioner of Public Works shall first notify the chief executive officer of the municipality wherein the building or structure to be demolished is located, by registered or certified mail, at least sixty days prior to the public advertisement of the bid for services necessary to accomplish such demolition.

      (b) The municipality wherein the building or structure is to be demolished may, within the period prior to the public advertisement of such bid, submit a bid to said commissioner for the purchase of such state building or structure, and the commissioner may accept such bid provided the use which the municipality intends for the building or structure is compatible with state needs and programs. In the event the municipality intends to move the building, the costs thereof shall not be paid by the state.

      (P.A. 79-95; P.A. 87-496, S. 25, 110.)

      History: P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-36b transferred to Sec. 4b-63 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-64. (Formerly Sec. 4-36c). When notice of intent to dispose of, demolish or transfer certain structures required to be given Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and affected municipality. Each state department, institution or agency intending to dispose of, demolish or transfer ownership of any structure more than fifty years old shall notify the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism of such intent ninety days before the disposition, demolition or transfer. The department, institution or agency, not more than one hundred twenty days and not less than thirty days before such disposition, demolition or transfer, shall publish notice of its intent three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which such structure is located and shall post a sign stating its intent in a conspicuous place on the property on which such structure is located not less than thirty days before the disposition, demolition or transfer.

      (P.A. 85-203; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30.)

      History: Sec. 4-36c transferred to Sec. 4b-64 in 1989; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced the Connecticut Historical Commission with the Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

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      Sec. 4b-65. Buildings adjacent to Capitol. No building shall be erected, rebuilt or altered, upon any land abutting on Trinity Street between Elm Street and Capitol Avenue, or upon any land abutting on Capitol Avenue between its intersection with the east line of Trinity Street and Washington Street, in the city of Hartford, to a height of more than ninety feet; but nothing herein shall prevent the erection of any tower, spire, finial, skylight, cornice or other appurtenance upon any such building to a height of more than ninety feet, provided the design or plan of such tower, spire, finial, skylight, cornice or other appurtenance shall have been approved in writing by the Commissioner of Public Works.

      (P.A. 88-116, S. 5.)

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      Sec. 4b-66. (Formerly Sec. 4-24c). Connecticut Capitol Center. Master plan for development. Exceptions. Review of plan by Connecticut Capitol Center Commission. Reports. (a) There shall continue to be a master plan for the development of the Connecticut Capitol Center in Hartford within the following-described area to be known as the Capitol Center District: All of the land within the city of Hartford bounded by Bushnell Park, Wells Street, Main Street, Buckingham Street, Wadsworth Street to Cedar Street following the rear property lines of property fronting on Buckingham Street, Cedar Street, a line extended east from Grand Street, Grand Street, Oak Street, the parcel at the southwest corner of Russ Street and Oak Street, Russ Street, Broad Street, and the right-of-way of the New Haven Railroad to Bushnell Park. The Capitol Center District shall, where feasible, be the location of the central offices, and their ancillary facilities, of the three branches of the state government. The district shall also contain those noncentral offices, and their ancillary facilities, which serve the Hartford area and which can feasibly fulfill their functions at this location, except that this shall not prohibit the construction or leasing by the state of courts and courthouses outside of the Capitol Center District. Nongovernmental uses, including, but not limited to, social, cultural, residential, and retail uses may be incorporated in the area as ancillary uses.

      (b) The master plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: Land use, property acquisition, business and residential relocation, street system alignments and dimensions, internal circulation systems, parking facilities, utilities and services systems, landscaping, lighting and amenities, and building space use priorities, including programming, controls and restrictions, provided such master plan shall not provide for the acquisition of the property known as the Horace Bushnell Memorial without prior certification by the board of trustees of the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Corporation that the acquisition by the state of said property is in conformance with the plans of the corporation. As an integral part of the master plan, there shall be a capital improvements program, both short range and long range, indicating recommended scheduling of the various phases of construction and estimated costs therefor in order that the development of the Connecticut Capitol Center may be undertaken in an orderly and logical way and so that the needs of the central offices of state government can be met in a timely manner.

