Title 4, Title 4: Management of State Agencies

Sec. 4-217. Standards. Written procedures. Requests for proposals. (a) Not later than March 1, 1994, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish standards for state agencies to follow in entering into personal service agreements. The standards shall inclu…

Sec. 4-218. Reports to the General Assembly concerning personal service agreements. (a) Not later than October 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall submit a report to the General Assembly indicating (1) for each personal service agreement, pursuant to sections 4-…

Sec. 4-219. Amendments to personal service agreements. No state agency may, without the approval of the secretary, execute (1) an amendment to a personal service agreement, which agreement has an original cost of more than fifty thousand dollars, or (2) an amendment to any other …

Sec. 4-220. Nonprofit provider retention of state contract savings. Definitions. Requirements. (a) As used in this section, (1) “private provider organization” and “purchase of service contract” each have the same meanings as provided in section 4-70b; (2) “health and human servi…

Sec. 4-230. Definitions. As used in sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive: (1) “Cognizant agency” means a state agency which is assigned by the secretary the responsibility for implementing the requirements of sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive; (2) “Secretary” means the Secretary o…

Sec. 4-231. Single audit or program-specific audit requirements. Exemption. Records. (a)(1) Each nonstate entity that expends a total amount of state financial assistance equal to or in excess of five hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year of such nonstate entity beginning o…

Sec. 4-232. Designation of independent auditor to conduct audit. Audit report filing. (a) Each nonstate entity that is required to be audited pursuant to sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, shall designate an independent auditor to conduct such audit. Not later than thirty days b…

Sec. 4-233. Conduct and scope of audits. When corrective action required. (a) Each audit required by sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, shall: (1) Be conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, except that, for the purposes of said sections suc…

Sec. 4-234. Audits in lieu of financial or financial and compliance audits. Additional audits. (a) An audit conducted in accordance with sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, shall be in lieu of any financial or financial and compliance audit of state financial assistance programs …

Sec. 4-235. Designation of cognizant agencies. Issuance of compliance supplement. Pass-through entities and subrecipients. (a) The secretary shall designate cognizant agencies for audits conducted pursuant to sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, and shall periodically issue a stat…

Sec. 4-236. Regulations. (a) The secretary shall, in consultation with the Auditors of Public Accounts, appropriate state officials and representatives of nonstate entities, adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of sections 4-230 t…

Sec. 4-250. Definitions. As used in sections 4-250 to 4-252, inclusive: (1) “Gift” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, except that the exclusion in subparagraph (L) of subdivision (5) of section 1-79 for a gift for the celebration of a major life event does not appl…

Sec. 4-251. Gift affidavits. Section 4-251 is repealed, effective July 13, 2011. (P.A. 04-245, S. 3; P.A. 11-229, S. 10.)

Sec. 4-252. Representations required in large state contracts. (a) Except as provided in section 10a-151f, on and after July 1, 2021, no state agency or quasi-public agency shall execute a large state contract unless such contract contains the representation described in this sec…

Sec. 4-252a. Certification re whether making certain investments in Iran. (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-79, “quasi-public agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-120, “large state contract” has the sam…

Sec. 4-255. Public-private partnerships. Definitions. (a) As used in this section and sections 4-256 to 4-264, inclusive, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation; (2) “Private entity” means any individual, corporat…

Sec. 4-256. Approval of projects. Department analysis. Submittal to committees. (a) On and after June 28, 2021, and prior to January 1, 2027, the Governor may approve not more than five projects to be implemented as public-private partnerships. The Governor shall not approve any …

Sec. 4-257. Prequalification and requirements for private entities. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4b-91 and chapter 242, the department shall, when it determines appropriate, provide for a process of prequalification for private entities seeking to enter into a pu…

Sec. 4-258. Competitive procurement process; requirements. Stipend for unsuccessful proposer. Department authority to retain consultants. (a) The department shall conduct a competitive procurement process for the selection of a contractor prior to entering into a public-private p…

Sec. 4-259. Terms and conditions of partnership agreement. Prohibitions. Liability of contractor. (a) Any partnership agreement executed in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-255 to 4-264, inclusive, shall include, but not be limited to, the following terms and conditio…

Sec. 4-260. Funding of public-private partnerships. The department or the state may apply for and accept funds from local or federal government and other sources of financial aid to further the purposes of sections 4-255 to 4-264, inclusive, and to fund public-private partnership…

