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General Assembly Bill No. 6690
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 10579
Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
REP. RITTER M., 1
st
Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11
th
Dist.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING A ND ADJUSTING BONDS O F THE STATE
FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEM ENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER
PURPOSES, ESTABLISHI NG THE COMMUNITY INV ESTMENT FUND
2030 BOARD, AUTHORIZING STATE GRANT COMM ITMENTS FOR
SCHOOL BUILDING PROJ ECTS AND MAKING REVI SIONS TO THE
SCHOOL BUILDING PROJ ECT STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2021) The State Bond Commission shall 1
have power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and 2
sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the 3
issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 4
amounts in the aggregate not exceeding $334,558,500. 5
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2021) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 6
described in sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, to the extent hereinafter 7
stated, shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by purchase or 8
condemnation, undertaking, constructing, reconstructing, improving or 9
equipping, or purchasing land or buildings or improving sites for the 10
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projects hereinafter described, including payment of architectural, 11
engineering, demolition or related costs in connection therewith, or of 12
payment of the cost of long-range capital programming and space 13
utilization studies as hereinafter stated: 14
(a) For the Office of Legislative Management: 15
(1) Replacement of the legislative drafting and information system, 16
not exceeding $2,000,000; 17
(2) Alterations, renovations, improvements and technology upgrades 18
at the State Capitol Complex, not exceeding $4,780,000. 19
(b) For the Office of Policy and Management: For an information 20
technology capital investment program, not exceeding $65,000,000. 21
(c) For the Department of Administrative Services: 22
(1) Removal or encapsulation of asbestos and hazardous materials in 23
state-owned buildings, not exceeding $10,000,000; 24
(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to the Connecticut 25
Building at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Massachusetts, 26
not exceeding $1,000,000. 27
(d) For the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: 28
(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 29
grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems, and energy 30
conservation projects, not exceeding $10,700,000; 31
(2) Upgrade and replacement of the Connecticut Land Mobile Radio 32
Network, not exceeding $39,000,000; 33
(3) Alterations, renovations, improvements, and repairs to 34
Connecticut Police Officer Standards Training Council buildings and 35
grounds, not exceeding $1,000,000. 36
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(e) For the Department of Motor Vehicles: Development of a master 37
plan for department facilities, not exceeding $500,000. 38
(f) For the Military Department: 39
(1) State matching funds for anticipated federal reimbursable 40
projects, not exceeding $1,810,000; 41
(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 42
grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems, and energy 43
conservation, not exceeding $200,000. 44
(g) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: For 45
the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets that result 46
in decreased environmental impacts, including projects that improve 47
energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general statutes; that 48
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating and cooling, 49
including installation of renewable thermal heating systems; that 50
expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support charging 51
state-owned or leased electric vehicles; that reduce water use; that 52
reduce waste generation and disposal; or for any renewable energy, or 53
combined heat and power project in state buildings, not exceeding 54
$20,000,000. 55
(h) For the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station: 56
Construction and equipment for additions and renovation to the Valley 57
Laboratory in Windsor, not exceeding $6,300,000. 58
(i) For the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: Design of alteration, 59
renovation, and additions to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 60
in Farmington, not exceeding $2,500,000. 61
(j) For the Department of Developmental Services: Fire, safety and 62
environmental improvements to regional facilities and intermediate 63
care facilities for client and staff needs, including improvements in 64
compliance with current codes, site improvements, handicapped access 65
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improvements, utilities, repair or replacement of roofs, air conditioning 66
and other interior and exterior building renovations and additions at all 67
state-owned facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000. 68
(k) For the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 69
(1) Fire, safety and environmental improvements to regional facilities 70
for client and staff needs, including improvements in compliance with 71
current codes, including intermediate care facilities and site 72
improvements, handicapped access improvements, utilities, repair or 73
replacement of roofs, air conditioning and other interior and exterior 74
building renovations and additions at all state-owned facilities, not 75
exceeding $9,600,000; 76
(2) Design and installation of sprinkler systems, including related fire 77
safety improvements, in direct patient care buildings, not exceeding 78
$904,500; 79
(3) Planning and design for replacement of Whiting Forensic Hospital 80
at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, not exceeding 81
$3,000,000. 82
(l) For the Department of Education: For the Technical Education and 83
Career System, alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings 84
and grounds, including new and replacement equipment, tools and 85
supplies necessary to update curricula, vehicles, and technology, not 86
exceeding $15,100,000. 87
(m) For the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities: 88
(1) New and replacement instruction, research or laboratory 89
equipment, not exceeding $22,000,000; 90
(2) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 91
improvements and expansions, not exceeding $15,000,000; 92
(3) Advanced manufacturing and emerging technology programs, 93
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not exceeding $3,000,000; 94
(4) All community colleges: Deferred maintenance, code compliance 95
and infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $19,000,000; 96
(5) All universities: Deferred maintenance, code compliance and 97
infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $20,000,000; 98
(6) All State Colleges and Universities: Security Improvements, not 99
exceeding $2,500,000; 100
(7) Alterations, renovations, and improvements to 185 Main Street in 101
New Britain for the One College Office, not exceeding $2,900,000; 102
(8) For the purposes described in section 10a-80f of the general 103
statutes relating to the pilot program for the expansion of advanced 104
manufacturing certificate programs to public high schools in the state, 105
not exceeding $2,500,000; 106
(9) For health and mental health capital and information technology 107
resources, not exceeding $1,000,000. 108
(n) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations, and 109
improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 110
programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 111
and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 112
$30,000,000. 113
(o) For the Judicial Department: 114
(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 115
grounds at state-owned and maintained facilities, not exceeding 116
$5,000,000; 117
(2) Implementation of the Technology Strategic Plan Project, not 118
exceeding $2,000,000; 119
(3) Alterations and improvements in compliance with the Americans 120
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with Disabilities Act, not exceeding $2,000,000; 121
(4) Security improvements at various state-owned and maintained 122
facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000; 123
(p) For the State Library: Development of a new shared library 124
preservation facility, not exceeding $10,264,000. 125
Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2021) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 126
general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 127
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 1 to 7, 128
inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 129
authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 1 to 7, 130
inclusive, of this act, and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 131
money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 132
be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 133
renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 134
twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 135
pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 136
authorizing such bonds. 137
Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2021) None of the bonds described in sections 138
1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, shall be authorized except upon a finding by 139
the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for 140
such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 141
Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 142
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 143
commission, in its discretion, may require. 144
Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2021) For the purposes of sections 1 to 7, 145
inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 146
bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, or of 147
temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 148
the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 4 of this 149
act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 150
proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 151
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addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 152
4, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such request 153
as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available 154
or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 155
project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 156
available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 157
recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 158
moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 159
directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 160
such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 161
available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 162
such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 163
available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 164
Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 165
to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 166
upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 167
applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 168
bonds issued pursuant to sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, or to meet 169
the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to 170
be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized pursuant to 171
said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, for the purpose of financing such costs, 172
either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such bonds or 173
notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the federal, 174
private or other moneys so received with respect to such project are used 175
to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever principal of 176
any such temporary notes is retired by application of revenue receipts 177
of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation 178
of which such temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount 179
of bonds which may be authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall 180
each be reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. 181
Pending use of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet 182
principal as hereinabove directed, the amount thereof may be invested 183
by the State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the 184
state or the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United 185
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States, shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the 186
state, and net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same 187
manner as the moneys so invested. 188
Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2021) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 189
said bonds authorized for any project described in section 2 of this act 190
in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 191
project described in said section 2, if the State Bond Commission shall 192
so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 193
bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 2 194
shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 195
Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2021) The bonds issued pursuant to this section 196
and sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act, shall be general obligations of 197
the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are 198
pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds 199
as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of 200
the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 201
necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 202
made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 203
the same become due. 204
Sec. 8. (Effective July 1, 2021) The State Bond Commission shall have 205
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 9 206
and 10 of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds 207
of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the 208
aggregate, not exceeding $100,000,000. 209
Sec. 9. (Effective July 1, 2021) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 210
described in sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be used by the 211
Department of Housing for the purposes hereinafter stated: Housing 212
development and rehabilitation, including moderate cost housing, 213
moderate rental, congregate and elderly housing, urban homesteading, 214
community housing development corporations, housing purchase and 215
rehabilitation, housing for the homeless, housing for low-income 216
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persons, limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing projects, 217
abatement of hazardous material including asbestos and lead-based 218
paint in residential structures, emergency repair assistance for senior 219
citizens, housing land bank and land trust, housing and community 220
development, predevelopment grants and loans, reimbursement for 221
state and federal surplus property, private rental investment mortgage 222
and equity program, housing infrastructure, demolition, renovation or 223
redevelopment of vacant buildings or related infrastructure, septic 224
system repair loan program, acquisition and related rehabilitation 225
including loan guarantees for private developers of rental housing for 226
the elderly, projects under the program established in section 8-37pp of 227
the general statutes, and participation in federal programs, including 228
administrative expenses associated with those programs eligible under 229
the general statutes, not exceeding $100,000,000, provided not more 230
than $30,000,000 shall be used for revitalization of state moderate rental 231
housing units on the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's State 232
Housing Portfolio. 233
Sec. 10. (Effective July 1, 2021) None of the bonds described in sections 234
8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 235
by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 236
for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 237
Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 238
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 239
commission, in its discretion, may require. 240
Sec. 11. (Effective July 1, 2021) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 241
general statutes, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 242
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and 243
sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply 244
to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 245
section and sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act and temporary notes in 246
anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds 247
so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and 248
from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or 249
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times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be 250
provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State 251
Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant 252
to section 8 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the 253
full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 254
payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same 255
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 256
the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 257
punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 258
the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 259
become due. 260
Sec. 12. (Effective July 1, 2021) The State Bond Commission shall have 261
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 13 262
to 19, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 263
of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 264
the aggregate, not exceeding $304,150,000. 265
Sec. 13. (Effective July 1, 2021) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds 266
described in sections 12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be used for the 267
purpose of providing grants-in-aid and other financing for the projects, 268
programs and purposes hereinafter stated: 269
(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: 270
(1) Grants-in-aid to distressed municipalities eligible under section 271
32-9s of the general statutes for capital purposes, not exceeding 272
$7,000,000; 273
(2) Grants-in-aid to (A) municipalities for the costs associated with 274
the purchase of body-worn recording equipment, digital data storage 275
devices and dashboard cameras in accordance with the provisions of 276
section 7-277c of the general statutes, and (B) institutions of higher 277
education for the costs associated with the purchase of body-worn 278
recording equipment, digital data storage devices and dashboard 279
cameras in accordance with the provisions of section 7-277c of the 280
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general statutes, not exceeding $2,500,000, provided not more than 281
$500,000 shall be used to conduct a study of centralized data storage for 282
recordings from body-worn recording equipment and dashboard 283
cameras; 284
(3) For the provision of community engagement training to law 285
enforcement units in (A) towns with a population of over one hundred 286
thousand, and (B) towns adjacent to towns with a population of over 287
one hundred thousand, not exceeding $500,000; 288
(4) Grants-in-aid to private, nonprofit health and human service 289
organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 290
Revenue Code of 1986, and that receive funds from the state to provide 291
direct health or human services to state agency clients, for alterations, 292
renovations, improvements, additions and new construction, including 293
health, safety, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and 294
energy conservation improvements, information technology systems, 295
technology for independence, purchase of vehicles and acquisition of 296
property, not exceeding $10,000,000; 297
(5) Grant-in-aid for a Sandy Hook memorial , not exceeding 298
$2,600,000; 299
(6) Grants-in-aid for regional and local improvements and 300
development, including, but not limited to, Bristol Health emergency 301
backup power generation replacement and upgrade, Crestbrook Park 302
facility upgrades, Thomaston Opera House, Squantz Engine Company 303
elevator, Tolland Fire Department capital improvements, Plymouth 304
Police Department, new facility for Operation Hope of Fairfield, Shelton 305
Constitution Boulevard extension and Commerce Park, track at 306
Portland High School and Portland Middle School, Trumbull Veterans 307
& First Responder Center, Stanley T. Williams Senior Center roof repair, 308
YMCA of Wallingford, East Haven pool renovation, Fox Hill Memorial 309
Tower rehabilitation, connection and expansion of sewer line Bozrah, 310
Fairfield landfill cleanup, Shakespeare Theater construction, Sterling 311
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House Community Center renovations, regional public safety complex 312
in Enfield, Bristol Hospital backup generator, Woodridge Lake sewer 313
treatment plant renovations, Groton sidewalks, Griswold Senior Center, 314
not exceeding $35,000,000. 315
(b) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 316
(1) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for open space land acquisition 317
and development for conservation or recreational purposes, not 318
exceeding $10,000,000; 319
(2) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for improvements to incinerators 320
and landfills, including, but not limited to, bulky waste landfills, not 321
exceeding $2,900,000; 322
(3) Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program, not 323
exceeding $5,000,000; 324
(4) Grants-in-aid for identification, investigation, containment, 325
removal, or mitigation of contaminated industrial sites in urban areas, 326
not exceeding $10,500,000; 327
(5) Grants-in-aid for containment, removal, or mitigation of identified 328
hazardous waste disposal sites, not exceeding $5,000,000; 329
(6) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purpose of providing 330
potable water and for assessment and remedial action to address 331
pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl containing 332
substances, not exceeding $1,150,000; 333
(c) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: 334
(1) For the Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization program, not 335
exceeding $25,000,000; 336
(2) For the Small Business Express program established by section 32-337
7g of the general statutes, not exceeding $25,000,000; 338
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(3) For the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund established 339
by section 32-7o of the general statutes, not exceeding $10,000,000; 340
(4) For the CareerConneCT workforce training programs, not 341
exceeding $20,000,000. 342
(d) For the Connecticut Port Authority: Grants -in-aid for 343
improvements to deep water ports, including dredging, not exceeding 344
$50,000,000, provided not less than $20,000,000 shall be used for deep 345
water ports outside of New London. 346
(e) For the Department of Transportation: Grants-in-aid to 347
municipalities for use in the manner set forth in, and in accordance with 348
the provisions of, sections 13a-175a to 13a-175k, inclusive, of the general 349
statutes, not exceeding $30,000,000. 350
(f) For the Department of Education: Grants-in-aid to assist targeted 351
local and regional school districts for alterations, repairs, improvements, 352
technology, and equipment in low-performing schools, not exceeding 353
$5,000,000. 354
(g) For the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan 355
Authority: For the Alliance District Teacher Loan Subsidy Program, not 356
exceeding $7,000,000. 357
(h) For the Department of Public Health: For the Health Disparities 358
and Prevention Grant Program, not exceeding $40,000,000, provided (1) 359
not more than $25,000,000 shall be used for federally qualified health 360
centers, and not more than $300,000 of such amount may be used to 361
conduct a health disparities study, and (2) not more than $15,000,000 362
shall be used for mental health and substance abuse treatment 363
providers. 364
Sec. 14. (Effective July 1, 2021) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 365
general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 366
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 12 to 19, 367
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inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 368
authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 12 to 19, 369
inclusive, of this act, and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 370
money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 371
be issued in accordance with said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, and from 372
time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 373
exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 374
in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 375
Commission authorizing such bonds. 376
Sec. 15. (Effective July 1, 2021) None of the bonds described in sections 377
12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 378
by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 379
for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 380
Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 381
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 382
commission, in its discretion, may require. 383
Sec. 16. (Effective July 1, 2021) For the purposes of sections 12 to 19, 384
inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 385
bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, or of 386
temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 387
the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 15 of 388
this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 389
the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 390
in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 391
section 15, include the recommendation of the person signing such 392
request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 393
available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 394
any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 395
becoming available under said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, for such 396
project. If the request includes a recommendation that some amount of 397
such federal, private or other moneys should be added to such state 398
moneys, then, if and to the extent directed by the State Bond 399
Commission at the time of authorization of such bonds, such amount of 400
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such federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 401
made available for costs in connection with such project may be added 402
to any state moneys available or becoming available hereunder for such 403
project and be used for such project. Any other federal, private or other 404
moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs in 405
connection with such project upon receipt shall, in conformity with 406
applicable federal and state law, be used by the State Treasurer to meet 407
the principal of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to said sections 12 408
to 19, inclusive, or to meet the principal of temporary notes issued in 409
anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of bonds 410
theretofore authorized pursuant to said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, for 411
the purpose of financing such costs, either by purchase or redemption 412
and cancellation of such bonds or notes or by payment thereof at 413
maturity. Whenever any of the federal, private or other moneys so 414
received with respect to such project are used to meet the principal of 415
such temporary notes or whenever the principal of any such temporary 416
notes is retired by application of revenue receipts of the state, the 417
amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation of which such 418
temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount of bonds which 419
may be authorized pursuant to section 12 of this act shall each be 420
reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. Pending use 421
of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet the principal 422
as directed in this section, the amount thereof may be invested by the 423
State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or 424
the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, 425
shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and 426
net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same manner as 427
the moneys so invested. 428
Sec. 17. (Effective July 1, 2021) The bonds issued pursuant to sections 429
12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the state and 430
the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 431
payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 432
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 433
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the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 434
punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 435
the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 436
become due. 437
Sec. 18. (Effective July 1, 2021) In accordance with section 13 of this act, 438
the state, through the state agencies specified in said section 13, may 439
provide grants-in-aid and other financings to or for the agencies for the 440
purposes and projects as described in said section 13. All financing shall 441
be made in accordance with the terms of a contract at such time or times 442
as shall be determined within authorization of funds by the State Bond 443
Commission. 444
Sec. 19. (Effective July 1, 2021) In the case of any grant-in-aid made 445
pursuant to subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of section 13 of this 446
act that is made to any entity which is not a political subdivision of the 447
state, the contract entered into pursuant to section 13 of this act shall 448
provide that if the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made 449
ceases, within ten years of the date of such grant, to be used as a facility 450
for which such grant was made, an amount equal to the amount of such 451
grant, minus ten per cent per year for each full year which has elapsed 452
since the date of such grant, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien 453
shall be placed on such land in favor of the state to ensure that such 454
amount shall be repaid in the event of such change in use, provided if 455
the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made are owned by the 456
state, a municipality or a housing authority, no lien need be placed. 457
Sec. 20. (Effective July 1, 2022) The State Bond Commission shall have 458
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 21 459
to 26, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 460
of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 461
the aggregate not exceeding $216,565,000. 462
Sec. 21. (Effective July 1, 2022) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 463
described in sections 20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 464
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hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by 465
purchase or condemnation, undertaking, constructing, reconstructing, 466
improving or equipping, or purchasing land or buildings or improving 467
sites for the projects hereinafter described, including payment of 468
architectural, engineering, demolition or related costs in connection 469
therewith, or of payment of the cost of long-range capital programming 470
and space utilization studies as hereinafter stated: 471
(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: For an information 472
technology capital investment program, not exceeding $15,000,000. 473
(b) For the Department of Administrative Services: 474
(1) Infrastructure repairs and improvements, including fire, safety 475
and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 476
improvements, improvements to state-owned buildings and grounds, 477
including energy conservation and off-site improvements, and 478
preservation of unoccupied buildings and grounds, including office 479
development, acquisition, renovations for additional parking and 480
security improvements at state-occupied buildings, not exceeding 481
$5,000,000; 482
(2) Removal or encapsulation of asbestos and hazardous materials in 483
state-owned buildings, not exceeding $10,000,000; 484
(3) Capital construction, improvements, repairs, renovations and 485
land acquisition at Fire Training Schools, not exceeding $5,000,000. 486
(c) For the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: 487
Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and grounds, 488
including utilities, not exceeding $28,200,000. 489
(d) For the Military Department: 490
(1) State matching funds for anticipated federal reimbursable 491
projects, not exceeding $3,250,000; 492
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(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 493
grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems, and energy 494
conservation, not exceeding $200,000. 495
(e) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 496
(1) Alterations, renovations and new construction at state parks and 497
other recreation facilities, including Americans with Disabilities Act 498
improvements, not exceeding $15,000,000; 499
(2) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 500
that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 501
improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 502
statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 503
and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 504
systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 505
charging state owned or leased electric vehicles; that reduce water use; 506
reduce waste generation and disposal; or for any renewable energy, or 507
combined heat and power project in state buildings, not exceeding 508
$10,000,000. 509
(f) For the Department of Developmental Services: Fire, safety and 510
environmental improvements to regional facilities and intermediate 511
care facilities for client and staff needs, including improvements in 512
compliance with current codes, site improvements, handicapped access 513
improvements, utilities, repair or replacement of roofs, air conditioning 514
and other interior and exterior building renovations and additions at all 515
state-owned facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000. 516
(g) For the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 517
(1) Fire, safety and environmental improvements to regional facilities 518
for client and staff needs, including improvements in compliance with 519
current codes, including intermediate care facilities and site 520
improvements, handicapped access improvements, utilities, repair or 521
replacement of roofs, air conditioning and other interior and exterior 522
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building renovations and additions at all state-owned facilities, not 523
exceeding $5,000,000; 524
(2) Design and installation of sprinkler systems, including related fire 525
safety improvements, in direct patient care buildings, not exceeding 526
$3,740,000. 527
(h) For the Department of Education: For the Technical Education 528
and Career System: Alterations and improvements to buildings and 529
grounds, including new and replacement equipment, tools and supplies 530
necessary to update curricula, vehicles and technology at all regional 531
vocational-technical schools, not exceeding $14,100,000. 532
(i) For the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities: 533
(1) New and replacement instruction, research or laboratory 534
equipment, not exceeding $22,000,000; 535
(2) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 536
improvements and expansions, not exceeding $9,000,000; 537
(3) Advanced manufacturing and emerging technology programs, 538
not exceeding $3,075,000; 539
(4) All community colleges: Deferred maintenance, code compliance 540
and infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $20,000,000; 541
(5) All universities: Deferred maintenance, code compliance and 542
infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $20,000,000; 543
(6) All State Colleges and Universities: Security Improvements, not 544
exceeding $2,500,000; 545
(7) For the purposes described in section 10a-80f of the general 546
statutes relating to the pilot program for the expansion of advanced 547
manufacturing certificate programs to public high schools in the state, 548
not exceeding $2,500,000. 549
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(j) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations, and 550
improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 551
programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 552
and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 553
$10,000,000. 554
(k) For the Judicial Department: 555
(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 556
grounds at state-owned and maintained facilities, not exceeding 557
$5,000,000; 558
(2) Implementation of the Technology Strategic Plan Project, not 559
exceeding $2,000,000; 560
(3) Alterations and improvements in compliance with the Americans 561
with Disabilities Act, not exceeding $2,000,000; 562
(4) Security improvements at various state-owned and maintained 563
facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000. 564
Sec. 22. (Effective July 1, 2022) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 565
general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 566
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 20 to 26, 567
inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 568
authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 20 to 26, 569
inclusive, of this act, and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 570
money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 571
be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 572
renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 573
twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 574
pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 575
authorizing such bonds. 576
Sec. 23. (Effective July 1, 2022) None of the bonds described in sections 577
20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, shall be authorized except upon a finding 578
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by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 579
for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 580
Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 581
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 582
commission, in its discretion, may require. 583
Sec. 24. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the purposes of sections 20 to 26, 584
inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 585
bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 20 to 26, inclusive, or of 586
temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 587
the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 23 of 588
this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 589
the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 590
in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 591
section 23, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such 592
request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 593
available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 594
any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 595
becoming available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 596
recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 597
moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 598
directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 599
such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 600
available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 601
such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 602
available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 603
Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 604
to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 605
upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 606
applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 607
bonds issued pursuant to sections 20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, or to 608
meet the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 609
money to be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized 610
pursuant to said sections 20 to 26, inclusive, for the purpose of financing 611
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such costs, either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such 612
bonds or notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the 613
federal, private or other moneys so received with respect to such project 614
are used to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever 615
principal of any such temporary notes is retired by application of 616
revenue receipts of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore 617
authorized in anticipation of which such temporary notes were issued, 618
and the aggregate amount of bonds which may be authorized pursuant 619
to section 20 of this act, shall each be reduced by the amount of the 620
principal so met or retired. Pending use of the federal, private or other 621
moneys so received to meet principal as hereinabove directed, the 622
amount thereof may be invested by the State Treasurer in bonds or 623
obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or the United States or 624
agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, shall be deemed to be 625
part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and net earnings on such 626
investments shall be used in the same manner as the moneys so 627
invested. 628
Sec. 25. (Effective July 1, 2022) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 629
said bonds authorized for any project described in section 21 of this act 630
in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 631
project described in said section 21, if the State Bond Commission shall 632
so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 633
bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 634
21 shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 635
Sec. 26. (Effective July 1, 2022) The bonds issued pursuant to this 636
section and sections 20 to 25, inclusive, of this act, shall be general 637
obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of 638
Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest 639
on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of 640
the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of 641
all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and 642
interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal 643
and interest as the same become due. 644
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Sec. 27. (Effective July 1, 2022) The State Bond Commission shall have 645
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 28 646
and 29 of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds 647
of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the 648
aggregate, not exceeding $100,000,000. 649
Sec. 28. (Effective July 1, 2022) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 650
described in sections 27 to 30, inclusive, of this act shall be used by the 651
Department of Housing for the purposes hereinafter stated: Housing 652
development and rehabilitation, including moderate cost housing, 653
moderate rental, congregate and elderly housing, urban homesteading, 654
community housing development corporations, housing purchase and 655
rehabilitation, housing for the homeless, housing for low-income 656
persons, limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing projects, 657
abatement of hazardous material including asbestos and lead-based 658
paint in residential structures, emergency repair assistance for senior 659
citizens, housing land bank and land trust, housing and community 660
development, predevelopment grants and loans, reimbursement for 661
state and federal surplus property, private rental investment mortgage 662
and equity program, housing infrastructure, demolition, renovation or 663
redevelopment of vacant buildings or related infrastructure, septic 664
system repair loan program, acquisition and related rehabilitation 665
including loan guarantees for private developers of rental housing for 666
the elderly, projects under the program established in section 8-37pp of 667
the general statutes, and participation in federal programs, including 668
administrative expenses associated with those programs eligible under 669
the general statutes, not exceeding $100,000,000, provided not more 670
than $30,000,000 shall be used for revitalization of state moderate rental 671
housing units on the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's State 672
Housing Portfolio. 673
Sec. 29. (Effective July 1, 2022) None of the bonds described in sections 674
27 to 30, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 675
by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 676
for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 677
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Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 678
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 679
commission, in its discretion, may require. 680
Sec. 30. (Effective July 1, 2022) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 681
general statutes, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 682
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and 683
sections 27 to 29, inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply 684
to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 685
section and sections 27 to 29, inclusive, of this act and temporary notes 686
in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such 687
bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 688
and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time 689
or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may 690
be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State 691
Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant 692
to section 27 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the 693
full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 694
payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same 695
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 696
the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 697
punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 698
the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 699
become due. 700
Sec. 31. (Effective July 1, 2022) The State Bond Commission shall have 701
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 32 702
to 38, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 703
of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 704
the aggregate, not exceeding $263,550,000. 705
Sec. 32. (Effective July 1, 2022) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds 706
described in sections 31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be used for the 707
purpose of providing grants-in-aid and other financing for the projects, 708
programs and purposes hereinafter stated: 709
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(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: 710
(1) Grants-in-aid to distressed municipalities eligible under section 711
32-9s of the general statutes for capital purposes, not exceeding 712
$7,000,000; 713
(2) Grants-in-aid to (A) municipalities for the costs associated with 714
the purchase of body-worn recording equipment, digital data storage 715
devices and dashboard cameras in accordance with the provisions of 716
section 7-277c of the general statutes, and (B) and institutions of higher 717
education for the costs associated with the purchase of body-worn 718
recording equipment, digital data storage devices and dashboard 719
cameras in accordance with the provisions of section 7-277c of the 720
general statutes, not exceeding $2,000,000; 721
(3) Grants-in-aid to private, nonprofit health and human service 722
organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 723
Revenue Code of 1986, and that receive funds from the state to provide 724
direct health or human services to state agency clients, for alterations, 725
renovations, improvements, additions and new construction, including 726
health, safety, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and 727
energy conservation improvements, information technology systems, 728
technology for independence, purchase of vehicles and acquisition of 729
property, not exceeding $25,000,000; 730
(4) Grants-in-aid for regional and local improvements and 731
development, including, but not limited to, Bristol Health emergency 732
backup power generation replacement and upgrade, Crestbrook Park 733
facility upgrades, Thomaston Opera House, Squantz Engine Company 734
elevator, Tolland Fire Department capital improvements, Plymouth 735
Police Department, new facility for Operation Hope of Fairfield, Shelton 736
Constitution Boulevard extension and Commerce Park, track at 737
Portland High School and Portland Middle School, Trumbull Veterans 738
& First Responder Center, Stanley T. Williams Senior Center roof repair, 739
YMCA of Wallingford, East Haven pool renovation, Fox Hill Memorial 740
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Tower rehabilitation, connection and expansion of sewer line Bozrah, 741
Fairfield landfill cleanup, Shakespeare Theater construction, Sterling 742
House Community Center renovations, regional public safety complex 743
in Enfield, Bristol Hospital backup generator, Woodridge Lake sewer 744
treatment plant renovations, Groton sidewalks, Griswold Senior Center, 745
not exceeding $35,000,000. 746
(b) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 747
(1) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for open space land acquisition 748
and development for conservation or recreational purposes, not 749
exceeding $10,000,000; 750
(2) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for improvements to incinerators 751
and landfills, including, but not limited to, bulky waste landfills, not 752
exceeding $2,900,000; 753
(3) Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program, not 754
exceeding $5,000,000; 755
(4) Grants-in-aid for identification, investigation, containment, 756
removal, or mitigation of contaminated industrial sites in urban areas, 757
not exceeding $10,500,000; 758
(5) Grants-in-aid for containment, removal, or mitigation of identified 759
hazardous waste disposal sites, not exceeding $5,000,000; 760
(6) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purpose of providing 761
potable water and for assessment and remedial action to address 762
pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl containing 763
substances, not exceeding $1,150,000. 764
(c) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: 765
(1) For the Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization program, not 766
exceeding $25,000,000; 767
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(2) For the Small Business Express program established by section 32-768
7g of the general statutes, not exceeding $25,000,000; 769
(3) For the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund established 770
by section 32-7o of the general statutes, not exceeding $10,000,000; 771
(4) For the CareerConneCT workforce training programs, not 772
exceeding $20,000,000; 773
(5) Grants-in-aid to nonprofit organizations operating cultural and 774
historical sites, not exceeding $5,000,000. 775
(d) For the Department of Transportation: Grants-in-aid to 776
municipalities for use in the manner set forth in, and in accordance with 777
the provisions of, sections 13a-175a to 13a-175k, inclusive, of the general 778
statutes, not exceeding $30,000,000. 779
(e) For the Department of Education: Grants-in-aid to assist targeted 780
local and regional school districts for alterations, repairs, improvements, 781
technology, and equipment in low-performing schools, not exceeding 782
$5,000,000. 783
(f) For the Department of Public Health: For the Health Disparities 784
and Prevention Grant Program, not exceeding $40,000,000, provided (1) 785
not more than $25,000,000 shall be used for federally qualified health 786
centers, and (2) not more than $15,000,000 shall be used for mental 787
health and substance abuse treatment providers. 788
Sec. 33. (Effective July 1, 2022) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 789
general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 790
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 31 to 38, 791
inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 792
authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 31 to 38, 793
inclusive, of this act, and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 794
money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 795
be issued in accordance with said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, and from 796
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time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 797
exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 798
in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 799
Commission authorizing such bonds. 800
Sec. 34. (Effective July 1, 2022) None of the bonds described in sections 801
31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 802
by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 803
for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 804
Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 805
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 806
commission, in its discretion, may require. 807
Sec. 35. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the purposes of sections 31 to 38, 808
inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 809
bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, or of 810
temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 811
the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 34 of 812
this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 813
the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 814
in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 815
section 34, include the recommendation of the person signing such 816
request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 817
available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 818
any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 819
becoming available under said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, for such 820
project. If the request includes a recommendation that some amount of 821
such federal, private or other moneys should be added to such state 822
moneys, then, if and to the extent directed by the State Bond 823
Commission at the time of authorization of such bonds, such amount of 824
such federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 825
made available for costs in connection with such project may be added 826
to any state moneys available or becoming available hereunder for such 827
project and be used for such project. Any other federal, private or other 828
moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs in 829
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connection with such project upon receipt shall, in conformity with 830
applicable federal and state law, be used by the State Treasurer to meet 831
the principal of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to said sections 31 832
to 38, inclusive, or to meet the principal of temporary notes issued in 833
anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of bonds 834
theretofore authorized pursuant to said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, for 835
the purpose of financing such costs, either by purchase or redemption 836
and cancellation of such bonds or notes or by payment thereof at 837
maturity. Whenever any of the federal, private or other moneys so 838
received with respect to such project are used to meet the principal of 839
such temporary notes or whenever the principal of any such temporary 840
notes is retired by application of revenue receipts of the state, the 841
amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation of which such 842
temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount of bonds which 843
may be authorized pursuant to section 31 of this act shall each be 844
reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. Pending use 845
of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet the principal 846
as directed in this section, the amount thereof may be invested by the 847
State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or 848
the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, 849
shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and 850
net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same manner as 851
the moneys so invested. 852
Sec. 36. (Effective July 1, 2022) The bonds issued pursuant to sections 853
31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the state and 854
the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 855
payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 856
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 857
the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 858
punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 859
the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 860
become due. 861
Sec. 37. (Effective July 1, 2022) In accordance with section 32 of this act, 862
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the state, through the state agencies specified in said section 32, may 863
provide grants-in-aid and other financings to or for the agencies for the 864
purposes and projects as described in said section 32. All financing shall 865
be made in accordance with the terms of a contract at such time or times 866
as shall be determined within authorization of funds by the State Bond 867
Commission. 868
Sec. 38. (Effective July 1, 2022) In the case of any grant-in-aid made 869
pursuant to subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of section 32 of this act 870
that is made to any entity which is not a political subdivision of the state, 871
the contract entered into pursuant to section 32 of this act shall provide 872
that if the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made ceases, within 873
ten years of the date of such grant, to be used as a facility for which such 874
