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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 572 - Emergency Municipal Public Works Employment › Section 31-389. - Project grants. Determination of amount.

(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioners, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may enter into a contract with an eligible municipality for state financial assistance for any eligible emergency municipal public works employment project in the form of a grant to such eligible municipality. Any such grant shall be in an amount not in excess of the cost of the project for which such grant is made, as determined and approved by the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services. In accordance with any such contract, the state may make temporary advances to such municipality for the cost of such project.
(b) Before entering into such contract the commissioners shall have approved an application submitted by such municipality on forms provided by the commissioners.
(c) No such project shall be undertaken until the commissioners have approved the plans, specifications and estimated costs.
(P.A. 75-608, S. 4, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 73, 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management, replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of commerce with commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development (Revisor's note: A reference to “Commissioners of Labor, Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services” for consistency with customary statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 572 - Emergency Municipal Public Works Employment › Section 31-390. - Project regulations and supervision.

(a) The Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services shall have the right of inspection of any such project at any time.
(b) The Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management are authorized to make orders, establish guidelines and adopt regulations under the provisions of chapter 54 with respect to the implementation of this chapter.
(c) At the request of the commissioners, any agency or department of the executive branch shall advise and assist the commissioners in the implementation of this chapter.
(P.A. 75-608, S. 5, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 73, 284, 610; P.A. 87-496, S. 101, 110; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 72; P.A. 13-247, S. 230.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management, replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of commerce with commissioner of economic development; P.A. 87-496 substituted “public works” for “administrative services” commissioner; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development (Revisor's note: References to “Commissioners of Economic and Community Development, Labor and Public Works” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Public Works” for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 11-51 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to replace references to Commissioner of Public Works with references to Commissioner of Construction Services, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to replace references to Commissioner of Construction Services with references to Commissioner of Administrative Services, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 572 - Emergency Municipal Public Works Employment › Section 31-391. - State bonds.

(a) All of the provisions of section 3-20 which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this chapter, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds.
(b) None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require.
(c) Said bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(P.A. 75-608, S. 6, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 573 - Occupational Health Clinics › Section 31-398. - Grants-in-aid for auxiliary occupational health clinics.

The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall encourage the development of auxiliary occupational health clinics by making grants-in-aid to such auxiliary occupational health clinics. Such grants-in-aid shall be used to compensate such auxiliary clinics for the costs associated with the reporting of data pursuant to section 31-399. Such grants-in-aid shall not be used to compensate any such auxiliary clinic for any activities which could be included in a corporate medicine or employee wellness program, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 31-396. The commissioner shall consult with the Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Board prior to making any such grant.
(P.A. 90-226, S. 3, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: The phrase “commissioner of labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “labor commissioner” in conformance with Sec. 31-1); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 573 - Occupational Health Clinics › Section 31-399. - Collection of data regarding occupational illnesses and injuries.

(a) The statistical division within the Workers' Compensation Commission shall receive and coordinate data from occupational health clinics, auxiliary occupational health clinics and other data bases and medical sources concerning occupational illnesses and injuries at various sites and related to various occupations.
(b) The division shall coordinate data collection activities from current available and competent sources, from new sources and from occupational health clinics and auxiliary occupational health clinics and shall, in cooperation with the Division of Worker Education within the Workers' Compensation Commission, educate unions, employers and individual workers on use of the surveillance system. Data collection and reporting shall be in a form which is consistent with the system used by the United States Centers for Disease Control.
(c) The division shall publish a summary of the data collected pursuant to this section on a not less than annual basis.
(P.A. 90-226, S. 4, 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 573 - Occupational Health Clinics › Section 31-400. - Evaluation of emergency situation. Recommendations to reduce risks. Notifications. Penalty.

