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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-342. - Surety companies and bonds. Technical assistance.

The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall provide technical assistance to enable (1) surety companies to participate in the surety guarantee program of the United States Small Business Administration and (2) small contractors to obtain bonds from such surety companies.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 45, 69; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 93-382 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-346. - Revolving account.

The corporation shall establish a “Connecticut technology partnership assistance program revolving account”. Any and all references in any general statutes, procedure or legal document to the “phase III assistance program revolving account” shall, on and after July 1, 1995, be deemed to refer to the “Connecticut technology partnership assistance program revolving account”. The account shall be used for the purpose of providing financial aid under section 32-41u.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 49, 69; P.A. 94-162, S. 3, 4; P.A. 95-272, S. 24, 29; P.A. 00-187, S. 58, 75; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 93-382 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-162 changed name of account, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-272 changed phase III assistance program revolving account to Connecticut technology partnership assistance program revolving account and added technical name change language, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-187 authorized use of account for providing financial aid under Sec. 32-41u, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 eliminated availability of funds from account for financial assistance under Sec. 32-345, effective June 29, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-347. - Short title: Small Business Recovery Act of 1993.

Sections 32-347 to 32-349, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the “Small Business Recovery Act of 1993”.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 50, 69.)
History: P.A. 93-382 effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-348. - Establishment of a manufacturing extension service (CONNSTEP). Grants. Bond issue.

Section 32-348 is repealed, effective July 1, 2012.
(P.A. 93-382, S. 51, 69; P.A. 94-116, S. 11, 28; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 98-203, S. 2, 13; P.A. 11-61, S. 180.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-350. - Definitions.

As used in sections 32-350 to 32-352, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development;
(2) “Woman-owned business” means any business (A) of which fifty-one per cent or more of the capital stock, if any, or assets are owned by a woman who is active in the daily affairs of the business and has the power to direct the management and policies of the business, and (B) that is a small business having fifty or fewer employees;
(3) “Financial institution” means any trust company, bank, savings bank, credit union, savings and loan association, insurance company, investment company, mortgage banker, trustee, executor, pension fund, retirement fund or other fiduciary or private financial institution.
(P.A. 99-208, S. 1; P.A. 01-10, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 01-10 made a technical change in Subdiv. (2).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-352. - Business management training program.

Each woman-owned business that receives a loan or loan guarantee pursuant to section 32-351 shall participate in a business management training program as designated by the commissioner. The commissioner may establish a business management training program to be administered by either the Office of Small Business Affairs or a nonprofit corporation, as determined by the commissioner, and may arrange for the participation of such other programs as the commissioner deems appropriate in implementing the business management training program. The commissioner may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation to provide for the administration of the business management training program pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 99-208, S. 3; P.A. 01-10, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 01-10 changed “women-owned” to “woman-owned”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-353. - Definitions.

As used in sections 32-353 to 32-355, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development;
(2) “Minority-owned business” means any business (A) that is a minority business enterprise, as defined in section 4a-60g, and (B) that is a small business having fifty or fewer employees; and
(3) “Financial institution” means any trust company, bank, savings bank, credit union, savings and loan association, insurance company, investment company, mortgage banker, trustee, executor, pension fund, retirement fund or other fiduciary or private financial institution.
(P.A. 99-208, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-355. - Business management training program.

Each minority-owned business that receives a loan or loan guarantee pursuant to section 32-354 shall participate in a business management training program as designated by the commissioner. The commissioner may establish a business management training program to be administered by either the Office of Small Business Affairs or a nonprofit corporation, as determined by the commissioner, and may arrange for the participation of such other programs as the commissioner deems appropriate in implementing the business management training program. The commissioner may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation to provide for the administration of the business management training program pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 99-208, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-356. - Small business incubator account.

There is established an account to be known as the small business incubator account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The commissioner may use funds from the account to provide administrative expenses and grants for the purposes of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 32-7f.
(P.A. 06-83, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 15; P.A. 11-61, S. 164.)
History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess P.A. 07-4 amended Subsec. (b) to permit Department of Economic and Community Development to contract with an entity to operate program, to require department to develop guidelines for provision of grants and for department or operator to provide grants to assist small businesses operating incubator facilities, amended Subsec. (c) and deleted former Subsec. (d) to relieve commissioner from obligation to adopt regulations re process for grant application, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to delete provisions re moneys in account, and added new Subsec. (e) establishing Small Business Incubator Advisory Board, effective June 29, 2007; P.A. 11-61 deleted former Subsec. (a) re definition of “incubator facilities”, former Subsec. (b) re establishment of small business incubator program, former Subsec. (c) re grant applications and former Subsec. (e) re Small Business Incubator Advisory Board, and amended existing provisions re small business incubator account to authorize use of account for purposes of Sec. 32-7f(a)(1), delete “pursuant to this section” and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588r - Small Business › Section 32-357. - Plan to increase funds provided pursuant to the small business innovation research program and small business technology transfer program.

Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development, CTNext and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., shall develop and implement a plan to increase the total of funds provided to state businesses pursuant to the small business innovation research program, as defined in section 32-344, and the small business technology transfer program, as defined in section 32-344. Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and veterans' and military affairs, regarding such plan and its implementation.
(P.A. 21-188, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 21-188 effective July 13, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588s - Stadium Project › Section 32-380 and 32-381. - Legislative finding. Definitions.

Sections 32-380 and 32-381 are repealed, effective January 12, 1999.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 1, 2, 35; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 42, 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588s - Stadium Project › Section 32-382. - Bond authorization.

The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 32-382 to 32-386, inclusive, and section 32-393, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate not exceeding one million dollars plus (1) such additional amounts to account only for inflation, assuming an inflation rate of not exceeding four per cent per year, of the cost of final design, land acquisition and construction over a four-year construction schedule, in the event the commencement date thereof is prior to September 1, 1994, with the sum resulting therefrom subject to another inflation adjustment factor of not exceeding four per cent per year or portion thereof in the event the commencement thereof is subsequent to September 1, 1994, as requested by the secretary and approved by the State Bond Commission in the proceedings authorizing the bonds therefor hereunder, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of sections 32-380 to 32-409, inclusive, particularly, to finance the cost of such project, and (2) such additional amounts as may be required in connection with the costs of issuance of the bonds including bond anticipation, temporary and interim notes, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Treasurer to pay the costs of issuance, provided in computing the total amount of bonds which may at any one time be outstanding, the principal amount of any refunding bonds issued to refund bonds shall be excluded.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 3, 35; S.A. 95-20, S. 74, 90.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 effective September 28, 1993; S.A. 95-20 reduced the bond authorization from $252,100,000 to $1,000,000, effective July 6, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588s - Stadium Project › Section 32-384 to 32-409. - Revenues from lease of the project. Proceeds of bonds previously authorized for other projects allowed to be expended for the project; bond authorization. Stadium Oversight Commission. Condemnation of real property for stadium and practice facility sites. Payment of damages. Appeal to Superior Court; reassessment of damages or benefits by trial referees. Costs in appeals from awards. Lien for assessed benefits. Interest payable ninety days after acceptance of agreement. Powers of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; conditions to be met before bonds issued, sites acquired or liability for construction costs incurred. Construction standards and detailed plans and specifications for stadium and practice facilities. Development agreement; contracts for design and construction of stadium and practice facilities. Deadlines for construction of stadium and practice facilities; stipulated sum; supervision of work and materials; contracting procedures; Attorney General to approve form and development agreement and leases; payments by Comptroller. Stadium facility lease. Practice facility lease. Statutory and other provisions of law which are not applicable to the project. Jurisdiction over licenses, permits, approvals and administrative actions concerning the project; freedom of information. Applications for licenses, permits, approvals and administrative actions concerning the project. Decisions on applications. Appeal to Superior and Appellate Courts. Operation in accordance with environmental laws. Property tax exemption; payment to municipalities. State liability. Personal liability of state officers. Development agreement to require set-aside for small contractors, minority business enterprises and individuals with a disability. Liberal construction.

Sections 32-384 to 32-409, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 12, 1999.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 5–13, 16–28, 31–35; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-37, S. 4–6; 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-47, S. 35; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 42, 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588t - Connecticut Port Authority (Repealed) › Section 32-425 to 32-434. - Definitions. Connecticut Port Authority; establishment; board members; procedures. Perpetual succession; termination. Board of directors. Executive director. Purpose. Powers. Foreign-trade zones. Annual reports; examination; audits. Business plan; reports.

Sections 32-425 to 32-434, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2004.
(P.A. 93-413, S. 1–10, 16; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-325, S. 5, 16; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 00-66, S. 31; P.A. 01-143, S. 1, 2, 8; P.A. 04-143, S. 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588t - Connecticut Port Authority (Repealed) › Section 32-435. - Connecticut Port Authority. Powers and duties. Board of directors. Executive director.

