Sec. 49-43. Certified copies of bonds and contracts for public works.
Sec. 49-43. Certified copies of bonds and contracts for public works. Each
agency of the state or of any subdivision thereof, in charge of the construction, alteration
or repair of any public building or public work of the state or of any subdivision thereof,
shall furnish, to any person making application therefor who submits an affidavit that
he has supplied labor or materials for the work and payment therefor has not been made
or that he is being sued on the bond, a copy of the bond and the contract for which it
was given, certified by the administrative head of the agency, which copy shall be prima
facie evidence of the contents, execution and delivery of the original. Applicants shall
pay for those certified copies such fees as are provided in section 1-212.
(1949 Rev., S. 7216; 1959, P.A. 57; 1969, P.A. 192, S. 2; P.A. 79-602, S. 101.)
History: 1959 act transferred duties formerly held by attorney general under provisions of section to agencies of state
or its subdivisions and their administrative heads and required payment of fees as provided in Sec. 1-15 where previously
fees were fixed by attorney general; 1969 act deleted provision specifying that certified statements of date when final
settlement made is "conclusive as to such date" and subsequent reference to fee charged for such certified statements; P.A.
79-602 substituted "the" or "those" for "such" where appearing.
Duties of attorney general are purely ministerial in character. 143 C. 85. Purpose of statute discussed. 159 C. 563. Sec.
49-41 et seq. cited. 239 C. 708.
Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 204, 206, 207.