(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 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 three million dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Housing for the purpose of housing site development in accordance with section 8-213a and section 8-216b.
(c) 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 section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes 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 from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. 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 Commissioner of Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section 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. 86-396, S. 11, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 7, 26; P.A. 88-280, S. 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000; P.A. 88-280 made technical change to Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and Department of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing and Department of Housing, respectively, effective June 19, 2013.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 133 - Housing, Redevelopment and Urban Renewal and Human Resource Development Programs
Section 8-201. - Declaration of policy.
Section 8-206. - Duties of Commissioner of Housing.
Section 8-206c. - Effective date of Secs. 8-206b and 16a-45.
Section 8-208. - State grants-in-aid for housing code enforcement.
Section 8-208a. - Appeals from municipal housing code board decisions and enforcement. Cost.
Section 8-208b. - Neighborhood Housing Services Program Fund. State assistance. Definitions.
Section 8-208c. - Urban revitalization pilot program. Goals. Reports.
Section 8-209. - State grants-in-aid for demolition of unsafe structures; for urban beautification.
Section 8-209a. - State aid for relocation of buildings.
Section 8-213. - Housing site development agencies.
Section 8-214. - State financial assistance for housing site development projects.
Section 8-214b. - Housing land bank and land trust program: Definitions.
Section 8-214c. - Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund.
Section 8-214g. - Limited Equity Cooperative and Mutual Housing Fund.
Section 8-214h. - Regulations.
Section 8-215. - Tax abatement for housing for low or moderate-income persons.
Section 8-216a. - Capitalized value of net rental income, basis for property valuation.
Section 8-217. - Community housing development corporations.
Section 8-218b. - Bond issue. Housing Development Corporation Fund.
Section 8-218c. - Regulations.
Section 8-218f. - Community housing development corporations.
Section 8-218g. - Determination of interest rate on loans to housing development corporations.
Section 8-218h. - Task force on building accessibility. Annual report to General Assembly.
Section 8-219a. - Senior Citizen Emergency Home Repair and Rehabilitation Fund.
Section 8-219c. - Regulations.
Section 8-226. - Use of prior bond proceeds for redevelopment and urban renewal.
Section 8-228 to 8-238. - Relocation assistance.
Section 8-239. - Other powers of department or commissioner unaffected.