Within thirty days after the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development approves the designation of an area as an enterprise zone in a municipality under subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 32-70, the municipality shall establish a community enterprise zone board. The board shall establish policy for the promotion and development of the zone, coordinate economic development programs in the zone with related job training and social services programs and adopt an enterprise zone revitalization plan. The plan shall specify goals and objectives for the enterprise zone, describe strategies to attain such goals and establish an implementation schedule. The municipality shall submit its plan to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for review and comment. The board shall consist of (1) the following officials of such municipality, or designees of such officials: The official responsible for economic development programs; the chief executive official, or his designee; a representative of the legislative body, who shall be appointed by such body; the chief of police, or his designee; the housing administrator, or his designee; and a representative of the school board, who shall be appointed by such board; (2) a representative of the regional community-technical college serving the region in which the municipality is located, if applicable, who shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of such college; (3) two representatives of the business community of the municipality, one of whom shall be a member of the chamber of commerce from the municipality; (4) two persons who own businesses located in the enterprise zone; and (5) two representatives of neighborhood community organizations serving the area in which the zone is located or, if no such organization exists, two residents of said area. The board members described in subdivisions (3), (4) and (5) of this section shall be appointed by the chief executive official of the municipality.

(P.A. 93-331, S. 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 05-288, S. 141.)

History: 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; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005.