(a) There is established a Minority Business Enterprise Review Committee. The committee shall consist of two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House, two members of the House appointed by the minority leader of the House, two members of the Senate appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, and two members of the Senate appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. The committee shall conduct an ongoing study of contract awards, loans and bonds made or guaranteed by awarding agencies and of municipal public works contracts and contracts for quasi-public agency projects for the purpose of determining the extent of compliance with the provisions of the general statutes concerning contract awards, loans and bonds for minority business enterprises, including the set-aside program for such business enterprises.
(b) The committee may request (1) any awarding agency authorized to award public works contracts or to enter into purchase of goods or services contracts, or (2) in the case of a municipal public works contract or contract for a quasi-public agency project, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, to submit such information on compliance with sections 4a-60 and 4a-60g, and at such times as the committee may require. The committee shall consult with the Departments of Administrative Services, Transportation and Economic and Community Development and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities concerning compliance with the state programs for minority business enterprises. The committee shall report annually on or before February first to the Joint Committee on Legislative Management on the results of its ongoing study and include its recommendations, if any, for legislation.
(P.A. 82-358, S. 2, 10; P.A. 83-580, S. 7, 8; P.A. 84-412, S. 5, 8; P.A. 88-351, S. 13, 16; P.A. 11-51, S. 49; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 45; P.A. 13-247, S. 203; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 65.)
History: P.A. 83-580 inserted Sec. 32-82 in the review list; P.A. 84-412 included political subdivisions of the state other than municipalities and made certain technical changes; P.A. 88-351 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “a member” and substituting “two members”, deleting “review” and substituting “conduct an ongoing study of” and adding “including the set-aside program for such business enterprises”, and added Subsec. (b) re permitting committee to request information of state agencies, consultation with certain state agencies re compliance with state programs for minority business enterprises and annual report to legislative management; Sec. 4-114c transferred to Sec. 4a-62 in 1989; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Department of Public Works with reference to Departments of Administrative Services and Construction Services, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (b) to delete “Standing” re Joint Committee on Legislative Management; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Department of Construction Services, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “the state or any political subdivision of the state other than a municipality” to “awarding agencies” and added reference to municipal public works contracts and quasi-public agency project contracts and amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to delete “of the state” and adding Subdiv. (2) re request to Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in the case of municipal public works contract or quasi-public agency project contract.