(a) Any town, city or borough, by ordinance, may accept the provisions of this section and may establish an economic development commission for the promotion and development of the economic resources of such municipality. The ordinance shall specify (1) the number of members of such commission, which shall be not less than five or more than fifteen, and the number of alternates, if any, (2) whether the members and alternates shall be elected or appointed by the chief executive authority of the municipality and (3) the terms of the members and alternates, which (A) in the case of appointed members shall not exceed five years and shall be so fixed that the terms of approximately one-fifth of the members shall expire each year and (B) in the case of elected members shall not exceed six years and shall be so fixed that the terms of approximately one-fifth but no more than two-fifths of the members shall expire in each odd-numbered year. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the legislative body of any town, city or borough which elects members and alternates may provide for a reasonable method of transition for such offices which may include reasonable extension of such terms and provision for interim terms. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the chief executive authority. Any such alternate members shall, when seated, have all the powers and duties of a member of the commission. In any case in which the members of the commission or alternates are appointed by the chief executive authority, any member or alternate may be removed by such authority for cause and, on request of such member or alternate, after public hearing. The members and alternates of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as such but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The commission may appoint employees necessary for the discharge of its duties.
(b) The commission shall conduct research into the economic conditions and trends in its municipality, shall make recommendations to appropriate officials and agencies of its municipality regarding action to improve its economic condition and development, shall seek to coordinate the activities of and cooperate with unofficial bodies organized to promote such economic development and may advertise and may prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts and pamphlets which in its judgment will further its official purposes.
(c) The commission shall annually prepare and transmit to the legislative body of its municipality a report of its activities and of its recommendations for improving such economic conditions and development.
(d) Any municipality which establishes an economic development commission may annually appropriate for its purposes a sum not exceeding one-twentieth of one per cent of the last-completed grand list of taxable property.
(1955, S. 263d; February, 1965, P.A. 245, S. 1; P.A. 82-55, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-433, S. 2.)
History: 1965 act changed name of commissions from “development and industrial commissions” to “economic development commissions,” amended Subsec. (b) to provide that research be into “economic conditions and trends” rather than into “business and industrial conditions” and to provide for the making of recommendations by the commission and added Subsec. (c); P.A. 82-55 provided for alternates; P.A. 85-433 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the term of office for elected members shall not exceed six years with approximately one-fifth but no more than two-fifths of the members' terms to expire in odd-numbered years and authorized provision of reasonable method of transition for such officers, including reasonable extension of such terms and provision for interim terms.
Cited. 28 CA 622.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 97 - Municipalities: General Provisions
Section 7-103. - Resignation of municipal officers.
Section 7-104. - Refusal of elected official to accept or perform duties.
Section 7-105. - Oath of assessors, board of assessment appeals and tax collectors.
Section 7-105a. - Office of grand juror abolished.
Section 7-106. - Oath of grand jurors.
Section 7-107. - Vacancy appointments by selectmen.
Section 7-108. - City or borough liable for damage done by mobs.
Section 7-109. - Destruction of documents.
Section 7-111. - Proof of claims against municipality.
Section 7-112. - Rate of wages and citizens' preference in work on public buildings.
Section 7-113. - Marking of bounds of towns, cities and boroughs.
Section 7-114. - Renewal of boundary lines.
Section 7-115. - Establishment of disputed boundaries.
Section 7-118a. - Curbs and sidewalks to be designed with cuts at pedestrian crosswalks.
Section 7-119 and 7-120. - Hearing; appeal. Assignment of street numbers.
Section 7-121. - Making of specific appropriations.
Section 7-121a. - Municipal loans to nonpublic schools for construction or renovation.
Section 7-121b. - Contracts with regional water authorities.
Section 7-121e. - Sewage treatment facility improvement trust fund.
Section 7-121f. - Municipal Electric Consumer Advocate.
Section 7-121m. - Notice of actions concerning real property in other municipalities.
Section 7-121n. - Sustainable energy program.
Section 7-122. - Sites for armories. Appropriations.
Section 7-122a. - Municipal fallout shelters and civil preparedness facilities.
Section 7-125a. - Appropriations to improvement associations for road maintenance.
Section 7-127 and 7-127a. - Municipal advisory welfare boards. Committees on needs of the aging.
