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 locate
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, 1997, any municipality in which an enterprise zone
designated under section 32-70 is located may designate an entertainment district within
the municipality.
(b) Upon designation of an entertainment district under subsection (a) of this section, the municipality may apply to the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development for state approval of the designation. The municipality seeking the approval of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for the designation of an area of the municipality as an enterprise zone shall file with the commissioner
a preliminary application. Not later than sixty days after receipt of such a preliminary
application, the commissioner shall indicate to the municipality, in writing, any recommendations for improving the municipality's application. Not later than sixty days after
receipt of the commissioner's written response, the municipality shall file a final application with the commissioner.
(c) In approving an entertainment district designation, the commissioner shall evaluate the effect of the proposal on the economic development of the municipality, the
region and the state, taking into consideration market potential, specific development
plans and private commitments in the area.
(d) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement this section. Such regulations may
establish additional criteria for approval of districts, including establishment of a
zone size.
(e) Any plant, building, other real property improvement, or part thereof, which is
located in a municipality with an entertainment district designated and approved under
this section or established under section 2 of public act 93-311*, and which qualifies
as a "manufacturing facility" under subsection (d) of section 32-9p in that it is to be
used in the production of entertainment products, including multimedia products, or as
part of the airing, display or provision of live entertainment for stage or broadcast,
including support services such as set manufacturers, scenery makers, sound and video
equipment providers and manufacturers, stage and screen writers, providers of capital
for the entertainment industry and agents for talent, writers, producers and music properties and technological infrastructure support including, but not limited to, fiber optics,
necessary to support multimedia and other entertainment formats, except entertainment
provided by or shown at a gambling or gaming facility or a facility whose primary
business is the sale or serving of alcoholic beverages, and for which the department has
issued an eligibility certificate in accordance with section 32-9r, shall be entitled to the
same benefits, subject to the same conditions, under the general statutes for which plants,
buildings and other real property improvements located in an enterprise zone qualify.
(P.A. 93-311, S. 1, 8; P.A. 94-247, S. 1, 8; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-334, S. 10, 13; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 2, 5, 6.)
*Note: Section 2 of public act 93-311 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force
and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 93-311 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-247 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize designation of entertainment
districts on and after January 1, 1996, effective June 9, 1994; 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;
P.A. 95-334 amended Subsec. (a) by changing deadline for designation of entertainment districts, from January 1, 1996,
to January 1, 1997, and added Subsec. (e) re enterprise zone benefits for certain entertainment facilities located in municipalities with entertainment districts, effective July 13, 1995; P.A. 96-211 inserted "and approved" in reference to entertainment
districts in Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 1996.