In acting as the determining authority in fulfilling the needs of the various departments and agencies of state government, except the Legislative Department, and choosing the method of acquisition which shall be pursued in the open competitive market, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have the following duties:

(1) Whenever realty uses designed uniquely for state use and for periods over five years are concerned, the commissioner shall, whenever practicable, attempt to purchase or lease-purchase on state-owned land. In such cases leases shall be used only when other possibilities have been eliminated as not feasible, in the opinion of the commissioner.

(2) Whenever a bid is made to the commissioner for any purpose regarding the use of land or whenever any person proposes to sell or lease land to the state, the bidder or such person shall be the owner of the land, or the commissioner shall have the option to void any contract subsequently made with said bidder or third person.

(3) In all dealings with the commissioner the owner of record or beneficial owner shall be disclosed to the commissioner and the bid shall be revealed to the owner of record or beneficial owner or the commissioner shall have the option to void any contract subsequently made concerning any such dealing.

(4) After the authorization of a project under the provisions of section 4b-23, the Auditors of Public Accounts and the auditors or accountants of the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have the right to audit the books of any contractor employed by the commissioner pursuant to such authorization, or of any party negotiating with the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the acquisition of land by lease or otherwise; provided any such audit shall be limited to the project authorized by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Properties Review Board, and provided further that in the case of a party negotiating with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, such audit may also be conducted after the negotiations have ended, if a contract is consummated with the commissioner.

(P.A. 75-425, S. 3, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 73, 610; P.A. 83-7; P.A. 84-489, S. 2, 5; P.A. 85-301, S. 8, 13; P.A. 86-251, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-496, S. 22, 110; P.A. 98-235, S. 3; P.A. 99-75, S. 2; P.A. 01-172, S. 1; P.A. 03-215, S. 9; P.A. 11-51, S. 56; 11-61, S. 89; P.A. 12-205, S. 11; P.A. 13-247, S. 207.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control and commissioner of administrative services for public works commissioner; P.A. 83-7 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric Subdiv. indicators and required the commissioner to prepare an annual inventory of improved, unimproved and underutilized land owned by the state; P.A. 84-489 added requirement that commissioner identify buildings of historic, architectural or cultural significance that would be suitable for state needs; P.A. 85-301 excluded the legislative department from the commissioner's authority and made technical changes; P.A. 86-251 inserted new Subdiv. (4) concerning total cost basis projects, renumbering prior provisions as necessary; P.A. 87-496 replaced administrative services commissioner with public works commissioner; Sec. 4-26c transferred to Sec. 4b-24 in 1989; (Revisor's note: In 1997, the words “the Office of” were added editorially by the Revisors in a Subdiv. (1) reference to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 98-235 amended Subdiv. (4) to authorize commissioner to designate total cost basis projects for installation of mechanical or electrical systems in existing state facilities; P.A. 99-75 amended Subdiv. (3)(A) by substituting $500,000 for both references to $250,000; P.A. 01-172 added Subdiv. (4)(C) re demolitions, substitute “which may include such project elements” for “which includes such project elements”, “for the project” for “therefor” and “acceptable product” for “acceptable facility”, and insert and delete “if applicable” in various provisions; P.A. 03-215 amended Subdiv. (4) to require that private developers be selected and recommended by award panels and provide that no contract estimated to cost more than $500,000 may be awarded to a person who is not prequalified, effective October 1, 2004; P.A. 11-51 changed “commissioner” to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and added “have the following duties”, amended Subdiv. (1) to replace “inventories” with “inventory”, to delete reference to inventory of owned properties, to replace “Commissioner of Public Works” with “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, to delete former Subpara. (B) re inventory of unused or underutilized property and to redesignate former Subpara. (C) as Subpara. (B), amended Subdiv. (2) to delete reference to construction, deleted former Subdivs. (3) and (4) and redesignated existing Subdivs. (5) to (7) as Subdivs. (3) to (5), and amended Subdiv. (5) to replace “Commissioner of Public Works” and “commissioner” with Commissioners of Administrative Services and Construction Services as applicable, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing “may” with “shall” and deleting “at the request of the commissioner” re handling of actual mechanical compilation of inventory, deleting requirement that inventory be shared with review board and Secretary of Office of Policy and Management, adding new Subpara. (B) re maintaining inventory of improved and unimproved real estate and submitting status report, and redesignating existing Subpara. (B) as Subpara. (C), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-205 deleted former Subdiv. (1) re maintaining inventory of leased property, redesignated existing Subdivs. (2) to (5) as Subdivs. (1) to (4) and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-247 amended Subdiv. (4) to delete references to Commissioner of Construction Services and make conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013.