Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services
Section 4a-2. (Formerly Sec. 4-23b). - Commissioner's general powers and responsibilities.

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have the following general duties and responsibilities:

(1) The establishment of personnel policy and responsibility for the personnel administration of state employees;
(2) The purchase and provision of supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, as defined in section 4a-50;
(3) The publishing, printing or purchasing of laws, stationery, forms and reports;
(4) The collection of sums due the state for public assistance;
(5) The purchase and contracting for information systems and telecommunication system facilities, equipment and services for state agencies, in accordance with chapter 61;
(6) The purchase, sale, lease, sublease and acquisition of property and space to house state agencies and the construction, maintenance and development of such property, in accordance with chapters 59 and 60;
(7) Subject to the provisions of section 4b-21, the sale or exchange of any land or interest in land belonging to the state;
(8) The supervision of the care and control of building and grounds owned or leased by the state in Hartford, except (A) the buildings 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, (B) any property of the Connecticut Marketing Authority, and (C) property under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator as provided in section 4b-11; and
(9) The establishing and maintaining of 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 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 Emergency Services and Public Protection 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 same meaning as provided in section 4b-30.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, 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 such buildings and grounds, used by the Judicial Department or The University of Connecticut, and (2) any other state-owned or leased property, other than property of The University of Connecticut, 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.
(c) Subject to the provisions of chapter 67, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may appoint such employees as are necessary for carrying out the duties prescribed to said commissioner by the general statutes.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 63, 610; P.A. 83-334, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-546, S. 9, 173; P.A. 85-301, S. 3, 13; P.A. 87-496, S. 2, 110; P.A. 88-297, S. 1; P.A. 89-257, S. 11, 14; P.A. 90-213, S. 15, 56; P.A. 93-396, S. 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 17, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 15, 50; P.A. 11-51, S. 43; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; 12-205, S. 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 197.)
History: P.A. 83-334 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators and added reference to commissioner's duties with respect to the sale or exchange of land or interest in land; P.A. 84-546 reworded Subdiv. (1) for grammatical consistency with other Subdivs; P.A. 85-301 amended Subdiv. (2) to exclude the planning and construction of the legislative office building from the commissioner's functions; P.A. 87-496 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), added “of administrative services” in introductory language of Subsec. (a), repealed Subsec. (a)(2) and (3) re capital improvements and property and space to house state agencies, renumbered remaining Subdivs. accordingly and added Subsec. (b) re appointment of employees by commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 88-297 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to eliminate purchase and provision of furniture from commissioner's duties and responsibilities and to reference Sec. 4a-50 and amended Subsec. (a)(3) by substituting “laws, stationery, forms and reports” for “public documents”; Sec. 4-23b transferred to Sec. 4a-2 in 1989; P.A. 89-257 added reference to certain sections in title 16a in Subdiv. (4); P.A. 90-213 added Subsec. (a)(6) providing the commissioner of administrative services with the responsibility for the receipt and processing of child support payments in certain IV-D cases; P.A. 93-396 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(6); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5 deleted Subsec. (a)(6) re receipt and processing of child support payments in IV-D support cases from the responsibilities of the commissioner of administrative services, effective July 1, 1994; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 deleted former Subsec. (a)(4) re control and direction of data processing and telecommunication equipment and installations and renumbered remaining Subdiv., effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdivs. (5) to (10) re successor duties, added new Subsec. (b) re commissioner's supervision and Subsec. (c) re inventory and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-205 amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subdiv. (8) re inventory of leased property and redesignate existing Subdivs. (9) and (10) as Subdivs. (8) and (9), deleted former Subsec. (c) re update and submission of copy of the leased property inventory and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add reference to construction, maintenance and development of property, effective July 1, 2013.