{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-32-500","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 32-500","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 32-500 to 32-512, inclusive:\n(1) “Corporation” means Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated;\n(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development;\n(3) “Department” means Department of Economic and Community Development;\n(4) “Export” means the sale of goods or services by a business in Connecticut to a person, firm or corporation in another country;\n(5) “Financial assistance” means grants, extensions of credit, loans or loan guarantees or combinations thereof;\n(6) “Participation fee” means a fee paid to the state to compensate for expenses incurred by the state in organizing a trade show;\n(7) “Recruitment” means the recruitment of foreign investment to the state;\n(8) “Small and medium-sized company” means a business having not more than two hundred fifty employees;\n(9) “State” means the state of Connecticut;\n(10) “Success fee” means a fee paid to the department by a company which receives a contract to export goods or services as a result of assistance from the department;\n(11) “Trade consortium” means an industry cluster grouping of two or more companies, with or without university partners, working as a unified organization for the purpose of promoting and managing the exports of participating companies;\n(12) “Trade development company” means a business that assists small and medium-sized companies in entering foreign markets; and\n(13) “Trade representative” means a commercial trade representative in important world markets.","path":["TITLE 32. COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 588v. INTERNATIONAL TRADE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_588v.htm#sec_32-500","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:11Z","sha256":"a75da5bdeb294474e8ce4726a5379a1a86a294ab6a0e1aa52d82c514e0f28811","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-32-481-to-32-499","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-32-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}