Bill Text: CT HB05115 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5115 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Recipients Of Financial Assistance By The Connecticut Development Authority.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-22 - Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB05115 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05115-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 5115*
*February Session, 2010*		_____HB05115CE_FIN031710____

AN ACT CONCERNING RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 32-11a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):

(c) The board of directors of the authority shall consist of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the State Treasurer and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, each serving ex officio, four members appointed by the Governor who shall be experienced in the field of financial lending or the development of commerce, trade and business and four members appointed as follows: One by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Each ex-officio member may designate a deputy or any member of the agency staff to represent the member at meetings of the authority with full powers to act and vote on the member's behalf. The chairperson of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of both houses of the General Assembly. The board shall annually elect one of its members as vice chairperson. Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor but no longer than the term of office of the Governor or until the member's successor is appointed and qualified, whichever is longer. Each member appointed by a member of the General Assembly shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1a. Members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under the authority legislation, as defined in subsection (hh) of section 32-23d. The Governor shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term of a member appointed by the Governor. The appropriate legislative appointing authority shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term of a member appointed by such authority. A member of the board shall be eligible for reappointment. Any member of the board may be removed by the Governor for misfeasance, malfeasance or wilful neglect of duty. Each member of the authority before entering upon his or her duties shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by article XI, section 1, of the State Constitution. A record of each such oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. Meetings of the board shall be held at such times as shall be specified in the bylaws adopted by the board and at such other time or times as the chairperson deems necessary. The board is empowered to adopt bylaws and regulations for putting into effect the provisions of said chapters and sections. Not later than November first, annually, the authority shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the Auditors of Public Accounts and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development, appropriations and capital bonding, which shall include the following information with respect to new and outstanding financial assistance provided by the authority during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth next preceding the date of the report for each financial assistance program administered by the authority: (1) A list of the names, addresses and locations of all recipients of such assistance, (2) for each recipient: (A) The business activities, (B) the Standard Industrial Classification Manual codes, (C) the gross revenues during the recipient's most recent fiscal year if the recipient is an organization that makes such information public in the normal course of business, or, if the recipient does not make such information public in the normal course of business, the gross revenue information shall be provided for a recipient separately, using a system in which no recipient is listed by name but each is given a separate identity in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 32-244, (D) the number of employees at the time of application, (E) whether the recipient is a minority or woman-owned business, (F) a summary of the terms and conditions for the assistance, including the type and amount of state financial assistance, job creation or retention requirements, and anticipated wage rates, and (G) the amount of investments from private and other nonstate sources that have been leveraged by the assistance, (3) the economic benefit criteria used in determining which applications have been approved or disapproved, and (4) for each recipient of assistance on or after July 1, 1991, a comparison between the number of jobs to be created, the number of jobs to be retained and the average wage rates for each such category of jobs, as projected in the recipient's application, versus the actual number of jobs created, the actual number of jobs retained and the average wage rates for each such category. The Governor and the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development, appropriations and capital bonding may, after a request to the Connecticut Development Authority by any of said persons, examine, in confidence, the detailed data, including the specific revenue data for each recipient not listed by name, submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of this section. The chairpersons and ranking members of said committees may disclose such data to the members of said committees, who shall also keep such data confidential. The report shall also indicate the actual number of full-time jobs and the actual number of part-time jobs in each such category and the benefit levels for each such subcategory. In addition, the report shall state (A) for each final application approved during the twelve-month period covered by the report, (i) the date that the final application was received by the authority, and (ii) the date of such approval; (B) for each final application withdrawn during the twelve-month period covered by the report, (i) the municipality in which the applicant is located, (ii) the Standard Industrial Classification Manual code for the applicant, (iii) the date that the final application was received by the authority, and (iv) the date of such withdrawal; (C) for each final application disapproved during the twelve-month period covered by the report, (i) the municipality in which the applicant is located, (ii) the Standard Industrial Classification Manual code for the applicant, (iii) the date that the final application was received by the authority, and (iv) the date of such disapproval; and (D) for each final application on which no action has been taken by the applicant or the agency in the twelve-month period covered by the report and for which no report has been submitted under this subsection, (i) the municipality in which the applicant is located, (ii) the Standard Industrial Classification Manual code for the applicant, and (iii) the date that the final application was received by the authority. The November first report shall include a summary of the activities of the authority, including all activities to assist small businesses and minority business enterprises, as defined in section 4a-60g, a complete operating and financial statement and recommendations for legislation to promote the purposes of the authority. The authority shall furnish such additional reports upon the written request of any such committee at such times and containing such information as the committee may request. The accounts of the authority shall be subject to annual audit by the state Auditors of Public Accounts. The authority may cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each fiscal year by certified public accountants. The powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by not less than six of the members of the board of directors then in office. Such number of members shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the board shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. Any action taken by the board under the provisions of said chapters and sections may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each such resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. The authority shall be exempt from the provisions of section 4-9a.