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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 855
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF
MANUFACTURING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) There shall be a 1
Director of Manufacturing within the Department of Economic and 2
Community Development. The director shall be appointed by the 3
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development after 4
consultation with a state-wide manufacturing collaborative. 5
(b) The director shall have (1) at least ten years of experience in the 6
manufacturing industry, preferably as an executive of a company with 7
fewer than five hundred employees, (2) a background in financial 8
management, and (3) familiarity with state programs concerning 9
manufacturing assistance. 10
(c) The director shall, in consultation with the state's manufacturing 11
community, (1) define strategic goals and objectives for advancing 12
manufacturing growth in the state, (2) ensure state and federal 13
investments for the advancement of manufacturing are aligned with 14
such strategic goals and objectives, (3) enhance state-wide 15
coordination, collaboration and partnership among public, private and 16
nonprofit entities, and (4) establish systems for regularly measuring 17
the effectiveness of investments that are achieving objectives and 18 Substitute Bill No. 855
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recommend changes as necessary. 19
(d) Not later than October 1, 2020, the director shall submit a report 20
to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General 21
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce on plans 22
for and progress toward addressing the following priorities: 23
(1) With regard to workforce development, the director shall (A) 24
develop initiatives for promoting manufacturing careers in public 25
schools and local communities, (B) increase the capability of traditional 26
and technical high schools to provide comprehensive technical 27
education to students, (C) coordinate integration of manufacturing 28
curriculums in middle schools, high schools, community colleges, 29
four-year colleges and graduate level manufacturing-related education 30
programs, and (D) expand the state's capability to address immediate 31
manufacturing workforce needs through greater regional partnerships 32
and expansion of strategic workforce pipeline initiatives. 33
(2) With regard to technology, the director shall establish an 34
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortium. The consortium 35
shall (A) establish a network for communication between technology 36
resource providers and manufacturers, (B) increase manufacturers' 37
awareness of the importance of technology innovation to their long-38
term success, and (C) increase awareness and accessibility of planning, 39
testing, financing and other assistance associated with advancing 40
technology innovation in the manufacturing industry. 41
(3) With regard to state funding of manufacturing programs, the 42
director shall evaluate state-funded manufacturing programs and 43
recommend changes to such programs, as warranted, to meet strategic 44
objectives, consistent with needs of manufacturers. 45
(4) With regard to manufacturing regulations, the director shall 46
establish a Regulatory Improvement Team to evaluate whether 47
regulations are clear, narrowly constructed to meet a legitimate need, 48
consistently applied and meet other measures detailed in the 49 Substitute Bill No. 855
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regulatory transparency and efficiency provisions of Executive Order 50
Number 37 of Governor Dannel P. Malloy. 51
(5) With regard to promotion of manufacturing, the director shall 52
assist manufacturers, state agencies and other relevant entities with 53
promoting the products and services of the state's manufacturers. 54
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) There is established an account 55
to be known as the "director of manufacturing account" which shall be 56
a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The following 57
moneys shall be deposited in the account: (1) Any moneys required or 58
permitted by law to be deposited in the account; (2) all private 59
contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises received by 60
the account; and (3) to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or 61
federal law, any local, state or federal funds received by the account. 62
Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Director of 63
Manufacturing for the purposes of subsection (c) of section 1 of this 64
act. 65
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 New section
CE Joint Favorable Subst.