Sec. 4b-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-134b). State construction services selection panels, and Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority construction services panels, established. Membership. - Connecticut Statutes

      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 Public Works state construction services selection panels which shall consist of five members. Four of such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such members are appointed, and shall be current or retired employees of the Department of Public Works. The remaining member 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 member is appointed.

      (b) The selection panels 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 Public Works 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 Public Works, shall serve only for deliberations involving the project for which such members are appointed and shall be current employees of the Department of Public Works. 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 not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a. Such panels 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 Public Works, a State Construction Services Selection Panel that shall consist of five members. Such members shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall be current employees of the Department of Public Works 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.

      (f) The panel established pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall not be deemed to be a board or commission within the meaning of section 4-9a.

      (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.)

      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.