grant was made, an amount equal to the amount of such grant, minus 875
ten per cent per year for each full year which has elapsed since the date 876
of such grant, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien shall be placed 877
on such land in favor of the state to ensure that such amount shall be 878
repaid in the event of such change in use, provided if the premises for 879
which such grant-in-aid was made are owned by the state, a 880
municipality or a housing authority, no lien need be placed. 881
Sec. 39. (Effective July 1, 2021) The State Bond Commission shall have 882
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 40 883
to 44, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 884
of special tax obligation bonds of the state in one or more series and in 885
principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding $836,910,000. 886
Sec. 40. (Effective July 1, 2021) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 887
described in sections 39 to 44, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 888
hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 889
transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 890
the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 891
described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 892
be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 893
issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 894
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general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 895
(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 896
(1) Interstate Highway Program, not exceeding $13,000,000; 897
(2) Urban Systems Projects, not exceeding $16,750,000; 898
(3) Intrastate Highway Program, not exceeding $63,000,000; 899
(4) Environmental compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, 900
hazardous materials abatement, demolition, salt shed construction and 901
renovation, storage tank replacement and environmental emergency 902
response at or in the vicinity of state-owned properties or related to 903
Department of Transportation operations, not exceeding $8,810,000; 904
(5) State bridge improvement, rehabilitation and replacement 905
projects, not exceeding $33,000,000; 906
(6) Capital resurfacing and related reconstruction, not exceeding 907
$107,500,000; 908
(7) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's bridges, not exceeding 909
$74,000,000; 910
(8) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's roads, not exceeding 911
$65,785,000; 912
(9) Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, not 913
exceeding $67,000,000; 914
(10) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for use in the manner set forth in, 915
and in accordance with the provisions of, sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, 916
inclusive, of the general statutes, not exceeding $30,000,000; 917
(11) Local Bridge Program, not exceeding $10,000,000; 918
(12) Highway and bridge renewal equipment, not exceeding 919
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$19,000,000; 920
(13) Community connectivity and alternative mobility program, not 921
exceeding $12,000,000. 922
(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: Bus and rail facilities and 923
equipment, including rights-of-way, other property acquisition and 924
related projects, not exceeding $248,120,000. 925
(c) For the Bureau of Administration: Department facilities, not 926
exceeding $68,945,000. 927
Sec. 41. (Effective July 1, 2021) None of the bonds described in sections 928
39 to 44, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 929
by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it (1) a 930
request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the 931
Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 932
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 933
commission, in its discretion, may require, and (2) any capital 934
development impact statement and any human services facility 935
colocation statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office 936
of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-31 of the general 937
statutes, any advisory report regarding the state conservation and 938
development policies plan required pursuant to section 16a-31 of the 939
general statutes and any statement regarding farmland required 940
pursuant to subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general statutes and 941
section 22-6 of the general statutes, provided the State Bond 942
Commission may authorize said bonds without a finding that the 943
reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this section have 944
been filed with it if said commission authorizes the secretary of said 945
commission to accept such reports and statements on its behalf. No 946
funds derived from the sale of bonds authorized by said commission 947
without a finding that the reports and statements required by 948
subdivision (2) of this section have been filed with it shall be allotted by 949
the Governor for any project until the reports and statements required 950
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by subdivision (2) of this section, with respect to such project, have been 951
filed with the secretary of said commission. 952
Sec. 42. (Effective July 1, 2021) For the purposes of sections 39 to 44, 953
inclusive, of this act, each request filed, as provided in section 41 of this 954
act, for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 955
proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 956
addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 957
41, include the recommendation of the person signing such request as 958
to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available or 959
thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 960
project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 961
available from the proceeds of bonds and temporary notes issued in 962
anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds. If the request 963
includes a recommendation that some amount of such federal, private 964
or other moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to 965
the extent directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of 966
authorization of such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or 967
other moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs 968
in connection with such project shall be added to such state moneys. 969
Sec. 43. (Effective July 1, 2021) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 970
bonds authorized for the projects or purposes of section 40 of this act, in 971
excess of the aggregate costs of all the projects so authorized, shall be 972
used in the manner set forth in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of 973
the general statutes, and in the proceedings of the State Bond 974
Commission respecting the issuance and sale of said bonds. 975
Sec. 44. (Effective July 1, 2021) Bonds issued pursuant to this section 976
and sections 39 to 43, inclusive, of this act shall be special obligations of 977
the state and shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other 978
than revenues of the state pledged therefor in subsection (b) of section 979
13b-61 of the general statutes and section 13b-61a of the general statutes, 980
or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be pledged therefor. Said 981
bonds shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other than 982
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such pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may 983
be pledged therefor, nor shall the state or any political subdivision 984
thereof be subject to any liability thereon, except to the extent of such 985
pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be 986
pledged therefor. Said bonds shall be issued under and in accordance 987
with the provisions of sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of the general 988
statutes. 989
Sec. 45. (Effective July 1, 2022) The State Bond Commission shall have 990
power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 46 991
to 50, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 992
of special tax obligation bonds of the state in one or more series and in 993
principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding $929,558,000. 994
Sec. 46. (Effective July 1, 2022) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 995
described in sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 996
hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 997
transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 998
the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 999
described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 1000
be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 1001
issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 1002
general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 1003
(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 1004
(1) Interstate Highway Program, not exceeding $13,000,000; 1005
(2) Urban Systems Projects, not exceeding $16,750,000; 1006
(3) Intrastate Highway Program, not exceeding $72,000,000; 1007
(4) Environmental compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, 1008
hazardous materials abatement, demolition, salt shed construction and 1009
renovation, storage tank replacement and environmental emergency 1010
response at or in the vicinity of state-owned properties or related to 1011
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Department of Transportation operations, not exceeding $15,300,000; 1012
(5) State bridge improvement, rehabilitation and replacement 1013
projects, not exceeding $33,000,000; 1014
(6) Capital resurfacing and related reconstruction, not exceeding 1015
$107,500,000; 1016
(7) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's bridges, not exceeding 1017
$155,000,000; 1018
(8) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's roads, not exceeding 1019
$64,783,000; 1020
(9) Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, not 1021
exceeding $67,000,000; 1022
(10) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for use in the manner set forth in, 1023
and in accordance with the provisions of, sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, 1024
inclusive, of the general statutes, not exceeding $30,000,000; 1025
(11) Local Bridge Program, not exceeding $10,000,000; 1026
(12) Highway and bridge renewal equipment, not exceeding 1027
$19,000,000; 1028
(13) Community connectivity and alternative mobility program, not 1029
exceeding $12,000,000. 1030
(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: Bus and rail facilities and 1031
equipment, including rights-of-way, other property acquisition and 1032
related projects, not exceeding $270,800,000. 1033
(c) For the Bureau of Administration: Department facilities, not 1034
exceeding $43,425,000. 1035
Sec. 47. (Effective July 1, 2022) None of the bonds described in sections 1036
45 to 50, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 1037
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by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it (1) a 1038
request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the 1039
Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 1040
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 1041
commission, in its discretion, may require, and (2) any capital 1042
development impact statement and any human services facility 1043
colocation statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office 1044
of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-31 of the general 1045
statutes, any advisory report regarding the state conservation and 1046
development policies plan required pursuant to section 16a-31 of the 1047
general statutes and any statement regarding farmland required 1048
pursuant to subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general statutes and 1049
section 22-6 of the general statutes, provided the State Bond 1050
Commission may authorize said bonds without a finding that the 1051
reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this section have 1052
been filed with it if said commission authorizes the secretary of said 1053
commission to accept such reports and statements on its behalf. No 1054
funds derived from the sale of bonds authorized by said commission 1055
without a finding that the reports and statements required by 1056
subdivision (2) of this section have been filed with it shall be allotted by 1057
the Governor for any project until the reports and statements required 1058
by subdivision (2) of this section, with respect to such project, have been 1059
filed with the secretary of said commission. 1060
Sec. 48. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the purposes of sections 45 to 50, 1061
inclusive, of this act, each request filed, as provided in section 47 of this 1062
act, for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 1063
proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 1064
addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 1065
47, include the recommendation of the person signing such request as 1066
to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available or 1067
thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 1068
project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 1069
available from the proceeds of bonds and temporary notes issued in 1070
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anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds. If the request 1071
includes a recommendation that some amount of such federal, private 1072
or other moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to 1073
the extent directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of 1074
authorization of such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or 1075
other moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs 1076
in connection with such project shall be added to such state moneys. 1077
Sec. 49. (Effective July 1, 2022) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 1078
the bonds authorized for the projects or purposes of section 46 of this 1079
act, in excess of the aggregate costs of all the projects so authorized, shall 1080
be used in the manner set forth in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of 1081
the general statutes, and in the proceedings of the State Bond 1082
Commission respecting the issuance and sale of said bonds. 1083
Sec. 50. (Effective July 1, 2022) Bonds issued pursuant to this section 1084
and sections 45 to 49, inclusive, of this act, shall be special obligations of 1085
the state and shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other 1086
than revenues of the state pledged therefor in subsection (b) of section 1087
13b-61 of the general statutes and section 13b-61a of the general statutes, 1088
or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be pledged therefor. Said 1089
bonds shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other than 1090
such pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may 1091
be pledged therefor, nor shall the state or any political subdivision 1092
thereof be subject to any liability thereon, except to the extent of such 1093
pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be 1094
pledged therefor. Said bonds shall be issued under and in accordance 1095
with the provisions of sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of the general 1096
statutes. 1097
Sec. 51. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4-66c of the general statutes 1098
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1099
1, 2021): 1100
(a) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond 1101
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Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize the 1102
issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1103
amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [one billion nine hundred 1104
eighty-four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred 1105
forty-four] two billion two hundred twenty-four million four hundred 1106
eighty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four dollars, provided [one 1107
hundred] forty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective 1108
July 1, [2020] 2022. All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any 1109
right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the 1110
provisions of this section, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1111
bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1112
section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1113
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1114
accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such 1115
bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years 1116
from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the 1117
resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing 1118
such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a 1119
finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it 1120
a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the 1121
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms 1122
and conditions as said commission in its discretion may require. Said 1123
bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the 1124
state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1125
for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the 1126
same become due, and accordingly as part of the contract of the state 1127
with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary 1128
for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 1129
the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become 1130
due. 1131
(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent hereinafter 1132
stated, shall be used, subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) 1133
of this section, for the purpose of redirecting, improving and expanding 1134
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state activities which promote community conservation and 1135
development and improve the quality of life for urban residents of the 1136
state as hereinafter stated: (A) For the Department of Economic and 1137
Community Development: Economic and community development 1138
projects, including administrative costs incurred by the Department of 1139
Economic and Community Development, not exceeding sixty-seven 1140
million five hundred ninety-one thousand six hundred forty-two 1141
dollars, one million dollars of which shall be used for a grant to the 1142
development center program and the nonprofit business consortium 1143
deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-411; (B) for the 1144
Department of Transportation: Urban mass transit, not exceeding two 1145
million dollars; (C) for the Department of Energy and Environmental 1146
Protection: Recreation development and solid waste disposal projects, 1147
not exceeding one million nine hundred ninety-five thousand nine 1148
hundred two dollars; (D) for the Department of Social Services: Child 1149
day care projects, elderly centers, shelter facilities for victims of 1150
domestic violence, emergency shelters and related facilities for the 1151
homeless, multipurpose human resource centers and food distribution 1152
facilities, not exceeding thirty-nine million one hundred thousand 1153
dollars, provided four million dollars of said authorization shall be 1154
effective July 1, 1994; (E) for the Department of Economic and 1155
Community Development: Housing projects, not exceeding three 1156
million dollars; (F) for the Office of Policy and Management: (i) Grants-1157
in-aid to municipalities for a pilot demonstration program to leverage 1158
private contributions for redevelopment of designated historic 1159
preservation areas, not exceeding one million dollars; (ii) grants-in-aid 1160
for urban development projects including economic and community 1161
development, transportation, environmental protection, public safety, 1162
children and families and social services projects and programs, 1163
including, in the case of economic and community development projects 1164
administered on behalf of the Office of Policy and Management by the 1165
Department of Economic and Community Development, administrative 1166
costs incurred by the Department of Economic and Community 1167
Development, not exceeding [one billion eight hundred sixty-nine 1168
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million eight hundred thousand] two billion one hundred nine million 1169
eight hundred thousand dollars, provided [one hundred] forty million 1170
dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2020] 2022. 1171
(2) (A) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in 1172
subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made 1173
available to private nonprofit organizations for the purposes described 1174
in said subparagraph (F)(ii). (B) Twelve million dollars of the grants-in-1175
aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 1176
subsection may be made available for necessary renovations and 1177
improvements of libraries. (C) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid 1178
authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection 1179
shall be made available for small business gap financing. (D) Ten million 1180
dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of 1181
subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for regional 1182
economic development revolving loan funds. (E) One million four 1183
hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in 1184
subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made 1185
available for rehabilitation and renovation of the Black Rock Library in 1186
Bridgeport. (F) Two million five hundred thousand dollars of the grants-1187
in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 1188
subsection shall be made available for site acquisition, renovation and 1189
rehabilitation for the Institute for the Hispanic Family in Hartford. (G) 1190
Three million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph 1191
(F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for 1192
the acquisition of land and the development of commercial or retail 1193
property in New Haven. (H) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of 1194
the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) of 1195
this subsection shall be made available for repairs and replacement of 1196
the fishing pier at Cummings Park in Stamford. (I) Ten million dollars 1197
of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (F)(ii) of subdivision (1) 1198
of this subsection shall be made available for development of an 1199
intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut. 1200
Sec. 52. Subsection (a) of section 4-66g of the general statutes is 1201
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1202
2022): 1203
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1204
State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1205
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1206
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [three hundred one 1207
million] three hundred sixteen million dollars. 1208
Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 4a-10 of the general statutes is 1209
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1210
2021): 1211
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1212
State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1213
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1214
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [five hundred twenty-1215
six million one hundred thousand dollars] five hundred forty-six 1216
million one hundred thousand dollars, provided ten million dollars of 1217
said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022. 1218
Sec. 54. Subsection (a) of section 7-538 of the general statutes is 1219
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1220
2021): 1221
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1222
State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to 1223
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1224
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [one billion ten 1225
million] one billion seventy million dollars, provided thirty million 1226
dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2020] 2022. 1227
Sec. 55. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes described in 1228
subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1229
power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1230
in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1231
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aggregate one hundred eighty-two million dollars, provided ninety-one 1232
million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022. 1233
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1234
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of 1235
Policy and Management for grants-in-aid to municipalities for the 1236
purposes set forth in subsection (a) of section 13a-175a of the general 1237
statutes, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Such 1238
grant payments shall be made annually as follows: 1239
T1 Municipalities FY 2022 FY 2023
T2
T3 Andover 2,620 2,620
T4 Ansonia 85,419 85,419
T5 Ashford 3,582 3,582
T6 Avon 261,442 261,442
T7 Barkhamsted 41,462 41,462
T8 Beacon Falls 43,809 43,809
T9 Berlin 1,593,642 1,593,642
T10 Bethany 67,229 67,229
T11 Bethel 282,660 282,660
T12 Bethlehem 7,945 7,945
T13 Bloomfield 3,201,688 3,201,688
T14 Bolton 24,859 24,859
T15 Bozrah 138,521 138,521
T16 Branford 374,850 374,850
T17 Bridgeport 1,031,564 1,031,564
T18 Bridgewater 587 587
T19 Bristol 4,856,625 4,856,625
T20 Brookfield 118,281 118,281
T21 Brooklyn 10,379 10,379
T22 Burlington 15,300 15,300
T23 Canaan 20,712 20,712
T24 Canterbury 2,022 2,022
T25 Canton 7,994 7,994
T26 Chaplin 601 601
T27 Cheshire 736,700 736,700
T28 Chester 89,264 89,264
T29 Clinton 191,674 191,674
T30 Colchester 39,009 39,009
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T31 Colebrook 550 550
T32 Columbia 26,763 26,763
T33 Cornwall - -
T34 Coventry 10,533 10,533
T35 Cromwell 31,099 31,099
T36 Danbury 3,027,544 3,027,544
T37 Darien - -
T38 Deep River 104,136 104,136
T39 Derby 14,728 14,728
T40 Durham 153,897 153,897
T41 East Granby 1,096,577 1,096,577
T42 East Haddam 1,696 1,696
T43 East Hampton 18,943 18,943
T44 East Hartford 8,052,927 8,052,927
T45 East Haven 43,500 43,500
T46 East Lyme 22,442 22,442
T47 East Windsor 295,024 295,024
T48 Eastford 54,564 54,564
T49 Easton 2,660 2,660
T50 Ellington 223,527 223,527
T51 Enfield 256,875 256,875
T52 Essex 74,547 74,547
T53 Fairfield 96,747 96,747
T54 Farmington 545,804 545,804
T55 Franklin 23,080 23,080
T56 Glastonbury 240,799 240,799
T57 Goshen 2,648 2,648
T58 Granby 35,332 35,332
T59 Greenwich 89,022 89,022
T60 Griswold 31,895 31,895
T61 Groton (Town of) 2,362,532 2,362,532
T62 Guilford 64,848 64,848
T63 Haddam 3,554 3,554
T64 Hamden 286,689 286,689
T65 Hampton - -
T66 Hartford 1,419,161 1,419,161
T67 Hartland 955 955
T68 Harwinton 21,506 21,506
T69 Hebron 2,216 2,216
T70 Kent - -
T71 Killingly 1,228,578 1,228,578
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T72 Killingworth 5,148 5,148
T73 Lebanon 30,427 30,427
T74 Ledyard 421,085 421,085
T75 Lisbon 3,683 3,683
T76 Litchfield 3,432 3,432
T77 Lyme - -
T78 Madison 6,795 6,795
T79 Manchester 1,912,643 1,912,643
T80 Mansfield 6,841 6,841
T81 Marlborough 7,313 7,313
T82 Meriden 1,663,015 1,663,015
T83 Middlebury 84,264 84,264
T84 Middlefield 248,652 248,652
T85 Middletown 3,966,296 3,966,296
T86 Milford 2,257,853 2,257,853
T87 Monroe 179,106 179,106
T88 Montville 528,644 528,644
T89 Morris 3,528 3,528
T90 Naugatuck 341,656 341,656
T91 New Britain 2,864,920 2,864,920
T92 New Canaan 200 200
T93 New Fairfield 1,149 1,149
T94 New Hartford 139,174 139,174
T95 New Haven 2,214,643 2,214,643
T96 New London 33,169 33,169
T97 New Milford 1,298,881 1,298,881
T98 Newington 1,785,740 1,785,740
T99 Newtown 235,371 235,371
T100 Norfolk 7,207 7,207
T101 North Branford 301,074 301,074
T102 North Canaan 359,719 359,719
T103 North Haven 2,249,113 2,249,113
T104 North Stonington - -
T105 Norwalk 402,915 402,915
T106 Norwich 187,132 187,132
T107 Old Lyme 1,888 1,888
T108 Old Saybrook 46,717 46,717
T109 Orange 104,962 104,962
T110 Oxford 84,313 84,313
T111 Plainfield 144,803 144,803
T112 Plainville 541,936 541,936
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T113 Plymouth 152,434 152,434
T114 Pomfret 27,820 27,820
T115 Portland 90,840 90,840
T116 Preston - -
T117 Prospect 70,942 70,942
T118 Putnam 171,800 171,800
T119 Redding 1,329 1,329
T120 Ridgefield 561,986 561,986
T121 Rocky Hill 221,199 221,199
T122 Roxbury 602 602
T123 Salem 4,699 4,699
T124 Salisbury 83 83
T125 Scotland 7,681 7,681
T126 Seymour 281,186 281,186
T127 Sharon - -
T128 Shelton 584,121 584,121
T129 Sherman - -
T130 Simsbury 77,648 77,648
T131 Somers 82,324 82,324
T132 South Windsor 2,187,387 2,187,387
T133 Southbury 20,981 20,981
T134 Southington 1,427,348 1,427,348
T135 Sprague 386,528 386,528
T136 Stafford 437,917 437,917
T137 Stamford 1,154,179 1,154,179
T138 Sterling 24,398 24,398
T139 Stonington 100,332 100,332
T140 Stratford 5,784,709 5,784,709
T141 Suffield 180,663 180,663
T142 Thomaston 395,346 395,346
T143 Thompson 76,733 76,733
T144 Tolland 85,064 85,064
T145 Torrington 605,345 605,345
T146 Trumbull 189,309 189,309
T147 Union - -
T148 Vernon 151,598 151,598
T149 Voluntown 2,002 2,002
T150 Wallingford 3,481,873 3,481,873
T151 Warren 288 288
T152 Washington 158 158
T153 Waterbury 4,435,498 4,435,498
