This text of Connecticut § 10-290e (Services agreements. Requirements. Prohibitions.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)Any town or regional school district that enters into a services agreement with a consultant to render independent architectural services for a project receiving state assistance pursuant to this chapter may, where necessary or desired, provide the consultant with instructions, guidance and directions in connection with the consultant's performance of such services. The consultant shall provide all labor, materials, supplies, tools, equipment and other facilities and necessary appurtenances or property for or incidental to such services requested by the town or regional school district to complete the school building project. As part of the services agreement, the consultant shall agree to perform such services as an independent contractor and in a good and workmanlike manner, consiste
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(a) Any town or regional school district that enters into a services agreement with a consultant to render independent architectural services for a project receiving state assistance pursuant to this chapter may, where necessary or desired, provide the consultant with instructions, guidance and directions in connection with the consultant's performance of such services. The consultant shall provide all labor, materials, supplies, tools, equipment and other facilities and necessary appurtenances or property for or incidental to such services requested by the town or regional school district to complete the school building project. As part of the services agreement, the consultant shall agree to perform such services as an independent contractor and in a good and workmanlike manner, consistent with: (1) Instructions, guidance and directions provided by the town or regional school district to the consultant; (2) the terms and conditions of the services agreement; (3) the highest prevailing applicable professional or industry standards; (4) sound architectural practices; and (5) any applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, orders and permits of all federal, state and local governmental bodies, agencies, authorities and courts having jurisdiction. Such services agreement shall not limit the liability of the consultant for errors and omissions related to the performance of the services. (b) The consultant shall not use, publish, distribute, sell or divulge any information obtained from any town or regional school district through a services agreement for the consultant's own purposes or for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity without the prior, written consent of the town or regional school district that contracted for the services. Any reports or other work product prepared by the consultant while performing services under the services agreement shall be owned solely and exclusively by the town or regional school district that contracted for such services and the Department of Administrative Services and cannot be used by the consultant for any purpose beyond the scope of the services agreement without the prior written consent of the town or regional school district. Any information designated by the town or regional school district in accordance with applicable law as confidential shall not be disclosed to any third parties without the prior written consent of the town or regional school district that contracted for such services. (c) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, “services agreement” means a written agreement between a consultant and a town or regional school district for the provision of independent architectural services for the purpose of a school building project for which the town or district is receiving state assistance pursuant to this chapter. (d) Any town or regional school district that fails to adhere to the provisions of this section for a project for which the town or district receives state assistance pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed a ten per cent reduction in the amount of its grant approved pursuant to this chapter upon completion of an audit pursuant to section 10-287 .