(a) An eligible business facility shall be granted an amount determined by multiplying seven hundred fifty dollars or, in the case of any facility used primarily for the manufacturing, processing or assembling of raw materials or manufactured products, or for research or industrial warehousing, or any combination thereof, and located in an enterprise zone designated pursuant to section 32-70, for which not less than one hundred fifty full-time employees or fifty per cent of the full-time employment positions created by the facility are held by (1) residents of such zone, or (2) residents of such municipality who, at the time of employment, were eligible for training under the federal Comprehensive Employment Training Act or any other training program that replaces the Comprehensive Employment Training Act, two thousand two hundred fifty dollars, by the increase in the number of full-time employment positions, the costs of which are paid by the eligible business, directly resulting from the construction, renovation or expansion of the business facility, as determined by the department taking into account the employment requirements of business expansion, historical levels of employment and employment positions prior to the expansion, and such other factors as the department may deem appropriate. In the case of an eligible business facility located in an industrial district designated as part of an enterprise corridor zone under section 32-80, “such municipality”, as used in this subsection, means either the municipality in which the facility is located or any other municipality having an industrial district which is designated as part of the same enterprise corridor zone.

(b) Each business expansion of an applicant shall be treated separately by the department, and the department may establish a maximum number of employment positions for which benefits will be awarded under this section and sections 32-9j and 32-9p in order to make most effective use of the resources available for the job incentive grant program. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the job incentive grant program and for grant eligibility thereunder.

(P.A. 77-560, S. 4, 7; P.A. 79-508, S. 2, 5; P.A. 81-445, S. 6, 11; P.A. 82-435, S. 4, 8; P.A. 83-381, S. 3; P.A. 86-258, S. 5, 8; P.A. 90-270, S. 22, 38; P.A. 93-382, S. 22, 69; P.A. 96-239, S. 5, 6, 17; P.A. 14-122, S. 151.)

History: P.A. 79-508 essentially replaced previous provisions, establishing new method for calculation of grant amount and substituting new provisions in Subsec. (b) for provision which had limited total number of jobs “for which all grants may be made under this section in any calendar year” to 1,000; P.A. 81-445 added double grant amount for facilities in enterprise zones in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1982; P.A. 82-435 inserted a 30% resident employee or municipal CETA eligible employee requirement for businesses in enterprise zones to be eligible for the increased grant; P.A. 83-381 amended Subsec. (a) concerning determination of eligibility for grant for facilities in enterprise zones; P.A. 86-258 amended Subsec. (a) to increase grant for certain manufacturing, research and warehousing facilities located in enterprise zones, from $1,000 to $1,500; P.A. 90-270 amended Subsec. (a) by making businesses employing more than 150 full-time employees eligible for grants; P.A. 93-382 deleted reference to Sec. 32-9m in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-239 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting $750 for $500, 50% for 30%, and $2,250 for $1,500 in formula for determining grant amount, and defining “such municipality” relative to enterprise corridor zone eligible business facilities, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).

See chapter 585 re enterprise zones.