Definitions

As used in sections 32-75a-1 to 32-75a-6, inclusive, of these regulations: (1) "Applicant" means a company which completes a preliminary questionnaire and an application for certification of eligibility; (2) "Certificate of Eligibility" means a document issued by the department pursuant to section 32-9r of the Connecticut General Statutes as they may be amended from time to time evidencing its determination that a facility for which an application for assistance has been submitted qualifies as a manufacturing facility and is eligible for assistance under section 12-217e of the Connecticut General Statutes as they may be amended from time to time and subsections (59) and (60) of section 12-81 of the Connecticut General Statutes as they may be amended from time to time; (3) "Chief Executive Officer" of a municipality means one of the following: the first selectman; a chief administrative officer appointed by the board of selectmen; a mayor elected by the electors of the municipality; a warden elected by the electors of the borough; a town, city of borough manager appointed by the board of selectmen, the council, the board of directors, the board of aldermen or the board of burgesses; or a chief administrative officer appointed by the mayor; (4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development; (5) "Department" means the Department of Economic and Community Development; (6) "Manufacturing Facility" means any plant, building, or other real property improvement as defined in section 32-9p(d) of the Connecticut General Statutes as they may be amended from time to time; (7) "Municipality" means city, town or borough; (8) "Personal Property" means machinery, equipment and furnishings which are not considered real property and are subject to a local property tax; (9) "Railroad Depot" means an area within a municipality containing an enterprise zone but located outside the enterprise zone that abuts an active or inactive rail line and contains one or more vacant or underutilized manufacturing facilities which are or were, all or partially, dependent on railroad access to operate; (10) "Real Property Improvement" means land, buildings and other structures and improvements thereto, subterranean or subsurface rights, any and all easements, air rights and franchises of any kind or nature; and (11) "Substantial Rehabilitation" means a construction or renovation project which requires a building permit and has a cost which is greater than 50% of the assessed value of the real property.