Sec. 4a-52b. Circumstances in which constituent units authorized to purchase by negotiation.
Sec. 4a-52b. Circumstances in which constituent units authorized to purchase
by negotiation. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary,
a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or an institution of the Connecticut State University System, may purchase, by negotiation, supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, as defined in section 4a-50, for the constituent unit or
institution, as appropriate, when the supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services (1) are required to implement a grant, contract or financial agreement between the
constituent unit or institution, as appropriate, and the donor of funds or other things
of value which are given with an obligation for service primarily to the donor by the
constituent unit or institution, as appropriate and (2) are specified in such grant, contract
or financial agreement.
(P.A. 89-267, S. 6; P.A. 94-245, S. 22, 46.)
History: P.A. 94-245 deleted provision limiting the authority of the constituent units to purchase to cases in which the
amount to be purchased is estimated to be $20,000 or less and applied the section to institutions of the Connecticut State
University System, effective June 2, 1994.