Connecticut § 31-389 - Project grants. Determination of amount.
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§ 31-389. Project grants. Determination of amount.
Sec. 31-389. Project grants. Determination of amount. (a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioners, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may enter into a contract with an eligible municipality for state financial assistance for any eligible emergency municipal public works employment project in the form of a grant to such eligible municipality. Any such grant shall be in an amount not in excess of the cost of the project for which such grant is made, as determined and approved by the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services. In accordance with any such contract, the state may make temporary advances to such municipality for the cost of such project.
(b) Before entering into such contract the commissioners shall have approved an application submitted by such municipality on forms provided by the commissioners.
(c) No such project shall be undertaken until the commissioners have approved the plans, specifications and estimated costs.
(P.A. 75-608, S. 4, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 73, 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management, replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of commerce with commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development (Revisor's note: A reference to “Commissioners of Labor, Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services” for consistency with customary statutory usage).
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