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T154 Waterford 34,255 34,255
T155 Watertown 642,281 642,281
T156 West Hartford 805,784 805,784
T157 West Haven 147,516 147,516
T158 Westbrook 267,405 267,405
T159 Weston 453 453
T160 Westport - -
T161 Wethersfield 21,785 21,785
T162 Willington 20,018 20,018
T163 Wilton 842,618 842,618
T164 Winchester 306,204 306,204
T165 Windham 454,575 454,575
T166 Windsor 2,075,052 2,075,052
T167 Windsor Locks 2,784,595 2,784,595
T168 Wolcott 234,916 234,916
T169 Woodbridge 29,920 29,920
T170 Woodbury 56,908 56,908
T171 Woodstock 68,767 68,767
T172 Jewett City(Bor.) 4,195 4,195
T173 Barkhamsted FD 2,500 2,500
T174 Berlin - Kensington FD 11,389 11,389
T175 Berlin - Worthington FD 941 941
T176 Bloomfield: Center FD 4,173 4,173
T177 Bloomfield Blue Hills FD 103,086 103,086
T178 Cromwell FD 1,832 1,832
T179 Enfield FD 1 14,636 14,636
T180 Enfield: Thompsonville FD 2 3,160 3,160
T181 Enfield: Hazardville Fire #3 1,373 1,373
T182 Enfield: N Thompsonville FD 4 69 69
T183 Enfield: Shaker Pines FD 5 6,403 6,403
T184 Groton City 164,635 164,635
T185 Groton Sewer 1,688 1,688
T186 Groton Old Mystic FD 5 1,695 1,695
T187 Groton: Poq. Bridge FD 22,300 22,300
T188 Killingly Attawaugan F.D. 1,836 1,836
T189 Killingly Dayville F.D. 42,086 42,086
T190 Killingly Dyer Manor 1,428 1,428
T191 E. Killingly F.D. 95 95
T192 So. Killingly F.D. 189 189
T193 Killingly Williamsville F.D. 6,710 6,710
T194 Manchester Eighth Util. 68,425 68,425
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T195 Middletown: South FD 207,080 207,080
T196 Middletown Westfield F.D. 10,801 10,801
T197 Middletown City Fire 33,838 33,838
T198 New Htfd. Village F.D. #1 7,128 7,128
T199 New Htfd Pine Meadow #3 131 131
T200 New Htfd South End F.D. 10 10
T201 Plainfield Central Village FD 1,466 1,466
T202 Plainfield - Moosup FD 2,174 2,174
T203 Plainfield: Plainfield FD 1,959 1,959
T204 Plainfield Wauregan FD 5,136 5,136
T205 Pomfret FD 1,032 1,032
T206 Putnam: E. Putnam FD 10,109 10,109
T207 Simsbury F.D. 2,638 2,638
T208 Stafford Springs Service Dist. 15,246 15,246
T209 Sterling F.D. 1,293 1,293
T210 Stonington Mystic FD 600 600
T211 Stonington Old Mystic FD 2,519 2,519
T212 Stonington Pawcatuck F.D. 5,500 5,500
T213 Stonington Quiambaug F.D. 72 72
T214 Stonington Wequetequock FD 73 73
T215 Trumbull Center 555 555
T216 Trumbull Long Hill F.D. 1,105 1,105
T217 Trumbull Nichols F.D. 3,435 3,435
T218 W. Haven: West Shore FD 34,708 34,708
T219 W. Haven: Allingtown FD 21,515 21,515
T220 West Haven First Ctr FD 1 4,736 4,736
T221 Windsor Wilson FD 214 214
T222 Windsor FD 14 14
T223 Windham First 8,929 8,929
T224 Total 91,000,000 91,000,000
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1240
of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with 1241
the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1242
bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1243
section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1244
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1245
accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such 1246
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bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years 1247
from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the 1248
resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing 1249
such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a 1250
finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it 1251
a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the 1252
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms 1253
and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said 1254
bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the 1255
state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1256
for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the 1257
same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the 1258
state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 1259
necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 1260
made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 1261
the same become due. 1262
Sec. 56. Subsection (a) of section 8-336n of the general statutes is 1263
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1264
2021): 1265
(a) For the purpose of capitalizing the Housing Trust Fund created by 1266
section 8-336o, the State Bond Commission shall have power, in 1267
accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time to 1268
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1269
principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [three hundred forty-1270
five million] four hundred fifty million dollars, provided (1) twenty 1271
million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2005, (2) twenty million dollars 1272
shall be effective July 1, 2006, (3) twenty million dollars shall be effective 1273
July 1, 2007, (4) thirty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2008, (5) 1274
twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2009, (6) twenty-five 1275
million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2011, (7) twenty-five million 1276
dollars shall be effective July 1, 2012, (8) thirty million dollars shall be 1277
effective July 1, 2013, (9) thirty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 1278
2014, (10) forty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2015, (11) twenty-1279
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five million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2016, [and] (12) thirty million 1280
dollars shall be effective July 1, 2018, and (13) fifty million dollars shall 1281
be effective July 1, 2022. The proceeds of the sale of bonds pursuant to 1282
this section shall be deposited in the Housing Trust Fund. 1283
Sec. 57. Section 10-287d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1284
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1285
For the purposes of funding (1) grants to projects that have received 1286
approval of the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to 1287
sections 10-287 and 10-287a, subsection (a) of section 10-65 and section 1288
10-76e, (2) grants to assist school building projects to remedy safety and 1289
health violations and damage from fire and catastrophe, and (3) 1290
technical education and career school projects pursuant to section 10-1291
283b, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in 1292
accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state 1293
from time to time in one or more series in an aggregate amount not 1294
exceeding [twelve billion six hundred twelve million one hundred sixty] 1295
thirteen billion six hundred twelve million one hundred sixty thousand 1296
dollars, provided [four hundred nineteen million] four hundred fifty 1297
million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2020] 2022. 1298
Bonds of each series shall bear such date or dates and mature at such 1299
time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates and 1300
be subject to such redemption privileges, with or without premium, as 1301
may be fixed by the State Bond Commission. They shall be sold at not 1302
less than par and accrued interest and the full faith and credit of the state 1303
is pledged for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal 1304
thereof as the same shall become due, and accordingly and as part of the 1305
contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all 1306
amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest 1307
is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and 1308
interest as the same become due. The State Treasurer is authorized to 1309
invest temporarily in direct obligations of the United States, United 1310
States agency obligations, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or 1311
bank acceptances such portion of the proceeds of such bonds or of any 1312
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notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be deemed available for such 1313
purpose. 1314
Sec. 58. Section 10-508 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1315
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1316
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1317
State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1318
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1319
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [sixty-three million 1320
five hundred nineteen thousand one hundred forty-nine] forty-eight 1321
million five hundred nineteen thousand one hundred forty-nine dollars, 1322
provided three million five hundred nineteen thousand one hundred 1323
forty-nine dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2015, 1324
[ten million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2019, 1325
ten] five million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1326
2020, ten million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1327
2021, ten million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1328
2022, and ten million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1329
1, 2023. 1330
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1331
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Early 1332
Childhood for the purposes of early care and education facility 1333
improvements in the Smart Start competitive grant program established 1334
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-501, section 10-506 and section 3 1335
of public act 14-41, the school readiness program, as defined in section 1336
10-16p, state-funded day care centers pursuant to section 8-210, Even 1337
Start program pursuant to section 10-265n, programs administered by 1338
local and regional boards of education, and to expand the delivery of 1339
child care services to infants and toddlers where a demonstrated need 1340
exists, as determined by the Office of Early Childhood. Grants awarded 1341
pursuant to this subsection shall be used for facility improvements and 1342
minor capital repairs. Applicants eligible pursuant to this subsection 1343
may submit an application to the Office of Early Childhood and may 1344
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receive a grant for capital expenses in an amount not to exceed seventy-1345
five thousand dollars per classroom for costs related to the renovation 1346
of a facility. 1347
(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power 1348
granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this 1349
section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by 1350
the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary 1351
notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any 1352
such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 1353
3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such 1354
time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as 1355
may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the 1356
State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds 1357
shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond 1358
Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such 1359
authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the 1360
Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions 1361
as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued 1362
pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the 1363
full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 1364
payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 1365
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 1366
the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 1367
punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 1368
the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 1369
become due. 1370
Sec. 59. Subsection (a) of section 22a-483 of the general statutes is 1371
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1372
2021): 1373
(a) For the purposes of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, the State 1374
Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize 1375
the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1376
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amounts, not exceeding in the aggregate [one billion eight hundred 1377
sixty-five million one hundred twenty-five thousand nine hundred 1378
seventy-six] two billion sixty-five million one hundred twenty-five 1379
thousand nine hundred seventy-six dollars, provided [seventy-five] one 1380
hundred million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1381
[2020] 2022. 1382
Sec. 60. Subsection (d) of section 22a-483 of the general statutes is 1383
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1384
2021): 1385
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the 1386
State Bond Commission from authorizing the issuance of revenue 1387
bonds, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [three 1388
billion nine hundred sixty-eight million eighty thousand] four billion 1389
four hundred eighty-six million eighty thousand dollars, provided 1390
[three hundred fifty million three hundred thousand] two hundred 1391
thirty-seven million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1392
1, [2018] 2022, that are not general obligations of the state of Connecticut 1393
to which the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1394
for the payment of the principal and interest. Such revenue bonds shall 1395
mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their 1396
respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or 1397
resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such revenue 1398
bonds. The revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1399
revenue state grant anticipation notes authorized to be issued under 1400
sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall be special obligations of the 1401
state and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other 1402
than the revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor 1403
as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, including the 1404
repayment of municipal loan obligations; nor shall the state or any 1405
political subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to 1406
the extent of such pledged revenues or the receipts, funds or moneys 1407
pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, 1408
inclusive. The issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond 1409
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anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes under the 1410
provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not 1411
directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political 1412
subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever 1413
therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The revenue 1414
bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant 1415
anticipation notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, 1416
legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political 1417
subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise 1418
encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of said sections 1419
22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be 1420
plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond, revenue state bond 1421
anticipation note and revenue state grant anticipation note issued 1422
pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not be 1423
subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and 1424
such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue 1425
state grant anticipation notes, when issued, shall not be included in 1426
computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to 1427
the extent of any such limitation. As part of the contract of the state with 1428
the owners of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation 1429
notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, all amounts necessary 1430
for the punctual payment of the debt service requirements with respect 1431
to such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1432
revenue state grant anticipation notes shall be deemed appropriated, 1433
but only from the sources pledged pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 1434
22a-483, inclusive. The proceeds of such revenue bonds or notes may be 1435
deposited in the Clean Water Fund for use in accordance with the 1436
permitted uses of such fund. Any expense incurred in connection with 1437
the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the costs of 1438
issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1439
revenue state grant anticipation notes may be paid from the accrued 1440
interest and premiums or from any other proceeds of the sale of such 1441
revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes or revenue state 1442
grant anticipation notes and in the same manner as other obligations of 1443
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the state. All provisions of subsections (g), (k), (l), (s) and (u) of section 1444
3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not 1445
inconsistent with the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, 1446
inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all revenue bonds, state 1447
revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation 1448
notes authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said 1449
sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. For the purposes of subsection (o) 1450
of section 3-20, "bond act" shall be construed to include said sections 1451
22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. 1452
Sec. 61. Subsection (a) of section 23-103 of the general statutes is 1453
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1454
2021): 1455
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1456
State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1457
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1458
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [thirteen million 1459
dollars] nineteen million dollars, provided three million dollars of said 1460
authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022. 1461
Sec. 62. Section 85 of public act 13-3, as amended by section 74 of 1462
public act 14-98, section 67 of public act 15-1 of the June special session, 1463
section 26 of public act 18-178 and section 74 of public act 20-1, is 1464
amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1465
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1466
State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1467
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1468
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [seventy-two] eighty-1469
seven million dollars, provided ten million dollars of said authorization 1470
shall be effective July 1, 2022. 1471
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1472
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1473
of Education for the purpose of the school security infrastructure 1474
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competitive grant program, established pursuant to section 84 of public 1475
act 13-3, as amended by section 15 of public act 13-122, section 191 of 1476
public act 13-247, section 73 of public act 14-98, section 1 of public act 1477
15-5, section 1 of public act 16-171, section 1 of public act 17-68, section 1478
490 of public act 17-2 of the June special session and section 73 of [this 1479
act] public act 20-1, provided not less than five million dollars shall be 1480
used by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 1481
for school security projects that involve multimedia interoperable 1482
communications systems. 1483
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1484
of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with 1485
the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1486
bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1487
section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1488
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1489
accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such 1490
bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years 1491
from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the 1492
resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing 1493
such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a 1494
finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it 1495
a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the 1496
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms 1497
and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said 1498
bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the 1499
state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1500
for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the 1501
same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the 1502
state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 1503
necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 1504
made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 1505
the same become due. 1506
Sec. 63. (Effective July 1, 2021) Section 1 of public act 07-7 of the June 1507
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special session, as amended by section 211 of public act 10-44, section 86 1508
of public act 11-57, section 18 of public act 12-189, section 115 of public 1509
act 13-239, section 62 of public act 14-98, section 133 of public act 15-1 of 1510
the June special session and section 55 of public act 16-4 of the May 1511
special session, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1512
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1513
provisions of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of public act 07-7 of the June 1514
special session, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of 1515
the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, 1516
not exceeding [$307,444,304] $306,944,304. 1517
Sec. 64. Subdivision (4) of subsection (w) of section 2 of public act 07-1518
7 of the June special session, as amended by section 59 of public act 16-1519
4 of the May special session, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1520
1, 2021): 1521
(4) Development of a courthouse facility in Torrington, including 1522
land acquisition and parking, not exceeding [$25,288,700] $24,788,700. 1523
Sec. 65. Section 12 of public act 07-7 of the June special session, as 1524
amended by section 233 of public act 10-44, section 143 of public act 10-1525
179, section 98 of public act 13-3, section 119 of public act 13-239, section 1526
139 of public act 15-1 of the June special session, section 62 of public act 1527
16-4 of the May special session and section 467 of public act 17-2 of the 1528
June special session, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1529
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1530
provisions of sections 12 to 19, inclusive, of public act 07-7 of the June 1531
special session, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of 1532
the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, 1533
not exceeding [$112,420,005] $111,620,005. 1534
Sec. 66. Subdivision (22) of subsection (f) of section 13 of public act 1535
07-7 of the June special session, as amended by section 277 of public act 1536
10-44 and section 227 of public act 15-1 of the June special session, is 1537
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amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1538
(22) Grant-in-aid to the city of Meriden for the West Main Street 1539
streetscape project from Cook Avenue to Amtrak railroad tracks, not 1540
exceeding [$2,000,000] $1,200,000. 1541
Sec. 67. Subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of section 13 of public act 13-1542
239 is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1543
(4) For [a program to establish energy microgrids to support critical 1544
municipal infrastructure] the microgrid and resilience grant and loan 1545
pilot program, not exceeding $15,000,000. 1546
Sec. 68. Section 8 of public act 14-98, as amended by section 189 of 1547
public act 16-4 of the May special session, section 517 of public act 17-2 1548
of the June special session and section 28 of public act 18-178, is 1549
amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1550
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1551
provisions of this section and sections 9 to 15, inclusive, of public act 14-1552
98, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in 1553
one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, not 1554
exceeding [$162,765,800] $172,765,800. 1555
Sec. 69. Subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 9 of public act 14-1556
98 is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1557
(4) Grants-in-aid to nonprofit organizations sponsoring children's 1558
museums, aquariums and science-related programs, not exceeding 1559
$27,100,000, provided not more than $10,500,000 shall be used as a 1560
grant-in-aid to the Connecticut Science Center, [and] not more than 1561
$6,600,000 shall be used as a grant-in-aid to the Maritime Aquarium in 1562
Norwalk and not more than $10,000,000 shall be used as a grant-in-aid 1563
to the Children's Museum in West Hartford; 1564
Sec. 70. Section 12 of public act 15-1 of the June special session, as 1565
amended by section 201 of public act 16-4 of the May special session and 1566
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section 527 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, is amended to 1567
read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1568
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1569
provisions of this section and sections 13 to 19, inclusive, of public act 1570
15-1 of the June special session, from time to time to authorize the 1571
issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1572
amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [$353,092,050] $352,768,464. 1573
Sec. 71. Subdivision (1) of subsection (i) of section 13 of public act 15-1574
1 of the June special session, as amended by section 532 of public act 17-1575
2 of the June special session, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1576
1, 2021): 1577
(1) Grants-in-aid for the purpose of capital start-up costs related to 1578
the development of new interdistrict magnet school programs to assist 1579
the state in meeting the goals of the current stipulation and order for 1580
Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., for the purpose of 1581
purchasing a building or portable classrooms, subject to the reversion 1582
provisions in subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 10-264h of the 1583
general statutes, leasing space and purchasing equipment, including, 1584
but not limited to, computers and classroom furniture, not exceeding 1585
[$15,000,000] $14,676,414. 1586
Sec. 72. Section 233 of public act 15-1 of the June special session, as 1587
amended by section 78 of public act 20-1, is amended to read as follows 1588
(Effective from passage): 1589
The proceeds of the sale of bonds described in sections 232 to 237, 1590
inclusive, of public act 15-1 of the June special session, to the extent 1591
hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 1592
transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 1593
the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 1594
described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 1595
be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 1596
issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 1597
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general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 1598
(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 1599
(1) Interstate 84 widening between exits 3 and 8; 1600
(2) Interstate 84 safety and operational improvements in Hartford; 1601
(3) Operational lanes for Interstate 84 interchanges 40 to 42 in West 1602
Hartford; 1603
(4) Interstate 84 and Route 8 interchange improvements in 1604
Waterbury; 1605
(5) Interstate 91, Interstate 691 and Route 15 interchange 1606
improvements; 1607
(6) Interstate 95 improvements to reduce congestion between New 1608
Haven and the New York state line; 1609
(7) Interstate 95 improvements to reduce congestion between New 1610
Haven and the Rhode Island state line; 1611
(8) Relocation and reconfiguration for the Interstate 91 interchange 29 1612
in Hartford; 1613
(9) Rehabilitation and repair for the Interstate 95 Gold Star Bridge; 1614
(10) Reconfiguration for Route 7 and Route 15 interchange in 1615
Norwalk; 1616
(11) Route 9 improvements in Middletown; 1617
(12) Urban bikeway, pedestrian connectivity, trails and alternative 1618
mobility programs; 1619
(13) Rehabilitation for Route 15 West Rock Tunnel and interchange 1620
59; and 1621
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(14) Implementation of Innovative Bridge Delivery and Construction 1622
Program. 1623
(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: 1624
(1) Bus rolling stock; 1625
(2) State-wide rail rolling stock replacement program, including café 1626
cars on the New Haven Line; 1627
(3) Continued expansion, rolling stock and development of stations 1628
on the Hartford Line; 1629
(4) Extension of the CTfastrak bus rapid transit corridor east to 1630
Manchester; 1631
(5) Implementation of a bus rapid transit corridor for Route 1 between 1632
Norwalk and Stamford; 1633
(6) New signal system on the Waterbury branch line; 1634
(7) Interim repairs to the SAGA moveable and Cos Cob bridges on 1635
the New Haven Line; 1636
(8) Replacement of the WALK Moveable Bridge, including a New 1637
