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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT MAXIMIZING JOBS FOR STATE WORKERS BY REQUIRING LOCAL CONSTRUCTION HIRING REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) Any applicant for more than five million dollars of financial assistance from the Department of Economic and Community Development or Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated for an economic development project shall include in its application for such assistance a commitment to take reasonable steps to contract with Connecticut businesses for any construction-based portion of such project. Such commitment shall include a list of proposed steps such applicant will take to contract with Connecticut businesses. For purposes of this section, "financial assistance" means grants, extensions of credit, loans or loan guarantees, participation interests in loans made to eligible applicants by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated or combinations thereof. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Not more than twelve months after the construction portion of any such project begins, and annually thereafter until construction is completed, any recipient of financial assistance that has made a commitment pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall file with the Labor Department and the Department of Economic and Community Development a local construction hiring report concerning such recipient's efforts to contract with Connecticut businesses and the employment practices of businesses contracted by such recipient to perform the construction-related portion of such project. Such report shall include: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) A description of the efforts undertaken by such recipient to contract with Connecticut businesses for the construction-related portion of such project; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) A description of the efforts undertaken by such recipient to encourage contracted businesses to hire Connecticut residents; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) (A) The names of businesses contracted by such recipient to perform the construction-related portion of such project, (B) the number of Connecticut residents employed by such contracted businesses, (C) the percentage of such contracted businesses' workforces that are composed of Connecticut residents, (D) the number of Connecticut residents employed by such contracted businesses on such project, and (E) the average wage and benefits paid to construction workers employed by such contracted businesses on such project; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) Any other information required by the Labor Department and the Department of Economic and Community Development. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) Not later than February first, annually, the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Department shall submit a report to the Governor, the General Assembly and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and labor, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. Such report shall summarize the local construction hiring reports filed with said departments in the preceding calendar year pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and shall include, but not be limited to: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) A list of the businesses included in any local construction hiring report; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) The number of Connecticut residents employed by each such business, and in the aggregate; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) The increase or decrease in the number of Connecticut residents employed by each such business, and in the aggregate, since the preceding year's report; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) The average wage and benefits paid to construction workers, on projects funded in whole or in part by state funds, employed by each such business, and in the aggregate; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (5) Policy suggestions to encourage the hiring of Connecticut residents. |
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| 43 | 43 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | October 1, 2013 |
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| 52 | 52 | | New section |
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| 56 | 56 | | CE Joint Favorable Subst. |
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