SB 480 — AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXPEDITED REVIEWAPPROVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

480 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____SB00480JUD___040318____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

2319   *02319_______JUD* Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY   Introduced by:

  (JUD)   AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXPEDITED REVIEW OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

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Not later than thirty days after the date on which a plan has been deemed approved or approved with deficiencies, the executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide written notice to the contractor of the approval or approval with deficiencies.

Any contractor whose plan has been approved or approved with deficiencies shall comply with all requests for documentation through the commission's close-out process.

IfWhen after one hundred twenty or more days following the date[commission] of submission of such plan, the executive director or the executive director's designee hasapproves failedan toaffirmative approve,action conditionallyplan approvepursuant orto rejectthis asection, plan,[it] upon request by the authorityexecutive thatdirector awardedor athe contractexecutive describeddirector's indesignee thisshall sectionissue anda uponcertificate receipt of ancompliance affirmationto by the contractor thatas suchprovided contractorin shallsection comply46a-68c, withas allamended requestsby for documentation through the commission's close-out process, the executive director or the executive director's designee shall release the moneys withheld under the provisions of this section.act.

When the [commission] executive director or the executive director's designee approves an affirmative action plan pursuant to this section, [it] executive director or the executive director's designee shall issue a certificate of compliance to the contractor as provided in section 46a-68c, as amended by this act.

2 October 1, 2018 46a-68d StatementJUD ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To establish an expedited review of affirmative action plans submitted by contractors to the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

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