Sec. 4a-2. (Formerly Sec. 4-23b). Commissioner's general powers and responsibilities.
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 administration of state employees;
(2) The purchase and provision of supplies, materials, equipment and contractual
services, as defined in section 4a-50;
(3) The publishing, printing or purchasing of laws, stationery, forms and reports; and
(4) The collection of sums due the state for public assistance.
(b) Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, the Commissioner of Administrative
Services may appoint such employees as are necessary for carrying out the duties prescribed to said commissioner by the general statutes.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 63, 610; P.A. 83-334, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-546, S. 9, 173; P.A. 85-301, S. 3, 13; P.A. 87-496, S. 2, 110;
P.A. 88-297, S. 1; P.A. 89-257, S. 11, 14; P.A. 90-213, S. 15, 56; P.A. 93-396, S. 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 17, 30;
June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 15, 50.)
History: P.A. 83-334 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators and added reference to commissioner's duties with respect to the sale or exchange of land or interest in land; P.A. 84-546 reworded Subdiv. (1) for grammatical
consistency with other Subdivs; P.A. 85-301 amended Subdiv. (2) to exclude the planning and construction of the legislative
office building from the commissioner's functions; P.A. 87-496 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), added "of
administrative services" in introductory language of Subsec. (a), repealed Subsec. (a)(2) and (3) re capital improvements
and property and space to house state agencies, renumbered remaining Subdivs. accordingly and added Subsec. (b) re
appointment of employees by commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 88-297 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to eliminate
purchase and provision of furniture from commissioner's duties and responsibilities and to reference Sec. 4a-50 and
amended Subsec. (a)(3) by substituting "laws, stationery, forms and reports" for "public documents"; Sec. 4-23b transferred
to Sec. 4a-2 in 1989; P.A. 89-257 added reference to certain sections in title 16a in Subdiv. (4); P.A. 90-213 added Subsec.
(a)(6) providing the commissioner of administrative services with the responsibility for the receipt and processing of child
support payments in certain IV-D cases; P.A. 93-396 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(6); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 deleted Subsec. (a)(6) re receipt and processing of child support payments in IV-D support cases from the responsibilities
of the commissioner of administrative services, effective July 1, 1994; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 deleted former Subsec.
(a)(4) re control and direction of data processing and telecommunication equipment and installations and renumbered
remaining Subdiv., effective July 1, 1997.