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	5	+	General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 980
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14		-	AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE,
15		-	ESTABLISHING PROGRAMS TO FUND PROJECTS IN HIGH
16		-	POVERTY-LOW OPPORTUNITY CENSUS TRACTS AND PROVIDE
17		-	EXEMPTIONS FROM THE INCOME TAXES FOR RESIDENTS OF
18		-	SUCH TRACTS, AND ESTABLISHING A REPORTING REQUIREMENT
19		-	FOR CERTAIN STATE PROJECTS.
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
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	14	+	Introduced by:
	15	+	Request of the Governor Pursuant
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	22	+	AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.
20	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	24		Assembly convened:
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23	26		Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall 1
24	27		have power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and 2
25	28		sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the 3
26	29		issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 4
27		-	amounts in the aggregate not exceeding $~~645~~,~~290~~,000. 5
	30	+	amounts in the aggregate not exceeding $513,335,000. 5
28	31		Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 6
29	32		described in sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, to the extent hereinafter 7
30	33		stated, shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by purchase or 8
31	34		condemnation, undertaking, constructing, reconstructing, improving or 9
32	35		equipping, or purchasing land or buildings or improving sites for the 10
33	36		projects hereinafter described, including payment of architectural, 11
34	37		engineering, demolition or related costs in connection therewith, or of 12
35	38		payment of the cost of long-range capital programming and space 13
36		-	utilization studies as hereinafter stated: 14 Substitute Bill No. 980
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43		-	(a) For the Office of Legislative Management: For alterations, 15
44		-	renovations and restoration to the State Capitol, including interior and 16
45		-	exterior restoration and compliance with the Americans with 17
46		-	Disabilities Act, not exceeding $35,000,000. 18
47		-	(b) For the Office of Policy and Management: For an information 19
48		-	technology capital investment program, not exceeding $65,000,000. 20
49		-	(c) For the Department of Administrative Services: 21
50		-	(1) Removal or encapsulation of asbestos and hazardous materials in 22
51		-	state-owned buildings, not exceeding $2,500,000; 23
52		-	(2) Infrastructure repairs and improvements, including fire, safety 24
53		-	and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 25
54		-	improvements, improvements to state-owned buildings and grounds, 26
55		-	including energy-conservation and off-site improvements, and 27
56		-	preservation of unoccupied buildings and grounds, including office 28
57		-	development, acquisition, renovations for additional parking and 29
58		-	security improvements at state-occupied buildings, not exceeding 30
59		-	$12,500,000; 31
60		-	(3) Upgrades and modernization of the Capital Area System, not 32
61		-	exceeding $19,000,000; 33
62		-	(4) Purchase of electric vehicles and the construction and installation 34
63		-	of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at state facilities, not 35
64		-	exceeding $35,000,000. 36
65		-	(d) For the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: 37
66		-	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 38
67		-	grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems and energy 39
68		-	conservation projects, not exceeding $1,750,000; 40
69		-	(2) Alterations, renovations, improvements and repairs for an 41
70		-	Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, not exceeding $5,000,000. 42 Substitute Bill No. 980
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77		-	(e) For the Military Department: 43
78		-	(1) State matching funds for anticipated federal reimbursable 44
79		-	projects, not exceeding $300,000; 45
80		-	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 46
81		-	grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems and energy 47
82		-	conservation, not exceeding $5,000,000. 48
83		-	(f) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 49
84		-	(1) Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program for recreation, 50
85		-	open space, resource protection and resource management, not 51
86		-	exceeding $3,000,000; 52
87		-	(2) Alterations, renovations and new construction at state parks and 53
88		-	other recreation facilities, including Americans with Disabilities Act 54
89		-	improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 55
90		-	(3) Water pollution control projects at state facilities and for 56
91		-	engineering reports for regional planning agencies, not exceeding 57
92		-	$600,000; 58
93		-	(4) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 59
94		-	that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 60
95		-	improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 61
96		-	statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 62
97		-	and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 63
98		-	systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 64
99		-	charging on state property; that reduce water use; that reduce waste 65
100		-	generation and disposal; or for any renewable energy, or combined heat 66
101		-	and power project in state buildings, not exceeding $25,000,000; 67
102		-	(5) Various flood control improvements, flood repair, erosion 68
103		-	damage repairs and municipal dam repairs, not exceeding $1,250,000. 69
104		-	(g) For the Capital Region Development Authority: 70 Substitute Bill No. 980
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111		-	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements at the Connecticut 71
112		-	Convention Center and Rentschler Field, not exceeding $17,000,000; 72
113		-	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to parking garages in 73
114		-	Hartford, not exceeding $5,000,000; 74
115		-	(3) Alterations, renovations and improvements at the XL Center in 75
116		-	Hartford, including acquisition of abutting real estate and rights-of-76
117		-	way, not exceeding $15,000,000. 77
118		-	(h) For the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: For alterations, 78
119		-	renovations and additions to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 79
120		-	facility in Farmington, not exceeding $28,000,000. 80
121		-	(i) For the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 81
122		-	(1) Fire, safety and environmental improvements to regional facilities 82
123		-	for client and staff needs, including improvements in compliance with 83
124		-	current codes, including intermediate care facilities and site 84
125		-	improvements, handicapped access improvements, utilities, repair or 85
126		-	replacement of roofs, air conditioning and other interior and exterior 86
127		-	building renovations and additions at all state-owned facilities, not 87
128		-	exceeding $36,090,000; 88
129		-	(2) Design and installation of sprinkler systems, including related fire 89
130		-	safety improvements, in direct patient care buildings, not exceeding 90
131		-	$12,450,000. 91
