(a) Each business seeking economic development financial assistance for a threshold project shall submit the following prior to any decision by the awarding authority regarding such assistance:

(1) A statement explaining how the business will use the financial assistance to further the public policy objectives developed under section 32-451 for the program under which assistance is sought, including but not limited to, the number of jobs to be retained, the number of jobs to be created and the wage and benefit levels of such jobs. Such statement shall not be a contractual or otherwise binding obligation of the business, provided no provision of this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit the awarding authority from imposing any lawful conditions on the award of economic development financial assistance;

(2) A statement regarding the municipality in which the project will be located, indicating (A) whether the business has consulted with such municipality concerning the business's request for financial assistance and the public policy objectives which the request is intended to serve and, if not, (i) the reasons why and (ii) whether the business intends to so consult, (B) whether the municipality supports such request, (C) whether the municipality has made any commitments to the business and, if so, the nature of such commitments and a description of the manner in which the commitments relate to the business's plan for using the economic development financial assistance to further the public policy objectives of the awarding authority, and (D) whether the business has made any commitments to the municipality which relate to the request and, if so, a description of the relationship between the assistance sought and such commitments. If the business has consulted with the municipality concerning the request, the business shall provide a copy of the portion of the statement described in subparagraphs (B), (C) and (D) of this subdivision to the chief elected official of the municipality; and

(3) If there are employee representatives of the business and (A) the business has not consulted with such employee representatives concerning the request for financial assistance and the public policy objectives which the request is intended to serve, a statement to that effect that also indicates (i) the reasons for not consulting with the employee representatives and (ii) whether the business intends to so consult, or (B) the business has consulted with the employee representatives of the business concerning the request and such objectives, a statement prepared jointly by the business and the employee representatives or separate statements by the business and the employee representatives, indicating (i) whether the employee representatives support the application, (ii) whether the employee representatives have made any commitments to the business and, if so, the nature of such commitments and a description of the manner in which the commitments relate to the business's plan for using the economic development financial assistance to further the public policy objectives of the awarding authority, (iii) whether the business has made any commitments to the employee representatives which relate to the request and, if so, a description of the relationship between the assistance sought and such commitments, and (iv) whether the business has developed a plan for on-going cooperation between the business and its employees through a labor-management committee or any other mechanism, for the purpose of promoting such public policy objectives.

(b) If there are no employee representatives of a business seeking economic development financial assistance for a threshold project, the business and its employees may submit either a joint statement or separate statements to the awarding authority, containing the information described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section with regard to employees of the business.

(P.A. 94-231, S. 3, 9.)

History: P.A. 94-231 effective October 1, 1994, and applicable to applications for economic development financial assistance submitted on or after said date.