2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 184b - Department of Economic and Community Development: Culture and Tourism › Section 10-392. - Department of Economic and Community Development culture and tourism duties. Successor department.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that culture, history, the arts and the digital media and motion picture and tourism industries contribute significant value to the vitality, quality of life and economic health of Connecticut. The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation shall operate in conjunction with the Department of Economic and Community Development for purposes of joint strategic planning, annual reporting on appropriations and fiscal reporting. The department shall enhance and promote culture, history, the arts and the tourism and digital media and motion picture industries in Connecticut.
(b) The department shall:
(1) Market and promote Connecticut as a destination for leisure and business travelers through the development and implementation of a strategic state-wide marketing plan and provision of visitor services to enhance the economic impact of the tourism industry;
(2) Promote the arts;
(3) Recognize, protect, preserve and promote historic resources;
(4) Interpret and present Connecticut's history and culture;
(5) Promote Connecticut as a location in which to produce digital media and motion pictures and to establish and conduct business related to the digital media and motion picture industries to enhance these industries' economic impact in the state;
(6) Establish a uniform financial reporting system and forms to be used by each regional tourism district, established under section 10-397, in the preparation of the annual budget submitted to the General Assembly; and
(7) Integrate funding and programs whenever possible.
(c) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall be a successor agency to the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, State Commission on the Arts, the Connecticut Historical Commission, the Office of Tourism, the Connecticut Tourism Council, the Connecticut Film, Video and Media Commission and the Connecticut Film, Video and Media Office in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210; P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 2, 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 06-172, S. 1; P.A. 11-48, S. 98; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 99; P.A. 13-299, S. 31; P.A. 21-193, S. 16.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-20 made technical changes in Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective April 16, 2004; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, made technical changes and with May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, also replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 06-172 replaced references to film industry with references to digital media and motion picture industries in Subsec. (a) and replaced “conduct filming” with “produce digital media and motion pictures” and replaced “film and video industries” with “digital media and motion picture industries” in Subsec. (b)(5); P.A. 11-48 replaced references to Commission on Culture and Tourism with references to Department of Economic and Community Development, deleted former Subsec. (b)(6) re submitting budget expenditure estimates and recommended adjustments, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(7), (8) and (9) as Subsec. (b)(6), (7) and (8) and amended Subsec. (d) to make Department of Economic and Community Development the successor agency to Commission on Culture and Tourism, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Connecticut Humanities Council, deleted former Subsec. (c) re proposals by Connecticut Humanities Council and redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) to (f) as Subsecs. (c) to (e), effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-299 deleted former Subsec. (d) re substitution of terms and deleted former Subsec. (e) re codification of section by Legislative Commissioners' Office, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 21-193 deleted former Subsec. (b)(8) re biennial strategic plan and made conforming changes, effective July 13, 2021.