(a) In the event of recognition of a health emergency, suggested disease cluster or imminent hazard, the Commissioner of Public Health and the Labor Commissioner, upon their own initiative or upon notice from an occupational health clinic, auxiliary occupational health clinic or employer, may initiate site-specific hazard evaluations, industry-wide epidemiologic and industrial hygiene studies or other surveillance activities. Such investigatory studies or surveillance shall be conducted in full cooperation with local public health officials.
(b) Based on the results of such hazard evaluations, studies or surveillance activities, the Commissioner of Public Health and the Labor Commissioner shall recommend to an employer measures intended to reduce the risk of death, disability, injury or harm from such health emergency, disease cluster or imminent hazard.
(c) In the event such recommendations are made, the employer shall immediately notify all employees at potential risk from such health emergency, disease cluster or imminent hazard. Notification shall also be sent to the Commissioner of Public Health and the Labor Commissioner, and shall include available information about: (1) The nature of the health emergency, disease cluster or imminent hazard; (2) the level at which exposure is determined to be hazardous, if known; (3) the potential acute and chronic effects of exposure at hazardous levels; (4) the symptoms of such effects; (5) appropriate emergency treatment; (6) the precautions being taken by the employer; and (7) precautions that should be taken by employees.
(d) No notification made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be admissible as evidence of the facts therein stated in any action at law or in any action under the Workers' Compensation Act against the employer making such notification. Any employer who fails to make a notification required by this section, or who knowingly supplies false information, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each such violation.
(P.A. 90-226, S. 5, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 03-272, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: The phrase “commissioner of labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “labor commissioner” in conformance with Sec. 31-1); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 03-272 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), adding “employer” therein, and added Subsecs. (b) re recommendations to reduce risk of harm, (c) re required notifications, and (d) re admissibility of notification and civil penalty.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 573 - Occupational Health Clinics › Section 31-401. - Regulations.

The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 31-396 to 31-403, inclusive.
(P.A. 90-226, S. 6, 10; P.A. 91-339, S. 42, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 91-339 changed “board of compensation commissioners” to “workers' compensation commission”; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: The phrase “commissioner of labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “labor commissioner” in conformance with Sec. 31-1); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 573 - Occupational Health Clinics › Section 31-402. - Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Committee.

There is hereby established an Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Committee. Said committee shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than September 15, 1990, and annually thereafter, their recommendations as to: (1) Methods for the coordination of activities among occupational health clinics, auxiliary occupational health clinics, the state and any other entities; (2) methods and the nature of disclosure of research and data collection results and related educational information; (3) the appropriate methods of funding, including sources of funding for, occupational health clinics and related state activities, particularly regarding surveillance, and (4) delineation of new goals in occupational disease detection and prevention. The advisory committee shall consist of fifteen persons as follows: The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters concerning occupational health and safety or their designees, two persons appointed by the Governor, one person appointed by the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission, one person appointed by the Labor Commissioner, one person appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health, one person appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate to represent the insurance industry, one person appointed by the majority leader of the Senate to represent the business community, one person appointed by the minority leader of the Senate to represent the labor community, one person appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives to represent the medical community, one person appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives to represent the labor community and one person appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives to represent the business community.
(P.A. 90-226, S. 7, 10; P.A. 91-339, S. 43, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 91-339 changed “board of compensation commissioners” to “workers' compensation commission”; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: The phrase “commissioner of labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “labor commissioner” in conformance with Sec. 31-1); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 573 - Occupational Health Clinics › Section 31-403. - Allocations of funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.

Any funds made available for expenditure for the program created pursuant to sections 31-396 to 31-402, inclusive, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Forty-five per cent of such amount shall be allocated for grants to occupational health clinics; (2) twenty per cent of such amount shall be allocated for grants to auxiliary occupational health clinics; (3) fifteen per cent of such amount shall be allocated to the statistical division within the Workers' Compensation Commission; (4) ten per cent of such amount shall be allocated to the Labor Department; and (5) ten per cent of such amount shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health, which shall include the expenses of the Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Committee.
(P.A. 90-226, S. 8, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: The phrase “department of labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “labor department” in conformance with Sec. 31-1); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-410 to 31-415. - Definitions. Connecticut Retirement Security Board. Statement of financial interests. Acceptance of bequest, devise or gift; application for grants or financial assistance; account. Market feasibility study. Comprehensive proposal for implementation of plan.

Sections 31-410 to 31-415, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 2017.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 180–185; P.A. 16-29, S. 21; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 207.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-420. - Establishment and maintenance of individual retirement accounts. Unclaimed funds. Total annual fees.

