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DECD outlines technical changes to economic programs; film tax credit draws industry pushback
Summary
DECD told the Commerce Committee that House Bills 7165 and 7166 contain technical clarifications to tax credits, workforce and property rules; film‑production stakeholders asked for credit stability and fuller consultation.
Deputy Commissioner Matt Pugliese of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) testified to the Commerce Committee about two agency packages, House Bill 7165 and House Bill 7166, describing multiple technical amendments and clarifications.
“Section 1 of 71 65 allows DCD to create a sales program to sell Connecticut branded merchandise as well as advertising space on c2visit.com,” Pugliese told the committee. He summarized other provisions that would clarify prevailing‑wage applicability for brownfield remediation work, conform an intellectual and developmental disability workforce grant program to federal competitive integrated employment standards, clarify that post‑award tax credits are not “state assistance” for nonrelocation rules, and restore statutory…
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