Connecticut General Statutes 8-164 – Authority to participate in federal act
Any board, commission, agency or department of this state, any municipality or political subdivision of this state, individually or with any other municipality or political subdivision, any regional council of governments, or any municipal economic development commission or any regional economic development commission, state or local development company, any corporation or any individual, in addition to any other powers possessed by them and notwithstanding the provisions of any section of the general statutes, any special act or any certificate of incorporation, is authorized:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 8-164
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(1) To make application for any loans, grants or assistance under either the Public Works and Economic Development Act or the Small Business Investment Act;
(2) To enter into any agreements, contracts and assistance agreements necessary or desirable pursuant to the provisions of said acts;
(3) To accept loans, grants and assistance offered by the federal government under said acts;
(4) To make appropriations and to issue bonds, notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness for loans received pursuant to the provisions of said acts or for defraying the cost of the nonfederal share of industrial or business projects;
(5) To make appropriations and loans to state or local development companies for industrial or business projects;
(6) To accept any advantage and to do anything necessary or desirable for as full and complete a participation under the provisions of said acts as is allowed under said acts or under regulations promulgated by the administrator of any program established pursuant to said acts.