Definitions

As used in sections 32-76-1 to 32-76-7, 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 or 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) "Real Property Improvement" means land, buildings and other structures and improvements thereto, subterranean or subsurface right, any and all easements, air rights and franchises of any kind or nature; and (10) "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.