Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State construction services selection panels, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority construction services panels, established. Membership.
Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State construction services selection panels, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority construction services panels, established. Membership. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works state construction services selection panels which shall consist
of five members. Four of such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall
serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such members are appointed,
and shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Public Works. The remaining member shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency and
shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such member is appointed.
(b) The selection panels shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within
the meaning of section 4-9a.
(c) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works Connecticut
Health and Education Facilities Authority construction services panels which shall consist of five members. Three of such members shall be appointed by the Commissioner
of Public Works, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such
members are appointed and shall be current employees of the Department of Public
Works. The remaining members shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the
user agency and shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such
members are appointed.
(d) The panels established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall not be
deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a. Such panels
shall be the selection panels only for Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority projects pursuant to section 10a-89b.
(e) There shall be established, within the Department of Public Works, a State Construction Services Selection Panel that shall consist of five members. Such members
shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall be current employees of the Department
of Public Works or any agency for which consultant services may be contracted, and
shall serve only for deliberations involving the selection of consultants under subsection
(d) of section 4b-51 for which the employees are appointed.
(f) The panel established pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall not be
deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a.
(P.A. 79-450, S. 3, 8; P.A. 87-496, S. 39, 110; P.A. 91-43, S. 2; P.A. 92-228, S. 5, 9; P.A. 96-235, S. 15, 19; P.A. 97-47, S. 49; 97-293, S. 12, 26; P.A. 07-213, S. 15, 19.)
History: P.A. 87-496 substituted "public works" for "administrative services" department; Sec. 4-134b transferred to
Sec. 4b-56 in 1989; P.A. 91-43 amended Subsec. (a) to allow either current or retired employees to be appointed by
commissioner to panel; P.A. 92-228 amended Subsec. (a) by changing name of panel from "state design professional
services selection panel" to "state construction services selection panel"; P.A. 96-235 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing
membership of panel from six to five and decreasing number of appointments by Commissioner of Public Works from
five to four, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-47 rearranged provisions in Subsec. (a); P.A. 97-293 added Subsecs. (c) and
(d) re Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 07-213 amended Subsec. (a) to establish more than one panel, provide that members appointed by commissioner serve only
for deliberations involving the project for which the member is appointed, eliminate one-year term for such members, and
remove commissioner's authority to fill vacancies on the panel, made a technical change in Subsec. (b), amended Subsec.
(c) to establish more than one panel, provide that members appointed by commissioner serve only for deliberations involving
the project for which the member is appointed, eliminate one-year term for such members, and remove commissioner's
authority to fill vacancies on the panel, made technical changes in Subsec. (d), and added Subsecs. (e) and (f) re State
Construction Services Selection Panel for selection of consultants under Sec. 4b-51(d), effective July 10, 2007.