Sec. 32-58. Department to advise local governments. Commissioner to report annually on defense dependency.
Sec. 32-58. Department to advise local governments. Commissioner to report
annually on defense dependency. The Department of Economic and Community Development shall advise and cooperate with any municipal or regional agency, commission or authority responsible for economic planning in order to formulate and implement
plans to reduce the dependency of a municipal or regional economy on prime defense
contracts and to alleviate the effects of a possible prime defense contract cutback. The
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit on or before
September first of each year to the Governor and the General Assembly a report which
evaluates the extent to which the economy of the state is dependent on prime defense
contracts, designates the municipalities or regions whose economies are particularly
dependent on prime defense contracts, describes the adequacy of the steps being taken
to meet potential problems resulting from such dependency and shall include recommendations as to the need for further legislative and administrative action to reduce such
dependency and to aid areas which have been or may be impacted by prime defense
contract cutbacks.
(P.A. 80-267, S. 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: 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.