132		-	(j) For the State Library: Renovation of Middletown Library Service 92
133		-	Center, not exceeding $400,000. 93
134		-	(k) For The University of Connecticut Health Center: 94
135		-	(1) Deferred maintenance, code compliance and infrastructure 95
136		-	improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 96
137		-	(2) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 97
138		-	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $3,000,000. 98 Substitute Bill No. 980
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145		-	(l) For the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities: 99
146		-	(1) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 100
147		-	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $16,450,000; 101
148		-	(2) Advanced manufacturing and emerging technology programs, 102
149		-	not exceeding $4,000,000; 103
150		-	(3) All state colleges and universities: Security improvements, not 104
151		-	exceeding $3,000,000; 105
152		-	(4) All universities: Deferred maintenance, code compliance and 106
153		-	infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $50,000,000; 107
154		-	(5) All universities: New and replacement instruction, research or 108
155		-	laboratory equipment, not exceeding $36,000,000; 109
156		-	(6) All community colleges: Deferred maintenance, code compliance 110
157		-	and infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $64,000,000; 111
158		-	(7) All community colleges: New and replacement instruction, 112
159		-	research or laboratory equipment, not exceeding $34,000,000. 113
160		-	(m) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations and 114
161		-	improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 115
162		-	programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 116
163		-	and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 117
164		-	$35,000,000. 118
165		-	(n) For the Judicial Department: 119
166		-	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 120
167		-	grounds at state-owned and maintained facilities, not exceeding 121
168		-	$10,000,000; 122
169		-	(2) Security improvements at various state-owned and maintained 123
170		-	facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000; 124 Substitute Bill No. 980
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177		-	(3) Alterations and improvements in compliance with the Americans 125
178		-	with Disabilities Act, not exceeding $1,000,000; 126
179		-	(4) Implementation of the Technology Strategic Plan Project, not 127
180		-	exceeding $2,000,000. 128
181		-	Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2023) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 129
182		-	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 130
183		-	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 1 to 7, 131
184		-	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 132
185		-	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 1 to 7, 133
186		-	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 134
187		-	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 135
188		-	be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 136
189		-	renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 137
190		-	twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 138
191		-	pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 139
192		-	authorizing such bonds. 140
193		-	Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 141
194		-	1 to 7, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding by 142
195		-	the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for 143
196		-	such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 144
197		-	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 145
198		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 146
199		-	commission, in its discretion, may require. 147
200		-	Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2023) For the purposes of sections 1 to 7, 148
201		-	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 149
202		-	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, or of 150
203		-	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 151
204		-	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 4 of this 152
205		-	act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 153
206		-	proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 154
207		-	addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 155
208		-	4, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such request 156 Substitute Bill No. 980
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215		-	as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available 157
216		-	or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 158
217		-	project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 159
218		-	available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 160
219		-	recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 161
220		-	moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 162
221		-	directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 163
222		-	such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 164
223		-	available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 165
224		-	such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 166
225		-	available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 167
226		-	Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 168
227		-	to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 169
228		-	upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 170
229		-	applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 171
230		-	bonds issued pursuant to sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, or to meet 172
231		-	the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to 173
232		-	be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized pursuant to 174
233		-	said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, for the purpose of financing such costs, 175
234		-	either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such bonds or 176
235		-	notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the federal, 177
236		-	private or other moneys so received with respect to such project are used 178
237		-	to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever principal of 179
238		-	any such temporary notes is retired by application of revenue receipts 180
239		-	of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation 181
240		-	of which such temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount 182
241		-	of bonds which may be authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall 183
242		-	each be reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. 184
243		-	Pending use of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet 185
244		-	principal as hereinabove directed, the amount thereof may be invested 186
245		-	by the State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the 187
246		-	state or the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United 188
247		-	States, shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the 189
248		-	state, and net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same 190
249		-	manner as the moneys so invested. 191 Substitute Bill No. 980
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256		-	Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2023) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 192