      (c) Not later than January 1, 2003, and every five years thereafter, the Connecticut Capitol Center Commission established pursuant to section 4b-66a shall (1) review the master plan, and (2) submit a report on its findings and proposed changes to the master plan to the Governor and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, government administration and finance, revenue and bonding.

      (1967, P.A. 589, S. 3-5; 1969, P.A. 286, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 283; P.A. 75-425, S. 13, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 83-111, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-512, S. 3, 30; P.A. 01-172, S. 5.)

      History: 1969 act clarified boundaries of Capitol Center District; 1971 act added exemption allowing courts to be located outside Capitol Center District; P.A. 75-425 required approval of public works commissioner for establishment of capital improvements program; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for public works commissioner; P.A. 83-111 amended Subsec. (a) to qualify requirement that the central offices be located in The Capitol Center District, by adding the words "where feasible"; P.A. 84-512 deleted references to Capitol Center commission, and deleted requirement that master plan accord with principles of State Capitol Government Center Planning Committee report of 1967; Sec. 4-24c transferred to Sec. 4b-66 in 1989; P.A. 01-172 amended Subsec. (a) to expand nongovernmental uses to those including, but not limited to, residential uses, and added Subsec. (c) re review of, and report on, the master plan by the Connecticut Capitol Center Commission.

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      Sec. 4b-66a. Connecticut Capitol Center Commission. Duties. (a) There is established a Connecticut Capitol Center Commission. The commission shall consist of (1) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee; (2) the Commissioner of Public Works, or the commissioner's designee; (3) the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or the commissioner's designee; (4) the executive director of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, or the executive director's designee; (5) one member appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (6) one member appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (7) one member appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; (8) one member appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; (9) one member appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; (10) one member appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; (11) the chairperson of the Hartford Commission on the City Plan; (12) one member appointed by the mayor of the city of Hartford; and (13) one member from the South Downtown Neighborhood Revitalization Committee.

      (b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the commission which shall be held no later than sixty days after October 1, 2001.

      (c) The commission shall review the master plan for the development of the Connecticut Capitol Center in Hartford and make recommendations in accordance with section 4b-66.

      (P.A. 01-172, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30.)

      History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-20 replaced State Commission on the Arts with Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

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      Sec. 4b-67. (Formerly Sec. 4-24d). Consultation with the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and other state agencies. In undertaking its duties under section 4b-69, the Department of Public Works shall consult with the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and with the several state agencies and coordinate its work with the planning activities of state, city and federal agencies and private and semipublic organizations involved in or affected by the development of the district. The department shall provide coordinating services to assist other state, city and federal agencies in coordinating the implementation of the master plan.

      (1967, P.A. 589, S. 6; P.A. 75-425, S. 14, 57; P.A. 77-604, S. 41, 84; 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-512, S. 4, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 10, 110.)

      History: P.A. 75-425 added public works commissioner to list of those to be consulted; P.A. 77-604 replaced committee on rules with legislative management committee; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-512 replaced references to Capitol Center commission with references to department of administrative services; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works department for administrative services department; Sec. 4-24d transferred to Sec. 4b-67 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-68. (Formerly Sec. 4-24e). Amendment of master plan. The master plan shall serve as the guiding document in the development of the Capitol Center District and may be amended by the Commissioner of Public Works.

      (1967, P.A. 589, S. 7; P.A. 75-425, S. 15, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-512, S. 5, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 11, 110.)

      History: P.A. 75-425 required approval of public works commissioner for adoption of plan and amendments; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-512 deleted references to Capitol Center commission and obsolete provision re adoption of master plan; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner; Sec. 4-24e transferred to Sec. 4b-68 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-69. (Formerly Sec. 4-24f). Development of Connecticut Capitol Center except Legislative Office Building: Approval of preliminary plans. In accordance with section 4b-1, the Department of Public Works shall have the responsibility of developing the Connecticut Capitol Center; provided, notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, before detailed planning for any of the site development or structures within such Capitol Center District, except the planning of the Legislative Office Building and related facilities by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, is commenced, preliminary plans for such construction shall have been approved by the State Properties Review Board.

      (1967, P.A. 589, S. 8; P.A. 75-425, S. 16, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-512, S. 6, 30; P.A. 85-301, S. 6, 13; P.A. 87-496, S. 12, 110.)

      History: P.A. 75-425 required that preliminary plans be approved by public works commissioner and state properties review board as well as by commission; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-512 deleted requirement that preliminary construction plans be approved by capitol center commission as well as administrative services commissioner; P.A. 85-301 excluded the planning of the legislative office building and related facilities from the requirement that preliminary plans be approved by the board; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services department with public works department; Sec. 4-24f transferred to Sec. 4b-69 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-70. (Formerly Sec. 4-24g). Commissioner of Public Works to review construction. The Commissioner of Public Works may, from time to time, review detailed plans, drawings and specifications for the construction of the Capitol Center and may transmit comments thereon to the Governor.

      (1967, P.A. 589, S. 9; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-512, S. 7, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 13, 110.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-512 replaced reference to the capitol center commission with reference to administrative services commissioner; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-24g transferred to Sec. 4b-70 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-71. (Formerly Sec. 4-24h). Approvals prerequisite to acquisition or development of property within Capitol Center District. No state agency shall acquire any property or develop any property acquired within the Capitol Center District without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Public Works and the State Properties Review Board.

      (1967, P.A. 589, S. 10; P.A. 75-425, S. 17, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-512, S. 8, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 14, 110.)

      History: P.A. 75-425 required approval of public works commissioner and state properties review board as well as of commission; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-512 deleted reference to capitol center commission; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-24h transferred to Sec. 4b-71 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-72. (Formerly Sec. 4-24i). Acquisition of property within district by Commissioner of Public Works. Subject to the provisions of section 4b-23, the Commissioner of Public Works may acquire by purchase, lease or gift, or by eminent domain in the manner provided by chapter 835, such land, easements or rights-of-way as shall be required for the development of the Connecticut Capitol Center in Hartford within the area described in subsection (a) of section 4b-66.

      (1969, P.A. 286, S. 1; P.A. 75-425, S. 18, 57; P.A. 84-512, S. 9, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 15, 110.)

      History: P.A. 75-425 made section subject to Sec. 4-26b; P.A. 84-512 replaced reference to capitol center commission with reference to administrative services commissioner; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-24i transferred to Sec. 4b-72 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-73. (Formerly Sec. 4-24j). Relocation of displaced persons. The Commissioner of Public Works may enter into a contract with the city of Hartford for assistance in relocating individuals, families and business concerns not reimbursed for moving costs in a condemnation proceeding and who are not otherwise reimbursed or entitled to reimbursement by the federal government or the state, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 135.

      (1969, P.A. 286, S. 2; P.A. 73-616, S. 2; P.A. 84-512, S. 10, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 16, 110.)

      History: P.A. 73-616 replaced reference to Sec. 8-219 with reference to chapter 135; P.A. 84-512 replaced references to capitol center commission with references to administrative services commissioner; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-24j transferred to Sec. 4b-73 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-74. (Formerly Sec. 4-24k). Approval of building or zoning permits for property within district. For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the Capitol Center District as the central location of the three branches of state government, no building or zoning permit shall be issued by the city of Hartford for any land, building or structure, within the boundaries of the Capitol Center District for a period of ninety days from the date of notification by the city of Hartford to the Department of Public Works of such application for approval of a building or zoning permit without the written approval of the department, except building and zoning permits for any maintenance, improvements, rehabilitation or conversion of existing buildings or structures, whether required or not, not exceeding a gross cost of twenty-five thousand dollars and except permits issued to the city of Hartford itself. Notification of any such application for a building or zoning permit shall be made, on a form prepared and furnished by the department, by the director of licenses and inspections of the city to the Commissioner of Public Works within five days of receipt by the city of such application for a permit. If the department does not grant such written approval, or does not enter into a contract for purchase of the subject property, or does not institute condemnation proceedings leading to its acquisition within the prescribed ninety days, the applicant shall not be bound by the provisions of subsection (a) of section 4b-66 and sections 4b-72 to 4b-74, inclusive. Notification of any such action by the department shall be furnished to said director within five days after such action has been taken by the department and, if the department fails to take any of such actions within the ninety-day period, the department shall inform said director in writing of its failure to institute any of such actions within five days after the expiration of the ninety-day period.

      (1969, P.A. 286, S. 4; P.A. 84-512, S. 11, 30; P.A. 87-496, S. 17, 110.)

      History: P.A. 84-512 replaced references to capitol center commission with references to administrative services department and made minor changes in wording; P.A. 87-496 substituted "public works" for "administrative services" commissioner and department; Sec. 4-24k transferred to Sec. 4b-74 in 1989.

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      Sec. 4b-75. Status report on emergency correctional facility projects. Section 4b-75 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.

      (P.A. 89-353, S. 6, 8; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

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      Secs. 4b-76 to 4b-90. Reserved for future use.

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PART II
BIDDING AND CONTRACTS

      Sec. 4b-91. (Formerly Sec. 4-137a). Bidding for public building contracts. Prequalification requirements. (a) Every contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building for work by the state, which is estimated to cost more than five hundred thousand dollars, except (1) a contract awarded by the Commissioner of Public Works for (A) a community court project, as defined in subsection (j) of section 4b-55, (B) the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, as defined in subsection (k) of section 4b-55, (C) the downtown Hartford higher education center project, as defined in subsection (l) of section 4b-55, (D) The University of Connecticut library project, as defined in subsection (d) of section 4b-55, (E) a correctional facility project, as defined in subsection (m) of section 4b-55, (F) a juvenile detention center project, as defined in subsection (n) of section 4b-55, or (G) a student residential facility for the Connecticut State University system that is a priority higher education facility project, as defined in subsection (f) of section 4b-55, or (2) a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken and controlled by The University of Connecticut in accordance with section 10a-109n, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and qualified general bidder who is prequalified pursuant to section 4a-100 on the basis of competitive bids in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter, after the Commissioner of Public Works or, in the case of a contract for the construction of or work on a building under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management of the General Assembly, the joint committee or, in the case of a contract for the construction of or work on a building under the supervision and control of one of the constituent units of the state system of higher education, the constituent unit, has invited such bids by advertisements inserted at least once in one or more newspapers having a circulation in each county in the state. The Commissioner of Public Works, the joint committee or the constituent unit, as the case may be, shall indicate the prequalification classification required for the contract in such advertisement. As used in this section, "prequalification classification" means the prequalification classifications established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 4a-100.

      (b) The Commissioner of Public Works, the joint committee or the constituent unit, as the case may be, shall determine the manner of submission and the conditions and requirements of such bids, and the time within which the bids shall be submitted, consistent with the provisions of sections 4b-91 to 4b-96, inclusive. Such award shall be made within sixty days after the opening of such bids. If the general bidder selected as the general contractor fails to perform the general contractor's agreement to execute a contract in accordance with the terms of the general contractor's general bid and furnish a performance bond and also a labor and materials or payment bond to the amount specified in the general bid form, an award shall be made to the next lowest responsible and qualified general bidder. No employee of the Department of Public Works, the joint committee or a constituent unit with decision-making authority concerning the award of a contract and no public official, as defined in section 1-79, may communicate with any bidder prior to the award of the contract if the communication results in the bidder receiving information about the contract that is not available to other bidders, except that if the lowest responsible and qualified bidder's price submitted is in excess of funds available to make an award, the Commissioner of Public Works, the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or the constituent unit, as the case may be, may negotiate with such bidder and award the contract on the basis of the funds available, without change in the contract specifications, plans and other requirements. If the award of a contract on said basis is refused by such bidder, the Commissioner of Public Works, the Joint Committee on Legislative Management or the constituent unit, as the case may be, may negotiate with other contractors who submitted bids in ascending order of bid prices without change in the contract, specifications, plans and other requirements. In the event of negotiation with general bidders as provided in this section, the general bidder involved may negotiate with subcontractors on the same basis, provided such general bidder shall negotiate only with subcontractors named on such general bidder's general bid form.

      (c) On and after October 1, 2004, no person may bid on a contract, except for a project described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building for work by the state or a municipality, which is estimated to cost more than five hundred thousand dollars and is paid for, in whole or in part, with state funds, unless the person is prequalified in accordance with section 4a-100.

