Bill Text: CT HB05579 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5579 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Promoting Veteran-owned Businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-12 - Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs [HB05579 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05579-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5579*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 572
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.

AN ACT PROMOTING VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 58 of the general statutes be amended to require awarding authorities to (1) in determining the lowest responsible qualified bidder for an open market order or contract, give a price preference of ten per cent for the purchase of goods or services from a veteran-owned business, and (2) set aside, in each fiscal year, five per cent of the total value of all contracts let by such awarding authority for award to veteran-owned contractors.

Statement of Purpose:

To give veteran-owned businesses a ten per cent price preference on state contracts and set aside five per cent of all such contracts for award to such businesses.