Title 4a, Title 4a: Administrative Services

Sec. 4a-11a. Bond issue for technical education and career schools for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the st…

Sec. 4a-11b. Bond issue for Department of Children and Families for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state…

Sec. 4a-11c. Bond issue for Judicial Department for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more…

Sec. 4a-12. (Formerly Sec. 4-68a). Collection services performed by Commissioner of Administrative Services. Referral of debt for collection. Liable relatives. Limitation on recovery of charges from estate of deceased former humane institution patient. (a) The Commissioner of Adm…

Sec. 4a-13. (Formerly Sec. 4-68e). Commissioner may accept mortgage notes and deeds in payment of claims. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may accept mortgage notes and mortgage deeds in payment of claims due for (1) institutional care, and (2) to the extent required u…

Sec. 4a-14. (Formerly Sec. 4-68b). Estate administrator. There shall be an estate administrator in the Department of Administrative Services, appointed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of chapter 67. In the case of a vacancy in such office and t…

Sec. 4a-15. (Formerly Sec. 4-68c). Powers and duties of administrator. The estate administrator may act as guardian, conservator, administrator or trustee, or in any other fiduciary capacity under the jurisdiction and appointment of the probate courts of this state or like courts…

Sec. 4a-16. (Formerly Sec. 4-68h). Disposition of estates of cash or medical assistance beneficiaries, state institution patients, inmates and certain children. Family notification. When any person supported or cared for by the state (1) under a program of cash assistance or medi…

Sec. 4a-17. (Formerly Sec. 4-68f). Service of process on persons with psychiatric disabilities. (a) If a party to any action or proceeding in any court or a person whose property rights may be affected by any such action or proceeding is confined by order of any court, or as prov…

Sec. 4a-18. (Formerly Sec. 4-68i). Location of deserting parents and liable relatives. To assist in locating parents who have deserted their children and other persons liable for support of dependents, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of Emergency Ser…

Sec. 4a-19. (Formerly Sec. 4-37a). State Insurance and Risk Management Board. There shall be a State Insurance and Risk Management Board consisting of nine persons whom the Governor shall appoint subject to the provisions of section 4-9a. Three of such appointees shall be public …

Sec. 4a-1a. Commissioner and Department of Administrative Services substituted for former commissioner and department. Section 4a-1a is repealed, effective July 1, 2015. (P.A. 11-51, S. 44; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 14-134, S. 129; P.A. 15-73, S. 6.)

Sec. 4a-2. (Formerly Sec. 4-23b). Commissioner's general powers and responsibilities. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have the following general duties and responsibilities: (1) The establishment of personnel policy and responsibility for the personnel admin…

Sec. 4a-20. (Formerly Sec. 4-37b). Duties. The State Insurance and Risk Management Board shall determine the method by which the state shall insure itself against losses by the purchase of insurance governed by the provisions of title 38a to obtain the broadest coverage at the mo…

Sec. 4a-20a. Compensation of agents. Negotiations with an insurance company. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4a-20, the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may negotiate directly with an insurance company to avoid any commission or fee associated with the compensa…

Sec. 4a-21. (Formerly Sec. 4-37c). Annual report. The State Insurance and Risk Management Board shall, on or before September first, annually, make a report to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Ass…

Sec. 4a-25. Findings. It is found and declared that the state's management of its workers' compensation program can be improved by reducing the workers' compensation program's current administrative activities and support requirements and by improving the program's current fiscal…

Sec. 4a-25a. Loss portfolio arrangement. Transfer of liability. The Commissioner of Administrative Services is authorized to enter into a loss portfolio arrangement program for the purpose of transferring a group of workers' compensation claims to an independent third party. Clai…

Sec. 4a-25b. Bond authorization. (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time, to authorize the issuance and sale of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, not exc…

Sec. 4a-2a. Workplace stress awareness and prevention program. Workplace violence awareness, prevention and preparedness program. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the C…

Sec. 4a-2b. Master insurance program. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the Department of Administrative Services may administer a master property and casualty insurance program for state funded and federally funded housing units operating under the jurisdiction …

Sec. 4a-2c. Diversity training program. On or before February 1, 2000, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall, within available appropriations, develop a standardized diversity training…

Sec. 4a-2d. Online posting of links to state employment opportunities required. Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall post on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services where executive branch employment opportunitie…

Sec. 4a-2e. State agency use of artificial intelligence. Annual inventory and assessment. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Artificial intelligence” means (A) an artificial system that (i) performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant h…

Sec. 4a-3. (Formerly Sec. 4-23c). Deputy commissioners; appointment and qualifications. Director of Personnel and Labor Relations. Section 4a-3 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (P.A. 77-614, S. 64, 610; P.A. 96-168, S. 33, 34.)

