LCO No. 4712 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1053 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 4712 Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING Introduced by: (FIN) AN ACT AUTHORIZING B ONDS OF THE STATE FO R CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHO OLS SERVED BY THE CAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCIL. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes described in 1 subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 2 power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 3 in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 4 aggregate twenty million dollars. 5 (b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 6 stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 7 of Education for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid to the Capitol 8 Region Education Council, established pursuant to section 10-66a of the 9 general statutes, for capital improvements to the schools served by such 10 center. 11 (c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 12 of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 13 Raised Bill No. 1053 LCO No. 4712 2 of 2 provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 14 bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 15 section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 16 from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 17 accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 18 time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 19 exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 20 in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 21 Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 22 authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 23 there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 24 by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 25 and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 26 discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 27 be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 28 of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 29 interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 30 part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 31 appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 32 principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 33 such principal and interest as the same become due. 34 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section Statement of Purpose: To provide funding for capital improvements to schools served by the Capitol Region Education Council. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]