Bill Text: CT HB06568 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Task Force Concerning The State Contracting Portal.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-11 - File Number 496 [HB06568 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06568-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 6568
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 5471
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE CONCERNING THE STATE CONTRACTING PORTAL.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the current State Contracting Portal managed by the Department of Administrative Services and to make recommendations on how the contracting process could be streamlined for both said department and businesses using the portal.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and

(7) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or the commissioner's designee.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.

(g) Not later than January 1, 2018, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2018, whichever is later.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

GAE

Joint Favorable