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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7317
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5519
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING UR BAN AND RURAL WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of 1
Labor, in consultation with the State Treasurer, shall establish and 2
administer a grant program for eligible minority business enterprises, 3
as defined in section 4a-60g of the general statutes, that are located in 4
distressed municipalities, as defined in section 32-9p of the general 5
statutes, for the purposes of developing and increasing the workforce 6
in such distressed municipalities. An eligible minority business 7
enterprise may apply to the Labor Commissioner for a grant from such 8
program at such time and in such manner as the Labor Commissioner 9
prescribes. Such grants may be used by such minority business 10
enterprises to establish work-based educational programs in 11
collaboration with local and regional boards of education. 12
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To promote urban and rural workforce development.
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