(a) The Comptroller shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of an individual retirement account for each program participant. Such individual retirement account shall be established and maintained through the program. Program assets shall be held in trust or custodial accounts meeting the requirements of Section 408(a) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, or any other applicable federal law requirements.
(b) Interest, investment earnings and investment losses shall be allocated to each participant's individual retirement account. A participant's benefit under the program shall be equal to the balance in such participant's individual retirement account as of any applicable measurement date prescribed by the program.
(c) The Comptroller shall establish, or cause to be established, processes to prevent a participant's contributions to the program from exceeding the maximum amount of deduction under 26 USC 219(b)(1) for the participant's tax year.
(d) The Comptroller shall not be liable for the payment of any benefit to any participant or beneficiary of any participant, except with respect to any individual retirement accounts established and maintained by the Comptroller.
(e) Any unclaimed funds in a participant's individual retirement account shall be governed by section 3-57a.
(f) The Comptroller shall minimize total annual fees associated with the program, except on and after the completion of the fourth calendar year following the first date on which the program becomes effective pursuant to section 31-422, the total annual fees associated with the program shall not exceed three-quarters of one per cent of the total value of the program assets.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 99, 207; P.A. 22-118, S. 100.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective May 27, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 5, from May 27, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016, and amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Connecticut Retirement Security Program” with “Connecticut Retirement Security Authority” and deleting provision re third-party entity and added Subsec. (f) re total annual fees associated with program, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 22-118 replaced references to Connecticut Retirement Security Authority with references to the Comptroller, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-421. - Comptroller standard of care.

(a) The Comptroller, in conducting the business of the program shall act: (1) With the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims; (2) solely in the interests of the program's participants and beneficiaries; (3) for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants and beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the program; and (4) in accordance with the provisions of section 31-71e, and sections 31-417 to 31-427, inclusive, and any other applicable sections of the general statutes.
(b) The Comptroller shall, to the extent reasonable and practicable, require any vendors engaged or appointed by the Comptroller to abide by the standard of care described in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 100, 207; P.A. 22-118, S. 101.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective May 27, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 6, from May 27, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “agents” with “vendors”, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 22-118 replaced references to Connecticut Retirement Security Authority board of directors with the Comptroller, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-423. - Investment vehicles. Vendor selection.

The Comptroller shall provide for each participant's account to be invested in (1) an age-appropriate target date fund, or (2) other investment vehicles the Comptroller may prescribe if affirmatively selected by the participant.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 8; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 102, 207; P.A. 19-117, S. 101; P.A. 22-118, S. 103.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective May 27, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 8, from May 27, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016, and designated existing provisions re investment of participant's account as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add provision re participant to select vendor and added Subsec. (b) re investment of contribution if participant does not select specific vendor or investment option, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 19-117 deleted Subsec. (b) re participant not selecting specific vendor or investment option, deleted Subsec. (a) designator, added “if affirmatively selected by the participant” in Subdiv. (2) and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-118 replaced references to the Connecticut Retirement Security Authority with the Comptroller, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-425. - Violations. Permissible civil actions.

(a) The Attorney General may investigate any violation of section 31-421. If the Attorney General finds that any member of the Connecticut Retirement Security Advisory Board, or any agent engaged or appointed by the Comptroller or the board has violated or is violating any provision of said section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford under this section in the name of the state against such member or agent. The remedies available to a court in any such action shall be limited to injunctive relief. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a private right of action.
(b) If a qualified employer fails to remit contributions to the program in the time period specified in subsection (e) of section 31-422, such failure to remit such contributions shall be a violation of section 31-71e.
(c) If a qualified employer fails to enroll a covered employee as required under subsection (a) of section 31-422, such covered employee, the Labor Commissioner or the Comptroller, may bring a civil action to require the qualified employer to enroll the covered employee and shall recover such costs and reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 207; P.A. 22-118, S. 105.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective May 27, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 10, from May 27, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to “Authority board of directors” with “Advisory Board” and “Comptroller or the board”, and amended Subsec. (c) to add “or the Comptroller”, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-426. - Annual report. Audit. Memoranda of understanding.