Universal Interlocking at CP243, and improvement to the dock yard on 1638
the Danbury branch line; 1639
(9) Station improvements on the New Haven Line and Danbury 1640
branch line; 1641
(10) Development of a Madison station and parking garage on 1642
Shoreline East; 1643
(11) Study for an East Lyme (Niantic) station on Shoreline East; 1644
(12) A parking structure, [and] pedestrian bridge and improvements 1645
to Union Station and the surrounding roadways in New Haven on the 1646
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New Haven Line; 1647
(13) A parking structure and pedestrian bridge in Stamford on the 1648
New Haven Line; 1649
(14) Implementation of a real-time location and bus information 1650
system state wide; 1651
(15) Implementation of a real-time audio and video system on the 1652
New Haven Line; 1653
(16) Development of a plan to upgrade capacity and speed on the 1654
New Haven Line; 1655
(17) Study for centralized paratransit service coordination state wide; 1656
and 1657
(18) Improvements on New Canaan branch line. 1658
Sec. 73. Section 8 of public act 16-4 of the May special session, as 1659
amended by section 545 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, is 1660
amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1661
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1662
provisions of this section and sections 9 to 15, inclusive, of public act 16-1663
4 of the May special session, from time to time to authorize the issuance 1664
of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 1665
the aggregate, not exceeding [$37,000,000] $30,000,000. 1666
Sec. 74. Subsection (b) of section 9 of public act 16-4 of the May special 1667
session is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1668
For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: Grants-1669
in-aid to the town of Glastonbury for acquisition or reimbursement of 1670
open space for conservation or municipal purposes, not exceeding 1671
[$10,000,000] $3,000,000. 1672
Sec. 75. Section 377 of public act 17-2 of the June special session is 1673
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amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1674
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1675
provisions of this section and sections 378 to 383, inclusive, of [this act] 1676
public act 17-2 of the June special session, from time to time to authorize 1677
the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1678
amounts in the aggregate not exceeding [$240,836,905] $235,836,905. 1679
Sec. 76. Subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 378 of public act 1680
17-2 of the June special session is amended to read as follows (Effective 1681
July 1, 2021): 1682
(2) Planning and design for a new Forensic Science Laboratory, not 1683
exceeding [$6,000,000] $1,000,000. 1684
Sec. 77. Section 388 of public act 17-2 of the June special session is 1685
amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1686
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1687
provisions of this section and sections 389 to 395, inclusive, of [this act] 1688
public act 17-2 of the June special session, from time to time to authorize 1689
the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1690
amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [$250,950,000] $240,950,000. 1691
Sec. 78. Subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 389 of public act 1692
17-2 of the June special session is amended to read as follows (Effective 1693
July 1, 2021): 1694
(1) For [a program to establish energy microgrids to support critical 1695
municipal infrastructure] the microgrid and resilience grant and loan 1696
pilot program, not exceeding $5,000,000. 1697
Sec. 79. Subsection (j) of section 389 of public act 17-2 of the June 1698
special session is repealed. (Effective July 1, 2021) 1699
Sec. 80. Subsection (k) of section 389 of public act 17-2 of the June 1700
special session, as amended by section 1 of public act 18-52, is amended 1701
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to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1702
(k) For the Department of Housing: Funding for the Department of 1703
Housing [and Connecticut Children's Medical Center's] for the Healthy 1704
Homes Program, not exceeding $10,000,000, provided (1) not more than 1705
$7,000,000 shall be used for the abatement of lead in homes in the state 1706
and made available to residents in any municipality in the state, and (2) 1707
not more than $3,000,000 shall be used to address environmental health 1708
and safety concerns, including, but not limited to, mold, allergens, 1709
asthma, carbon monoxide, home safety, pesticides and radon. 1710
Sec. 81. Section 407 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, as 1711
amended by section 35 of public act 18-178, is amended to read as 1712
follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1713
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1714
provisions of this section and sections 408 to 414, inclusive, of public act 1715
17-2 of the June special session, from time to time to authorize the 1716
issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1717
amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [$216,000,000] $196,000,000. 1718
Sec. 82. Subsection (i) of section 408 of public act 17-2 of the June 1719
special session is repealed. (Effective July 1, 2021) 1720
Sec. 83. Subsection (j) of section 408 of public act 17-2 of the June 1721
special session, as amended by section 37 of public act 18-178, is 1722
amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 1723
(j) For the Department of Housing: Funding for the Department of 1724
Housing [and Connecticut Children's Medical Center's] for the Healthy 1725
Homes Program, for the abatement of lead in homes in the state, not 1726
exceeding $10,000,000, provided (1) not more than $7,000,000 shall be 1727
made available to residents in any municipality in the state for the 1728
abatement of lead in such residents' homes, and (2) not more than 1729
$3,000,000 shall be made available to first-time homebuyers in the state 1730
in an amount not to exceed $40,000 per residential home to remediate 1731
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conditions that constitute housing blight under a municipal ordinance 1732
or regulation of the municipality in which such residential home is 1733
located, and provided a person may only be eligible to receive one grant 1734
in an amount not to exceed $40,000. 1735
Sec. 84. Section 12 of public act 20-1 is amended to read as follows 1736
(Effective July 1, 2021): 1737
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1738
provisions of this section and sections 13 to 19, inclusive, of [this act] 1739
public act 20-1, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of 1740
the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, 1741
not exceeding [$267,500,000] $247,500,000. 1742
Sec. 85. Subsection (c) of section 13 of public act 20-1 is repealed. 1743
(Effective July 1, 2021) 1744
Sec. 86. Section 31 of public act 20-1 is amended to read as follows 1745
(Effective July 1, 2021): 1746
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1747
provisions of this section and sections 32 to 38, inclusive, of [this act] 1748
public act 20-1, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of 1749
the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, 1750
not exceeding [$235,000,000] $215,000,000. 1751
Sec. 87. Subsection (c) of section 32 of public act 20-1 is repealed. 1752
(Effective July 1, 2021) 1753
Sec. 88. Section 82 of public act 20-1 is repealed. (Effective July 1, 2021) 1754
Sec. 89. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes described in 1755
subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1756
power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1757
in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1758
aggregate twelve million dollars, provided seven million dollars of said 1759
authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022. 1760
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(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1761
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of 1762
Policy and Management for the purpose of providing a grant-in-aid to 1763
the Commission on Gun Violence Prevention and Intervention. 1764
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1765
of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1766
provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1767
bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1768
section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1769
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1770
accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1771
time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1772
exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1773
in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1774
Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1775
authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1776
there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1777
by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1778
and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1779
discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1780
be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1781
of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1782
interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1783
part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1784
appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1785
principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1786
such principal and interest as the same become due. 1787
Sec. 90. Subsection (d) of section 29-1bb of the general statutes is 1788
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1789
2021): 1790
(d) [(1)] On and after May 1, 2020, [and before July 31, 2020,] any 1791
eligible nonprofit organization applicant that owns an eligible nonprofit 1792
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organization applicant building may apply, in such manner as the 1793
commissioner prescribes, to the department for a grant for eligible 1794
expenses for eligible nonprofit organization buildings incurred on or 1795
after July 1, 2019, for the purposes described in subsection (c) of this 1796
section. The commissioner shall require all eligible nonprofit 1797
organization applicants to submit information to the department to 1798
demonstrate that such eligible nonprofit organization applicant is at a 1799
heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime or 1800
violent act. The commissioner shall evaluate such information based on 1801
neutral criteria applied equally to all eligible nonprofit organization 1802
applicants. The commissioner shall determine which expenses are 1803
eligible under the program and whether to approve or deny an 1804
application in accordance with the eligible nonprofit organization 1805
building security infrastructure criteria developed pursuant to 1806
subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section and upon a 1807
determination that the eligible nonprofit organization applicant is at a 1808
heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime or 1809
violent act. 1810
[(2) If the aggregate dollar amount for the grants approved by the 1811
commissioner pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection is less than 1812
five million dollars, any eligible nonprofit organization applicant that 1813
owns an eligible nonprofit organization applicant building may apply, 1814
at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, to the 1815
department for a grant for eligible expenses for eligible nonprofit 1816
organization buildings incurred on or after February 1, 2021, for the 1817
purposes described in subsection (c) of this section. The commissioner 1818
shall require all eligible nonprofit organization applicants to submit 1819
information to the department to demonstrate that such eligible 1820
nonprofit organization applicant is at a heightened risk of being the 1821
target of a terrorist attack, hate crime or violent act. The commissioner 1822
shall evaluate such information based on neutral criteria applied equally 1823
to all eligible nonprofit organization applicants. The commissioner shall 1824
determine which expenses are eligible under the program and whether 1825
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to approve or deny an application in accordance with the eligible 1826
nonprofit organization building security infrastructure criteria 1827
developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section 1828
and upon a determination that the eligible nonprofit organization 1829
applicant is at a heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, 1830
hate crime or violent act.] 1831
Sec. 91. Subsection (a) of section 29-1cc of the general statutes is 1832
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1833
2021): 1834
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1835
State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1836
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1837
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [five] twenty million 1838
dollars, provided five million dollars of said authorization shall be 1839
effective July 1, 2022. 1840
Sec. 92. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes described in 1841
subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1842
power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1843
in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1844
aggregate sixty-four million two hundred thousand dollars, provided 1845
(1) two hundred thousand dollars of such authorization shall be 1846
effective July 1, 2021, (2) thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars 1847
of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022, (3) twenty-three 1848
million five hundred thousand dollars of such authorization shall be 1849
effective July 1, 2023, (4) thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars 1850
of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024, and (5) thirteen 1851
million five hundred thousand dollars of such authorization shall be 1852
effective July 1, 2025. 1853
(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1854
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by CTNext for the 1855
purpose of recapitalizing the innovation place program established 1856
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under section 32-39k of the general statutes for existing and new 1857
innovation places, provided (1) two hundred thousand dollars shall be 1858
used for an economic feasibility study of certain lands in Trumbull in 1859
the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2021, and (2) ten million dollars shall 1860
be deposited in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, in the CTNext 1861
Fund established under section 32-39i of the general statutes for general 1862
operational purposes. 1863
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1864
of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1865
provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1866
bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1867
section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1868
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1869
accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1870
time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1871
exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1872
in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1873
Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1874
authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1875
there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1876
by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1877
and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1878
discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1879
be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1880
of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1881
interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1882
part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1883
appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1884
principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1885
such principal and interest as the same become due. 1886
Sec. 93. Subsection (a) of section 32-39l of the general statutes is 1887
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1888
2022): 1889
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(a) [On or before July 1, 2016,] Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated 1890
shall post on its Internet web site an application form, prescribed by 1891
Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, for planning grants-in-aid 1892
awarded pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Such application 1893
form shall state that applications for planning grants-in-aid shall be 1894
submitted to the CTNext board. 1895
Sec. 94. Subparagraph (E) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of 1896
section 32-39m of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 1897
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1898
(E) The CTNext board shall report, in accordance with the provisions 1899
of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General 1900
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and 1901
finance, revenue and bonding on or before September [30, 2017, and on 1902
or before July first annually thereafter until September 30, 2020] thirtieth 1903
annually, regarding the grants-in-aid distributed pursuant to this 1904
section and concerning the operation and effectiveness of the innovation 1905
place program. 1906
Sec. 95. Subsection (a) of section 8-445 of the general statutes is 1907
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1908
2021): 1909
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1910
State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1911
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1912
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [one] two hundred 1913
million dollars, provided (1) twenty million dollars shall be effective 1914
from October 31, 2017, (2) twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1915
1, 2018, (3) twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2019, (4) 1916
twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2020, [and] (5) twenty 1917
million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2021, (6) twenty-five million 1918
dollars shall be effective July 1, 2022, (7) twenty-five million dollars shall 1919
be effective July 1, 2023, (8) twenty-five million dollars shall be effective 1920
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July 1, 2024, and (9) twenty-five million dollars shall be effective July 1, 1921
2025. 1922
Sec. 96. Subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d of the 1923
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1924
thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1925
(10) To borrow money and issue securities to finance the acquisition, 1926
construction, reconstruction, improvement or equipping of any one 1927
project, or more than one, or any combination of projects, or to refund 1928
securities issued after June 7, 1995, or to refund any such refunding 1929
securities or for any one, or more than one, or all of those purposes, or 1930
any combination of those purposes, and to provide for the security and 1931
payment of those securities and for the rights of the holders of them, 1932
except that the amount of any such borrowing, the special debt service 1933
requirements for which are secured by the state debt service 1934
commitment, exclusive of the amount of borrowing to refund securities, 1935
or to fund issuance costs or necessary reserves, may not exceed the 1936
aggregate principal amount of (A) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1937
1996, to June 30, 2005, inclusive, one billion thirty million dollars, (B) for 1938
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, to June 30, 2027, inclusive, [three 1939
billion two hundred seventy million nine hundred thousand dollars] 1940
three billion three hundred fifty-one million dollars, and (C) such 1941
additional amount or amounts: (i) Required from time to time to fund 1942
any special capital reserve fund or other debt service reserve fund in 1943
accordance with the financing transaction proceedings, and (ii) to pay 1944
or provide for the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any; the 1945
aggregate amounts of subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of this subdivision 1946
are established as the authorized funding amount, and no borrowing 1947
within the authorized funding amount for a project or projects may be 1948
effected unless the project or projects are included in accordance with 1949
subsection (a) of section 10a-109e; 1950
Sec. 97. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109e of the general statutes is 1951
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1952
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2021): 1953
(a) The university may administer, manage, schedule, finance, 1954
further design and construct UConn 2000, to operate and maintain the 1955
components thereof in a prudent and economical manner and to reserve 1956
for and make renewals and replacements thereof when appropriate, it 1957
being hereby determined and found to be in the best interest of the state 1958
and the university to provide this independent authority to the 1959
university along with providing assured revenues therefor as the 1960
efficient and cost effective course to achieve the objective of avoiding 1961
further decline in the physical infrastructure of the university and to 1962
renew, modernize, enhance and maintain such infrastructure, the 1963
particular project or projects, each being hereby approved as a project of 1964
UConn 2000, and the presently estimated cost thereof being as follows: 1965
T225 UConn 2000 Project Phase I Phase II Phase III
T226 Fiscal Years Fiscal Years Fiscal Years
T227 1996-1999 2000-2005 2005-2027
T228
T229 Academic and Research
T230 Facilities 450,000,000
T231
T232 Agricultural Biotechnology
T233 Facility 9,400,000
T234
T235 Agricultural Biotechnology
T236 Facility Completion 10,000,000
T237
T238 Alumni Quadrant
T239 Renovations 14,338,000
T240
T241 Arjona and Monteith
T242 (new classroom buildings) 66,100,000
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T243
T244 Avery Point Campus
T245 Undergraduate and
T246 Library Building 35,000,000
T247
T248 Avery Point Marine
T249 Science Research Center –
T250 Phase I 34,000,000
T251
T252 Avery Point Marine
T253 Science Research Center –
T254 Phase II 16,682,000
T255
T256 Avery Point Renovation 5,600,000 15,000,000
T257
T258 Babbidge Library 0
T259
T260 Balancing Contingency 5,506,834
T261
T262 Beach Hall Renovations 10,000,000
T263
T264 Benton State Art Museum
T265 Addition 1,400,000 3,000,000
T266
T267 Biobehavioral Complex
T268 Replacement 4,000,000
T269
T270 Bishop Renovation 8,000,000
T271
T272 Budds Building
T273 Renovation 2,805,000
T274
T275 Business School
T276 Renovation 4,803,000
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T277
T278 Chemistry Building 53,700,000
T279
T280 Commissary Warehouse 1,000,000
T281
T282 Deferred Maintenance/
T283 Code Compliance/
T284 ADA Compliance/
T285 Infrastructure
T286 Improvements &
T287 Renovation Lump Sum and
T288 Utility, Administrative and
Support Facilities
39,332,000
805,000,000
T289
T290 Deferred Maintenance &
T291 Renovation Lump Sum
T292 Balance 104,668,000
T293
T294 East Campus North
T295 Renovations 11,820,000
T296
T297 Engineering Building
T298 (with Environmental
T299 Research Institute) 36,700,000
T300
T301 Equine Center 1,000,000
T302
T303 Equipment, Library
T304 Collections &
T305 Telecommunications 60,500,000 470,000,000
T306
T307 Equipment, Library
T308 Collections &
T309 Telecommunications
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T310 Completion 182,118,146
T311
T312 Family Studies (DRM)
T313 Renovation 6,500,000
T314
T315 Farm Buildings Repairs/
T316 Replacement 6,000,000
T317
T318 Fine Arts Phase II 20,000,000
T319
T320 Floriculture Greenhouse 3,000,000
T321
T322 Gant Building Renovations 34,000,000
T323
T324 Gant Plaza Deck 0
T325
T326 Gentry Completion 10,000,000
T327
T328 Gentry Renovation 9,299,000
T329
T330 Grad Dorm Renovations 7,548,000
T331
T332 Gulley Hall Renovation 1,416,000
T333
T334 Hartford Relocation
T335 Acquisition/Renovation 56,762,020 70,000,000
T336
T337 Hartford Relocation Design 1,500,000
T338
T339 Hartford Relocation
T340 Feasibility Study 500,000
T341
T342 Heating Plant Upgrade 10,000,000
T343
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T344 Hilltop Dormitory New 30,000,000
T345
T346 Hilltop Dormitory
T347 Renovations 3,141,000
T348
T349 Ice Rink Enclosure 2,616,000
T350
T351 Incubator Facilities 10,000,000
T352
T353 International House
T354 Conversion 800,000
T355
T356 Intramural, Recreational
T357 and Intercollegiate
T358 Facilities 31,000,000
T359
T360 Jorgensen Renovation 7,200,000
T361
T362 Koons Hall Renovation/
T363 Addition 7,000,000
T364
T365 Lakeside Renovation 3,800,000
T366
T367 Law School Renovations/
T368 Improvements 15,000,000
T369
T370 Library Storage Facility 5,000,000
T371
T372 Litchfield Agricultural
T373 Center – Phase I 1,000,000
T374
T375 Litchfield Agricultural
T376 Center – Phase II 700,000
T377
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T378 Manchester Hall
T379 Renovation 6,000,000
T380
T381 Mansfield Apartments
T382 Renovation 2,612,000
T383
T384 Mansfield Training School
T385 Improvements 27,614,000 29,000,000
T386
T387 Natural History Museum
T388 Completion 4,900,000
T389
T390 North Campus Renovation 2,654,000
T391
T392 North Campus Renovation
T393 Completion 21,049,000
T394
T395 North Hillside Road
T396 Completion 11,500,000
T397
T398 North Superblock Site
T399 and Utilities 8,000,000
T400
T401 Northwest Quadrant
T402 Renovation 2,001,000
T403
T404 Northwest Quadrant
T405 Renovation 15,874,000
T406
T407 Observatory 1,000,000
T408
T409 Old Central Warehouse 18,000,000
T410
T411 Parking Garage #3 78,000,000
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T412
T413 Parking Garage – North 10,000,000
T414
T415 Parking Garage – South 15,000,000
T416
T417 Pedestrian Spinepath 2,556,000
T418
T419 Pedestrian Walkways 3,233,000
T420
T421 Psychology Building
T422 Renovation/Addition 20,000,000
T423
T424 Residential Life Facilities 162,000,000
T425
T426 Roadways 10,000,000
T427
T428 School of Business 20,000,000
T429
T430 School of Pharmacy/
T431 Biology 3,856,000
T432
T433 School of Pharmacy/
T434 Biology Completion 61,058,000
T435
T436 Shippee/Buckley
T437 Renovations 6,156,000
T438
T439 Social Science K Building 20,964,000
T440
T441 South Campus Complex 13,127,000
T442
T443 Stamford Campus
T444 Improvements/Housing 13,000,000
T445
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T446 Stamford Downtown
T447 Relocation – Phase I 45,659,000
T448
T449 Stamford Downtown
T450 Relocation – Phase II 17,392,000
T451
T452 Storrs Hall Addition 4,300,000
T453
T454 Student Health Services 12,000,000
T455
T456 Student Union Addition 23,000,000
T457
T458 Support Facility
T459 (Architectural and
T460 Engineering Services) 2,000,000
T461
T462 Technology Quadrant –
T463 Phase IA 38,000,000
T464
T465 Technology Quadrant –
T466 Phase IB 16,611,000
T467
T468 Technology Quadrant –
T469 Phase II 72,000,000
T470
T471 Technology Quadrant –
T472 Phase III 15,000,000
T473
T474 Torrey Life Science
T475 Renovation 17,000,000
T476
T477 Torrey Renovation
T478 Completion and Biology
T479 Expansion 42,000,000
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T480
T481 Torrington Campus
T482 Improvements 1,000,000
T483
T484 Towers Renovation 17,794,000
T485
T486 UConn Products Store 1,000,000
T487
T488 Undergraduate Education
T489 Center 650,000
T490
T491 Undergraduate Education
T492 Center 7,450,000
T493
T494 Underground Steam &
T495 Water Upgrade 3,500,000
T496
T497 Underground Steam &
T498 Water Upgrade
T499 Completion 9,000,000
T500
T501 University Programs
T502 Building – Phase I 8,750,000
T503
T504 University Programs
T505 Building – Phase II
T506 Visitors Center 300,000
T507
T508 Waring Building
T509 Conversion 7,888,000
T510
T511 Waterbury Downtown
T512 Campus 3,000,000
T513
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T514 Waterbury Property
T515 Purchase 325,000
T516
T517 West Campus Renovations 14,897,000
T518
T519 West Hartford Campus
T520 Renovations/
T521 Improvements 25,000,000
T522
T523 White Building Renovation 2,430,000
T524
T525 Wilbur Cross Building
T526 Renovation 3,645,000
T527
T528 Young Building
T529 Renovation/Addition 17,000,000
T530
T531 HEALTH CENTER
T532
T533 CLAC Renovation
T534 Biosafety Level 3 Lab 14,000,000
T535
T536 Deferred Maintenance/
T537 Code Compliance/ADA
T538 Compliance/Infrastructure
T539 & Improvements
T540 Renovation Lump Sum
T541 and Utility, Administrative
T542 and Support Facilities
T543 – Health Center
[61,000,000]
110,100,000
T544
T545 Dental School Renovation 5,000,000
T546
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T547 Equipment, Library
T548 Collections and
T549 Telecommunications –
T550 Health Center
[75,000,000]
106,000,000
T551
T552 Library/Student Computer
T553 Center Renovation 5,000,000
T554
T555 Main Building Renovation 125,000,000
T556
T557 Medical School Academic
T558 Building Renovation 9,000,000
T559
T560 Parking Garage – Health
T561 Center 8,400,000
T562
T563 Research Tower 60,000,000
T564
