2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 32 - Commerce and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 588v - International Trade
Section 32-501 - Commissioner's duties re international trade. State business trade with African countries.

(a) The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the coordination of trade development activities in the state. The commissioner shall initiate, conduct and coordinate the implementation of Department of Economic and Community Development programs to promote and assist Connecticut businesses with international trade. The commissioner shall be responsible for planning, developing and administering such programs and may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Department of Economic and Community Development shall constitute a successor department to the Connecticut International Trade Council in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.

(b) The commissioner may give priority in such programs to promoting and assisting Connecticut businesses with regard to trade with African countries with whom the United States has diplomatic relations.

(P.A. 94-237, S. 2, 14; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-135, S. 1, 4; P.A. 05-191, S. 9; P.A. 13-299, S. 24.)

History: P.A. 94-237 effective July 1, 1994; 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. 97-135 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re assistance to state businesses trading with African countries, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-191 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting obsolete provision re commissioner's submittal of report by January 1, 1998; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and add provision re department as successor to Connecticut International Trade Council, effective July 1, 2013.