(a) The Connecticut Retirement Security Authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities, receipts and expenditures and shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, a report detailing such activities, receipts and expenditures to the Connecticut Retirement Security Authority board of directors, the Governor, the Office of Auditors of Public Accounts and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and finance, revenue and bonding on or before December thirty-first annually. Such report shall be in a form prescribed by the board and shall include projected activities of the authority for the next fiscal year.
(b) The Auditors of Public Accounts may conduct a full audit of the books and accounts of the authority pertaining to such activities, receipts and expenditures, personnel, services or facilities, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 12 and section 2-90. For the purposes of such audit, the Auditors of Public Accounts shall have access to the properties and records of the authority.
(c) The authority shall enter into memoranda of understanding with the State Comptroller pursuant to which the authority shall provide, in such form and manner as prescribed by the State Comptroller, information that may include, but need not be limited to, the current revenues and expenses of the authority, the sources or recipients of such revenues or expenses, the date such revenues or expenses were received or dispersed and the amount and the category of such revenues or expenses. The State Comptroller shall also enter into such memoranda of understanding.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 11; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 104, 207; P.A. 21-145, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective May 27, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 11, from May 27, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016, and amended Subsec. (c) by changing “shall” to “may” re State Comptroller entering into memoranda of understanding, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 21-145 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting requirement that report be subject to approval by the auditors and amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Ch. 12 and deleting authorization for auditors to prescribe methods of accounting and rendering of reports.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-427. - Internet web site for qualified employers and vendors. Vendor participation procedures.

(a) The Comptroller shall:
(1) Establish and maintain a secure Internet web site to (A) provide qualified employers with information regarding employer-sponsored retirement plans and payroll deduction individual retirement accounts, and (B) assist qualified employers in identifying vendors of retirement arrangements that may be implemented by the qualified employers in lieu of participation in the program;
(2) Include the Internet web site address on any posting to the Internet web site or in other materials offered to the public regarding the program;
(3) Prior to implementing the Internet web site, and at least annually thereafter, provide notice to vendors (A) that such Internet web site is active, (B) that such vendors may register for inclusion on the Internet web site, and (C) regarding the process for inclusion on the Internet web site; and
(4) Establish an appeals process for vendors that are denied registration or removed from the Internet web site pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
(b) Each vendor that registers to be listed on the Internet web site shall provide: (1) A statement of such vendor's experience providing employer-sponsored retirement plans and payroll deduction individual retirement accounts in this state and in other states, if applicable, (2) a description of the types of retirement investment products offered by such vendor, and (3) a disclosure of all expenses paid directly or indirectly by retirement plan participants, including, but not limited to, penalties for early withdrawals, declining or fixed withdrawal charges, surrender or deposit charges, management fees and annual fees.
(c) The cost of establishing and maintaining the registration system and the Internet web site shall be borne solely and equally by registered vendors, based upon the total number of registered vendors.
(d) The Comptroller may remove a vendor from the Internet web site if the vendor: (1) Submits materially inaccurate information to the Comptroller, (2) does not remit assessed fees within sixty days from the date of assessment, or (3) fails to submit to the Comptroller notice of any material change to the vendor's registered investment products. Any vendor found to have submitted materially inaccurate information to the Comptroller shall be allowed sixty calendar days to correct the information.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 13; P.A. 22-118, S. 107.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective January 1, 2018; P.A. 22-118 replaced references to the Connecticut Retirement Authority board of directors with the Comptroller, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-428. - Comptroller to establish and maintain Internet web site for participants.

The Comptroller shall establish and maintain a secure Internet web site to provide Connecticut Retirement Security Program participants with information regarding the various investment options offered through the program, including the historical investment performance of such options.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 106; P.A. 19-117, S. 102; P.A. 22-118, S. 108.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 effective January 1, 2018; P.A. 19-117 deleted provision re approved vendors, added provision re various investment options offered through the program and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-118 replaced “Connecticut Retirement Security Authority board of directors” with “Comptroller” and replaced “Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange” with “Connecticut Retirement Security Program”, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 574 - Connecticut Retirement Security Authority. Connecticut Retirement Security Exchange › Section 31-429. - Prohibition against contributions to exploratory, candidate, political or party committees.

