2005 Connecticut Code - 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 (a), repealed Subdivs. (2) and (3) of Subsec. (a) 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 Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a) to eliminate purchase and provision of furniture from commissioner's duties and responsibilities and to reference Sec. 4a-50 and amended Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (a) 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 a new Subdiv. (6) in Subsec. (a) 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 Subdiv. (6) of Subsec. (a); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 amended Subsec. (a) to delete Subdiv. (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 amended Subsec. (a) by repealing former Subdiv. (4) re control and direction of data processing and telecommunication equipment and installations and renumbering remaining Subdiv., effective July 1, 1997.