1. (a) There is established a Department of Economic and Community Development. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, with the powers and duties prescribed in said sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive.
2. (b) Said department shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Economic Development in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.
3. (c) Said department shall constitute a successor to CTNext in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, and subsection (f) of section 4-38d and sections 4-38e and 4-39.
4. (d) Wherever the term “CTNext”, other than the term “CTNext Fund”, is used in any public or special act of 2024, the term “Department of Economic and Community Development” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.
5. (e) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

See Sec. 8-37i re establishment and general scope of powers and duties of the department.

(P.A. 73-599, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 95-250, S. 1, 42; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 114; P.A. 23-204, S. 130; P.A. 24-149, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of commerce with commissioner and department of economic development, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-250 created the Department of Economic and Community Development from the former Department of Housing and the former Department of Economic Development and directed the necessary name changes be made throughout the general statutes and in the public and special acts of 1995 and 1996; P.A. 96-211 entirely replaced prior provisions substituting provisions establishing a Department of Economic and Community Development as successor department to the Department of Housing and the Department of Economic Development, and requiring use of terms “Department of Economic and Community Development” and “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” to be used in general statutes and 1995 and 1996 public and special acts, effective July 1, 1996; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (b) by adding exception re Sec. 8-37r, deleted former Subsec. (d) re terms Commissioner and Department of Housing and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e), (f) and (g) as Subsecs. (d), (e) and (f), effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 23-204 deleted Subsec. (b) re Department of Economic and Community Development as successor to Department of Housing and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (f) as Subsecs. (b) to (e); P.A. 24-149 deleted former Subsec. (c) re terms “Commissioner of Economic Development” and “Department of Economic Development”, former Subsec. (d) re terms “Commissioner of Housing” and “Commissioner of Economic Development” and former Subsec. (e) re terms “Department of Housing” and “Department of Economic Development” and added new Subsec. (c) re Department of Economic and Community Development as successor to CTNext, new Subsec. (d) re term “CTNext” and new Subsec. (e) re Legislative Commissioners' Office shall make certain changes, effective July 1, 2024.