(a) No member of the Connecticut Retirement Security Advisory Board, except the State Comptroller or State Treasurer, or any executive director, assistant executive director or authorized officer appointed by said board or the principal of an entity with a contract with the Comptroller to administer the Connecticut Retirement Security Program, shall make a contribution to, or knowingly solicit contributions from the board on behalf of (1) an exploratory committee or candidate committee established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, Secretary of the State or State Treasurer, (2) a political committee authorized to make contributions or expenditures to or for the benefit of such candidates, or (3) a party committee.
(b) No member of the Connecticut Retirement Security Advisory Board, except the State Comptroller or State Treasurer, or the principal of any entity with a contract with the Comptroller to administer the program shall make a contribution to, or knowingly solicit contributions from the board on behalf of (1) an exploratory committee or candidate committee established by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of state senator or state representative, (2) a political committee authorized to make contributions or expenditures to or for the benefit of such candidates, or (3) a party committee.
(c) The provisions of this section, and sections 31-71e, 31-71j and 31-416 to 31-427, inclusive, shall be severable, and, if any of their provisions are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions of said sections will not be affected.
(P.A. 16-29, S. 20; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 207; P.A. 22-118, S. 109.)
History: P.A. 16-29 effective May 27, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 changed effective date of P.A. 16-29, S. 20, from May 27, 2016, to January 1, 2017, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to replace “Authority board of directors” with “Advisory Board”, “authority” with “Comptroller” and “board's or the executive director's or assistant executive director's employees” with “board”, further amended Subsec. (b) to delete “or any executive director, assistant executive director or authorized officer appointed by said board”, and amended Subsec. (c) to make technical corrections, effective July 1, 2022.
Note: Chapters 575 and 576 are reserved for future use.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 31 - Labor › Chapter 577 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 31-901a. - Connecticut Premium Pay Program. Employer discrimination.

(a) No employer shall: (1) Discharge, or cause to be discharged, or in any manner discipline or discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed an application for premium pay pursuant to section 31-901, or (2) deliberately misinform or deliberately dissuade an employee from filing an application for payment from the Connecticut Premium Pay program.
(b) Any employee who is so discharged, disciplined or discriminated against or who has been deliberately misinformed or deliberately dissuaded from filing an application for payment from the Connecticut Premium Pay program may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district where the employer has its principal office for the reinstatement to the employee's position of employment, payment of back wages, reestablishment of employee benefits to which the employee would have otherwise been entitled if the employee had not been discriminated against or discharged and any other damages caused by such discrimination or discharge. The superior court may also award punitive damages. Any employee who prevails in such a civil action shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 144.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1. - Members.

Section 32-1 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3536; 1961, P.A. 226, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 10, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 195, S. 14; P.A. 73-177, S. 2, 4; 73-599, S. 39.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1a. - Short title: State Commerce Act.

This chapter and chapter 579 shall be known as and may be cited as the “State Commerce Act”.
(P.A. 73-599, S. 1; P.A. 78-303, S. 104, 136; P.A. 79-631, S. 15, 111.)
History: P.A. 78-303 removed Sec. 4-60a as part of state commerce act; P.A. 79-631 removed Secs. 4-5, 4-24a, 10-321(a) and 36-322(a)(9) as part of state commerce act.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1d. - Deputy commissioner, appointment and functions.

The commissioner shall appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Economic and Community Development who shall be qualified by training and experience for the duties of the office of commissioner and shall, in the absence, disability or disqualification of the commissioner, perform all the functions and have all the powers and duties of said office. In addition to any other powers, duties or responsibilities, the Deputy Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall act as the state's primary point of contact for all state programs relating to the federal opportunity zone program, established pursuant to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, P.L. 115-97. The position of the Deputy Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall be exempt from the classified service.
(P.A. 73-599, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 19-54, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced deputy commissioner of commerce with deputy commissioner of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 19-54 added provision re Deputy Commissioner to act as primary contact for state programs relating to federal opportunity zone program, effective July 1, 2019.
See Sec. 4-8 re appointment of deputies.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1e. - Plan for support and promotion of industries using recycled materials.

(a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall prepare a plan for the support and promotion of industries that use, process or transport recycled materials. The plan shall outline ways existing programs of the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority and agencies such as the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated will be used to promote such industries.
(b) Such plan shall be completed on or before July 1, 2007.
(P.A. 88-231, S. 6; P.A. 89-130, S. 3, 4; 89-245, S. 5; P.A. 93-382, S. 18, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-27, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 155; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 89-130 extended time for completion of the plan from March 1, 1989, to July 1, 1989, and extended time for initial report to the municipal solid waste recycling advisory council from August 1, 1989, to December 1, 1989; P.A. 89-245 amended Subsec. (a) to rename Connecticut Product Development Corporation as Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated; P.A. 93-382 amended Subsec. (b) to delete requirement that reports be submitted to the environment committee, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-27 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, Commissioner and Department of Environmental Protection and Connecticut Development Authority, to delete provision re plan preparation deadline and update and to change provision re industries that use recycled materials to those that “use, process or transport recycled materials” and amended Subsec. (b) to extend time for completion of plan from July 1, 1989, to July 1, 2007, and to delete provision re implementation report, effective May 8, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted “the Connecticut Development Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1f (Formerly Sec. 16a-35b) and 32-1g. - Duties of commissioner re Connecticut's future. Connecticut competitiveness index.

