The legislative body of any municipality, may, by ordinance, authorize any existing agency, authority, board, commission, stock or nonstock corporation, or create a new agency, authority, board or stock or nonstock corporation to apply for a grant of the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone as permitted pursuant to the federal Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934, 19 USC Sections 81a to 81u, inclusive, as from time to time amended, provided such ordinance shall be submitted to the electors of such municipality for approval or rejection at a regular election or a special election warned and held for that purpose. Such vote shall be taken in the manner prescribed by section 9-369. Any municipality having once rejected such an ordinance shall not vote again on the question within one year from the previous vote thereon.
(P.A. 76-160, S. 1, 5; P.A. 00-148, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 00-148 provided that an authority may establish a foreign trade zone and made a technical change.