Bill Text: CT SB00404 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Legislative Commissioners' Recommendations For Technical Corrections To Commerce Statutes.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-20 - House Calendar Number 428 [SB00404 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00404-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 404
February Session, 2012		*_____SB00404CE____032712____*

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO COMMERCE STATUTES.

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

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4b-53 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) The State Bond Commission, in the allocation of proceeds of state bonds for purposes of construction, reconstruction or remodeling of any state building, shall allocate for works of art, with respect to each such project and for the purposes of subsection (c) of this section, an amount from such proceeds not less than one per cent of the total estimated cost of such construction, reconstruction or remodeling, exclusive of (1) the cost of any land acquisition, (2) any nonconstruction costs including the cost of such work of art, and (3) any augmentations to such cost, provided [any such allocation for work of art as provided in this section must be approved, prior to authorization of such allocation by the State Bond Commission, by the Commissioner of Construction Services] the State Bond Commission shall not make any such allocation for a work of art without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Construction Services in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development. Such allocation may be used to reimburse any artist, artisan, craftsperson or person who creates a work of art, for proposal development expenses when the Department of Economic and Community Development requests such proposal development or to compensate persons who, at the request of the Department of Economic and Community Development determine whether such works of art require proposal development.

Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 32-9ee of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) No person shall acquire title to or hold, possess or maintain any interest in a property that has been remediated in accordance with the municipal brownfield grant program established in subsection (c) of section 32-9cc if such person (1) is liable under section 22a-432, 22a-433, 22a-451 or 22a-452; (2) is otherwise responsible, directly or indirectly, for the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of such hazardous substance, material or waste; (3) is a member, officer, manager, director, shareholder, subsidiary, successor of, related to, or affiliated with, directly or indirectly, the person who is otherwise liable [to] under section 22a-432, 22a-433, 22a-451 or 22a-452; or (4) is or was an owner, operator or tenant. If such person elects to acquire title to or hold, possess or maintain any interest in the property, that person shall reimburse the state of Connecticut, the municipality and the economic development agency for any and all costs expended to perform the investigation and remediation of the property, plus interest at a rate of eighteen per cent.

Sec. 3. Subdivision (8) of subsection (b) of section 4-124w of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(8) Not later than October 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, submit a report [, with the assistance of the Labor Department,] to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, economic development, labor and higher education and employment advancement specifying a forecasted assessment [by the Labor Department] of workforce shortages in occupations in this state for the succeeding two and five-year periods. The report shall also include recommendations concerning (A) methods to generate a sufficient number of workers to meet identified workforce needs, including, but not limited to, scholarship, school-to-career and internship programs, and (B) methods secondary and higher education and private industry can use to address identified workforce needs.

Sec. 4. Subsection (c) of section 4-124w of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(c) The Labor Department shall be the lead state agency for the development of employment and training strategies and initiatives required to support the state's position in the knowledge economy. The Labor Commissioner, with the assistance of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, may call upon any office, department, board, commission or other agency of the state to supply such reports, information and assistance as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out [its] the Labor Commissioner's duties and requirements. Each officer or employee of such office, department, board, commission or other agency of the state is authorized and directed to cooperate with the Labor Commissioner and to furnish such reports, information and assistance.

Sec. 5. Subdivision (5) of subsection (i) of section 32-9mm of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(5) A municipality or economic development agency may submit a fee waiver request to the [commissioner] Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to waive a portion or the entire fee for an eligible property not owned by the municipality and located within that municipality. [The commissioner, at their] Said commissioner, at his or her discretion, shall consider the following factors in determining whether to approve a fee waiver or reduction: (A) Location of the eligible project within a distressed municipality; (B) demonstration by the municipality or economic development agency that the project is of significant economic impact; (C) demonstration by the municipality or economic development agency that the project has a significant community benefit to the municipality; (D) demonstration that the eligible party is a governmental or nonprofit entity; and (E) demonstration that the fee required will have a detrimental effect on the overall success of the project.

Sec. 6. Subsection (l) of section 32-9mm of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(l) Not later than sixty days after receiving a notice of disapproval or a verification or interim verification from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, the eligible party shall submit to said commissioner and to the [commissioner] Commissioner of Economic and Community Development a report of cure of noted deficiencies. Within sixty days after receiving such report of cure of noted deficiencies by said commissioner, said commissioner shall issue a successful audit closure letter or a written disapproval of such report of cure of noted deficiencies.

Sec. 7. Subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 10-393 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(5) The majority leader of the Senate shall appoint two members: (A) One member shall be an individual with knowledge of and experience in the tourism industry from the eastern regional tourism district, established pursuant to section 10-397; and (B) one member shall be an individual with knowledge of or experience or interest in the arts.

Sec. 8. Sections 32-97 to 32-100, inclusive, and 32-716 of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective from passage)

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	4b-53(b)
Sec. 2	from passage	32-9ee(c)
Sec. 3	from passage	4-124w(b)(8)
Sec. 4	from passage	4-124w(c)
Sec. 5	from passage	32-9mm(i)(5)
Sec. 6	from passage	32-9mm(l)
Sec. 7	from passage	10-393(a)(5)
Sec. 8	from passage	Repealer section

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

In section 5, "commissioner" was bracketed and "Commissioner of Economic and Community Development" was inserted in lieu thereof for clarity, and "Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, at the commissioner's" was deleted and "Said commissioner, at his or her" was inserted in lieu thereof to conform with the style of the general statutes.

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Joint Favorable Subst.-LCO