2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 578 - Department of Economic and Community Development
Section 32-8c - Connecticut Young Adult Conservation Corps program. Set-asides. Reports.

(a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall, within available appropriations, establish a Connecticut Young Adult Conservation Corps program, similar to the former federal Young Adult Conservation Corps program, 29 USC 991 et seq., for the purpose of employing youth and young adults at facilities described in subsection (b) of section 2 of public act 13-268* that are operational and that have received proceeds from bonds pursuant to section 2 of public act 13-268*. Under the program, the head of the organization that operates such facility shall set aside at least ten per cent of all employment positions at such facility for employable youth and young adults. Such set-aside shall commence in the fiscal year after the fiscal year when such proceeds are first received by the organization pursuant to section 2 of public act 13-268*, and shall continue each fiscal year thereafter for a total of five fiscal years, except that the commissioner may grant an extension of time for the organization to comply with the requirements of this section, for good cause shown.

(b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may conduct an audit of the financial, corporate and business records of such organization and conduct an investigation of such organization for the purpose of determining compliance with the requirements of this section.

(c) The commissioner, through the Attorney General, may bring an action on behalf of the state against any organization that fails to set aside employment positions in accordance with this section to seek compliance with this section or recovery of the reasonable amount of wages that would have been paid to employable youths and young adults by the organization had the organization complied with the requirements of this section.

(d) Not later than December first after the fiscal year in which proceeds are first received by an organization pursuant to section 2 of public act 13-268*, and each December first thereafter for the next four fiscal years, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with section 11-4a, that includes an assessment and evaluation of the program established under this section.

(e) For the purposes of this section, “youth” has the meaning provided in section 46b-120, and “young adult” means an individual eighteen to twenty-five years of age, inclusive.

(P.A. 13-268, S. 3.)

*Note: Section 2 of public act 13-268 was repealed effective July 1, 2014, by section 99 of public act 14-98.

History: P.A. 13-268 effective January 1, 2014.