Connecticut § 32-3 Duties of department; Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 32-3 — Duties of department; Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated.

Connecticut § 32-3

Title 32Commerce and Economic and Community Development

Ch. 578Department of Economic and Community Development

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 32-3 (2026).

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(a)The department shall:

(1)Study and investigate conditions affecting Connecticut industry, business, commerce, agriculture and recreational and residential facilities and prepare and recommend plans for and promote and encourage the preservation, expansion and development of such industry, business, commerce, agriculture and recreational and residential facilities within and without the state;

(2)Prepare and recommend plans for and promote and encourage the location and development of new industry, business, commerce, agriculture and recreational and residential facilities in the state;

(3)Collect, compile and disseminate information relative to the natural and economic resources of the state;

(4)Cooperate with promotional, planning and research groups and associations, with agencie

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(a) The department shall: (1) Study and investigate conditions affecting Connecticut industry, business, commerce, agriculture and recreational and residential facilities and prepare and recommend plans for and promote and encourage the preservation, expansion and development of such industry, business, commerce, agriculture and recreational and residential facilities within and without the state; (2) Prepare and recommend plans for and promote and encourage the location and development of new industry, business, commerce, agriculture and recreational and residential facilities in the state; (3) Collect, compile and disseminate information relative to the natural and economic resources of the state; (4) Cooperate with promotional, planning and research groups and associations, with agencies of the state and its political subdivisions and with agencies of the federal government and other states, in the execution of its duties; (5) Furnish technical, secretarial and clerical assistance to organizations when it deems that the giving of such assistance will promote the objects of this chapter. (b) Each officer, board, commission or department of the state government shall assist said department and the corporation in the performance of their duties, and the department and the corporation shall have access to all available information collected by any state agency. The department and the corporation shall assist, as appropriate, other state agencies in their duties upon request and shall make available to them all information collected by them.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 3538; 1953, S. 1893d; February, 1965, P.A. 492, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 195, S. 16; P.A. 73-599, S. 19; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152.) History: 1965 act required commission to prepare and recommend plans to promote and encourage established business and to promote and encourage new business, etc. and required commission to assist other state agencies and make information available to them; 1972 act required commission to carry out provisions of industrial assistance act; P.A. 73-599 replaced Connecticut development commission with department of commerce and Connecticut development authority and divided section into Subsecs., redesignating Subdivs. with numeric indicators accordingly; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “corporation” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2012. Cited. 150 C. 342.