Section 7-127c. - Municipal agents for children.
Section 7-127d. - Neighborhood youth center grant program.
Section 7-127f. - Annual reports. Audit.
Section 7-127g. - Annual reports to the General Assembly.
Section 7-128 and 7-129. - Public squares and parks. Gifts for parks.
Section 7-129a. - Park and recreation capital and nonrecurring expense fund.
Section 7-130. - Playgrounds and recreation centers.
Section 7-130a. - Public recreational facilities authorities. Definitions.
Section 7-130b. - Creation of authority. Joining and withdrawal.
Section 7-130d. - Powers of authority.
Section 7-130e. - Municipalities may grant property and money to authority.
Section 7-130f. - Operation of projects.
Section 7-130g. - Bond issues.
Section 7-130h. - Securing of bonds.
Section 7-130i. - Rates, rents, fees and charges.
Section 7-130j. - Use of receipts.
Section 7-130k. - Enforcement of rights of bondholders and trustees.
Section 7-130l. - Tax exemption.
Section 7-130m. - Bonds to be legal investments.
Section 7-130n. - Liberal construction. Consent of other bodies not required.
Section 7-130o. - Municipal powers to aid authority.
Section 7-130p. - Provision of property to authority.
Section 7-130q. - Lease of facilities.
Section 7-130r. - Financial aid by municipality.
Section 7-130s. - Municipal guarantee of authority bonds.
Section 7-130t. - Pledge or assignment of lease to secure bonds.
Section 7-130u. - Exemption of property from levy and sale by virtue of execution.
Section 7-130v. - Payment by authority of sums in lieu of taxes.
Section 7-130w. - Construction of statutes. Consent of other agencies not required.
Section 7-131. - Municipal forests. Public shade trees.
Section 7-131a. - Conservation commissions.
Section 7-131c. - Open space land. Definitions.
Section 7-131f. - Considerations for approving grants from funds authorized prior to July 1, 1998.
Section 7-131g. - Grant: Amount, purposes, valuation of land. Issuance of bonds.
Section 7-131h. - Charges by municipality.
Section 7-131i. - Municipal use of open space land.
Section 7-131j. - Taking of land by state or public service company.
Section 7-131k. - Acceptance of federal funds.
Section 7-131l. - Development of watershed areas for recreation and fish and wildlife sites.
Section 7-131m. - Combined conservation and recreational commission.
Section 7-131p. - Establishment of municipal land acquisition and development authority.
Section 7-131q. - Agricultural land preservation fund.
Section 7-131r. - Land acquisition fund.
Section 7-131s. - Charter Oak open space trust account.
Section 7-131v. - Local and regional agricultural councils.
Section 7-131w. - Municipal sale of certain real property; appraisal required.
Section 7-132 and 7-133. - Bounty: On bobcat or lynx; on snakes and wild animals.
Section 7-135. - Use of municipal lockup and community correctional center in another town.
Section 7-135a. - Reimbursement of towns for keeping prisoners.
Section 7-135b. - Payment for intoxication tests.
Section 7-136. - Municipal economic development commissions.
Section 7-136d. - Ordinance authorizing establishment of foreign trade zone.
Section 7-136f. - Submission of application to operate foreign trade zone.
Section 7-136g. - Applicability of local planning and zoning regulations.
Section 7-136n. - Joint issuance of bonds by two or more municipalities.
Section 7-136o. - Securing of bonds.
Section 7-136p. - Enforcement of rights of bondholders and trustees.
Section 7-136q. - Tax exemption.
Section 7-136r. - Bonds to be legal investments.
Section 7-136s. - Guarantee of joint bonds by participating municipality.
Section 7-137. - Regional economic development commissions.
Section 7-137b. - Establishment of industrial park.
Section 7-137d. - Lien for benefits assessed for water main extension.
Section 7-139. - Notice of assessment of benefits.
Section 7-140. - Assessment a lien; foreclosure.
Section 7-141. - Notice of hearing on municipal assessments.
Section 7-142. - Appeal from municipal assessments.
Section 7-143. - Completion of improvement pending appeal from appraisal of damages.
Section 7-144. - Assessment on estate of decedent.
Section 7-145. - Correction of assessments.
Section 7-146. - Clearing of waterways. Assessment of cost. Appeal.