Sec. 31-386. Definitions.
Sec. 31-386. Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) "Commissioners" means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Commissioner;
(b) "Unemployment rate" means the rate of unemployment within any labor market
area in the state as determined by the Labor Commissioner by computing the percentage
of the work force within such labor market area which was unemployed during the
month of March, 1975;
(c) "Eligible municipality" means any municipality with an unemployment rate
equal to or greater than seven per cent of its work force in March, 1975, as certified by
the Labor Commissioner;
(d) "Eligible labor market area" means a labor market area, as determined by the
Labor Commissioner, with an unemployment rate equal to or greater than seven per
cent of its work force in March, 1975, as certified by said Labor Commissioner; and
(e) "Emergency municipal public works employment project" means any municipal
public works project considered by said commissioners for state financial assistance
under this chapter.
(P.A. 75-608, S. 1, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of labor with commissioner of economic development for purposes of
chapter, redefining "commissioner" in Subdiv. (a), effective January 1, 1979; 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.