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

Sec. 32-655a. Project comptroller. Duties. Audits. Consultants. The secretary shall take reasonable steps designed to ensure that the expenditure of public funds for project costs of the overall project is subject to adequate financial controls and that construction of the overal…

Sec. 32-655b. Modification of master development plan. The master development plan may be modified by the secretary after May 2, 2000, to the extent determined by the secretary to be necessary or desirable in light of unforeseen conditions or circumstances, including, without lim…

Sec. 32-656. Contracting by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Stadium naming rights. Contract compliance. (a) In the exercise of the powers and authority of the secretary pursuant to section 32-655, the secretary may utilize private parties, by contract, to ca…

Sec. 32-657. Stadium Facility Enterprise Fund. Accounts and subaccounts. Auditing requirements. (a) The secretary is authorized to establish with the Treasurer and administer a separate nonlapsing enterprise fund to be known as the “Stadium Facility Enterprise Fund”. All revenues…

Sec. 32-658. Condemnation of real property for Adriaen's Landing and related infrastructure. (a) The secretary may take all or a portion of the real property comprising the Adriaen's Landing site, and such off-site real property as may be determined by the secretary to be necessa…

Sec. 32-659. Payment of damages. After the assessment of damages and benefits provided for in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 32-658 has been filed with the clerk of the superior court, the property owner affected may file with said clerk written acceptance thereof.…

Sec. 32-660. Appeal to Superior Court. Reassessment of damages or benefits by trial referees. Any real property owner claiming to be aggrieved by the assessment of such damages or such benefits by the secretary may, not later than six months after the same has been filed, apply t…

Sec. 32-661. Costs in appeals from awards. In any appeal to the Superior Court taken under and by virtue of sections 32-658 to 32-663, inclusive, when the appellant obtains an award from the court greater than that awarded by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, …

Sec. 32-662. Lien for assessed benefits. (a) The amount of benefits assessed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management under the provisions of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 32-658 or reassessed by the court shall constitute a lien upon the real prope…

Sec. 32-663. Interest payable ninety days after acceptance of agreement. When the secretary desires to take property comprising all or a part of the Adriaen's Landing site and has entered into an agreement to purchase at a stipulated amount any real property with the owner or own…

Sec. 32-664. Jurisdiction over and application for licenses, permits, approvals and administrative actions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any permit or approval required or permitted to be issued and any administrative action required or permitted to …

Sec. 32-665. Statutory and other provisions of law not applicable. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 32-650 to 32-668, inclusive, the following provisions of the general statutes, including regulations adopted thereunder, shall not apply to the overall project: Section…

Sec. 32-666. Property tax exemption for property leased by state and for private development districts. Grants in lieu of taxes. Convention center facilities deemed state-owned property for purposes of state insurance or self-insurance. (a) Any land on the Adriaen's Landing site …

Sec. 32-666a. Fixing of assessments for capital city projects or Adriaen's Landing developments. The city of Hartford, upon approval of its legislative body, may negotiate and fix assessments on improvements for retail, commercial and housing purposes during the period of constru…

Sec. 32-667. Waiver of referendum or similar requirement for certain expenditures. Notwithstanding any provisions of any statute, special act, charter or ordinance, no referendum or town meeting or similar vote shall be required in connection with the expenditure of public moneys…

Sec. 32-668. Liberal construction. Sections 32-650 to 32-667, inclusive, and section 39 of public act 98-1 of the December special session*, as amended by public act 99-241** and public act 00-140**, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liber…

Sec. 32-669. Status report. (a) On or before February 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, until five years after the opening of the convention center, the Capital Region Development Authority shall prepare a report regarding the status of the Adriaen's Landing project and The Unive…

Sec. 32-700. Definitions. As used in sections 32-701 to 32-703, inclusive, and this section: (1) “Awarding authority” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the board of directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, and the head of any other quasi-pub…

Sec. 32-701. Required terms and conditions of agreement for state assistance. Repayment. Modification. (a) The terms and conditions of any agreement for state assistance under any program of the general statutes to a business entity operated for profit administered by the Departm…

Sec. 32-702. Procedure if noncompliance with agreement. Default. Penalty. If an awarding authority finds that a recipient of state assistance is not in substantial compliance with any other provision of the agreement and such noncompliance is within the recipient's control, the a…

Sec. 32-703. Lien on security. Exception. If the terms and conditions of an agreement for state assistance, except an agreement for grants only, provide for security, the awarding authority providing such state assistance shall have a lien on such security in an amount equal to t…

Sec. 32-704. Hospitality projects receiving state assistance. Labor peace agreements. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Capital project” means any acquisition, construction, rehabilitation or remodeling of any structure used or int…

Sec. 32-710. Connecticut Rural Development Council. Established. Duties. (a) There is established the Connecticut Rural Development Council in accordance with the Federal Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as amended from time to time. (b) The Connecticut Rural Devel…

Sec. 32-716. Legislative finding. It is found and declared that the maintenance and continued development of the state's technology-based sector is important to create a vibrant technology-based economy in Connecticut which (1) encourages and retains entrepreneurs; (2) drives an …

Secs. 32-717 and 32-718. Implementation plan for Innovation Network. Funding for plan implementation. Sections 32-717 and 32-718 are repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 05-165, S. 2, 3; P.A. 10-75, S. 20; P.A. 11-48, S. 303; 11-140, S. 11.)

