Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4d-36 (2026)

Nondisclosure of public records by contractor or subcontractor

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No contractor or subcontractor, or employee or agent of a contractor or subcontractor, shall disclose to the public any public records (1) which it possesses, modifies or creates pursuant to a contract, subcontract or amendment to a contract or subcontract and (2) which the state agency (A) is prohibited from disclosing pursuant to state or federal law in all cases, (B) may disclose pursuant to state or federal law only to certain entities or individuals or under certain conditions or (C) may withhold from disclosure pursuant to state or federal law. No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit any such contractor from disclosing such public records to any of its subcontractors to carry out the purposes of its subcontract.

(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 36, 50.)

History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 effective July 1, 1997 (Revisor's note: The phrase “No provision of this subsection shall be” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “No provision of this section shall be” since this section is a section rather than a subsection).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2015 · leading case: Ames v. Comm'r, 839 A.2d 1250 (Conn. 2004).
Ames v. Comm'r, 839 A.2d 1250 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 4d-39 (c) (in action by attorney general to prosecute violation under General Statutes §§ 4d-36, 4d-37 or 4d-38, court may “award [inter alia] punitive damages”); General Statutes § 16-8d (b) (in action by employee alleging retaliation for disclosure of…”
Tomick v. United Parcel Serv., Inc. (Conn. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 4d-39 (c) (in action by attorney general to prosecute violation under General Statutes §§ 4d-36, 4d-37 or 4d-38, court may ‘award [inter alia] punitive damages’); General Statutes § 16-8d (b) (in action by employee alleging retaliation for disclosure of…”
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