(a) 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 Commissioner of Transportation, or their designees, shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, 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.
(b) On or before July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall develop and implement a program to increase the number of state contracts awarded to resident bidders through an in-state contract preference or other method selected by the commissioner, provided such program shall not violate clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the United States Constitution. In developing such program, the commissioner shall consider the findings contained in the report made in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 11-229, S. 9; P.A. 13-247, S. 202.)
History: P.A. 11-229 effective July 13, 2011 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51, S. 90); P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Commissioner of Construction Services, effective July 1, 2013.