Conn. Gen. Stat. § 32-235
The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall designate areas of the state where manufacturing is a substantial part of the local economy and shall make grants under such pilot program which are likely to produce a significant economic development benefit for the designated area, (D) five million dollars may be used by said department for the manufacturing competitiveness grants program, (E) one million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the purposes of subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 32-7f, (F) fifty million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of grants to the United States Department of the Navy, the United States Department of Defense or eligible applicants for projects related to the enhancement of infrastructure for long-term, on-going naval operations at the United States Naval Submarine Base-New London, located in Groton, which will increase the military value of said base. Such projects shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a, (G) two million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., for manufacturing initiatives, including aerospace and defense, and (H) four million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of a grant to companies adversely impacted by the construction at the Quinnipiac Bridge, where such grant may be used to offset the increase in costs of commercial overland transportation of goods or materials brought to the port of New Haven by ship or vessel, (2) for the purposes of the small business assistance program established pursuant to section 32-9yy, provided fifteen million dollars shall be deposited in the small business assistance account established pursuant to said section 32-9yy, (3) to deposit twenty million dollars in the small business express assistance account established pursuant to section 32-7h, (4) to deposit four million nine hundred thousand dollars per year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and June 30, 2021, and nine million nine hundred thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-39i, which shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development to provide grants-in-aid to designated innovation places, as defined in section 32-39f, planning grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39l, and grants-in-aid for projects that network innovation places pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-39m, provided not more than three million dollars be used for grants-in-aid for such projects, and further provided any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for any purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (5) to deposit two million dollars per year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-39i, which shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for the purpose of providing higher education entrepreneurship grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, provided any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for any purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (6) for the purpose of funding the costs of the Technology Talent Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 32-7p, provided not more than ten million dollars may be used on or after July 1, 2023, for such purpose, (7) to provide (A) a grant-in-aid to the Connecticut Supplier Connection in an amount equal to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, and (B) a grant-in-aid to the Connecticut Procurement Technical Assistance Program in an amount equal to three hundred thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, (8) to deposit four hundred fifty thousand dollars per year, in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-39i, which shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development to provide growth grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, provided any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for any purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (9) to transfer fifty million dollars to the Labor Department which shall be used by said department for the purpose of funding workforce pipeline programs selected pursuant to section 31-11rr, provided, notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-11rr, (A) not less than five million dollars shall be provided to the workforce development board in Bridgeport serving the southwest region, for purposes of such program, and the board shall distribute such money in proportion to population and need, and (B) not less than five million dollars shall be provided to the workforce development board in Hartford serving the north central region, for purposes of such program, (10) to transfer twenty million dollars to Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, provided ten million dollars shall be used by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose of the proof of concept fund established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-39x , and ten million dollars shall be used by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose of the venture capital fund program established pursuant to section 32-41oo, (11) to provide a grant to The University of Connecticut of eight million dollars for the establishment, development and operation of a center for sustainable aviation pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-110o, and (12) for up to twenty million dollars in investments in federally designated opportunity zones through an impact investment firm including, subject to the approval of the Governor, funding from the Economic Assistance Revolving Fund, established pursuant to section 32-231 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 32-235
(P.A. 90-270, S. 33, 38; P.A. 91-340 , S. 5 , 8 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 , S. 22 , 25 ; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 , S. 24 , 36 ; P.A. 93-394 , S. 2 , 3 ; 93-433 , S. 7 , 26 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 , S. 20 , 45 ; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 , S. 196 , 203 ; P.A. 95-250 , S. 1 ; 95-272 , S. 20 , 29 ; P.A. 96-211 , S. 1 , 5 , 6 ; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 , S. 18 , 20 ; P.A. 98-259 , S. 16 , 17 ; P.A. 99-241 , S. 16 , 66 ; 99-242 , S. 89 , 90 ; P.A. 00-167 , S. 66 , 69 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 , S. 10 , 28 ; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 , S. 14 ; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 , S. 11 , 12 ; P.A. 05-143 , S. 1 ; June Sp. Sess. 05-5 , S. 12 ; P.A. 07-205 , S. 3 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 , S. 4 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 , S. 52 ; P.A. 09-234 , S. 10 ; P.A. 10-44 , S. 39 ; 10-75 , S. 7 ; P.A. 11-57 , S. 74 ; 11-61 , S. 163 ; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 11-1 , S. 47; P.A. 12-189 , S. 38 ; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 , S. 210 ; P.A. 13-2 , S. 1 ; 13-239 , S. 67 ; P.A. 14-98 , S. 45 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 , S. 66 ; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 , S. 10 ; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-4 , S. 258 ; P.A. 17-212 , S. 5 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 , S. 454 ; P.A. 18-46 , S. 1 ; 18-178 , S. 51 .)
See Sec. 8-240o re definitions.