Bill Text: CT SB00247 | 2014 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Eliminating And Modifying Certain Reporting And Regulatory Requirements Of The Department Of Administrative Services And Repealing Obsolete Provisions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-12 - Signed by the Governor [SB00247 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00247-Chaptered.html
Substitute Senate Bill No. 247
AN ACT ELIMINATING AND MODIFYING CERTAIN REPORTING AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND REPEALING OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 3-21d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
[The chief administrative officer of the department, institution or agency of the state responsible for any] Not later than January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Department of Administrative Services shall file a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning the completion or acceptance of each public works construction project administered by the Division of Construction Services within the Department of Administrative Services during the preceding year under [section 4b-1] chapter 60 with an estimated cost of more than ten thousand dollars and receiving any portion of its funding from the proceeds of bonds issued under the State General Obligation Bond Procedure Act, [shall file a report] with the secretary of the State Bond Commission [forthwith upon completion or acceptance of any such construction project, and in no event later than ninety days thereafter, which] and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding. Such report shall provide the following information for each such completed or accepted project: (1) The estimated total cost of the construction project, or the actual amount of the project, if ascertainable; (2) the amount, if any, required to be held in retainage and the reason for such retainage; and (3) the amount of any bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission and allotted by the Governor to such project which remains unexpended. Such report may contain a recommendation to the secretary as to the further use of any portion of such unexpended bond proceeds, which recommendation may, in the discretion of the secretary and the Governor, be referred to the next regular session of the General Assembly. Absent such recommendation and referral to the General Assembly, the State Bond Commission may authorize an unexpended amount to be transferred in accordance with the provisions of subsection (q) of section 3-20 or section 3-21b or the secretary may, prior to any such transfer, authorize the expenditure of such amount for any emergency purpose approved in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 4b-52. [The chief administrative officer of the department, institution or agency of the state shall also file a report with the cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding on or before January 1, 2002, and each year thereafter, on any such projects which have been reported to the secretary of the State Bond Commission. ]
Sec. 2. Subsection (o) of section 4b-23 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
[(o) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Properties Review Board, and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the procedures which the Department of Administrative Services and said office and board shall follow in carrying out their responsibilities concerning state leasing of offices, space or other facilities. Such regulations shall specify, for each step in the leasing process at which an approval is needed in order to proceed to the next step, what information shall be required, who shall provide the information and the criteria for granting the approval. ]
(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, [such regulations shall provide that: (1) The] the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall [(A)] (1) review all lease requests included in, and scheduled to begin during, the first year of each approved state-wide facility and capital plan, and [(B)] (2) provide the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management with an estimate of the gross cost and total square footage need for each lease. [, (2) the] The secretary shall approve a gross cost and a total square footage for each such lease and transmit each decision to the requesting agency, the commissioner and the State Properties Review Board. [, (3) the] The commissioner shall submit all leases, lease renewals and hold over agreements to the secretary for approval [,] and [(4)] the secretary shall approve or disapprove any such lease request or agreement not more than ten working days after the secretary receives the request or agreement.
Sec. 3. Section 4d-7 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop, publish and annually update an information and telecommunication systems strategic plan, in accordance with the policies established by the Office of Policy and Management, which shall have the following goals: (1) To provide a level of voice and data communications service among all state agencies that will ensure the effective and efficient completion of their respective functions; (2) to provide all necessary telecommunication services between state agencies and the public; (3) to provide, in the event of an emergency, immediate voice and data communications and critical application recovery capabilities which are necessary to support state agency functions; and (4) to provide necessary access to higher technology for state agencies.
(b) In order to facilitate the development of a fully integrated state-wide information services and telecommunication system [which] that effectively and efficiently supports data processing and telecommunication requirements of all state agencies, the strategic plan shall include: (1) [Establishment of guidelines] Guidelines and standards for the architecture for information and telecommunication systems [which] that support state agencies; (2) plans for a cost-effective state-wide telecommunication network to support state agencies, which network may consist of different types of transmission media, including wire, fiber and radio, and shall be able to support voice, data, electronic mail, video and facsimile transmission requirements and any other form of information exchange [which] that takes place via electromagnetic media; (3) [a level of information systems and telecommunication planning for all state agencies and operations throughout the state that will ensure the effective and efficient utilization and access to the state's information and telecommunication resources, including but not limited to, (A) an inventory of existing on-line public access arrangements for state agency data bases which contain information subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, (B) a list of data bases for which such access could be provided, including data bases containing consumer, business and health and human services program information, (C) provisions addressing the feasibility and cost of providing such access, (D) provisions for a public-private partnership in providing such on-line access, and (E) provisions to enable citizens to communicate with state agencies by electronic mail; and (4)] identification of annual expenditures and major capital commitments for information and telecommunication systems; [. In carrying out the provisions of subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of subdivision (3) of this subsection, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall consult with representatives of business associations, consumer organizations and nonprofit human services providers. ] (4) identification of all state agency technology projects; (5) a description of the efforts of executive branch state agencies to use e-government solutions to deliver state services and conduct state programs, including the feedback and demands of clients of such agencies received by such agencies and such agencies' plans to address client concerns by using online solutions, when such solutions are determined feasible by such agencies; and (6) potential opportunities for increasing the efficiency or reducing the costs of the state's information and telecommunication systems.
(c) [Each] On or before August first, annually, each state agency shall submit to the Commissioner of Administrative Services all plans, documents and other information requested by the commissioner for the development of such plan.
(d) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall not implement a state agency proposal for information system hardware, software, maintenance service or consulting unless such proposal complies with the strategic plan and the agency's approved business systems plan. The commissioner shall maintain a current inventory of information system components to facilitate asset management and procurement leverage.
(e) Not later than September fifteenth, annually, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall submit the updated strategic plan to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Not later than October first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, (1) the updated strategic plan, and (2) a report on the activities of the Department of Administrative Services and any cost savings and improvements in the efficiency of information and telecommunication systems of state agencies that are attributable to the efforts of the Department of Administrative Services.
Sec. 4. Section 4d-3 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of sections 4d-1 to 4d-5, inclusive, section 4d-7, as amended by this act, and sections 4d-11 [to 4d-14, inclusive] and 4d-12, as amended by this act.
Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 4d-12 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish such committees as he deems necessary to advise the commissioner in carrying out the purposes of sections 4d-1 to 4d-5, inclusive, section 4d-7, as amended by this act, this section and [sections] section 4d-11. [to 4d-14, inclusive. ]
Sec. 6. Section 10a-151d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
[(a)] On or before January 1, [1991] 2015, and annually thereafter, the board of trustees of each constituent unit of the state system of higher education shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies concerning expenditures pursuant to section 4a-52a, 10a-151b and 10a-151c during the preceding fiscal year.
[(b) On and after July 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, the Department of Administrative Services shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies concerning all purchasing requests received by the department from the constituent units of the state system of higher education including, but not limited to, for each such request, the type of item requested, the date on which the request for such purchase was received by the department and the date on which the purchase order for such purchase was issued. ]
Sec. 7. Sections 4d-14, 4d-45 and 4d-46 of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective from passage)