Sec. 4-261. Prevailing wage requirements or project labor agreement. Compliance with state and local requirements. Agreements re operations or maintenance of state facilities. (a) Each project shall either be subject to the prevailing wage requirements pursuant to section 31-53 o…

Sec. 4-262. Remedies re material default by contractor. Department authority. (a) In addition to any other remedy available to the state, in the event of a material default by the contractor, the state may elect to assume the responsibilities and duties of the contractor of the p…

Sec. 4-263. Exemption from municipal property tax. Any state property developed, operated or held by a private entity pursuant to a partnership agreement shall be exempt from municipal property tax. (Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1, S. 88; P.A. 21-99, S. 10.) History: Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A…

Sec. 4-264. Commissioner's duties re development and inspection services. Use of department employees and consultants. Reports. (a) As used in this section, “development and inspection services” has the same meaning as described in subsection (a) of section 13a-95c. (b) For any p…

Sec. 4-274. Definitions. As used in this section and section 4-275: (1) “Knowing” and “knowingly” means that a person, with respect to information: (A) Has actual knowledge of the information; (B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or (C) act…

Sec. 4-275. False claims and other prohibited acts. Penalties. Damages. Prohibition on state counterclaim, set-off or defense. Exemption for certain tax claims, records and statements. (a) No person shall: (1) Knowingly present, or cause to be presented, a false or fraudulent cla…

Sec. 4-276. Attorney General's investigation of prohibited acts. Civil action. The Attorney General may, within available appropriations, investigate any violation of subsection (a) of section 4-275. Any information obtained pursuant to such an investigation shall be exempt from …

Sec. 4-277. Civil action by individual. Consent for withdrawal. Manner of service. Complaint under seal. Intervention by Attorney General. (a) A person may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford against any person who violates subsection …

Sec. 4-278. Prosecution by Attorney General. Withdrawal. Settlement. Limits on individual's participation. Division of proceeds. Attorneys' fees and costs. (a) If the Attorney General, pursuant to section 4-277, elects to proceed with the action, the Attorney General shall have t…

Sec. 4-279. Civil action when Attorney General declines to proceed. Division of proceeds. Attorneys' fees and costs. Stay of discovery. (a) If the Attorney General declines to proceed with the action, the person who brought the action shall have the right to conduct the action. I…

Sec. 4-280. Attorney General's pursuit of claim through alternate remedy. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-277, the Attorney General may elect to pursue the state's claim through any alternate remedy available to the state, including any administrative proceeding to de…

Sec. 4-281. Civil action by individual who committed prohibited act. Reduction of proceeds. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-278 and 4-279, if the court finds that the action was brought by a person who planned and initiated the violation of subsection (a) of section …

Sec. 4-282. Court's jurisdiction over civil actions brought by certain individuals. Duplicate actions. (a) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought under section 4-277 (1) against a member of the General Assembly, a member of the judiciary or an elected officer or …

Sec. 4-283. State not liable for expenses. The state of Connecticut shall not be liable for expenses which a person incurs in bringing an action under sections 4-277 to 4-280, inclusive. (P.A. 14-217, S. 10.) History: P.A. 14-217 effective June 13, 2014.

Sec. 4-284. Discrimination in employment prohibited. Remedies. Attorneys' fees and costs. (a) Any employee, contractor, or agent shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make that employee, contractor, or agent whole, if that employee, contractor, or agent is discharged, demo…

Sec. 4-285. Limitation of action. Pleadings upon state's intervention. A civil action under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, may not be brought: (1) More than six years after the date on which the violation of subsection (a) of section 4-275 is committed, or (2) more than thre…

Sec. 4-286. Standard of proof. In any action brought under sections 4-276 to 4-280, inclusive, the Attorney General or the person initiating such action shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence…

Sec. 4-287. Effect of final judgment in criminal proceeding on civil action. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final judgment rendered in favor of the state against a defendant in any criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statements, whether upon a verdict after…

Sec. 4-288. Remedies not exclusive. The provisions of sections 4-274 to 4-288, inclusive, and subsection (a) of section 4-61dd are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other provision of the general statutes o…

Sec. 4-289. Report by Attorney General re civil actions. On January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the General Assembly and the Governor, in accordance with section 11-4a, that contains the following information: (1) The number of …