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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 345
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3250
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DEVELOPMENT OF A C ONNECTICUT
INDUSTRIAL HISTORY TRAIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) The Department of 1
Economic and Community Development shall, within available 2
appropriations, establish a Connecticut industrial history trail to 3
identify and market historical industrial sites throughout the state. The 4
department shall develop criteria to identify major historical industrial 5
sites, associated companies and museums concerning the state's 6
industrial history. The department shall develop a program that 7
promotes the industrial history trail, including, but not limited to, (1) 8
directional and other signage and notices pertaining to the sites 9
identified by the department, and (2) an industrial history trail Internet 10
web site. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Department of Economic and Community Development
to establish a Connecticut industrial history trail.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.
S.B. 345