Sec. 32-725. Office of the Business Advocate. Section 32-725 is repealed, effective January 1, 2009. (P.A. 06-83, S. 8; Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1, S. 17.)

Sec. 32-726. Office of the permit ombudsman. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Jobs” means permanent, full-time equivalent positions, not including construction jobs; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; (3) “Permit applications” means …

Sec. 32-730. Connecticut Competitiveness Council. Section 32-730 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 10-75, S. 19; P.A. 11-48, S. 303; 11-140, S. 33.)

Sec. 32-741. Establishment of regional economic development districts. Board of directors. Boundaries. (a) In order to coordinate, implement and promote responsible economic growth and activities in this state, any of the following entities may, after approval by the Commissioner…

Sec. 32-742. Comprehensive economic development strategy. (a) The board of directors of a regional economic development district shall comply with the provisions of 13 CFR 304.2 and shall prepare and approve a comprehensive economic development strategy for the district to addres…

Sec. 32-743. Review and approval of comprehensive economic development strategy. Approval and designation of region as economic development district. (a) The boards of directors of regional economic development districts shall submit each adopted and approved comprehensive econom…

Sec. 32-744. Priority regional grants to regional economic development districts. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may, within available appropriations, make priority regional grants to regional economic development districts for municipal development projec…

Sec. 32-745. Projects identified in comprehensive economic development strategies. Eligibility for funding. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act, projects identified in comprehensive economic development strategies approved by the Com…

Sec. 32-760. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Bona fide prospective purchaser” means a person who acquires ownership of a property after July 1, 2011, and establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that: (A) All disposal of regulated substances at the property occur…

Sec. 32-761. (Formerly Sec. 32-9cc). Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development. (a) There is established, within the Department of Economic and Community Development, an Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development. Such office shall be managed by a director, appointed…

Sec. 32-762. Brownfield remediation and development account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “brownfield remediation and development account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. There shall be deposited in the account: (1…

Sec. 32-763. (Formerly Sec. 32-9kk). Remedial action and redevelopment municipal grant program. (a) There is established a remedial action and redevelopment municipal grant program to be administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development for the purpose of provi…

Sec. 32-764. (Formerly Sec. 32-9ee). Liability for pre-existing or existing conditions. Transfer of remediated brownfields. (a) Any recipient of a grant pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-763 or subsection (c) of section 32-9cc of the general statutes, revision of 1958, rev…

Sec. 32-765. Targeted brownfield development loan program. (a) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall establish a targeted brownfield development loan program to provide low-interest loans for the eligible costs of brownfield remediation projects to potential …

Sec. 32-766. Terms and conditions of financial assistance. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall establish the terms and conditions of any financial assistance provided pursuant to section 32-763 or section 32-765. The commissioner may make any stipulation …

Sec. 32-767. Reimbursement for costs and expenses of assessment or remediation. (a) Whenever funds are used pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-763 or section 32-765, for purposes of environmental assessments or remediation of a brownfield, the Commissioner of Energy and Env…

Sec. 32-768. (Formerly Sec. 32-9ll). Abandoned brownfield cleanup program. (a) There is established an abandoned brownfield cleanup program. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall determine, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental P…

Sec. 32-769. (Formerly Sec. 32-9mm). Brownfield remediation and revitalization program. Eligibility. (a) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish a brownfield remediation and revitalization program to provide certain liability protections to program part…

Sec. 32-770. Working group to examine remediation and development of brownfields in this state. Duties. Membership. Report. (a) There is established a working group to examine the remediation and development of brownfields in this state, including, but not limited to, the remedia…

Sec. 32-771. Connecticut brownfield land banks. Application for certification. Annual report. Decertification. (a) Any Connecticut nonstock corporation may apply to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for certification as a Connecticut brownfield land bank by s…

Sec. 32-772. Board of directors. (a) The powers of a Connecticut brownfield land bank shall be vested in and exercised by a board of directors that shall consist of not less than five and not more than eleven members, each with knowledge and expertise in matters related to the pu…