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General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 12
February Session, 2022
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING
Introduced by:
Request of the Governor Pursuant
to Joint Rule 9
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE
FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT MATCHING FUNDS AND EXTENDING
THE TIME PERIOD FOR DISTRIBUTING GRANTS FOR CERTAIN LAW
ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2022) 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 $75,000,000. 5
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2022) 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
projects hereinafter described, including payment of architectural, 11 Governor's Bill No. 12
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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
For the Office of Policy and Management: State matching funds for 15
projects and programs allowed under the Infrastructure Investment and 16
Jobs Act, not exceeding $75,000,000. 17
Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2022) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 18
general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 19
which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 1 to 7, 20
inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 21
authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 1 to 7, 22
inclusive, of this act, and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 23
money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 24
be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 25
renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 26
twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 27
pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 28
authorizing such bonds. 29
Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2022) None of the bonds described in sections 30
1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, shall be authorized except upon a finding by 31
the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for 32
such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 33
Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 34
department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 35
commission, in its discretion, may require. 36
Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the purposes of sections 1 to 7, 37
inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 38
bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, or of 39
temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 40
the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 4 of this 41
act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 42
proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 43 Governor's Bill No. 12
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addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 44
4, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such request 45
as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available 46
or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 47
project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 48
available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 49
recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 50
moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 51
directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 52
such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 53
available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 54
such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 55
available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 56
Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 57
to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 58
upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 59
applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 60
bonds issued pursuant to sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, or to meet 61
the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to 62
be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized pursuant to 63
said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, for the purpose of financing such costs, 64
either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such bonds or 65
notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the federal, 66
private or other moneys so received with respect to such project are used 67
to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever principal of 68
any such temporary notes is retired by application of revenue receipts 69
of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation 70
of which such temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount 71
of bonds which may be authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall 72
each be reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. 73
Pending use of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet 74
principal as hereinabove directed, the amount thereof may be invested 75
by the State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the 76
state or the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United 77
States, shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the 78 Governor's Bill No. 12
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state, and net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same 79
manner as the moneys so invested. 80
Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2022) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 81
said bonds authorized for any project described in section 2 of this act 82
in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 83
project described in said section 2, if the State Bond Commission shall 84
so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 85
bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 2 86
shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 87
Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2022) The bonds issued pursuant to this section 88
and sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act, shall be general obligations of 89
the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are 90
pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds 91
as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of 92
the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 93
necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 94
made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 95
the same become due. 96
Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 4a-10 of the 2022 supplement to the 97
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 98
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 99
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 100
State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 101
authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 102
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [five hundred forty-103
six million one hundred thousand dollars, provided ten million dollars 104
of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022] five hundred sixty-105
one million one hundred thousand dollars. 106
Sec. 9. Subsection (c) of section 7-277c of the general statutes is 107
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 108
2022): 109 Governor's Bill No. 12
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(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall distribute grants-in-110
aid pursuant to this section during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, 111
[and] June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Any such grant-in-aid shall be for 112
up to fifty per cent of the cost of such purchase of body-worn recording 113
equipment, digital data storage devices or services or dashboard 114
cameras with a remote recorder if the municipality is a distressed 115
municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, or up to thirty per cent of the 116
cost of such purchase if the municipality is not a distressed municipality, 117
provided the costs of such digital data storage services covered by a 118
grant-in-aid shall not be for a period of service that is longer than one 119
year. 120
Sec. 10. Section 20 of public act 21-111, as amended by section 472 of 121
public act 21-2 of the June Special Session, is amended to read as follows 122
(Effective July 1, 2022): 123
The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 124
provisions of this section and sections 21 to 26, inclusive, of public act 125
21-111, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 126
in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate not 127
exceeding [$241,565,000] $316,565,000. 128
Sec. 11. Subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 21 of public act 21-129
111 is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2022): 130
(1) Alterations, renovations and new construction at state parks and 131
other recreation facilities, including Americans with Disabilities Act 132
improvements, not exceeding [$15,000,000] $30,000,000; 133
Sec. 12. Subsection (j) of section 21 of public act 21-111 is amended to 134
read as follows (Effective July 1, 2022): 135
(j) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations, and 136
improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 137
programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 138
and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 139
[$10,000,000] $70,000,000. 140 Governor's Bill No. 12
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 4 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 6 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 7 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 8 July 1, 2022 4a-10(a)
Sec. 9 July 1, 2022 7-277c(c)
Sec. 10 July 1, 2022 PA 21-111, Sec. 20
Sec. 11 July 1, 2022 PA 21-111, Sec. 21(e)(1)
Sec. 12 July 1, 2022 PA 21-111, Sec. 21(j)
Statement of Purpose:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
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that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]