      (d) On and after October 1, 2004, each bid submitted for a contract described in subsection (c) of this section shall include a copy of a prequalification certificate issued by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The bid shall also be accompanied by an update statement in such form as the Commissioner of Administrative Services prescribes. The form for such update statement shall provide space for information regarding all projects completed by the bidder since the date the bidder's prequalification certificate was issued or renewed, all projects the bidder currently has under contract, including the percentage of work on such projects not completed, the names and qualifications of the personnel who will have supervisory responsibility for the performance of the contract, any significant changes in the bidder's financial position or corporate structure since the date the certificate was issued or renewed, any change in the contractor's qualification status as determined by the provisions of subdivision (6) of subsection (c) of section 4a-100 and such other relevant information as the Commissioner of Administrative Services prescribes. Any bid submitted without a copy of the prequalification certificate and an update statement shall be invalid.

      (e) Any person who bids on a contract described in subsection (c) of this section shall certify under penalty of false statement at the conclusion of the bidding process that the information in the bid is true, that there has been no substantial change in the bidder's financial position or corporate structure since the bidder's most recent prequalification certificate was issued or renewed, other than those changes noted in the update statement, and that the bid was made without fraud or collusion with any person.

      (f) Any person who receives information from a state employee or public official that is not available to the general public concerning any construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition project on a public building prior to the date that an advertisement for bids on the project is published shall be disqualified from bidding on the project.

      (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter regarding competitive bidding procedures, the commissioner may select and interview at least three responsible and qualified general contractors who are prequalified pursuant to section 4a-100 and submit the three selected contractors to the construction services award panels process described in section 4b-100a and any regulation adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner may negotiate with the successful bidder a contract which is both fair and reasonable to the state for a community court project, as defined in subsection (j) of section 4b-55, the downtown Hartford higher education center project, as defined in subsection (l) of section 4b-55, The University of Connecticut library project, as defined in subsection (d) of section 4b-55, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, as defined in subsection (k) of section 4b-55, a correctional facility project, as defined in subsection (m) of section 4b-55, a juvenile detention center project, as defined in subsection (n) of section 4b-55, or a student residential facility for the Connecticut State University system that is a priority higher education facility project, as defined in subsection (f) of section 4b-55. The Commissioner of Public Works, prior to entering any such contract or performing any work on such project, shall submit such contract to the State Properties Review Board for review and approval or disapproval by the board, pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Any general contractor awarded a contract pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the same requirements concerning the furnishing of bonds as a contractor awarded a contract pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

      (h) On and after October 1, 2004, any agency that seeks to have a project awarded without being subject to competitive bidding procedures shall certify to the joint committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration and elections that the project is of such an emergency nature that an exception to the competitive bidding procedures of this section is required. Such certification shall include input from all affected agencies, detail the need for the exception and include any relevant documentation.

      (i) In the event that the General Assembly approves legislation authorizing an exception to the competitive bidding process for a project, the State Properties Review Board shall complete a review of the contract for such project and approve or disapprove such contract no later than thirty days after the Commissioner of Public Works submits such contract to the board. Such review shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 4b-3. In the event that such review does not occur within the thirty-day period prescribed by this subsection, such contract shall be deemed to be approved.

      (P.A. 73-528, S. 1, 12; P.A. 74-246, S. 1, 11; P.A. 75-425, S. 23, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 82-438, S. 5, 6; 82-447, S. 1; P.A. 84-48, S. 12, 17; P.A. 87-496, S. 41, 110; 87-529, S. 5; P.A. 88-116, S. 4; P.A. 89-353, S. 3, 8; P.A. 92-228, S. 6, 9; P.A. 93-30, S. 4, 14; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 5, 203; P.A. 95-230, S. 39, 45; P.A. 96-235, S. 14, 19; P.A. 97-293, S. 21, 26; P.A. 98-21, S. 4; 98-59, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-26, S. 4, 39; 99-75, S. 8; 99-241, S. 50, 66; P.A. 00-192, S. 17, 102; P.A. 02-140, S. 3; P.A. 03-215, S. 1; P.A. 04-141, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 74-246 required award of bid within sixty days of bid opening rather than previous ninety days and clarified procedure for negotiation of contract when bids exceed available funds and including provi