Title 32 — Title 32: Commerce and Economic and Community Development

Sec. 32-70. Enterprise zones. Designation. Expansion. (a) Any municipality that was a distressed municipality under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 32-9p on February 1, 1986, may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, designate a…

Sec. 32-70a. Goals and performance standards for enterprise zones. Municipal reports to commissioner. Assessment of each enterprise zone. (a) On or before October 1, 2006, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall establish goals for enterprise zones designated…

Sec. 32-70b. Municipal enterprise zone revitalization plan. On or before January 1, 1994, the legislative body of each municipality with an enterprise zone designated under section 32-70 shall authorize an existing board, commission or officer or may create a new board, commissio…

Sec. 32-70c. Municipal enterprise zone advisory committees. The legislative body of each municipality with an enterprise zone designated under section 32-70 shall establish an enterprise zone advisory committee to assist in the planning and implementation of enterprise zone activ…

Sec. 32-70d. Community enterprise zone boards. Within thirty days after the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development approves the designation of an area as an enterprise zone in a municipality under subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 32-70, the municipality sh…

Sec. 32-70e. Financial assistance for neighborhood development in enterprise zones. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall establish a program of financial assistance for job development and creation, neighborhood revitalization and the promotion of busi…

Sec. 32-70f. Neighborhood economic development account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “neighborhood economic development account”. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance remaining in such account a…

Sec. 32-70g. Knowledge center enterprise zones. Proposals. Regulations. Performance assessment. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32-70, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may establish a knowledge center enterprise zone surrounding any institution…

Sec. 32-71. Fixing of assessments in enterprise zones. (a) Any municipality which has designated any area as an enterprise zone pursuant to section 32-70 shall provide, by ordinance, for the fixing of assessments on all real property in such zone which is improved during the peri…

Sec. 32-71a. Treatment of certain electric generating facilities. (a) Any electric generating facility, the construction of which is completed after July 1, 1998, may be treated for the purposes of section 32-71 as if it were located in an enterprise zone and used for commercial …

Sec. 32-71b. Treatment of certain electric generating facilities completed after July 1, 2002. Any new electric generating facility, the construction of which is completed after July 1, 2002, may be treated for purposes of section 32-71 as if it were located in an enterprise zone…

Secs. 32-72 to 32-74. Small business and venture capital loans in enterprise zones. Enterprise Zone Capital Formation Revolving Loan Fund. Bond issues. Sections 32-72 to 32-74, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 81-445, S. 7–9, 11; P.A. 82-435, S. 5, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. …

Sec. 32-75. Certain business facilities not eligible. No business facility shall be eligible to receive the benefits provided for a facility located in an enterprise zone if: (1) Such facility has relocated from an area that meets the eligibility criteria stated in section 32-70 …

Sec. 32-75a. Railroad depot zones. Regulations. A municipality which has an enterprise zone designated under section 32-70 and an abandoned or underutilized railroad depot which is located outside of the enterprise zone may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Economic and C…

Sec. 32-75b. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 32-75c. Designation of properties as manufacturing plants. Qualified manufacturing plants. Regulations. (a) Any municipality with a population less than twenty thousand that is contiguous to a targeted investment community may request the Commissioner of Economic and Communi…

Sec. 32-75d. Airport development zones. (a) There is established an airport development zone, which is comprised of the following census blocks as assigned on October 1, 2011, in the towns of Windsor Locks, Suffield, East Granby and Windsor: 090034701001022, 090034701003000, 0900…

Sec. 32-76. Designation and approval of entertainment district in municipality in which an enterprise zone is located. Regulations. Enterprise zone benefits for certain entertainment facilities located in municipalities with entertainment districts. (a) On and after January 1, 19…

Sec. 32-76a. Abatement of property taxes for improvements to real property in entertainment districts. Each municipality may abate one hundred per cent of the property taxes for improvements to real property in entertainment districts designated under section 32-76 or established…

Secs. 32-77 to 32-79. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 32-80. Enterprise corridor zones. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. (2) “Public investment communities” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-545. (3) “Distressed municipality” has the same m…

Sec. 32-80a. Energy improvement districts. Definitions. Board. (a) As used in this section and sections 32-80b and 32-80c: (1) “Energy improvement district distributed resources” means one or more of the following owned, leased, or financed by an Energy Improvement District Board…

Sec. 32-80b. Energy improvement districts funding and revenue. (a) An energy improvement district board may, from time to time, issue bonds subject to the approval of the legislative body in the municipality in which the energy improvement district is located for the purpose of p…

Sec. 32-80c. Energy improvement district boards. (a) An energy improvement district board, in the exercise of its powers granted pursuant to sections 32-80a to 32-80c, inclusive, shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of the state, for the increase of their commerce and for …