Sec. 4a-4. (Formerly Sec. 4-23j). Control of state property and equipment. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall consider and devise ways and means of establishing and maintaining proper control of sta…

Sec. 4a-5. (Formerly Sec. 4-23l). State motor pool. There shall be a state interagency motor pool within the Department of Administrative Services. Said motor pool shall provide motor vehicles to state agencies on a rental basis. Proceeds from rentals of such motor vehicles by sa…

Sec. 4a-5a. State agency use of services provided by the Department of Administrative Services. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each state agency, except (1) the agencies within the Legislative Department, (2) the Judicial Department, and (3) the constituen…

Sec. 4a-5b. Memorandum of understanding with state agencies re provision of certain services. Report. (a) The Department of Administrative Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with each state agency for which the department provides the following services: (1) …

Sec. 4a-6. (Formerly Sec. 4-23o). Leasing of personal property by state agencies; responsibilities of Commissioner of Administrative Services. No state agency shall enter into any agreement, whether oral or written, or renew any agreement for the leasing of any personal property,…

Sec. 4a-7a. Personal service agreements. (a) As used in this section, “personal service agreement” means a written agreement between the state and an individual for services rendered to the state which are infrequent or unique. (b) A personal service agreement between a state age…

Sec. 4a-9. Capital Equipment Purchase Fund. There is created a Capital Equipment Purchase Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by purchase or by exercise of prepayment or…

Sec. 4a-100. Prequalification of contractors and substantial subcontractors. Fees. Application. Regulations. Renewal. Revocation. Notice re state contractors or substantial contractors. Appeal. Notice re bond guaranty program. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Prequalification” m…

Sec. 4a-101. Standard contractor evaluation form. Public agency to submit completed evaluation form. Contractor response. Definitions. Preliminary evaluation. Exemption from liability. Failure to submit form. (a) On or before October 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Administrative Se…

Sec. 4a-50. (Formerly Sec. 4-109). Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) “State agency” includes any officer, department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the Executive Department of the state gover…

Sec. 4a-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-110). Duties of Administrative Services Commissioner re purchases. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall: (1) Purchase, lease or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services required by any state agency, exc…

Sec. 4a-52. (Formerly Sec. 4-111). Regulations. Not later than January 1, 1995, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations for the following purposes: (1) To authorize any agency to purchase directly specified supplies, materials, equipment and contractua…

Sec. 4a-52a. Purchases by constituent units of the state system of higher education. Disqualification from bidding. Delegation of purchasing authority to state agencies. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4a-51 or 4a-52, the chief executive officer of each constituent …

Sec. 4a-52b. Circumstances in which constituent units authorized to purchase by negotiation. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or an institution of the Connecticut State University Sys…

Sec. 4a-53. (Formerly Sec. 4-110c). Cooperative purchasing plans. Purchase from person having contract to sell to other governmental or nonprofit entities or public purchasing consortia. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may join with federal agencies, other state g…

Sec. 4a-53a. Contracting agent for group of municipalities. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may serve as the contracting agent for a group of three or more municipalities that seek to purchase supplies, materials or equipment, upon the request of such group of municip…

Sec. 4a-54. (Formerly Sec. 4-110a). Purchasing by certain institutions through Administrative Services Commissioner. Connecticut Children's Medical Center, The American School at Hartford for the Deaf, The Connecticut Institute for the Blind, any other institution or agency that …

Sec. 4a-55. (Formerly Sec. 4-110b). Laundry service and supply contracts. Section 4a-55 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1969, P.A. 741; P.A. 77-614, S. 90, 610; P.A. 13-225, S. 9.)

Sec. 4a-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-123). Purchasing standards and specifications. The Commissioner of Administrative Services or his designee may classify the requirements of the state government for supplies, materials and equipment which may be purchased by the state and may adopt as…

Sec. 4a-57. (Formerly Sec. 4-112). Competitive bidding or competitive negotiation for purchases and contracts. Regulations. Waivers. Exceptions. (a) All purchases of, and contracts for, supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, except purchases and contracts made p…

Sec. 4a-57a. Distribution of surplus state property. Lease of property to municipalities. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall administer a property distribution program for the disposition of usable property that a state agency deems surplus to its operating nee…