T565 Support Building
T566 Addition/Renovation 4,000,000
T567
T568 The University of
T569 Connecticut
T570 Health Center
T571 New Construction and
T572 Renovation 394,900,000
T573
T574 Planning and Design Costs 25,000,000
T575
T576 Total – Storrs and Regional
T577 Campus Project List 2,583,000,000
T578
T579 Total – Health Center
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T580 Project List 786,300,000
T581
T582 TOTAL
382,000,000 868,000,000
[3,369,300,000]
3,449,400,000
Sec. 98. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109g of the 1966
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1967
thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1968
(a) (1) The university is authorized to provide by resolution, at one 1969
time or from time to time, for the issuance and sale of securities, in its 1970
own name on behalf of the state, pursuant to section 10a-109f. The board 1971
of trustees of the university is hereby authorized by such resolution to 1972
delegate to its finance committee such matters as it may determine 1973
appropriate other than the authorization and maximum amount of the 1974
securities to be issued, the nature of the obligation of the securities as 1975
established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and the projects for 1976
which the proceeds are to be used. The finance committee may act on 1977
such matters unless and until the board of trustees elects to reassume 1978
the same. The amount of securities the special debt service requirements 1979
of which are secured by the state debt service commitment that the 1980
board of trustees is authorized to provide for the issuance and sale in 1981
accordance with this subsection shall be capped in each fiscal year in the 1982
following amounts, provided, to the extent the board of trustees does 1983
not provide for the issuance of all or a portion of such amount in a fiscal 1984
year, all or such portion, as the case may be, may be carried forward to 1985
any succeeding fiscal year and provided further, the actual amount for 1986
funding, paying or providing for the items described in subparagraph 1987
(C) of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d may be 1988
added to the capped amount in each fiscal year: 1989
T583 Fiscal Year Amount
T584
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T585 1996 $112,542,000
T586 1997 112,001,000
T587 1998 93,146,000
T588 1999 64,311,000
T589 2000 130,000,000
T590 2001 100,000,000
T591 2002 100,000,000
T592 2003 100,000,000
T593 2004 100,000,000
T594 2005 100,000,000
T595 2006 79,000,000
T596 2007 89,000,000
T597 2008 115,000,000
T598 2009 140,000,000
T599 2010 0
T600 2011 138,800,000
T601 2012 157,200,000
T602 2013 143,000,000
T603 2014 204,400,000
T604 2015 315,500,000
T605 2016 312,100,000
T606 2017 240,400,000
T607 2018 200,000,000
T608 2019 200,000,000
T609 2020 197,200,000
T610 2021 260,000,000
T611 2022 [190,500,000] 247,600,000
T612 2023 [125,100,000] 148,100,000
T613 2024 84,700,000
T614 2025 56,000,000
T615 2026 14,000,000
T616 2027 9,000,000
Sec. 99. Section 10a-104c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1990
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1991
(a) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall 1992
develop, continuously maintain and revise from time to time a program 1993
to facilitate the recruitment of eminent faculty and their research staffs 1994
to the university. Such program shall support economic development in 1995
the state through faculty research and promote core sectors of the state 1996
economy by accelerating the pace of applied research and development. 1997
Such program shall supplement the compensation of such faculty and 1998
related costs of personnel and materials needed to secure such faculty 1999
for the university. Eligibility shall be limited to individuals who have 2000
demonstrated excellence in their field of research and have an interest 2001
in working collaboratively on research that meets societal needs or 2002
commercialization of discoveries, innovations or technologies. 2003
(b) Not later than April 1, 2020, and biennially thereafter, said board 2004
shall develop a plan for the recruitment and hiring of research faculty, 2005
including those whose research is focused on societal needs or can be 2006
commercialized. Such plan shall outline the operating and capital costs 2007
associated with the plan and include recruitment and hiring goals. 2008
(c) (1) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall 2009
commence a research faculty recruitment and hiring program in 2010
accordance with the plan submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this 2011
section. Such program shall be used (A) to hire faculty who meet the 2012
qualifications specified in subsection (a) of this section and who will 2013
assist the university in achieving the goals and requirements set forth in 2014
said subsection, and (B) to support the compensation of such faculty and 2015
related construction, renovation and equipment costs. 2016
(2) Under such program, the university shall encourage and facilitate 2017
the creation of new business ventures in the state that fuel economic 2018
growth and shall provide resources for proof of concept, technology 2019
maturation, early-stage and later-stage venture capital funding and 2020
other measures that encourage expansion of the university's 2021
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entrepreneurial ecosystem. 2022
(d) The president of The University of Connecticut shall submit an 2023
annual report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the 2024
university's progress in meeting [such] hiring goals under this section 2025
and the implementation of the program under subsection (c) of this 2026
section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 2027
cognizance of matters relating to higher education and finance, revenue 2028
and bonding. 2029
Sec. 100. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes described in 2030
subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 2031
power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 2032
in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 2033
aggregate forty-six million one hundred thousand dollars, provided (1) 2034
six million four hundred sixty thousand dollars of such authorization 2035
shall be effective July 1, 2021, (2) eleven million seven hundred twenty-2036
nine thousand two hundred dollars of such authorization shall be 2037
effective July 1, 2022, (3) fourteen million four hundred eighty-nine 2038
thousand two hundred dollars of such authorization shall be effective 2039
July 1, 2023, (4) nine million two hundred twenty thousand dollars of 2040
such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024, and (5) four million 2041
two hundred one thousand six hundred dollars shall be effective July 1, 2042
2025. 2043
(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 2044
stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Board of 2045
Trustees of The University of Connecticut for the purposes of subsection 2046
(c) of section 10a-104c of the general statutes. 2047
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 2048
of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 2049
provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 2050
bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 2051
section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 2052
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from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 2053
accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 2054
time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 2055
exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 2056
in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 2057
Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 2058
authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 2059
there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 2060
by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 2061
and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 2062
discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 2063
be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 2064
of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 2065
interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 2066
part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 2067
appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 2068
principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 2069
such principal and interest as the same become due. 2070
Sec. 101. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and 2071
Environmental Protection shall pay from the grants-in-aid authorized in 2072
section 4-66c of the general statutes the amount of one hundred fifty 2073
thousand dollars to the town of Brooklyn for the purpose of reimbursing 2074
the town for improvements at Riverside Park. 2075
Sec. 102. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The State Bond 2076
Commission shall authorize the issuance of bonds of the state, in 2077
accordance with the provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, in 2078
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five million 2079
dollars for the Connecticut Port Authority established pursuant to 2080
section 15-31a of the general statutes. The amount authorized for the 2081
issuance and sale of such bonds in each of the following fiscal years shall 2082
not exceed the following corresponding amount for each such fiscal 2083
year, provided, to the extent the authority does not provide for the use 2084
of all or a portion of such amount in any such fiscal year, such amount 2085
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not provided for shall be carried forward and added to the authorized 2086
amount for the next succeeding fiscal year, and, provided further, the 2087
costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any, may be added to the 2088
capped amount in each fiscal year, and each of the authorized amounts 2089
shall be effective on July first of the fiscal year indicated as follows: 2090
T617 Fiscal Year Ending Amount
T618 June Thirtieth
T619 2022 $5,000,000
T620 2023 5,000,000
T621 2024 5,000,000
T622 2025
5,000,000
T623 2026 5,000,000
T624 Total $25,000,000
(b) The State Bond Commission shall approve a memorandum of 2091
understanding between the Connecticut Port Authority and the state, 2092
acting by and through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 2093
Management and the Treasurer, providing for the issuance of said 2094
bonds for the purposes of projects undertaken by the Connecticut Port 2095
Authority regarding ports not located in the towns of New Haven, New 2096
London or Bridgeport, including provisions regarding the extent to 2097
which federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 2098
made available for costs should be added to the proceeds of the bonds 2099
authorized pursuant to this section for such projects. The memorandum 2100
of understanding shall be deemed to satisfy the provisions of section 3-2101
20 of the general statutes and the exercise of any right or power granted 2102
thereby that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. 2103
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 2104
of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 2105
provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 2106
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bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 2107
section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 2108
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 2109
accordance with said section, and from time to time renewed. All bonds 2110
issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state 2111
and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for 2112
the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 2113
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 2114
the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 2115
punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 2116
the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become 2117
due. 2118
(d) Subject to the amount of limitations of the capping provisions in 2119
subsection (a) of this section, the principal amount of the bonds 2120
authorized under this section shall be deemed to be an appropriation 2121
and allocation of such amount, and such approval of such request shall 2122
be deemed the allotment by the Governor of such capital outlays within 2123
the meaning of section 4-85 of the general statutes. 2124
Sec. 103. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) As used in this section and 2125
sections 104 to 110, inclusive, of this act: 2126
(1) "Designated beneficiary" means an individual born on or after July 2127
1, 2021, whose birth was subject to medical coverage provided under 2128
HUSKY Health, as defined in section 17b-290 of the general statutes; 2129
(2) "Eligible expenditure" means an expenditure associated with any 2130
of the following, each as prescribed by the Treasurer: (A) Education of a 2131
designated beneficiary; (B) purchase of a home in Connecticut by a 2132
designated beneficiary; (C) investment in a business in Connecticut by 2133
a designated beneficiary; or (D) any investment in financial assets or 2134
personal capital that provides long-term gains to wages or wealth; and 2135
(3) "Trust" means the Connecticut Baby Bond Trust. 2136
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Sec. 104. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) There is established the 2137
Connecticut Baby Bond Trust. The trust shall constitute an 2138
instrumentality of the state and shall perform essential governmental 2139
functions as provided in sections 103 to 110, inclusive, of this act. The 2140
trust shall receive and hold all payments and deposits or contributions 2141
intended for the trust, as well as gifts, bequests, endowments or federal, 2142
state or local grants and any other funds from any public or private 2143
source and all earnings until disbursed in accordance with section 109 2144
of this act. 2145
(b) The amounts on deposit in the trust shall not constitute property 2146
of the state and the trust shall not be construed to be a department, 2147
institution or agency of the state. Amounts on deposit in the trust shall 2148
not be commingled with state funds and the state shall have no claim to 2149
or against, or interest in, such funds. Any contract entered into by or any 2150
obligation of the trust shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the state 2151
and the state shall have no obligation to any designated beneficiary or 2152
any other person on account of the trust and all amounts obligated to be 2153
paid from the trust shall be limited to amounts available for such 2154
obligation on deposit in the trust. The amounts on deposit in the trust 2155
may only be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of section 109 2156
of this act. The trust shall continue in existence as long as it holds any 2157
deposits or has any obligations and until its existence is terminated by 2158
law and upon termination any unclaimed assets shall return to the state. 2159
Property of the trust shall be governed by section 3-61a of the general 2160
statutes. 2161
(c) The Treasurer shall be responsible for the receipt, maintenance, 2162
administration, investing and disbursements of amounts from the trust. 2163
The trust shall not receive deposits in any form other than cash. 2164
Sec. 105. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The Treasurer, on behalf of the 2165
trust and for purposes of the trust, may: 2166
(1) Receive and invest moneys in the trust in any instruments, 2167
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obligations, securities or property in accordance with section 106 of this 2168
act; 2169
(2) Enter into one or more contractual agreements, including 2170
contracts for legal, actuarial, accounting, custodial, advisory, 2171
management, administrative, advertising, marketing and consulting 2172
services for the trust and pay for such services from the assets of the 2173
trust; 2174
(3) Procure insurance in connection with the trust's property, assets, 2175
activities or deposits to the trust; 2176
(4) Apply for, accept and expend gifts, grants or donations from 2177
public or private sources to enable the trust to carry out its objectives; 2178
(5) Adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 of the general 2179
statutes for purposes of this act; 2180
(6) Sue and be sued; 2181
(7) Establish one or more funds within the trust; and 2182
(8) Take any other action necessary to carry out the purposes of this 2183
act, and incidental to the duties imposed on the Treasurer pursuant to 2184
this act. 2185
Sec. 106. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Notwithstanding the 2186
provisions of sections 3-13 to 3-13h, inclusive, of the general statutes, the 2187
Treasurer shall invest the amounts on deposit in the trust in a manner 2188
reasonable and appropriate to achieve the objectives of the trust, 2189
exercising the discretion and care of a prudent person in similar 2190
circumstances with similar objectives. The Treasurer shall give due 2191
consideration to rate of return, risk, term or maturity, diversification of 2192
the total portfolio within the trust, liquidity, the projected 2193
disbursements and expenditures and the expected payments, deposits, 2194
contributions and gifts to be received. The Treasurer shall not require 2195
the trust to invest directly in obligations of the state or any political 2196
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subdivision of the state or in any investment or other fund administered 2197
by the Treasurer. The assets of the trust shall be continuously invested 2198
and reinvested in a manner consistent with the objectives of the trust 2199
until disbursed for eligible expenditures or expended on expenses 2200
incurred by the operations of the trust. 2201
Sec. 107. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The property of the trust and 2202
the earnings on the trust shall be exempt from all taxation by the state 2203
and all political subdivisions of the state. 2204
Sec. 108. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Notwithstanding any 2205
provision of the general statutes, to the extent permitted by federal law 2206
no moneys invested in the Connecticut Baby Bond Trust shall be 2207
considered to be an asset or income for purposes of determining an 2208
individual's eligibility for assistance under any program administered 2209
by the Department of Social Services. 2210
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no moneys 2211
invested in the trust shall be considered to be an asset for purposes of 2212
determining an individual's eligibility for need-based, institutional aid 2213
grants offered to an individual at the public eligible educational 2214
institutions in the state. 2215
Sec. 109. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) The Treasurer shall establish 2216
in the Connecticut Baby Bond Trust an accounting for each designated 2217
beneficiary. Each such accounting shall include the amount transferred 2218
to the trust pursuant to section 110 of this act, plus the designated 2219
beneficiary's pro rata share of total net earnings from investments of 2220
sums held in the trust. 2221
(b) Upon a designated beneficiary's eighteenth birthday and 2222
completion of a financial literacy requirement as prescribed by the 2223
Treasurer, such beneficiary shall become eligible to receive the total sum 2224
of the accounting under subsection (a) of this section to be used for an 2225
eligible expenditure. The Treasurer may adopt regulations, in 2226
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 2227
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carry out the purposes of this section. 2228
(c) A designated beneficiary may submit a claim for such accounting 2229
until his or her thirtieth birthday, as prescribed by the Treasurer, 2230
provided such designated beneficiary is a resident of the state at the time 2231
of such claim. If a designated beneficiary (1) is deceased before 2232
submitting a valid claim, or (2) fails to submit a valid claim, as 2233
determined by the Treasurer, before his or her thirtieth birthday, such 2234
accounting shall be credited back to the assets of the trust. 2235
(d) Subject to obtaining adequate consent authorizing the disclosure 2236
of confidential information related to designated beneficiaries in 2237
accordance with all applicable state or federal laws, the Treasurer and 2238
the Department of Social Services shall enter into a memorandum of 2239
understanding to establish information sharing practices in order to 2240
carry out the purposes of this act. 2241
Sec. 110. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Upon the birth of a designated 2242
beneficiary, the Treasurer shall transfer three thousand two hundred 2243
dollars from the General Fund to the trust to be credited toward the 2244
accounting of such designated beneficiary as described in section 109 of 2245
this act. 2246
Sec. 111. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) The Treasurer is authorized 2247
to issue bonds, notes or other obligations of the state from time to time 2248
in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount of not more than 2249
six hundred million dollars, and to apply the net proceeds of such 2250
issuance to deposit to the trust as provided in subsection (b) below. The 2251
Treasurer is authorized to issue bonds, notes or other obligations in an 2252
amount sufficient to refund such bonds, notes or other obligations 2253
previously issued pursuant to this section. In addition to the bonds, 2254
notes or other obligations authorized by this section to for deposit to the 2255
trust, the Treasurer is authorized to issue bonds, notes or other 2256
obligations in such additional amounts as the Treasurer shall determine 2257
to pay the costs of issuance of such bonds, notes or other obligations 2258
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issued pursuant to this section. The amount authorized for the issuance 2259
and sale of bonds in accordance with this section shall be capped in each 2260
fiscal year in the following amounts, provided, if the amount required 2261
for deposit to the trust as provided for in subsection (b) of this section is 2262
less than such capped amount or, to the extent the Governor 2263
disapproves the request for issuance of all or a portion of the amount of 2264
the bonds as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the amount so 2265
disapproved, shall be carried forward and added to the capped amount 2266
for a subsequent fiscal year, but not later than the fiscal year ending June 2267
30, 2033, and provided further, the costs of issuance may be added to 2268
the capped amount in each fiscal year, and each of the authorized 2269
amounts shall be effective on July first of the fiscal year indicated as 2270
follows: 2271
T625 Fiscal Year Ending Amount
T626 June Thirtieth
T627 2023 $50,000,000
T628 2024 $50,000,000
T629 2025 $50,000,000
T630 2026
7
$50,000,000
T631 2027 $50,000,000
T632 2028 $50,000,000
T633 2029 $50,000,000
T634 2030 $50,000,000
T635 2031 $50,000,000
T636 2032 $50,000,000
T637 2033 $50,000,000
T638 2034 $50,000,000
(b) (1) On or before the first day of September in each year, 2272
commencing September 1, 2022, the Department of Social Services shall 2273
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inform the Treasurer of the number of designated beneficiaries born in 2274
the prior fiscal year. Promptly thereafter, the Treasurer shall submit to 2275
the Governor and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, 2276
a report of and a calculation of the total amount required to deposit to 2277
the trust for crediting three thousand two hundred dollars for the 2278
account of each such designated beneficiary born in the prior fiscal year 2279
as described in section 109 of this act. The Governor may, not later than 2280
thirty days after such submission, approve or disapprove all or a portion 2281
of such amount by notifying the Treasurer, in writing, of such decision 2282
and the reasons for it. If the Governor does not act within such thirty-2283
day period, the issuance of bonds for the deposit into the trust for the 2284
fiscal year beginning on July first of that year is deemed approved. The 2285
Treasurer after submitting such report may issue bonds in such amount, 2286
subject to the capped amount for such fiscal year, plus such additional 2287
amount as may be required for costs of issuance and capitalized interest, 2288
if any. 2289
(2) In the event that the Governor shall approve only a portion of the 2290
total amount set forth in the report of the Treasurer described in 2291
subdivision (1) of this subsection, or the total amount set forth in the 2292
report of the Treasurer described in subdivision (1) of this subsection 2293
exceeds the capped amount set forth in such fiscal year, the amount to 2294
be credited for the account of each designated beneficiary born in the 2295
prior fiscal year shall be reduced ratably. 2296
(3) Subject to the amount of limitations of such capping provisions in 2297
subsection (a) of this section and following the approval or deemed 2298
approval of the request to issue bonds as provided in subdivision (1) of 2299
this subsection, the principal amount of the bonds authorized under this 2300
section shall be deemed to be an appropriation and allocation of such 2301
amount, and such approval of such request shall be deemed the 2302
allotment by the Governor of such deposits within the meaning of 2303
section 4-85 of the general statutes. The Treasurer is authorized to 2304
deposit such amount from available funds to the trust whether or not 2305
the bonds so authorized have then been issued, and shall maintain a 2306
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separate nonlapsing account to record the proceeds of bonds so 2307
authorized and deposits made to the trust. 2308
(c) All such bonds, notes or other obligations shall be general 2309
obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of 2310
Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest 2311
on such bonds, notes or other obligations as the same shall become due, 2312
and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders 2313
of such bonds, notes or other obligations, appropriation of all amounts 2314
necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 2315
made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the 2316
same become due. All such bonds, notes or other obligations shall be 2317
sold at not less than par and accrued interest in such manner and on 2318
such terms as the Treasurer may determine is in the best interest of the 2319
state, and shall be signed in the name of the state and on its behalf by 2320
the Treasurer. All such bonds, notes or other obligations shall mature at 2321
such time or times not later than twenty years after their respective 2322
issuance, in such principal amounts and at such times, bear such date or 2323
dates, be payable at such place or places, bear interest at such rate or 2324
different or varying rates, payable at such time or times, be in such 2325
denominations, be in such form with or without interest coupons 2326
attached, carry such registration and transfer privileges, be payable in 2327
such medium of payment, be subject to such terms of redemption with 2328
or without premium and have such additional security, covenant or 2329
contract provisions, as appropriate or necessary to improve their 2330
marketability, as the Treasurer shall determine prior to their issuance. 2331
In connection with such bonds, notes or other obligations, the Treasurer 2332
may enter into such paying agent agreements, indentures of trust, 2333
escrow agreements or other agreements, with such parties and with 2334
such provisions as the Treasurer determines are appropriate or 2335
necessary. 2336
(d) The Treasurer may obtain from a commercial bank or insurance 2337
company authorized to do business within or without this state a letter 2338
of credit, line of credit or other liquidity facility or credit facility for the 2339
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purpose of providing funds for the payments in respect of bonds, notes 2340
or other obligations required by the holder thereof to be redeemed or 2341
repurchased prior to maturity or for providing additional security for 2342
such bonds, notes or other obligations. In connection with any such 2343
liquidity facility or credit facility, the Treasurer may enter into any 2344
reimbursement agreements, remarketing agreements, standby purchase 2345
agreements or any other necessary or appropriate agreements on behalf 2346
of the state in connection with securing, insuring or remarketing such 2347
bonds, notes or other obligations, on such terms and conditions as the 2348
Treasurer determines to be in the best interest of the state. The Treasurer 2349
is authorized to pledge the full faith and credit of the state to the state's 2350
payment obligations under any such agreement and the Treasurer is 2351
authorized to include such pledge in any such agreement as part of the 2352
contract with the provider of such liquidity facility or credit facility. The 2353
Treasurer shall apply any appropriation for the payment of such bonds, 2354
notes or other obligations to such reimbursement repayment if such 2355
liquidity facility or credit facility is drawn upon. As part of the contract 2356
