Bill Text: CT HB05331 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5331 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Authorizing Municipalities To Join In State Contracts For The Purchase Of Services.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - Public Hearing 03/10 [HB05331 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05331-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5331*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 1629
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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
(PD)

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO JOIN IN STATE CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 4a-53 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may join with federal agencies, other state governments, political subdivisions of this state or nonprofit organizations in cooperative purchasing plans when the best interests of the state would be served thereby.

(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection and within available appropriations, shall make known to the chief executive officer of each municipality the existence of cooperative plans for the purchase of recycled paper.

(c) Any contract for the purchase of services by a state agency may include a provision requiring the contractor to offer the same services to municipalities at the same cost set forth in the contract with the state.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	4a-53

Statement of Purpose:

To authorize municipalities to join in contracts with state agencies for the purchase of services.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]