{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-37i","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-37i","heading":"Department of Economic and Community Development. Commissioner. Successor department to Department of Commerce and to economic development functions of Department of Community Affairs.","body":"(a) There shall be a Department of Economic and Community Development. The department head shall be the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, with the powers and duties therein prescribed.\n(b) Said department shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Commerce in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.\n(c) Said department shall constitute a successor to the functions, powers and duties of the Department of Community Affairs relating to economic development as set forth in chapters 130, 131 and 135, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.","path":["TITLE 8. ZONING, PLANNING, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 127b. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_127b.htm#sec_8-37i","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":"2026-09-06T19:06:56Z","sha256":"ce4f79552f3360b2742e6d1da875206fb5df86f418106219b2a0dbdcdb2ad75f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-37f-to-8-37h","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-37j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}