2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies
Chapter 16 - General Assembly
Section 2-53l - Electronic databases showing state expenditures.

(a) On or before July 1, 2011, the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall establish and maintain searchable electronic databases on the Internet and located on said office’s Internet web site for purposes of posting state expenditures, including state contracts and grants.

(b) Each budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, shall submit, in a timely manner, any information requested by the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the electronic databases.

(c) On or before January 15, 2013, and annually thereafter, the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the establishment and maintenance of the electronic databases, with any recommendations for improving or expanding the operation or capacity of such databases.

(d) Following the establishment of the electronic databases, the Auditors of Public Accounts shall review the procedures and security used to develop the electronic databases and report, in accordance with section 11-4a, any findings or recommendations based on such review to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a state agency to: (1) Create unavailable financial or management data or an information technology system that does not exist, or (2) disclose consumer, client, patient or student information otherwise protected by law from disclosure.

(P.A. 10-155, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 71; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 97.)

History: P.A. 10-155 effective June 5, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 22, 2010; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (c) by changing reporting date from November 1, 2010, and quarterly thereafter to January 15, 2013, and annually thereafter, effective June 15, 2012.