of the state with the other parties to any agreement entered into 2357
pursuant to this subsection for which the full faith and credit of the state 2358
is pledged to the state's payment obligations under such agreement, 2359
appropriation of all amounts necessary for the punctual payment of the 2360
obligations of the state under any such agreement is hereby made and 2361
the Treasurer shall pay such amounts as the same become due. 2362
(e) In connection with or incidental to the carrying of such bonds, 2363
notes or other obligations, or in connection with or incidental to the sale 2364
and issuance of such bonds, notes or other obligations, the Treasurer 2365
may enter into such contracts as the Treasurer may determine to be 2366
necessary or appropriate to place the obligation of the state, as 2367
represented by the bonds, notes or other obligations, in whole or in part, 2368
on such interest rate or cash flow basis as the Treasurer may determine, 2369
including without limitation, interest rate swap agreements, insurance 2370
agreements, forward payment conversion agreements, futures 2371
contracts, contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or 2372
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changes in, interest rates or market indices, contracts to manage interest 2373
rate risk, including without limitation, interest rate floors or caps, 2374
options, puts, calls and similar arrangements. Such contracts shall 2375
contain such payment, security, default, remedy and other terms and 2376
conditions as the Treasurer may deem appropriate and shall be entered 2377
into with such party or parties as the Treasurer may select, after giving 2378
due consideration, where applicable, for the creditworthiness of the 2379
counter party or counter parties, including any rating by a nationally 2380
recognized rating agency, the impact on any rating on outstanding 2381
bonds, notes or other obligations or any other criteria as the Treasurer 2382
may deem appropriate, provided the unsecured long-term obligations 2383
of the counter party or counter parties are rated the same or higher than 2384
the underlying rating of the state on the applicable bonds, notes or other 2385
obligations by at least one nationally recognized rating agency. The 2386
Treasurer is authorized to pledge the full faith and credit of the state to 2387
the state's payment obligations under any contract entered into 2388
pursuant to this subsection. As part of the contract of the state with the 2389
other parties to any agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection 2390
for which the full faith and credit of the state is pledged to the state's 2391
payment obligations under such agreement, appropriation of all 2392
amounts necessary for the punctual payment of the obligations of the 2393
state under any such agreement is hereby made and the Treasurer shall 2394
pay such amounts as the same become due. 2395
(f) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enter judgment 2396
against the state founded (1) upon any express contract between the 2397
state and the purchasers and subsequent owners and transferees of any 2398
bonds, notes or other obligations issued or contracted to be issued by 2399
the state pursuant to this section, and (2) upon any agreement entered 2400
into pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section. Any action brought 2401
under this subsection shall be brought in the superior court for the 2402
judicial district of Hartford. The jurisdiction conferred upon the 2403
Superior Court by this subsection includes any set-off, claim or demand 2404
on the part of the state against any plaintiff commencing an action under 2405
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this subsection. Such action shall be tried to the court without a jury. All 2406
legal defenses, except governmental immunity, shall be reserved to the 2407
state. Any action brought under this subsection shall be privileged in 2408
respect to assignment for trial upon motion of either party. 2409
(g) Any expense incurred in connection with the issuance or renewal 2410
of the bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this section 2411
shall be paid from the accrued interest and premiums on such bonds, 2412
notes or other obligations, from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds, 2413
notes or other obligations or otherwise from the General Fund. The 2414
Treasurer is authorized to issue such bonds, notes or other obligations 2415
in such form and manner that the interest on such bonds, notes or other 2416
obligations may be includable or excludable under the Internal Revenue 2417
Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code 2418
of the United States, as amended from time to time, in the gross income 2419
of the holders or owners of such bonds, notes or other obligations. The 2420
Treasurer may make representations and agreements for the benefit of 2421
the holders or owners of any such bonds, notes or other obligations 2422
which are necessary or appropriate to ensure the inclusion or exclusion 2423
of interest on such bonds, notes or other obligations of the state from 2424
taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent 2425
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended 2426
from time to time, including agreements to pay rebates to the federal 2427
government of investment earnings derived from the investment of the 2428
proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations. The Treasurer may make 2429
representations and agreements for the benefit of the holders or owners 2430
of such bonds, notes or other obligations on behalf of the state to provide 2431
secondary market disclosure information. Any such agreement may 2432
include: (1) Covenants to provide secondary market disclosure 2433
information, (2) arrangements for such information to be provided with 2434
the assistance of a paying agent, trustee or other agent, and (3) remedies 2435
for breach of such agreement, which remedies may be limited to specific 2436
performance. The state shall protect and save harmless any official or 2437
former official of the state from financial loss and expense, including 2438
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legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or 2439
judgment by reason of alleged negligence on the part of such official, 2440
while acting in the discharge of his or her official duties, in providing 2441
secondary market disclosure information or performing any other 2442
duties set forth in any agreement to provide secondary market 2443
disclosure information. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 2444
preclude the defense of governmental immunity to any such claim, 2445
demand or suit. For purposes of this subsection "official" means any 2446
person elected or appointed to office or any state employee. This 2447
indemnity provision shall not apply to cases of wilful and wanton fraud. 2448
(h) All such bonds, notes or other obligations, their transfer and the 2449
income therefrom, including any profit on the sale or transfer thereof, 2450
shall at all times be exempt from all taxation by the state or under its 2451
authority, except for estate or succession taxes, but the interest on such 2452
bonds, notes or other obligations shall be included in the computation 2453
of any excise or franchise tax. Such bonds, notes or other obligations are 2454
hereby made and declared to be (1) legal investments for savings banks 2455
and trustees unless otherwise provided in the instrument creating the 2456
trust, (2) securities in which all public officers and bodies, all insurance 2457
companies and associations and persons carrying on an insurance 2458
business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings 2459
associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan 2460
associations, investment companies and persons carrying on a banking 2461
or investment business, all administrators, guardians, executors, 2462
trustees and other fiduciaries and all persons who are or may be 2463
authorized to invest in bonds, notes or other obligations of the state, 2464
may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control 2465
or belonging to them, and (3) securities that may be deposited with and 2466
shall be received by all public officers and bodies for any purpose for 2467
which the deposit of bonds, notes or other obligations of the state is or 2468
may be authorized. 2469
Sec. 112. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 2470
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(1) "Administrative costs" means the costs paid or incurred by the 2471
administrator of the Community Investment Fund 2030 Board 2472
established under subsection (b) of this section, including, but not 2473
limited to, allocated staff costs and other out-of-pocket costs attributable 2474
to the administration and operation of the board; 2475
(2) "Administrator" means the Commissioner of Economic and 2476
Community Development, or the commissioner's designee; 2477
(3) "Eligible project" means: 2478
(A) (i) A project proposed by a municipality, community 2479
development corporation or nonprofit organization, for the purpose of 2480
promoting economic or community development in the municipality or 2481
a municipality served by such corporation or organization, such as 2482
brownfield remediation, affordable housing, establishment of or 2483
improvements to water and sewer infrastructure to support smaller 2484
scale economic development, pedestrian safety and traffic calming 2485
improvements, establishment of or improvements to energy resiliency 2486
or clean energy projects and land acquisition and capital projects to 2487
construct, rehabilitate or renovate buildings and structures to facilitate 2488
or improve home rehabilitation programs and facilities such as libraries 2489
and senior centers; or 2490
(ii) A grant-in-aid proposed by a municipality, community 2491
development corporation or nonprofit organization for the purpose of 2492
providing (I) a revolving loan program, microloans or gap financing, to 2493
small businesses located within such municipality or a municipality 2494
served by such corporation or organization, or (II) start-up funds to 2495
establish a small business in any such municipality; and 2496
(B) Such project or grant-in-aid furthers consistent and systematic 2497
fair, just and impartial treatment of all individuals, including 2498
individuals who belong to underserved and marginalized communities 2499
that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino and 2500
indigenous and Native American persons; Asian Americans and Pacific 2501
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Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; 2502
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer persons and other persons 2503
comprising the LGBTQ+ community; persons who live in rural areas; 2504
and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or 2505
inequality; and 2506
(4) "Municipality" means a municipality designated as a public 2507
investment community pursuant to section 7-545 of the general statutes 2508
or as an alliance district pursuant to section 10-262u of the general 2509
statutes. 2510
(b) (1) There is established a Community Investment Fund 2030 2511
Board, which shall be within the Department of Economic and 2512
Community Development. The board shall consist of the following 2513
members: 2514
(A) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 2515
pro tempore of the Senate; 2516
(B) The majority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority 2517
leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives 2518
and the minority leader of the Senate; 2519
(C) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives 2520
and one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, each of 2521
whom shall be a member of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus of the 2522
General Assembly; 2523
(D) The two chairpersons of the general bonding subcommittee of the 2524
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 2525
matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding; 2526
(E) Two appointed by the Governor; and 2527
(F) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the 2528
Attorney General, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Secretary of the 2529
State and the Commissioners of Economic and Community 2530
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Development, Administrative Services, Social Services and Housing, or 2531
their designees. 2532
(2) All initial appointments shall be made not later than sixty days 2533
after the effective date of this section. The terms of the members 2534
appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the 2535
Governor or until their successors are appointed, whichever is later. 2536
Any vacancy in appointments shall be filled by the appointing 2537
authority. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall 2538
be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. 2539
(3) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, it shall not 2540
constitute a conflict of interest for a trustee, director, partner, officer, 2541
stockholder, proprietor, counsel or employee of any person to serve as 2542
a member of the board, provided such trustee, director, partner, officer, 2543
stockholder, proprietor, counsel or employee abstains and absents 2544
himself or herself from any deliberation, action and vote by the board in 2545
specific respect to such person. The members appointed by the 2546
Governor shall be deemed public officials and shall adhere to the code 2547
of ethics for public officials set forth in chapter 10 of the general statutes. 2548
(4) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 2549
tempore of the Senate shall serve as the chairpersons of the board and 2550
shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not 2551
later than January 1, 2022. The board shall meet at least quarterly. 2552
(5) Eleven members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the 2553
transaction of any business. 2554
(6) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but 2555
shall, within the limits of available funds, be reimbursed for expenses 2556
necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. 2557
(7) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (A) Review 2558
eligible projects to be recommended to the Governor under subsection 2559
(c) of this section for approval; (B) establish bylaws to govern its 2560
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procedures; (C) review and provide comments to the Department of 2561
Economic and Community Development on projects funded through 2562
the state's Economic Action Plan as provided under subsection (d) of 2563
this section; and (D) perform such other acts as may be necessary and 2564
appropriate to carry out its duties described in this section. 2565
(8) The administrator shall hire such employee or employees as may 2566
be necessary to assist the board to carry out its duties described in this 2567
section. 2568
(c) (1) The Community Investment Fund 2030 Board shall establish 2569
an application and review process with guidelines and terms for funds 2570
provided from the bond proceeds under subsection (e) of this section for 2571
eligible projects. Such funds shall be used for costs related to an eligible 2572
project recommended by the board and approved by the Governor 2573
pursuant to this subsection and to pay or to reimburse the administrator 2574
for administrative costs under this section. 2575
(2) The chairpersons of the board shall notify the chief elected official 2576
of each municipality when the application and review process has been 2577
established and shall publicize the availability of any funds available 2578
under this section. Each such official or any community development 2579
corporation or nonprofit organization may submit an application to the 2580
board requesting funds for an eligible project. The board shall meet to 2581
consider applications submitted and determine which, if any, the board 2582
will recommend to the Governor for approval. 2583
(3) (A) The board shall give priority to eligible projects (i) that are 2584
proposed by a municipality that (I) has implemented local hiring 2585
preferences pursuant to section 7-112 of the general statutes, or (II) has 2586
or will leverage municipal, private, philanthropic or federal funds for 2587
such project, and (ii) that have a project labor agreement or employ or 2588
will employ ex-offenders or individuals with physical, intellectual or 2589
developmental disabilities. The board shall give additional priority to 2590
an application submitted by a municipality that includes a letter of 2591
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support for the proposed eligible project from a member or members of 2592
the General Assembly in whose district the eligible project is or will be 2593
located. 2594
(B) In evaluating applications for an eligible project described in 2595
subparagraph (A)(ii) of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, 2596
the board shall (i) evaluate the risk of default on the repayment of a 2597
proposed loan or financing, (ii) consider the impact of the eligible 2598
project on job creation or retention in the municipality, (iii) consider the 2599
impact of the eligible project on blighted properties in the municipality, 2600
and (iv) consider the overall impact of the eligible project on the 2601
community. The board shall not recommend any proposed loan or 2602
financing under subparagraph (A)(ii) of subdivision (3) of subsection (a) 2603
of this section for which the interest rate varies from the prevailing 2604
market rate. 2605
(4) (A) Whenever the board deems it necessary or desirable, the 2606
chairpersons of the board shall submit to the Governor a list of the 2607
board's recommendations of eligible projects to be funded from bond 2608
proceeds under subsection (e) of this section. The board may 2609
recommend state funding for eligible projects, provided the total cost of 2610
such recommendations shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five 2611
million dollars in any fiscal year. Such list shall include, at a minimum: 2612
(i) For each eligible project described in subparagraph (A)(i) of 2613
subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, a description of such 2614
project, the municipality in which such project is located, the amount of 2615
funds sought for such project, any cost estimates for such project, any 2616
schematics or plans for such project, the total estimated project costs and 2617
the applicable fiscal year to which such disbursement will be attributed; 2618
and 2619
(ii) For each eligible project described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of 2620
subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, a description of and 2621
specific terms for any proposed loans, financing or start-up funds to be 2622
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provided from such grant-in-aid, the types of small businesses located 2623
or to be located in the municipality that may be eligible for such loan, 2624
financing or start-up funds, the amount of the grant-in-aid sought and 2625
the applicable fiscal year to which such disbursement will be attributed. 2626
(B) The Governor shall review the eligible projects on the list and may 2627
recommend changes to any eligible project on the list. The Governor 2628
shall determine the most appropriate method of funding for each 2629
eligible project and shall provide to the members of the board, in 2630
writing, such determination for each eligible project on the list and the 2631
reasons therefor. The board may reconsider at a future meeting any 2632
eligible project for which the Governor recommends a change. Each 2633
eligible project for which the Governor recommends the allocation of 2634
bond funds shall be considered at a State Bond Commission meeting not 2635
later than two months after the date such eligible project was submitted 2636
to the Governor pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. 2637
(5) Funds for an eligible project approved under this section may be 2638
administered on behalf of the board by a state agency, as determined by 2639
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, provided a 2640
memorandum of understanding between the administrator of the 2641
Community Investment Fund 2030 Board and the state, acting by and 2642
through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, has been 2643
entered into with respect to such funds and project. 2644
(6) Not later than August 31, 2023, the board shall submit a report, in 2645
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 2646
to the General Assembly, the Black and Puerto Rican caucus of the 2647
General Assembly, the Auditors of Public Accounts and the Governor, 2648
for the preceding fiscal year, that includes (A) a list of the eligible 2649
projects recommended by the board and approved by the Governor 2650
pursuant to this section, (B) the total amount of funds provided for such 2651
eligible projects, (C) for each such eligible project, a description of the 2652
project and the amounts and terms of the funds provided, (D) the status 2653
of the project and any balance remaining of the allocated funds, and (E) 2654
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any other information the board deems relevant or necessary. The board 2655
shall submit such report annually for each fiscal year in which the funds 2656
specified in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (3) of this subsection are 2657
disbursed for eligible projects. 2658
(7) The Auditors of Public Accounts shall audit, on a biennial basis, 2659
all eligible projects funded under this section and shall report their 2660
findings to the Governor, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 2661
Management and the General Assembly. 2662
(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 2663
thereafter, one hundred twenty-five million dollars of the funds 2664
available for the purposes of the state's Economic Action Plan shall be 2665
reserved for (A) projects that provide (i) a revolving loan program, 2666
microloans or gap financing, to women or minority-owned small 2667
businesses, (ii) start-up funds to establish women or minority-owned 2668
small businesses, (iii) brownfield remediation or broadband expansion, 2669
(iv) human services, workforce development, mental health services, 2670
educational programming, preapprenticeship and apprenticeship 2671
training, youth services programming or physical, intellectual and 2672
developmental disability services; (B) projects that provide the potential 2673
to directly impact community enrichment programs for, or related to, 2674
financial literacy, home ownership opportunity, free or reduced tuition 2675
for vocational training schools, academic scholarships, seniors' and 2676
veterans' services and arts and culture; or (C) projects that provide the 2677
potential to directly impact youth and adult enrichment programs for, 2678
or related to, "earn while you learn" programs, paid internships or 2679
summer youth programming. 2680
(2) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development 2681
shall receive and consider comments from the Community Investment 2682
Fund 2030 Board on funding for such projects. The commissioner shall 2683
provide quarterly expenditure reports to the board for such projects and 2684
hold public hearings for such projects before the board. 2685
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(e) (1) The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of 2686
bonds of the state, in accordance with the provisions of section 3-20 of 2687
the general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate 2688
eight hundred seventy-five million dollars. The amount authorized for 2689
the issuance and sale of such bonds in each of the following fiscal years 2690
shall not exceed the following corresponding amount for each such 2691
fiscal year, except that, to the extent the State Bond Commission does 2692
not provide for the use of all or a portion of such amount in any such 2693
fiscal year, such amount not provided for shall be carried forward and 2694
added to the authorized amount for the next succeeding fiscal year, and 2695
provided further, the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any, 2696
may be added to the capped amount in each fiscal year, and each of the 2697
authorized amounts shall be effective on July first of the fiscal year 2698
indicated as follows: 2699
T639 Fiscal Year Ending June 30, Amount
T640 2023 $175,000,000
T641 2024 175,000,000
T642 2025 175,000,000
T643 2026 175,000,000
T644 2027 175,000,000
T645 Total $875,000,000
(2) The proceeds of the sale of bonds set forth in this subsection shall 2700
be used for the purpose of funding eligible projects for which the 2701
Governor has determined under subsection (c) of this section that bond 2702
funding is appropriate and that no other bond authorization is available. 2703
(f) (1) Upon the agreement of the Governor and the Community 2704
Investment Fund 2030 Board, and subsequent to the adoption of a 2705
resolution by the General Assembly affirming the reauthorization of the 2706
board and the program provided for under this section, the State Bond 2707
Commission may authorize the issuance of bonds of the state, in 2708
accordance with the provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, in 2709
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one billion two 2710
hundred fifty million dollars. The amount authorized for the issuance 2711
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and sale of such bonds in each of the following fiscal years shall not 2712
exceed the following corresponding amount for each such fiscal year, 2713
except that, to the extent the State Bond Commission does not provide 2714
for the use of all or a portion of such amount in any such fiscal year, 2715
such amount not provided for shall be carried forward and added to the 2716
authorized amount for the next succeeding fiscal year, and provided 2717
further, the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any, may be 2718
added to the capped amount in each fiscal year, and each of the 2719
authorized amounts shall be effective on July first of the fiscal year 2720
indicated as follows: 2721
T646 Fiscal Year Ending June 30, Amount
T647 2028 $250,000,000
T648 2029 250,000,000
T649 2030 250,000,000
T650 2031 250,000,000
T651 2032 250,000,000
T652 Total $1,250,000,000
(2) The proceeds of the sale of bonds set forth in this subsection shall 2722
be used for the purpose of funding eligible projects for which the 2723
Governor has determined under subsection (c) of this section that bond 2724
funding is appropriate and that no other bond authorization is available. 2725
(g) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the 2726
exercise of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent 2727
with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply 2728
to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 2729
section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 2730
from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 2731
accordance with said section, and from time to time renewed. All bonds 2732
issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state 2733
and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for 2734
the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 2735
become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 2736
the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 2737
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punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 2738
the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become 2739
due. 2740
Sec. 113. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 2741
Services, having reviewed applications for state grants for public school 2742
building projects in accordance with section 10-283 of the general 2743
statutes on the basis of priorities for such projects and standards for 2744
school construction established by the State Board of Education, and 2745
having prepared a listing of all such eligible projects ranked in order of 2746
priority, as determined by said commissioner together with the amount 2747
of the estimated grant with respect to each eligible project, and having 2748
submitted such listing of eligible projects, prior to December 15, 2020, to 2749
a committee of the General Assembly established under section 10-283a 2750
of the general statutes for the purpose of reviewing such listing, is 2751
hereby authorized to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state 2752
in accordance with said section with respect to the priority listing of 2753
such projects and in such estimated amounts as approved by said 2754
committee prior to February 1, 2021, as follows: 2755
(1) Estimated Grant Commitments. 2756
T653 School District Estimated Estimated
T654 School Project Costs Grant
T655 Project Number
T656
T657 NORTH BRANFORD
T658 North Branford High School
T659 21DASY099053N0621 $66,242,390 $29,100,282
T660
T661 NORWALK
T662 Cranberry Elementary School
T663 21DASY103252N0621 $45,000,000 $10,125,000
T664
T665 SOUTH WINDSOR
T666 Pleasant Valley Elementary School
T667 21DASY132093N0621 $58,500,000 $22,148,100
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T668
T669 TORRINGTON
T670 Torrington Middle & High School
