Section 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 Administrative Services state construction services selection panels which (1) for projects valued at five million dollars or more, shall consist of five members, four of whom shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Administrative Services appointed by the commissioner and one of whom shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency, and (2) for projects valued at less than five million dollars, shall consist of three members, two of whom shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Administrative Services appointed by the commissioner and one of whom shall be appointed by the head or acting head of the user agency. Each member of a section panel, regardless of the appointing authority, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such member is appointed.(b) A panel established pursuant to subsection (a), (c) or (e) of this section 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 Administrative Services 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 Administrative Services, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such members are appointed and shall be current employees of the Department of Administrative Services. 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 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 Administrative Services, a State Construction Services Selection Panel that shall consist of three members. Such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall be current employees of the Department of Administrative Services or any agency for which consultant services may be contracted, and shall serve only for deliberations involving the selection of consultants under subsection (e) of section 4b-51 for which the employees are appointed.(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 ; P.A. 11-51 , S. 90 ; P.A. 13-51 , S. 1 ; 13-247 , S. 200 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0205,S. 110 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.