Sec. 10-392. Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. Established. Purposes. Successor department.
Sec. 10-392. Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. Established.
Purposes. Successor department. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
culture, history, the arts and the digital media and motion picture and tourism industries
contribute significant value to the vitality, quality of life and economic health of Connecticut and therefore there is established the Connecticut Commission on Culture and
Tourism. The Connecticut Humanities Council and the Connecticut Trust for Historic
Preservation shall operate in conjunction with the commission for purposes of joint
strategic planning, annual reporting on appropriations and fiscal reporting. The purpose
of the commission shall be to enhance and promote culture, history, the arts and the
tourism and digital media and motion picture industries in Connecticut.
(b) The commission shall:
(1) Market and promote Connecticut as a destination for leisure and business travelers through the development and implementation of a strategic state-wide marketing
plan and provision of visitor services to enhance the economic impact of the tourism
industry;
(2) Promote the arts;
(3) Recognize, protect, preserve and promote historic resources;
(4) Interpret and present Connecticut's history and culture;
(5) Promote Connecticut as a location in which to produce digital media and motion
pictures and to establish and conduct business related to the digital media and motion
picture industries to enhance these industries' economic impact in the state;
(6) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, prepare and submit to the Office of Policy and Management, in accordance with
sections 4-77 and 4-77a, budget expenditure estimates and recommended adjustments
for the next succeeding fiscal year or years and a detailed accounting of expenditures
for the prior fiscal year, a copy of which shall be submitted to the General Assembly,
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a;
(7) Establish a uniform financial reporting system and forms to be used by each
regional tourism district, established under section 10-397, in the preparation of the
annual budget submitted to the General Assembly;
(8) Integrate funding and programs whenever possible; and
(9) On or before January 1, 2005, and biennially thereafter, develop and submit to
the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with section 11-4a, a strategic
plan to implement subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of this subsection.
(c) Any proposals for projects under the jurisdiction of the commission and projects
proposed by the Connecticut Humanities Council that require funding through the issuance of bonds by the State Bond Commission, in accordance with sections 13b-74 to
13b-77, inclusive, shall be submitted to the Connecticut Commission on Culture and
Tourism. The commission shall review such proposals and submit any project that it
believes has merit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding with the commission's
recommendation for funding.
(d) The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism shall be a successor
agency to the State Commission on the Arts, the Connecticut Historical Commission,
the Office of Tourism, the Connecticut Tourism Council, the Connecticut Film, Video
and Media Commission and the Connecticut Film, Video and Media Office in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.
(e) Wherever the words "State Commission on the Arts", "Connecticut Historical
Commission", "Office of Tourism", "Connecticut Film, Video and Media Office" and
"Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film" are used in the
following sections of the general statutes, or in any public or special act of the 2003 or
2004 session the words "Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism" shall be
substituted in lieu thereof: 3-110f, 3-110h, 3-110i, 4-9a, 4b-53, 4b-60, 4b-64, 4b-66a,
7-147a, 7-147b, 7-147c, 7-147j, 7-147p, 7-147q, 7-147y, 8-2j, 10-382, 10-384, 10-385,
10-386, 10-387, 10-388, 10-389, 10-391, 10a-111a, 10a-112, 10a-112b, 10a-112g, 11-6a, 12-376d, 13a-252, 19a-315b, 19a-315c, 22a-1d, 22a-19b, 25-102qq, 25-109q, 29-259 and 32-6a.
(f) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this
section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210; P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 2, 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 06-172, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-20 made technical changes in Subsecs. (d) and
(e), effective April 16, 2004; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, made technical changes and with May Sp. Sess. P.A.
04-2, effective May 12, 2004, also replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; P.A. 06-172 replaced references to film industry with references to
digital media and motion picture industries in Subsec. (a) and replaced "conduct filming" with "produce digital media and
motion pictures" and replaced "film and video industries" with "digital media and motion picture industries" in Subsec.
(b)(5).