Sec. 4a-72. (Formerly Sec. 4-121b). Prompt payment. Exceptions.
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(a)Section 4a-71 shall not apply to the following:
(1)Interagency or intergovernmental transactions;
(2)amounts payable to employees or prospective employees of state departments or agencies as reimbursement for expenses;
(3)claims subject to a good faith dispute, if before the date of timely payment, notice of the dispute is:
(A)Sent by certified mail;
(B)personally delivered; or
(C)sent in accordance with any procedure in the contract;
(4)contracts entered into before October 1, 1984;
(5)contracts related to highway or road construction, reconstruction or maintenance; or
(6)claims, contracts or projects that are to be paid for exclusively with federal funds.
(b)As used in subdivision
(3)of subsection
(a)of this section, “good faith dispute” means:
(1)A contention by the state that goods delivered or services rendered were:
(A)Of less quantity or quality than ordered or specified by contract;
(B)faulty; or
(C)installed improperly; or
(2)any other reason giving cause for the withholding of payment by the state until such dispute is settled.