Section 32-435 is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.
(P.A. 14-222, S. 1; P.A. 15-61, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 519.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-450. - Definitions.

As used in sections 32-450 to 32-458, inclusive:
(1) “Awarding authority” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the board of directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated.
(2) “Economic development financial assistance” means any grant, loan or loan guarantee, or combination thereof, or any tax credits approved pursuant to section 32-9t, provided to a business for the purpose of economic development.
(3) “Employee representatives” means representatives of any certified or recognized bargaining agents for employees of a business.
(4) “Threshold project” means (A) a project for which a business operating in the state and having twenty-five or more full-time employees in the state submits a request to an awarding authority for economic development financial assistance in the form of (i) a grant in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more or (ii) a combination of a grant and a loan or loan guarantee, totaling two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, or (B) a project for which a business operating in the state and having one hundred or more full-time employees in the state submits a request to an awarding authority for economic development financial assistance in the form of (i) a loan or a loan guarantee, in the amount of one million dollars or more, or (ii) a combination of a loan and a loan guarantee, totaling one million dollars or more.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 1, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-264, S. 2, 8; P.A. 06-189, S. 19; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 161; P.A. 14-85, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date; 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. 96-264 amended Subdiv. (4) by designating existing provisions defining “threshold project” as Subpara. (A), applying Subpara. (A) to a grant or a combination of a grant and a loan or loan guarantee totaling $250,000 or more and adding Subpara. (B) re criteria for request for financial assistance in form of a loan or loan guarantee or a combination of a loan and a loan guarantee, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 06-189 amended Subdiv. (2) to redefine “economic development financial assistance” by including tax credits approved pursuant to Sec. 32-9t; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subdiv. (1) to delete reference to board of directors of Connecticut Development Authority, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-85 added reference to Sec. 32-458.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-451. - Public policy objectives for threshold projects.

Each awarding authority shall (1) develop a written statement articulating the public policy objectives for threshold projects under each economic development financial assistance program administered by the authority and (2) inform each business seeking such financial assistance of such public policy objectives at the time that the business initially requests the assistance. Such public policy objectives may include, but shall not be limited to, retaining existing businesses in the state; retaining existing jobs in the state; expanding the level of economic activity by existing businesses in the state; expanding employment opportunities with existing businesses in the state; attracting new jobs to the state; providing jobs for underemployed persons, laid-off workers and public assistance recipients; increasing, enhancing and updating the capacity of businesses in the state; increasing, enhancing and updating employee skills and employee training in the state; increasing state and municipal tax revenues from increased economic activity and increased employment; and providing other benefits to the state, local community, citizens and employers.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 2, 9.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-453. - Additional criteria for award of financial assistance.

(a) In addition to the criteria specified under the provisions of the general statutes authorizing each economic development financial assistance program, the awarding authority shall consider the following criteria in evaluating each request for financial assistance for a threshold project under each such program:
(1) The extent to which the request addresses the stated public policy objectives developed under section 32-451 for the program;
(2) The probability that the projected benefits to the state, local community and employees will be achieved; and
(3) The extent to which the business's project planning has included community and employee participation.
(b) After approving a request for financial assistance for a threshold project, the awarding authority and the business shall sign a statement (1) identifying the public policy objectives which the project will address and the extent to which the project will further such objectives, including but not limited to, the number of jobs to be retained, the number of jobs to be created and the wage and benefit levels of such jobs, and (2) reciting that the business understands that it is receiving economic development financial assistance because of the expectation that the assistance will be used to produce such benefits. Such statement shall not be contractually binding on the business, provided the appointing authority may, in a separate document, require any contractual commitments that it deems appropriate. The authority shall provide a copy of such statement to the chief elected official of the municipality in which the project will be located and any employee representatives of the business.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 4, 9.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-454. - Reports.

