2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4a-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-110). Duties of Administrative Services Commissioner re purchases.
Sec. 4a-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-110). Duties of Administrative Services Commissioner re purchases. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall: (1) Purchase, lease or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services
required by any state agency, except as provided in sections 4-98 and 4a-57; (2) enforce
standard specifications established in accordance with section 4a-56; (3) establish store
rooms and warehouses for the storage of the state's property in such locations as may
best serve the requirements of the state agencies; (4) operate such trucks and garages
as are necessary to deliver supplies, materials and equipment from such central store
rooms and warehouses to any state agency; (5) establish and operate a central duplicating
and mailing room for state agencies located in the city of Hartford and such other places
as he deems practical, provided the State Library photostat and offset printing department and the duplicating facilities of the Department of Public Health shall remain as
constituted; and (6) establish and operate or have supervisory control over central or
regional bakeries, meat cutting establishments, laundries and other central supply services in such locations as may best serve the requirements of the state agencies.
(March, 1950, 1951, S. 91d; 1959, P.A. 258, S. 2; 480; P.A. 77-614, S. 88, 323, 610; P.A. 83-143, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-42, S. 1, 4; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 19, 50; P.A. 04-222, S. 2.)
History: 1959 acts substituted "director of purchases" for "supervisor of purchases" and added Subdiv. (f); P.A. 77-614 replaced director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services and department of health with department of health services, the latter effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-143 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators, deleted provision whereby commissioner was granted "supervisory control" of all storage facilities of state property and reworded remaining provisions re commissioner's duties concerning storerooms and warehouses; Sec. 4-110 transferred to Sec. 4a-51 in 1989; P.A. 93-42 added in Subdiv. (1) authorization for commissioner to lease and provision requiring consultation with executive director of office of information and technology re electronic data processing and telecommunication equipment and services, effective May 5, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 amended Subdiv. (1) by deleting proviso that data processing and telecommunications purchases, leases and contracts be made in consultation with the executive director of the Office of Information and Technology, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-222 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to give purchasing preference to certain dairy products, poultry, eggs, fruits and vegetables grown or produced in this state, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 31-237(b) re purchase of supplies and equipment by Employment Security Division of Labor Department.
Annotations to former section 4-110:
Cited. 190 C. 212, 216.
Subsec. (f):
Cited. 190 C. 212, 217.
