Sections 8-170 to 8-185, inclusive, are repealed; provided, that in any case where any municipality, on or before July 6, 1967, had prepared an industrial or research development project plan under said sections 8-170 to 8-185, inclusive, or had otherwise taken substantial action under said sections, then such municipality, the state, any state or local development company, as defined in section 8-171, and any other interested person shall continue to be subject to said sections and be eligible for state financial assistance thereunder but only insofar as said sections relate to those projects that have been planned or commenced thereunder and such municipality, the state, such state or local development company or such other interested person may make application to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make, grants for the purposes of such industrial or research development project from the funds available for the purposes of chapter 132, but subject to the provisions of section 8-154f.

(February, 1965, P.A. 449, S. 1–17; 1967, P.A. 760, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 1; P.A. 73-599, S. 25; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 4; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

History: 1967 act repealed sections; 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 73-599 substituted department of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for department of commerce, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of economic development for department in sections involving commissioner of community affairs, implying that provisions of 1971 and 1973 acts were never enacted; P.A. 79-598 repeated change from community affairs to 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.