(a) Each awarding authority shall require each recipient of economic development financial assistance for a threshold project to report annually to the authority on its progress toward achieving the public policy objectives which they have agreed to under subsection (b) of section 32-453. The awarding authority shall provide a copy of such report (1) to the chief elected official of the municipality in which the project will be located, upon the request of such official, and (2) to any employee representatives of the business, upon the request of such representatives.
(b) Upon submitting each biannual report required under subsection (c) of section 32-11a or section 32-47a, each awarding authority under said provisions shall transmit a report on each threshold project (1) to the chief elected official of each municipality in which the project is located, upon the request of such official, and (2) to any employee representatives of the business, upon the request of such representatives. Each report shall include a notice indicating that (A) the information in the report is also being submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development, appropriations and capital bonding, and (B) comments, including comments on employee and community participation in implementing the project, may be submitted to such committees.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 5, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 05-191, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date; 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. 05-191 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to reports required under Sec. 32-1i and making a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-455. - Contracts.

The awarding authority shall include provisions in the contract with a recipient of economic development financial assistance for a threshold project that (1) require the recipient to use the assistance only for the purposes approved by the authority and (2) establish remedies in the event that the recipient does not use such assistance for such purposes. Such remedies may include, but shall not be limited to, liquidated damages. In the event the recipient breaches the contract by spending such financial assistance in a manner which violates the contract, the awarding authority shall seek enforcement of such remedies and provide no further financial assistance to the recipient until the breach is resolved.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 6, 9.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-456. - Logs of pending requests for assistance.

Each awarding authority shall maintain a log containing a list of all pending requests for economic development financial assistance for threshold projects. The log shall be organized by the municipalities affected by such requests and, for each such request, shall set forth the name of the business requesting such financial assistance, a brief statement of the purpose of the application and a means for members of the public to obtain additional information concerning the request. The information contained in the log shall be made available, on request, to members of the public, subject to the provisions of section 32-457.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 7, 9.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-457. - Confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets.

Notwithstanding any provision of sections 32-450 to 32-457, inclusive, (1) no business seeking economic development financial assistance for a threshold project shall be required to disclose confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets to a municipality, the employees of the business or any other person, except to the extent required by the awarding authority as a condition of receipt of such assistance, (2) no awarding authority shall be required to disclose confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets and (3) no such business or awarding authority shall be required to disclose the existence of a request for financial assistance if the existence of such a request is itself confidential or proprietary information or a trade secret.
(P.A. 94-231, S. 8, 9.)
History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-458. - Liabilities of applicants for financial assistance.

Any awarding authority, as defined in section 32-450, when determining whether to grant any economic development financial assistance, shall consider whether the applicant for such financial assistance or any principal of such applicant (1) is currently subject to litigation in civil court for a debt, or (2) has any amount of taxes due and unpaid to the state or a municipality.
(P.A. 14-85, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-459. - Return or use of unused grant awards.

The Department of Economic and Community Development shall include in any agreement for the award of a grant by the department a date by which the grant recipient shall (1) return any unused grant award to the department, or (2) apply to the department for authorization to use such unused grant award for another purpose.
(P.A. 15-151, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-462a. - Authorization for financial assistance to Torrington Development Corporation.

In accordance with the provisions of section 32-462, during the period commencing November 2, 2007, and ending June 30, 2009, the Department of Economic and Community Development may provide financial assistance from existing programs to Torrington Development Corporation for the purposes of restoration and improvements to property in the city of Torrington, in said time period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed thirty million dollars.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 57.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 effective July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 extended the period of applicability of section from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2007, to November 2, 2007, to June 30, 2009, and changed name of applicant from Downtown Torrington Redevelopment LLC, to Torrington Development Corporation, effective November 2, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-462b. - Authorization for financial assistance to the Steel Point project in Bridgeport.

In accordance with the provisions of section 32-462, during the period commencing January 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2020, any agency, as defined in section 32-462, may provide financial assistance from existing programs to the Steel Point project for the purposes of development and improvements to property in the city of Bridgeport, in said time period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed forty million dollars.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 16; P.A. 12-144, S. 1; P.A. 15-184, S. 8.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 12-144 changed end date for financial assistance from June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2015, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 15-184 changed end date for financial assistance from June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2020, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-475. - Definition.

