General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5163 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 817 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: REP. SANTIAGO, 130th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5163 February Session, 2014 LCO No. 817 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: REP. SANTIAGO, 130th Dist. AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE KLEIN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the State Bond Commission be empowered to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate four million dollars, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for the purpose of providing a grant-in-aid to the Klein Memorial Auditorium for the expansion of the box office and an addition to facility to be used for a free after-school program in media and the performing arts. Statement of Purpose: To provide funding for the expansion of the Klein Memorial Auditorium.