Sec. 10-298b. Preference to be given to products and services.
Sec. 10-298b. Preference to be given to products and services. Whenever any
of the products made or manufactured or services provided by blind persons under the
direction or supervision of the Board of Education and Services for the Blind meet the
requirements of any department, institution or agency supported in whole or in part by
the state as to quantity, quality and price such products shall have preference, except over
articles produced or manufactured by Department of Correction industries as provided
in section 18-88, and except for emergency purchases made under section 4-98. All
departments, institutions and agencies supported in whole or in part by the state shall
purchase such articles and services from the Board of Education and Services for the
Blind. Any political subdivision of the state may purchase such articles made or manufactured and services provided by the blind through the Board of Education and Services
for the Blind. Said board shall issue at sufficiently frequent intervals for distribution to
the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Comptroller and the political subdivisions of the state, a catalog showing styles, designs, sizes and varieties of all products
made by blind persons pursuant to this section or disabled persons pursuant to section
17b-656 and describing all available services provided by the blind or disabled.
(P.A. 75-231, S. 3, 6; P.A. 77-405, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 135, 610; P.A. 05-156, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 77-405 included products made by handicapped persons and services provided by them; P.A. 77-614
substituted commissioner of administrative services for director of purchases; P.A. 05-156 substituted "disabled" for
"handicapped".