Sec. 4b-1. (Formerly Sec. 4-126). Duties of commissioner. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4b-1. (Formerly Sec. 4-126). Duties of commissioner. (a) The Commissioner of Public Works shall (1) be responsible for the administrative functions of construction and planning of all capital improvements undertaken by the state, except (A) highway and bridge construction, the construction and planning of capital improvements related to mass transit, marine and aviation transportation, (B) the Connecticut Marketing Authority, (C) planning and construction of capital improvements to the State Capitol building or the Legislative Office Building and related facilities by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, (D) any project as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, and (E) construction and planning of capital improvements related to the Judicial Department if such construction and planning do not constitute a project within the meaning of subsection (g) of section 4b-55, including the preparation of preliminary plans, estimates of cost, development of designs, working plans and specifications, award of contracts and supervision and inspection. For the purposes of this subparagraph (E), the term "Judicial Department" does not include the courts of probate, the Division of Criminal Justice and the Public Defender Services Commission, except where such agencies share facilities in state-maintained courts; (2) select consultant firms in accordance with the provisions of sections 4b-56 to 4b-59, inclusive, to assist in the development of plans and specifications when in the commissioner's judgment such assistance is desirable; (3) render technical advice and service to all state agencies in the preparation and correlation of plans for necessary improvement of their physical plants; (4) cooperate with those charged with fiscal programming and budget formulation in the development of a capital program and a capital budget for the state; (5) be responsible for the purchase, sale, lease, sublease and acquisition of property and space to house state agencies and, subject to the provisions of section 4b-21, the sale or exchange of any land or interest in land belonging to the state; (6) maintain a complete and current inventory of all state-owned or leased property and premises, including space-utilization data; (7) supervise the care and control of buildings and grounds owned or leased by the state in Hartford, except the building and grounds of the State Capitol and the Legislative Office Building and parking garage and related structures and facilities and grounds, as provided in section 2-71h, and the Connecticut Marketing Authority and property under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator under the terms of section 4b-11; and (8) be responsible for the administrative functions of establishing and maintaining security standards for all facilities housing the offices and equipment of the state except (A) Department of Transportation mass transit, marine and aviation facilities, (B) the State Capitol and the Legislative Office Building and related facilities, (C) facilities under the care and control of The University of Connecticut or other constituent units of the state system of higher education, (D) Judicial Department facilities, (E) Department of Public Safety facilities, (F) Military Department facilities, (G) Department of Correction facilities, (H) Department of Children and Families client-occupied facilities, (I) facilities occupied by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, Secretary of the State and Treasurer, and (J) facilities occupied by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. As used in this subdivision, "security" has the meaning assigned to it in section 4b-130. Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, said commissioner may appoint such employees as are necessary for carrying out the duties prescribed to said commissioner by the general statutes.

      (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, except for the property of The University of Connecticut, the commissioner may supervise the care and control of (1) any state-owned or leased office building, and related buildings and grounds, outside the city of Hartford, used as district offices, except any state-owned or leased office building, and related buildings and grounds, used by the Judicial Department, and (2) any other state-owned or leased property, on a temporary or permanent basis, if the commissioner, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the executive head of the department or agency supervising the care and control of such property agree, in writing, to such supervision.

