2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State Construction Services Selection Panel, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, established. Membership; terms.

      Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State Construction Services Selection Panel, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel, established. Membership; terms. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Works a State Construction Services Selection Panel which shall consist of five members. Four of such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Public Works and shall serve for terms of one year from July first. 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 he was appointed. If any vacancy occurs on the panel, the commissioner shall appoint a person for the unexpired term in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

      (b) The selection panel 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 a Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel which shall consist of five members: Three of whom shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works and shall be current employees of the Department of Public Works; and 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 member was appointed. The members of the selection panel appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works shall serve for terms of one year from July first. If any vacancy occurs on the panel, the Commissioner of Public Works or the head or acting head of the user agency, as appropriate, shall appoint a person for the unexpired term in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

      (d) The panel 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 panel shall be the selection panel only for Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority projects pursuant to section 10a-89b.

      (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.)

      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.