Sec. 32-606. Capital city economic development statement. Requirements for funds for capital city projects. Termination date.
Sec. 32-606. Capital city economic development statement. Requirements for
funds for capital city projects. Termination date. (a) Any person, including, but not
limited to, a state or municipal agency, requesting funds from the state, including, but
not limited to, any authority created by the general statutes or any public or special act,
with respect to any capital city project, shall, at the time it makes such request for funds
from the state, present a full and complete copy of its application or request, along
with any supporting documents or exhibits, to the Capital City Economic Development
Authority for its recommendation and to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The authority shall, not later than ninety days after receipt of such application
or request, prepare and adopt a capital city economic development statement, summarizing its recommendations with respect to such application or request, and deliver such
statement to the state officer, official, employee or agent of the state or authority to
whom such application or request was made. The recommendations in such statement
shall include contract provisions regarding performance standards, including, but not
limited to, project timelines.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, public or special
acts, any regulation or procedure or any other law, no officer, official, employee or agent
of the state or any authority created by the general statutes or any public or special act,
shall expend any funds on any capital city project, unless such officer, official, employee
or agent has received a capital city economic development statement adopted by the
authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, provided, if no such statement is
received by the time ninety days have elapsed from the date of the initial application or
request for such funds, such funds may be expended. If funds are expended pursuant to
this subsection in a manner not consistent with the recommendations contained in a
capital city economic development statement for such expenditure, the officer, official,
employee or agent of the state expending such funds shall respond in writing to the
authority, providing an explanation of the decision with respect to such expenditure.
(c) The authority shall not adopt any statement recommending funding for any capital city project, unless and until the town and city of Hartford has created a municipal
parking authority in accordance with chapter 100 and has transferred, or scheduled the
transfer of, in a legally binding way, the rights and responsibilities of the municipality
for all municipally-owned or operated parking facilities, as defined in section 7-202.
(d) The authority shall coordinate the use of all state and municipal planning and
financial resources that are or can be made available for any capital city project, including
any resources available from any quasi-public agency.
(e) All state and municipal agencies, departments, boards, commissions and councils shall cooperate with the Capital City Economic Development Authority in carrying
out the purposes enumerated in section 32-602.
(f) The powers and duties granted to the authority pursuant to this section shall
terminate July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 98-179, S. 7, 30; P.A. 08-185, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 98-179 effective June 1, 1998; P.A. 08-185 amended Subsec. (f) by extending termination date from July
1, 2008, to July 1, 2013, effective June 12, 2008.