      (March, 1950, S. 1897d; P.A. 73-149, S. 2, 5; P.A. 75-425, S. 20, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 79-450, S. 2, 8; P.A. 80-483, S. 12, 186; P.A. 81-421, S. 1, 5, 9; P.A. 82-438, S. 2, 6; 82-472, S. 4, 183; P.A. 83-487, S. 22, 33; P.A. 84-48, S. 8, 17; 84-436, S. 3, 12; P.A. 85-301, S. 9, 10, 13; P.A. 87-496, S. 4, 110; P.A. 89-82, S. 5, 11; P.A. 91-278, S. 7, 9; P.A. 95-230, S. 33, 45; P.A. 96-235, S. 1, 9, 19; P.A. 97-293, S. 18, 26; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 81, 121; P.A. 99-75, S. 10; 99-220, S. 1; P.A. 04-141, S. 7; 04-234, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 73-149 replaced "real assets" with clearer language specifically including both owned and leased property in Subdiv. (e); P.A. 75-425 made technical changes; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 79-450 replaced reference to engineering and architectural firms with design professional firms and switched from alphabetic Subdiv. indicators to numeric ones; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes; P.A. 81-421 deleted certain section references to reflect transfer of certain matters to jurisdiction of transportation commissioner and excluded administrative responsibility for the construction and planning of capital improvements related to mass transit, marine and aviation transportation from the powers of the commissioner; P.A. 82-438 amended section to except state capitol building and grounds from provisions of Subdivs. (1) and (6); P.A. 82-472 deleted reference to Sec. 2-52 for consistency with amendment of Sec. 2-52 in Sec. 1 of the act; P.A. 83-487 added exception for Connecticut marketing authority; P.A. 84-48 excepted all buildings under the supervision and control of the joint committee on legislative management from commissioner's responsibility under Subdiv. (1) where previously state capitol was excepted; P.A. 84-436 excluded from the commissioner's responsibility the construction and planning of certain capital improvements related to the judicial department, excluded from the supervision of the commissioner property under the supervision of the office of the chief court administrator under Sec. 4-24, added a definition of "judicial department" and deleted references to Secs. 10-325, 10-328, 10-328a and 51-27f, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-301 excluded planning and construction of a legislative office building and related facilities, and capital improvements to such buildings or to the state capitol building from the commissioner's responsibility under Subdiv. (1), deleting exclusion for any building under the supervision and control of the legislative management committee and excluded the legislative office building and related facilities and grounds from the commissioner's responsibility under Subdiv. (6); P.A. 87-496 substituted "public works" for "administrative services" commissioner, added new Subdiv. (5) re responsibility for property and space to house state agencies and the sale or exchange of state land or interest in state land, renumbered remaining Subdivs. accordingly and deleted references to specific sections in referring to duties prescribed to commissioner; Sec. 4-126 transferred to Sec. 4b-1 in 1989; P.A. 89-82 made technical change in Subdiv. (1) re improvements to state capitol or legislative office buildings and amended Subdiv. (7) to except care and control of legislative parking garage and related structures from supervision by public works commissioner and to delete obsolete reference to construction of legislative office building; P.A. 91-278 added Subsec. (b) authorizing the commissioner to supervise the care and control of certain state-owned and related office buildings and other multiuse state-owned property; P.A. 95-230 added Subsec. (a)(1)(D) re projects under UCONN 2000 and relettered remaining subparagraph and amended Subsec. (b) to add exception for the property of The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-235 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by substituting "consultant" for "design professional" and amended Subsec. (b) by authorizing commissioner to supervise care and control of leased buildings, repealing condition in Subdiv. (1) that buildings be used by two or more state departments and repealing condition in Subdiv. (2) that property be "multiuse", effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-293 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(E) by substituting "subsection (h)" for "subsection (e)", effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 99-75 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 99-220 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the exclusions from "Judicial Department" and by adding Subdiv. (8) re commissioner's responsibilities re security standards for state facilities; P.A. 04-141 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to make a technical change and add responsibility for the sale and sublease of property and space to the duties of the Commissioner of Public Works in (a)(5), and made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles in Subsec. (a)(8)(J), effective July 1, 2004.

      See Sec. 4b-11 re commissioner's duties with regard to supervision of state property.

      See Sec. 4b-101 re information on contractors and subcontractors to be provided to the Commissioner of Revenue Services.

      See Sec. 13b-4 re certain transportation capital projects.

      See Secs. 49-41 to 49-43, inclusive, re bonds required with respect to public works contracts.

      Annotations to former section 4-126:

      Cited. 140 C. 124.

      Statute does not require public works commissioner to secure compliance with preference clause of contract entered into under section 31-52. 26 CS 384. Cited. 37 CS 50.