Sections 32-1f and 32-1g are repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 84-512, S. 2, 30; P.A. 89-362, S. 1, 5; P.A. 93-210, S. 1, 3; 93-382, S. 9, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 11-131, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1h to 32-1j. - Reports re financial assistance programs administered by commissioner. Reports re program objectives, measures and standards; economic analysis of program performance. Reports re sectors of state economy.

Sections 32-1h to 32-1j, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2005.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 1, 6, 7, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1, 38, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 00-212, S. 3; P.A. 01-96, S. 1; P.A. 03-26, S. 1; 03-197, S. 1; P.A. 05-191, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1k. - Definitions.

As used in section 32-1l, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning and intent:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Economic and Community Development;
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; and
(3) “CII” means Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, as created under chapter 581.
(P.A. 95-250, S. 2, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 156; P.A. 13-234, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted former Subdiv. (3) defining “CDA” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (4) to (6) as Subdivs. (3) to (5), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-234 deleted references to Secs. 8-244b to 8-244d and “this section”, replaced definition of “CHFA” with definition of “CII” in Subsdiv. (3) and deleted former Subdiv. (4) re definition of “CII” and former Subdiv. (5) re definition of “SHE”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1n. - Reports re funding for economic and industry cluster initiatives.

Section 32-1n is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 05-276, S. 1; P.A. 11-131, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1p. - Powers and duties re digital media and motion picture activities.

With respect to digital media and motion picture activities, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To promote the use of Connecticut locations, structures, facilities and services for the production and postproduction of all digital media and motion pictures and other media-related products;
(2) To provide support services to visiting and in-state production companies, including assistance to digital media and motion picture producers in securing permits from state agencies, authorities or institutions or municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state;
(3) To develop and update a resource library concerning the many possible state sites which are suitable for production;
(4) To develop and update a production manual of available digital media and motion picture production facilities and services in the state;
(5) To conduct and attend trade shows and production workshops to promote Connecticut locations and facilities;
(6) To prepare an explanatory guide showing the impact of relevant state and municipal tax statutes, regulations and administrative opinions on typical production activities and to implement the tax credits provided for in sections 12-217jj, 12-217kk and 12-217
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(7) To formulate and propose guidelines for state agencies for a “one stop permitting” process for matters, including, but not limited to, the use of state roads and highways, the use of state-owned real or personal property for production activities and the conduct of regulated activities, and to hold workshops to assist state agencies in implementing such process;
(8) To formulate and recommend to municipalities model local ordinances and forms to assist production activities, including, but not limited to, “one stop permitting” of digital media and motion picture and other production activity to be conducted in a municipality, and to hold workshops to assist municipalities in implementing such ordinances;
(9) To accept any funds, gifts, donations, bequests or grants of funds from private and public sources for the purposes of this section;
(10) To request and obtain from any state agency, authority or institution or any municipality or other political subdivision of the state such assistance and data as will enable the department to carry out the purposes of this section;
(11) To assist and promote cooperation among all segments of management and labor that are engaged in digital media and motion pictures; and
(12) To take any other administrative action which may improve the position of the state's digital media and motion picture production industries in national and international markets.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 100; P.A. 17-219, S. 8.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 effective September 9, 2009; P.A. 17-219 deleted former Subsec. (b) re annual report and deleted Subsec. (a) designator.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1q. - Notification to department of digital media or motion picture-related requests for proposals issued by a state agency.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each state agency, department or institution issuing a request for proposals for any digital media, motion picture or related production activity shall, at the time of such issuance, transmit a copy of such request for proposals to the Department of Economic and Community Development. Said department shall notify the executive head of each state agency of the requirements of this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 101.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 effective September 9, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1r. - Report on business tax credit and abatement programs.

Section 32-1r is repealed, effective July 11, 2017.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 27; P.A. 17-219, S. 13; P.A. 17-226, S. 3.)