As used in sections 32-475 to 32-480, inclusive: “High performance work organization” means a person, firm or corporation which establishes a work environment which enhances the ability of the person, firm or corporation to:
(1) Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement of products and services and cost reductions for such products and services;
(2) Encourage decentralized decision-making, worker participation at all levels and greater reliance on front-line workers;
(3) Develop a worker-management relationship based on consideration of mutual interests and concerns;
(4) Adopt an organizational structure which includes flexible, cross-functional teams responsible for training, customer service, operational problem-solving and product design and development;
(5) Cultivate an environment which permits managers to assume motivational and leadership functions, including, but not limited to, long-range planning, coaching and facilitation, rather than serving only as enforcers;
(6) Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing training of all workers, including front-line staff, and training to enable the company to meet ISO 9000 standards;
(7) Implement a flexible benefits program and innovative compensation schemes, such as profit-sharing, gain-sharing, skill-based pay or pay-for-performance systems;
(8) Demonstrate a commitment to a safe and healthful workplace;
(9) Solicit suggestions from customers and suppliers in designing and developing products and services;
(10) Demonstrate a commitment to delivering a greater variety of high quality products at a lower cost through manufacturing innovations such as concurrent engineering, flexible manufacturing and just-in-time production;
(11) Provide wages and benefits that meet or exceed industry averages; and
(12) Participate in a Connecticut career certificate program established by a local or regional board of education, the Technical Education and Career System or regional education service center and approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Labor Commissioner.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 1, 28; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 110.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school” in Subdiv. (12), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 amended Subdiv. (12) by replacing “technical high school” with “the Technical Education and Career System”, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-476. - Commissioner of Economic and Community Development required to give priority to applicants establishing high performance work environments.

The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall give priority to applicants who have established a work environment consistent with the criteria set forth in section 32-475 in awarding financial assistance under the programs authorized pursuant to chapter 588l to the extent consistent with any state or regional economic development strategy.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 2, 28; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-477. - Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated required to give priority to certain applicants establishing high performance work environments.

The board of directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall give priority to applicants who have established a work environment consistent with the criteria set forth in section 32-475 in awarding financial assistance under the programs authorized pursuant to chapter 588n, sections 32-14 to 32-23a, inclusive, 32-23v, 32-23x, 32-23gg to 32-23ll, inclusive, 32-23z, 32-23pp to 32-23ss, inclusive, and section 32-341 and the programs utilizing proceeds of self-sustaining revenue bonds and umbrella revenue bonds pursuant to chapter 579, to the extent consistent with any state or regional economic development strategy.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 3, 28; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “Connecticut Development Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated”, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-478. - Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated required to give priority to certain applicants establishing high performance work environments.

The board of directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall give priority to applicants who have established a work environment consistent with the criteria set forth in section 32-475 in awarding financial assistance under the program authorized pursuant to sections 32-344, 32-345 and 32-346, to the extent consistent with any state or regional economic development strategy.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 4, 28.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-479. - Development of goals, objectives and outcome measures. Annual reports.

Not later than July 1, 1996, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the Labor Commissioner and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall jointly develop goals and objectives and quantifiable outcome measures related to the percentage of financial assistance which is being provided to high performance work organizations. The Labor Commissioner and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall submit an annual report concerning such goals, objectives and measures to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees and the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating to commerce.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 6, 28; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 05-191, S. 8; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 163.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; 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. 05-191 deleted Commissioner of Economic and Community Development from group of officials and agencies required to submit annual report; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted references to Connecticut Development Authority, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588u - Financial Assistance: General Provisions › Section 32-480. - Encouragement of utilization of high performance work practices.

The Department of Economic and Community Development, the Labor Department and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall, when appropriate, encourage persons, firms and corporations which contact said departments or authorities for financial assistance to utilize high performance work practices in their business operations.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 7, 28; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 164.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; 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; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted reference to Connecticut Development Authority, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588v - International Trade › Section 32-500. - Definitions.

As used in sections 32-500 to 32-512, inclusive:
(1) “Corporation” means Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated;
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development;
(3) “Department” means Department of Economic and Community Development;
(4) “Export” means the sale of goods or services by a business in Connecticut to a person, firm or corporation in another country;
(5) “Financial assistance” means grants, extensions of credit, loans or loan guarantees or combinations thereof;
(6) “Participation fee” means a fee paid to the state to compensate for expenses incurred by the state in organizing a trade show;
(7) “Recruitment” means the recruitment of foreign investment to the state;
(8) “Small and medium-sized company” means a business having not more than two hundred fifty employees;
(9) “State” means the state of Connecticut;
(10) “Success fee” means a fee paid to the department by a company which receives a contract to export goods or services as a result of assistance from the department;
(11) “Trade consortium” means an industry cluster grouping of two or more companies, with or without university partners, working as a unified organization for the purpose of promoting and managing the exports of participating companies;
(12) “Trade development company” means a business that assists small and medium-sized companies in entering foreign markets; and
(13) “Trade representative” means a commercial trade representative in important world markets.
(P.A. 94-237, S. 1, 14; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152.)
History: P.A. 94-237 effective July 1, 1994; 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; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “Connecticut Development Authority” and “authority” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated” and “corporation”, respectively, in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588v - International Trade › Section 32-501. - Commissioner's duties re international trade. State business trade with African countries.

(a) The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the coordination of trade development activities in the state. The commissioner shall initiate, conduct and coordinate the implementation of Department of Economic and Community Development programs to promote and assist Connecticut businesses with international trade. The commissioner shall be responsible for planning, developing and administering such programs and may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Department of Economic and Community Development shall constitute a successor department to the Connecticut International Trade Council in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.
(b) The commissioner may give priority in such programs to promoting and assisting Connecticut businesses with regard to trade with African countries with whom the United States has diplomatic relations.
(P.A. 94-237, S. 2, 14; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-135, S. 1, 4; P.A. 05-191, S. 9; P.A. 13-299, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 94-237 effective July 1, 1994; 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. 97-135 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re assistance to state businesses trading with African countries, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-191 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting obsolete provision re commissioner's submittal of report by January 1, 1998; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and add provision re department as successor to Connecticut International Trade Council, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588v - International Trade › Section 32-502. - Export extension service program.

There is hereby established within the Department of Economic and Community Development an export extension service program for the purpose of awarding, within available resources, a grant to a public, private or nonprofit entity for the purpose of certifying, training and overseeing broker agents who shall have expertise in export transactions and shall provide outreach and technical services to businesses that either have not engaged in exporting or have only recently begun exporting.
(P.A. 94-237, S. 3, 14; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 94-237 effective July 1, 1994; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588v - International Trade › Section 32-503. - Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated export division.

(a) Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall establish an export division within the corporation. The division shall, within available resources, provide: (1) Working capital loans to small and medium-sized companies which are unable to obtain export financing, (2) access for such companies to existing public and private export lenders and other export funding sources, including, but not limited to, transaction financing, letters of credit, equity investments and loan guarantees, and (3) technical assistance to such companies in obtaining such financing. Such export division may give priority to assisting Connecticut businesses with regard to trade with African countries with whom the United States has diplomatic relations.
(b) On or before January 30, 1998, the corporation shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to economic development on the progress of the corporation in carrying out the purposes of this section, including a list of successful transactions.
(P.A. 94-237, S. 4, 14; P.A. 97-135, S. 2, 4; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152.)
History: P.A. 94-237 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-135 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the division may give priority in assisting state businesses with regard to trade with African countries and amended Subsec. (b) to defer report deadline from January 30, 1995, to January 30, 1998, effective July 1, 1997; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “Connecticut Development Authority” and “authority” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated” and “corporation”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588v - International Trade › Section 32-504. - International trade account.

There is established an international trade account which shall be a separate nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, including success fees pursuant to section 32-500 and participation fees pursuant to section 32-506, and any other moneys received by the commissioner from other public or private sources for the purposes of sections 32-500 to 32-512, inclusive. The commissioner shall use the moneys in the account for the purposes of sections 32-500 to 32-512, inclusive.
(P.A. 94-237, S. 5, 14; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 101, 130.)
History: P.A. 94-237 effective July 1, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 specified account as separate nonlapsing account within the general fund, effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 588v - International Trade › Section 32-505. - International trade representatives.

(a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may retain trade representatives in foreign countries to assist Connecticut businesses in finding (1) export customers, agents and distributors and (2) foreign companies to invest in Connecticut.
(b) The commissioner shall, within available resources, establish an international trade representative program to assist Connecticut businesses in exporting their products to foreign markets. On or before October 1, 1994, the commissioner shall establish a registration process for businesses interested in participating in the program. Such process shall include, but not be limited to, a requirement that the business agree to pay, over a three-year period beginning on the date of execution of a contract for an export sale, a success fee of not more than three per cent of the price of the products being sold under such transaction, excluding freight, handling and insurance charges. The department shall deposit such fees in the account established by section 32-504.
(c) The commissioner shall keep a separate accounting of all fees paid from such program and use such accounting as a measurement of export sales achieved through the program. The commissioner may utilize the services of an impartial third party to monitor the sales of program participants.
(P.A. 93-140, S. 1, 3; P.A. 94-237, S. 6, 14; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 93-140 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-237 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re establishment of international trade representative program, effective July 1, 1994; 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.