(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the commissioners, and with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may enter into a contract with an eligible municipality for state financial assistance for any eligible emergency municipal public works employment project in the form of a grant to such eligible municipality. Any such grant shall be in an amount not in excess of the cost of the project for which such grant is made, as determined and approved by the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Administrative Services. In accordance with any such contract, the state may make temporary advances to such municipality for the cost of such project.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 31-389

  • Commissioners: means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-386
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Eligible municipality: means any municipality with an unemployment rate equal to or greater than seven per cent of its work force in March, 1975, as certified by the Labor Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-386
  • Emergency municipal public works employment project: means any municipal public works project considered by said commissioners for state financial assistance under this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 31-386

(b) Before entering into such contract the commissioners shall have approved an application submitted by such municipality on forms provided by the commissioners.

(c) No such project shall be undertaken until the commissioners have approved the plans, specifications and estimated costs.