A regional corporation shall not provide any financial assistance authorized by sections 32-271 to 32-284, inclusive, unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The applicant has demonstrated that there is little prospect of obtaining the conventional project financing requested from either private or public sources of funding within the region, and that there is little prospect of obtaining adequate project financing from private sources of capital, or in the case of a loan guarantee, that there is little prospect of obtaining project financing without the guarantee;
(2) There is a reasonable prospect of repayment;
(3) The project is located in the region represented by the regional corporation;
(4) The project will comply with any applicable environmental rules or regulations;
(5) The applicant has certified that it will not discriminate against any employee or any applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression or age;
(6) A staff member or a representative of the regional corporation acting in an official capacity has personally visited the project site and the applicant's place of business; and
(7) Financial commitments or contingent financial commitments for the project have been obtained from other public and private sources.
(P.A. 92-236, S. 18, 48; P.A. 11-55, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 11-55 amended Subdiv. (5) to prohibit discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression.