Sec. 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 (d) 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.)

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; P.A. 07-213 amended Subsec. (a) to establish more than one panel, provide that members appointed by commissioner serve only for deliberations involving the project for which the member is appointed, eliminate one-year term for such members, and remove commissioner's authority to fill vacancies on the panel, made a technical change in Subsec. (b), amended Subsec. (c) to establish more than one panel, provide that members appointed by commissioner serve only for deliberations involving the project for which the member is appointed, eliminate one-year term for such members, and remove commissioner's authority to fill vacancies on the panel, made technical changes in Subsec. (d), and added Subsecs. (e) and (f) re State Construction Services Selection Panel for selection of consultants under Sec. 4b-51(d), effective July 10, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” and “Department of Public Works” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-51 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provisions re members as Subdiv. (1) and amend same to add reference to projects valued at $5,000,000 or more and to add Subdiv. (2) re projects valued at less than $5,000,000, amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to panel established under Subsec. (a), (c) or (e), amended Subsec. (d) to delete provision re not being deemed a board or commission under Sec. 4-9a, amended Subsec. (e) to decrease number of members from 5 to 3, and deleted former Subsec. (f) re not being deemed a board or commission under Sec. 4-9a, effective July 1, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013.