Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property
Section 8-169m. - Receipt of funds. Issuance of bonds.

(a) The commissioner may receive and accept aid or contributions of funds from any source to be held, used and applied to carry out the purposes of section 8-169l and section 8-216b, subject to such terms and conditions as may have been imposed by the donor, including any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States or the state.

(b) For the purposes of section 8-169l and section 8-216b, the State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts, not exceeding in the aggregate seven million five hundred thousand dollars. All provisions of section 3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this subsection. Such bonds shall be issued at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined by the State Bond Commission. Temporary notes and all renewals thereof in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and shall mature within three years from the date of the first of such notes to be issued. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this subsection shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(P.A. 75-443, S. 13, 15; P.A. 79-482, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-370, S. 10, 13; P.A. 86-396, S. 9, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 6, 26; P.A. 88-280, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 79-482 replaced Subsec. (b) with more detailed provisions relating to the issuance of bonds; P.A. 81-370 increased the aggregate of bonds the bond commission may authorize for purposes of Secs. 8-169k and 8-169l from $2,000,000 to $3,500,000 and extended the time within which such bonds may be authorized to July 1, 1984; P.A. 86-396 removed July 1, 1984, deadline for issuance of bonds; P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization to $7,500,000; P.A. 88-280 made technical changes and deleted requirements for use of bond proceeds for grants to assist certain community development activities.

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