2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development › Section 32-1b. - Department of Economic and Community Development established.

(a) There is established a Department of Economic and Community Development. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties prescribed in said sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive.
(b) Except as provided in section 8-37r, said department shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Housing in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.
(c) Said department shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Economic Development in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.
(d) Whenever the term “Commissioner of Economic Development” is used or referred to in the general statutes, the term “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” shall be substituted in lieu thereof. Whenever the term “Department of Economic Development” is used or referred to in the general statutes, the term “Department of Economic and Community Development” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.
(e) If the term “Commissioner of Housing” or “Commissioner of Economic Development” is used or referred to in any public or special act of 1995 or 1996, or in any section of the general statutes which is amended in 1995 or 1996, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”.
(f) If the term “Department of Housing” or “Department of Economic Development” is used or referred to in any public or special act of 1995 or 1996, or in any section of the general statutes which is amended in 1995 or 1996, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the “Department of Economic and Community Development”.
(P.A. 73-599, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1, 42; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 114.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of commerce with commissioner and department of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-250 created the Department of Economic and Community Development from the former Department of Housing and the former Department of Economic Development and directed the necessary name changes be made throughout the general statutes and in the public and special acts of 1995 and 1996; P.A. 96-211 entirely replaced prior provisions substituting provisions establishing a Department of Economic and Community Development as successor department to the Department of Housing and the Department of Economic Development, and requiring use of terms “Department of Economic and Community Development” and “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” to be used in general statutes and 1995 and 1996 public and special acts, effective July 1, 1996; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (b) by adding exception re Sec. 8-37r, deleted former Subsec. (d) re terms Commissioner and Department of Housing and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e), (f) and (g) as Subsecs. (d), (e) and (f), effective June 15, 2012.
See Sec. 8-37i re establishment and general scope of powers and duties of the department.