(a) An eligible business facility shall be granted an amount determined by multiplying seven hundred fifty dollars or, in the case of any facility used primarily for the manufacturing, processing or assembling of raw materials or manufactured products, or for research or industrial warehousing, or any combination thereof, and located in an enterprise zone designated pursuant to § 32-70, for which not less than one hundred fifty full-time employees or fifty per cent of the full-time employment positions created by the facility are held by (1) residents of such zone, or (2) residents of such municipality who, at the time of employment, were eligible for training under the federal Comprehensive Employment Training Act or any other training program that replaces the Comprehensive Employment Training Act, two thousand two hundred fifty dollars, by the increase in the number of full-time employment positions, the costs of which are paid by the eligible business, directly resulting from the construction, renovation or expansion of the business facility, as determined by the department taking into account the employment requirements of business expansion, historical levels of employment and employment positions prior to the expansion, and such other factors as the department may deem appropriate. In the case of an eligible business facility located in an industrial district designated as part of an enterprise corridor zone under § 32-80, “such municipality”, as used in this subsection, means either the municipality in which the facility is located or any other municipality having an industrial district which is designated as part of the same enterprise corridor zone.

(b) Each business expansion of an applicant shall be treated separately by the department, and the department may establish a maximum number of employment positions for which benefits will be awarded under this section and sections 32-9j and 32-9p in order to make most effective use of the resources available for the job incentive grant program. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the job incentive grant program and for grant eligibility thereunder.