T671 21DASY143076N0621 $159,575,000 $100,308,845
T672
T673 WEST HAVEN
T674 Washington Elementary School
T675 21DASY156142N0621 $38,803,926 $26,052,956
T676
T677 DANBURY
T678 Ellsworth Avenue School Annex
T679 21DASY034150EA0621 $9,600,000 $6,137,280
T680
T681 HARTFORD
T682 Betances Learning Lab Magnet School
T683 21DASY064316RNV0621 $43,709,774 $41,524,285
T684
T685 HARTFORD
T686 E. B. Kennelly School
T687 21DASY064317RNV0621 $51,416,225 $48,845,414
T688
T689 HARTFORD
T690 Fred D. Wish Museum School
T691 21DASY064318RNV0621 $49,320,000 $46,854,000
T692
T693 KILLINGLY
T694 Killingly Memorial School
T695 21DASY069069RNV0621 $34,000,000 $24,981,400
T696
T697 NEWINGTON
T698 Anna Reynolds Elementary School
T699 21DASY094109RNV0621 $35,500,000 $20,792,350
T700
T701 NORWALK
T702 Naramake Elementary School
T703 21DASY103253EA0621 $3,500,000 $1,137,500
T704
T705 WESTPORT
T706 Coleytown Middle School
T707 21DASY158099RNV0621 $32,372,235 $6,820,830
T708
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T709 REGIONAL DISTRICT 1
T710 Housatonic Valley Regional High School
T711 21DASY201049VE0621 $319,533 $255,626
T712
T713 LEARN
T714 LEARN Ocean Avenue Academy
T715 21DASY245089SP0621 $9,851,000 $7,880,800
(2) Previously Authorized Projects That Have Changed Substantially 2757
in Scope or Cost which are Seeking Reauthorization. 2758
T716 School District Authorized Requested
T717 School
T718 Project Number
T719
T720 WINDHAM
T721 Windham High School
T722 163-0079 RNV
T723
T724 Estimated…
T725 Total Project Costs $71,670,200 $112,329,500
T726 Total Grant $57,078,147 $89,459,214
(3) Previously Authorized Projects For the Technical Education and 2759
Career System That Have Changed Substantially in Scope or Cost which 2760
are Seeking Reauthorization. 2761
T727 School District Authorized Requested
T728 School
T729 Project Number
T730
T731 CTECS (Bridgeport)
T732 Bullard-Havens
T733 900-0015 VT/EA
T734
T735 Estimated…
T736 Total Project Costs $60,383,000 $139,447,195
T737 Total Grant $60,383,000 $139,447,195
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Sec. 114. Subsection (b) of section 10-291 of the general statutes is 2762
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2763
2021): 2764
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall not approve a 2765
school building project plan or site, as applicable, if: 2766
(1) The site is in an area of moderate or high radon potential, as 2767
indicated in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's 2768
Radon Potential Map, or similar subsequent publications, except where 2769
the school building project plan incorporates construction techniques to 2770
mitigate radon levels in the air of the facility; 2771
(2) The plans incorporate new roof construction or total replacement 2772
of an existing roof and do not provide for the following: (A) A minimum 2773
roof pitch that conforms with the requirements of the State Building 2774
Code, (B) a minimum twenty-year unlimited manufacturer's guarantee 2775
for water tightness covering material and workmanship on the entire 2776
roofing system, (C) the inclusion of vapor retarders, insulation, bitumen, 2777
felts, membranes, flashings, metals, decks and any other feature 2778
required by the roof design, and (D) that all manufacturer's materials to 2779
be used in the roofing system are specified to meet the latest standards 2780
for individual components of the roofing systems of the American 2781
Society for Testing and Materials; 2782
(3) In the case of a major alteration, renovation or extension of a 2783
building to be used for public school purposes, the plans do not 2784
incorporate the guidelines set forth in the Sheet Metal and Air 2785
Conditioning Contractors National Association's publication entitled 2786
"Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under 2787
Construction" or similar subsequent publications; 2788
(4) In the case of a new construction, extension, renovation or 2789
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replacement, the plans do not provide that the building maintenance 2790
staff responsible for such facility are trained in or are receiving training 2791
in, or that the applicant plans to provide training in, the appropriate 2792
areas of plant operations including, but not limited to, heating, 2793
ventilation and air conditioning systems pursuant to section 10-231e, 2794
with specific training relative to indoor air quality; [or] 2795
(5) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 2796
alteration, renovation or replacement involving a school entrance for 2797
inclusion on any listing submitted to the General Assembly in 2798
accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 2008, the plans do not 2799
provide for a security infrastructure for such entrance; [.] or 2800
(6) In the case of a project for new construction, extension, major 2801
alteration, renovation or replacement on any listing submitted to the 2802
General Assembly in accordance with section 10-283 on or after July 1, 2803
2022, the plans do not provide for the installation of at least one water 2804
bottle filling station (A) per one hundred students of the projected 2805
enrollment for the school building, (B) on each new floor or wing of the 2806
school building, and (C) in any food service area of the school building. 2807
Sec. 115. Section 10-283b of the general statutes is repealed and the 2808
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2809
(a) On and after July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Administrative 2810
Services shall include school building projects for the Technical 2811
Education and Career System on the list developed pursuant to section 2812
10-283. The adoption of the list by the General Assembly and 2813
authorization by the State Bond Commission of the issuance of bonds 2814
pursuant to section 10-287d shall fund the full cost of the projects. On or 2815
after July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in 2816
consultation with the Commissioner of Education, may approve 2817
applications for grants to assist school building projects for the 2818
Technical Education and Career System to remedy damage from fire 2819
and catastrophe, to correct safety, health and other code violations, to 2820
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replace roofs, to remedy a certified school indoor air quality emergency, 2821
or to purchase and install portable classroom buildings at any time 2822
within the limit of available grant authorization and to make payments 2823
on such a project within the limit of appropriated funds, provided 2824
portable classroom building projects do not create a new facility or cause 2825
an existing facility to be modified so that the portable buildings 2826
comprise a substantial percentage of the total facility area, as 2827
determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such 2828
projects shall be subject to the requirements of chapters 59 and 60. 2829
(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall ensure that an 2830
architect and a construction manager or construction administrator 2831
hired to work on a project pursuant to subsection (a) of this section are 2832
not related persons as defined in subdivision (18) of subsection (a) of 2833
section 12-218b. 2834
(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the 2835
Department of Administrative Services shall develop a status report on 2836
all current and pending school building projects for the Technical 2837
Education and Career System. Such status report shall include, but need 2838
not be limited to, the costs associated with each such school building 2839
project for the Technical Education and Career System, the anticipated 2840
date of the next project application per technical education and career 2841
school, and the projected date of commencement of pending school 2842
building projects and the date of completion of current school building 2843
projects for the Technical Education and Career System. The department 2844
shall submit such status report to the joint standing committee of the 2845
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 2846
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. 2847
Sec. 116. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 2848
Services shall waive any audit deficiencies for the town of Hamden 2849
related to costs associated with (1) the new construction project at 2850
Spring Glen School (Project Number 062-0094 N), provided such costs 2851
do not exceed one million seven hundred ninety-two thousand eight 2852
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hundred ninety-four dollars, (2) the interdistrict magnet facility project 2853
at Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School (Project Number 062-0077 2854
MAG), provided such costs do not exceed one million three hundred 2855
fifteen thousand twelve dollars, and (3) the new construction project at 2856
Hamden Middle School (Project Number 062-0084 N), provided such 2857
costs do not exceed two million nine hundred forty thousand two 2858
hundred dollars. 2859
Sec. 117. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2860
section 10-283 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 2861
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 2862
pursuant to said section requiring that the description of a project type 2863
for a school building project be made at the time of application for a 2864
school building project grant, the town of New Britain may change the 2865
description and scope of the renovation project at Chamberlain 2866
Elementary School (Project Number 20DASY089169RNV0620) to 2867
include the construction of preschool facilities, provided the total project 2868
costs for the renovation project do not exceed seventy-five million 2869
dollars. 2870
Sec. 118. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2871
section 10-283 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 2872
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 2873
pursuant to said section requiring a completed grant application be 2874
submitted prior to June 30, 2020, the renovation project at Holmes 2875
Elementary School in the town of New Britain with costs not to exceed 2876
fifty-five million dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 2877
113 of this act and shall subsequently be considered for a grant 2878
commitment from the state, provided the town of New Britain files an 2879
application for such school building project prior to October 1, 2023, and 2880
meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any 2881
regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department 2882
of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for 2883
grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. 2884
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-285a of the general 2885
statutes, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or 2886
the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 2887
concerning the reimbursement percentage that a local board of 2888
education may be eligible to receive for a school building project, the 2889
town of New Britain may use the reimbursement rate of ninety-five per 2890
cent for the renovation project at Holmes Elementary School, provided 2891
(1) the school district for the town of New Britain is an educational 2892
reform district, as defined in section 10-262u of the general statutes, on 2893
the effective date of this section, and (2) the school building committee 2894
responsible for undertaking such school building project is established 2895
in accordance with the provisions of section 120 of this act. 2896
Sec. 119. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2897
section 10-283 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 2898
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 2899
pursuant to said section requiring a completed grant application be 2900
submitted prior to June 30, 2020, the renovation project at Jefferson 2901
Elementary School in the town of New Britain with costs not to exceed 2902
fifty-five million dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 2903
113 of this act and shall subsequently be considered for a grant 2904
commitment from the state, provided the town of New Britain files an 2905
application for such school building project prior to October 1, 2025, and 2906
meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any 2907
regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department 2908
of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for 2909
grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. 2910
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-285a of the general 2911
statutes, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or 2912
the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 2913
concerning the reimbursement percentage that a local board of 2914
education may be eligible to receive for a school building project, the 2915
town of New Britain may use the reimbursement rate of ninety-five per 2916
cent for the renovation project at Jefferson Elementary School, provided 2917
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(1) the school district for the town of New Britain is an educational 2918
reform district, as defined in section 10-262u of the general statutes, on 2919
the effective date of this section, and (2) the school building committee 2920
responsible for undertaking such school building project is established 2921
in accordance with the provisions of section 120 of this act. 2922
Sec. 120. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2923
section 10-292v of the general statutes, and any special act, municipal 2924
charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other ordinance, on and 2925
after July 1, 2021, the school building committee responsible for 2926
undertaking the school building projects at Holmes Elementary School 2927
and Jefferson Elementary School, as described in sections 118 and 119 of 2928
this act, for the town of New Britain shall be established as follows: (1) 2929
Three members appointed by the Common Council for the town of New 2930
Britain, one of whom shall have experience in the construction industry, 2931
(2) two members appointed by the mayor of the town of New Britain, 2932
and (3) two members appointed by the board of education for the town 2933
of New Britain. 2934
Sec. 121. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2935
subsection (b) of section 10-285a of the general statutes, or any 2936
regulations adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department 2937
of Administrative Services pursuant to said subsection concerning the 2938
reimbursement percentage that a board of education for a regional 2939
school district may be eligible to receive for a school building project 2940
that is related to the establishment or expansion of such regional school 2941
district on or after July 1, 2016, and the limitation that such 2942
reimbursement percentage shall not exceed eighty-five per cent, the 2943
towns of Ansonia and Derby may use the reimbursement percentage of 2944
the town in such regional school district with the greatest 2945
reimbursement percentage, as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of 2946
section 10-285a of the general statutes, plus twenty per cent for any new 2947
construction or renovation school building project related to the 2948
establishment of a regional school district for said towns in accordance 2949
with the provisions of part III of chapter 164 of the general statutes, 2950
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provided (1) the towns of Ansonia and Derby file an application for any 2951
such school building project not later than ten years after the 2952
establishment of such regional school district, and (2) said towns meet 2953
all other provisions of chapter 173 of the general statutes or any 2954
regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department 2955
of Administrative Services pursuant to said chapter and is eligible for 2956
grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. 2957
Sec. 122. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2958
section 10-285a of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 2959
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 2960
pursuant to said section concerning the reimbursement percentage that 2961
a local board of education may be eligible to receive for a school building 2962
project, the town of Windham may use the reimbursement rate of 2963
ninety-five per cent for the renovation project at Windham High School 2964
(Project Number 163-0079 RNV), provided (1) the school district for the 2965
town of Windham is an educational reform district, as defined in section 2966
10-262u of the general statutes, on the effective date of this section, and 2967
(2) the date of beginning of construction, as defined in section 10-282 of 2968
the general statutes, is not later than one year after the effective date of 2969
this section. 2970
Sec. 123. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2971
subsection (b) of section 10-287 of the general statutes, or any regulation 2972
adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of 2973
Administrative Services pursuant to said section, requiring that all 2974
orders and contracts be awarded after a public invitation to bid has been 2975
advertised in a newspaper having circulation in the town in which 2976
construction is to take place, and the provisions of section 4b-91 of the 2977
general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the Department of 2978
Administrative Services pursuant to said section, requiring that every 2979
contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, 2980
repair or demolition of any public building or any other public work by 2981
a public agency that is paid for, in whole or in part, with state funds and 2982
that is estimated to cost more than five hundred thousand dollars be 2983
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awarded after the public agency has invited bids by posting notice on 2984
the State Contracting Portal, contracts let by the town of Brookfield for 2985
the New Elementary School (Project Number 018-0056 N) may be 2986
reimbursed, provided such project complies with all other provisions of 2987
chapter 173 of the general statutes and regulations adopted by the State 2988
Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 2989
pursuant to said chapter. 2990
Sec. 124. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2991
section 10-286 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 2992
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 2993
pursuant to said section concerning the calculation of grants using the 2994
state standard space specifications, the town of West Haven shall be 2995
exempt from the state standard space specifications for the purpose of 2996
the calculation of the grant for the new construction project (Project 2997
Number 21DASY156142N0621) at Washington Elementary School. 2998
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-287i of the general 2999
statutes, or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or 3000
the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section 3001
concerning the percentage of a school building project grant that the 3002
Department of Administrative Services shall withhold from an 3003
applicant pending completion of an audit pursuant to section 10-287 of 3004
the general statutes, the department shall withhold five per cent of such 3005
grant from the town of West Haven for the new construction project 3006
(Project Number 21DASY156142N0621) at Washington Elementary 3007
School pending completion of an audit pursuant to said section. 3008
Sec. 125. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 3009
section 10-287i of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 3010
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 3011
pursuant to said section concerning the percentage of a school building 3012
project grant that the Department of Administrative Services shall 3013
withhold from an applicant pending completion of an audit pursuant to 3014
section 10-287 of the general statutes, the department shall (1) withhold 3015
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five per cent of the grant from the town of West Haven for the 3016
renovation project (Project Number 156-0138 RNV) at West Haven High 3017
School pending completion of an audit pursuant to said section, and (2) 3018
make a progress payment to the town of West Haven in an amount 3019
equal to the difference between eleven per cent of such grant and five 3020
per cent of such grant on or before September 1, 2021. 3021
Sec. 126. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 3022
section 10-283 of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 3023
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 3024
pursuant to said section requiring a completed grant application be 3025
submitted prior to June 30, 2020, the school building project at E. C. 3026
Goodwin Technical High School with costs not to exceed forty million 3027
dollars shall be included in subdivision (1) of section 113 of this act and 3028
shall subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state, 3029
provided an application for such school building project is filed prior to 3030
October 1, 2022, and meets all other provisions of chapter 173 of the 3031
general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of 3032
Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to 3033
said chapter and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. 3034
Sec. 127. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 3035
section 10-285a of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted by the 3036
State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services 3037
pursuant to said section concerning the reimbursement percentage that 3038
a local board of education may be eligible to receive for a school building 3039
project, the town of Torrington may use the reimbursement rate of 3040
eighty-five per cent for the new construction project at Torrington 3041
Middle & High School (Project Number 21DASY143076N0621), 3042
provided the town of Torrington meets all other provisions of chapter 3043
173 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board 3044
of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to 3045
said chapter and is eligible for grant assistance pursuant to said chapter. 3046
Sec. 128. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative 3047
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Services shall waive any audit deficiencies for the town of Hartford 3048
related to costs associated with the projects at (1) the University High 3049
School of Science and Engineering (Project Number 064-0287 MAG/N), 3050
(2) Capitol Preparatory Magnet School (Project Number 064-0290 3051
MAG/EA), (3) R. J. Kinsella Magnet School (Project Number 064-0292 3052
MAG/E), (4) Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker 3053
(Project Number 064-0293 MAG/EA), (5) Hartford Public High School 3054
(Project Number 064-0246 RNV/E), (6) Fisher Magnet School (Project 3055
Number 064-0291 MAG/EA), (7) Webster School (Project Number 064-3056
0270 EA), and (8) Sport and Medical Sciences Academy (Project Number 3057
064-0279 MAG/N). 3058
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 6 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 9 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 10 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 11 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 12 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 13 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 14 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 15 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 16 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 17 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 18 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 19 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 20 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 21 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 22 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 23 July 1, 2022 New section
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Sec. 24 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 25 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 26 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 27 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 28 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 29 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 30 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 31 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 32 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 33 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 34 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 35 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 36 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 37 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 38 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 39 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 40 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 41 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 42 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 43 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 44 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 45 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 46 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 47 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 48 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 49 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 50 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 51 July 1, 2021 4-66c(a) and (b)
Sec. 52 July 1, 2022 4-66g(a)
Sec. 53 July 1, 2021 4a-10(a)
Sec. 54 July 1, 2021 7-538(a)
Sec. 55 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 56 July 1, 2021 8-336n(a)
Sec. 57 July 1, 2021 10-287d
Sec. 58 July 1, 2021 10-508
Sec. 59 July 1, 2021 22a-483(a)
Sec. 60 July 1, 2021 22a-483(d)
Sec. 61 July 1, 2021 23-103(a)
Sec. 62 July 1, 2021 PA 13-3, Sec. 85
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Sec. 63 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 64 July 1, 2021 PA 07-7 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 2(w)(4)
Sec. 65 July 1, 2021 PA 07-7 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 12
Sec. 66 July 1, 2021 PA 07-7 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 13(f)(22)
Sec. 67 July 1, 2021 PA 13-239, Sec. 13(c)(4)
Sec. 68 July 1, 2021 PA 14-98, Sec. 8
Sec. 69 July 1, 2021 PA 14-98, Sec. 9(e)(4)
Sec. 70 July 1, 2021 PA 15-1 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 12
Sec. 71 July 1, 2021 PA 15-1 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 13(i)(1)
Sec. 72 from passage PA 15-1 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 233
Sec. 73 July 1, 2021 PA 16-4 of the May Sp.
Sess., Sec. 8
Sec. 74 July 1, 2021 PA 16-4 of the May Sp.
Sess., Sec. 9(b)
Sec. 75 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 377
Sec. 76 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 378(c)(2)
Sec. 77 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 388
Sec. 78 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 389(c)(1)
Sec. 79 July 1, 2021 Repealer section
Sec. 80 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 389(k)
Sec. 81 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 407
Sec. 82 July 1, 2021 Repealer section
Sec. 83 July 1, 2021 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
Sess., Sec. 408(j)
Sec. 84 July 1, 2021 PA 20-1, Sec. 12
Sec. 85 July 1, 2021 Repealer section
Sec. 86 July 1, 2021 PA 20-1, Sec. 31
Sec. 87 July 1, 2021 Repealer section
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Sec. 88 July 1, 2021 Repealer section
Sec. 89 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 90 July 1, 2021 29-1bb(d)
Sec. 91 July 1, 2021 29-1cc(a)
Sec. 92 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 93 July 1, 2022 32-39l(a)
Sec. 94 July 1, 2021 32-39m(a)(2)(E)
Sec. 95 July 1, 2021 8-445(a)
Sec. 96 July 1, 2021 10a-109d(a)(10)
Sec. 97 July 1, 2021 10a-109e(a)
Sec. 98 July 1, 2021 10a-109g(a)(1)
Sec. 99 July 1, 2021 10a-104c
Sec. 100 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 101 from passage New section
Sec. 102 from passage New section
Sec. 103 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 104 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 105 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 106 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 107 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 108 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 109 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 110 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 111 July 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 112 from passage New section
Sec. 113 from passage New section
Sec. 114 July 1, 2021 10-291(b)
Sec. 115 July 1, 2021 10-283b
Sec. 116 from passage New section
Sec. 117 from passage New section
Sec. 118 from passage New section
Sec. 119 from passage New section
Sec. 120 from passage New section
Sec. 121 from passage New section
Sec. 122 from passage New section
Sec. 123 from passage New section
Sec. 124 from passage New section
Sec. 125 from passage New section
Sec. 126 from passage New section
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Sec. 127 from passage New section
Sec. 128 from passage New section