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7	6		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5504
8	7		February Session, 2022
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12	11		Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
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21	21		AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE
22	22		DESIGNATION.
23	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	24		Assembly convened:
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26	26		Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 32-70 of the general statutes is 1
27	27		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
28	28		passage): 3
29	29		(c) (1) On or before September 30, 1993, the Commissioner of 4
30	30		Economic and Community Development shall approve the designation 5
31	31		of ten areas as enterprise zones, not more than four of which shall be in 6
32	32		municipalities with a population greater than eighty thousand and not 7
33	33		more than six of which shall be in municipalities with a population of 8
34	34		less than eighty thousand. 9
35	35		(2) (A) On or after October 1, 1993, the commissioner shall approve 10
36	36		the designation of two areas as enterprise zones. Each such area shall be 11
37	37		in a municipality with a population of less than eighty thousand, in 12
38		-	which there are one or more base or plant closures. Such municipalities 13 Raised Bill No. 5504
	38	+	which there are one or more base or plant closures. Such municipalities 13
	39	+	shall be in different counties. If the commissioner approves the 14 Raised Bill No. 5504
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46	45		designation of an area of a municipality as an enterprise zone because 15
47	46		of a plant closure in the municipality and there is a closure of another 16
48	47		plant in any other municipality in the state by the same business, the 17
49	48		commissioner shall also designate an area in such other municipality as 18
50	49		an enterprise zone. If any such designated area includes a portion of a 19
51	50		census tract in which any such base or plant is located, the census tracts 20
52	51		in such area shall not be required to meet the eligibility criteria set forth 21
53	52		under subsection (a) of this section for enterprise zone designation. If 22
54	53		any such area is located elsewhere in the municipality, the census tracts 23
55	54		in such area shall meet such eligibility criteria. As used in this 24
56	55		subparagraph, (i) "base" means any United States or state of Connecticut 25
57	56		military base or facility located in whole or in part within the state; (ii) 26
58	57		"plant" means any manufacturing business or economic base business, 27
59	58		as defined in section 32-222; and (iii) "closure" means any reduction or 28
60	59		transfer in military personnel or civilian employment at one or more 29
61	60		bases or plants in a municipality, which occurred between July 1, 1989, 30
62	61		and July 1, 1993, or is scheduled to occur between July 1, 1993, and July 31
63	62		1, 1996, and exceeds two thousand persons. Such employment figures 32
64	63		shall be certified by the Labor Department. 33
65	64		(B) On or after October 1, 1993, the commissioner shall approve the 34
66	65		designation of three other areas as enterprise zones, one of which shall 35
67	66		be in a municipality with a population greater than eighty thousand and 36
68	67		two of which shall be in municipalities with a population of less than 37
69	68		eighty thousand. The census tracts in such areas shall meet the eligibility 38
70	69		criteria set forth under subsection (a) of this section for enterprise zone 39
71	70		designation. The commissioner shall approve the designation of 40
72	71		enterprise zones under this subparagraph for those municipalities 41
73	72		which he or she determines to have experienced the largest increases in 42
74	73		poverty from October 1, 1989, to October 1, 1993, inclusive, based on a 43
75	74		weighted average of the unemployment rate, caseload under the 44
76	75		temporary family assistance program and per capita income of less than 45
77	76		ninety per cent of the state average between 1985 and 1989. In making 46
78		-	his determination, the commissioner may also consider the vacancy 47 Raised Bill No. 5504
	77	+	his determination, the commissioner may also consider the vacancy 47
	78	+	rates for commercial and industrial facilities in a municipality and a 48 Raised Bill No. 5504
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86	84		municipality's program for the implementation of an effective 49
87	85		enterprise zone program. To the extent appropriate, the commissioner 50
88	86		shall use the Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI) system in making 51
89	87		the calculations for such determination. 52
90	88		(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 53
91	89		municipalities that were not distressed municipalities under the 54
92	90		provisions of subsection (b) of section 32-9p on February 1, 1986, shall 55
93	91		be eligible to designate areas as enterprise zones under subparagraph 56
94	92		(A) or (B) of this subdivision. 57
95	93		(3) On or after July 1, 2014, the commissioner shall approve the 58
96	94		designation of two areas as enterprise zones as follows: (A) One area 59
97	95		shall be in a municipality with a population of not more than fifty 60
98	96		thousand, as enumerated in the 2010 federal decennial census, and in 61
99	97		which is located a United States Postal Service processing center that at 62
100	98		any point in time employed one thousand or more persons, except that 63
101	99		such area shall only be designated as an enterprise zone for a term of 64
102	100		five years from the date any portion of the area is transferred, provided 65
103	101		such transfer occurs on or after July 1, 2014, and (B) one area shall be in 66
104	102		a municipality with a population of not less than seven thousand eight 67
105	103		hundred and not more than seven thousand nine hundred, as 68
106	104		enumerated in the 2010 federal decennial census, and having a total area 69
107	105		of not more than 12.2 square miles. Each such enterprise zone area shall 70
108	106		consist of two contiguous United States census tracts, contiguous 71
109	107		portions of such census tracts or all or a portion of an individual census 72
110	108		tract, as determined in accordance with the most recent federal 73
111	109		decennial census and, if such area is covered by zoning, a portion of 74
112	110		such area shall be zoned to allow commercial or industrial activity. The 75
113	111		census tracts in each such enterprise zone area shall not be required to 76
114	112		meet the eligibility criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this section. 77
115	113		Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 78
116	114		municipalities that were not distressed municipalities under the 79
117		-	provisions of subsection (b) of section 32-9p on February 1, 1986, shall 80 Raised Bill No. 5504
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	116	+	be eligible to designate areas as enterprise zones under this subdivision. 81 Raised Bill No. 5504
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125	122		(4) (A) The commissioner shall not approve the designation of more 82
126	123		than one enterprise zone in any municipality. The commissioner shall 83
127	124		adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 concerning such 84
128	125		additional qualifications for an area to become an enterprise zone as he 85
129	126		or she deems necessary. 86
130	127		(B) The commissioner may remove the designation of any area he or 87
131	128		she has approved as an enterprise zone if such area no longer meets the 88
132	129		criteria for designation as such an area set forth in this section or in 89
133	130		regulations adopted pursuant to this section, [provided] except that no 90
134	131		such designation shall be removed (i) less than ten years from the 91
135	132		original date of approval of such zone, or (ii) if the number of residents 92
136	133		in such area with income below the poverty level, as determined by the 93
137	134		most recent United States census, has not been reduced by at least 94
138	135		seventy-five per cent from the original date of approval of such zone. 95
139	136		(C) The commissioner may designate any additional area as an 96
140	137		enterprise zone if that area is designated as an enterprise zone, 97
141	138		empowerment zone or enterprise community pursuant to any federal 98
142	139		legislation. 99
143	140		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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146	143		Section 1 from passage 32-70(c)
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	145	+	Statement of Purpose:
	146	+	To prohibit the removal of the designation of an enterprise zone if the
	147	+	number of residents in such designated area with income below the
	148	+	poverty level has not been reduced by at least seventy-five per cent from
	149	+	the original date of approval of such zone.
	150	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	151	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	152	+	underlined.]
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