SubTitle31-53a-1_31-53a-3. Identification of Parties Subject to Debarment from the Award of Contracts by the State or any of its Political Subdivisions  


Sec. 31-53a-1. Definitions
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For purposes of sections 31-53a-1 through 31-53a-3 inclusive of these regulations the following definitions apply:

(a) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner of the State of Connecticut whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109.

(b) "Disregarded their obligations" means the employment or payment by any person or firm of any mechanic, laborer or worker in the construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project for or on behalf of the state or any of its agents, or any political subdivision of the state or any of its agents, at a rate of wage on an hourly basis which is less than the rate customary or prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which such public works project is being constructed, remodeled, refinished, refurbished, rehabilitated, altered or repaired, or failure to pay the amount of payment or contributions payable on behalf of each such employee to any employee welfare fund, or in lieu thereof to the employee, or the failure to keep, maintain and preserve such records relating to the wages and hours worked by each employee and a schedule of the occupation or work classification at which each mechanic, laborer or worker on the project is employed during each work day and week in such manner and form as the labor commissioner establishes to assure the proper payments due to such employees or employee welfare funds under sections 31-53 and 31-54 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, or failure, upon the award of any contract, by the contractor to whom such contract is awarded, to certify under oath to the labor commissioner the pay scale to be used by such contractor and any of his subcontractors for work to be performed under such contract.

(c) "Interest" means entitlement to at least 10% of the net profits of a firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any other entity by a firm or person.

(d) "Person" means individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or any other entity.

(Effective June 24, 1986)

Sec. 31-53a-2. Application of definitions
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Section 31-53a-1 (c) shall be applied prospectively from the effective date of this regulation. Section 31-53a-1 (b), shall apply to acts or omissions occurring on or after the effective date of this regulation or occurring within three years prior thereto.

(Effective June 24, 1986)

Sec. 31-53a-3. Publication of debarment list
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The commissioner shall, a minimum of two times per year, publish, by distributing to all departments of the state and political subdivisions thereof, a list giving the names of persons or firms whom he has found to have disregarded their obligations under section 31-53 of the General Statutes of Connecticut or to have been barred from federal government contracts in accordance with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, 49 Stat. 1011 (1931), 40 USC 276a-2. Said list shall also contain the names of any firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any other entity in which such persons or firms have been found by the commissioner to have an interest.

(Effective June 24, 1986)