Bill Text: CT SB00977 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 977 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Public Works Projects And Contracting Preferences.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Government Administration and Elections [SB00977 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00977-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 977*
*January Session, 2011*		_____SB00977LABGAE031111____

AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND CONTRACTING PREFERENCES.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of The University of Connecticut and the Commissioners of Public Works and Transportation, or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor. Such report shall include (1) an analysis of any law or economic factor that results in a resident bidder being at a disadvantage to a nonresident bidder in submitting the lowest responsible qualified bid, (2) the reason any enacted law designed to give preference to state citizens for employment on public works projects is not being enforced, and (3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action, within the confines of clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States Constitution, to increase the number of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or otherwise.