257		-	said bonds authorized for any project described in section 2 of this act 193
258		-	in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 194
259		-	project described in said section 2, if the State Bond Commission shall 195
260		-	so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 196
261		-	bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 2 197
262		-	shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 198
263		-	Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2023) The bonds issued pursuant to this section 199
264		-	and sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of 200
265		-	the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are 201
266		-	pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds 202
267		-	as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of 203
268		-	the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 204
269		-	necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 205
270		-	made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 206
271		-	the same become due. 207
272		-	Sec. 8. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall have 208
273		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 9 209
274		-	and 10 of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds 210
275		-	of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the 211
276		-	aggregate, not exceeding $50,000,000. 212
277		-	Sec. 9. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 213
278		-	described in sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be used by the 214
279		-	Department of Housing for the purposes hereinafter stated: Housing 215
280		-	development and rehabilitation, including moderate cost housing, 216
281		-	moderate rental, congregate and elderly housing, urban homesteading, 217
282		-	community housing development corporations, housing purchase and 218
283		-	rehabilitation, housing for the homeless, housing for low-income 219
284		-	persons, limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing projects, 220
285		-	abatement of hazardous material, including asbestos and lead-based 221
286		-	paint in residential structures, emergency repair assistance for senior 222
287		-	citizens, housing land bank and land trust, housing and community 223
288		-	development, predevelopment grants and loans, reimbursement for 224 Substitute Bill No. 980
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295		-	state and federal surplus property, private rental investment mortgage 225
296		-	and equity program, housing infrastructure, demolition, renovation or 226
297		-	redevelopment of vacant buildings or related infrastructure, septic 227
298		-	system repair loan program, acquisition and related rehabilitation, 228
299		-	including loan guarantees for private developers of rental housing for 229
300		-	the elderly, projects under the program established in section 8-37pp of 230
301		-	the general statutes and participation in federal programs, including 231
302		-	administrative expenses associated with those programs eligible under 232
303		-	the general statutes, not exceeding $50,000,000. 233
304		-	Sec. 10. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 234
305		-	8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 235
306		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 236
307		-	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 237
308		-	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 238
309		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 239
310		-	commission, in its discretion, may require. 240
311		-	Sec. 11. (Effective July 1, 2023) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 241
312		-	general statutes, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 242
313		-	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and 243
314		-	sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act, are hereby adopted and shall apply 244
315		-	to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 245
316		-	section and sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act and temporary notes in 246
317		-	anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds 247
318		-	so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and 248
319		-	from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or 249
320		-	times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be 250
321		-	provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State 251
322		-	Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant 252
323		-	to section 8 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the 253
324		-	full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 254
325		-	payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same 255
326		-	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 256
327		-	the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 257 Substitute Bill No. 980
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334		-	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 258
335		-	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 259
336		-	become due. 260
337		-	Sec. 12. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall have 261
338		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 13 262
339		-	to 19, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 263
340		-	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 264
341		-	the aggregate, not exceeding $244,000,000. 265
342		-	Sec. 13. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds 266
343		-	described in sections 12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be used for the 267
344		-	purpose of providing grants-in-aid and other financing for the projects, 268
345		-	programs and purposes hereinafter stated: 269
346		-	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: 270
347		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to distressed municipalities eligible under section 271
348		-	32-9s of the general statutes for capital purposes, not exceeding 272
349		-	$7,000,000; 273
350		-	(2) Grants-in-aid to private, nonprofit health and human service 274
351		-	organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 275
352		-	Revenue Code of 1986, and that receive funds from the state to provide 276
353		-	direct health or human services to state agency clients, for alterations, 277
354		-	renovations, improvements, additions and new construction, including 278
355		-	health, safety, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and 279
356		-	energy conservation improvements, information technology systems, 280
357		-	technology for independence, purchase of vehicles and acquisition of 281
358		-	property, not exceeding $25,000,000; 282
359		-	(3) Grants-in-aid for regional and local improvements and 283
360		-	development, not exceeding $20,000,000. 284
361		-	(b) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 285
362		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for open space land acquisition 286 Substitute Bill No. 980
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369		-	and development for conservation or recreational purposes, not 287
370		-	exceeding $10,000,000; 288
371		-	(2) Grants-in-aid for containment, removal or mitigation of identified 289
372		-	hazardous waste disposal sites, not exceeding $19,000,000; 290
373		-	(3) Grants-in-aid for identification, investigation, containment, 291
374		-	removal or mitigation of contaminated industrial sites in urban areas, 292
375		-	not exceeding $2,500,000; 293
376		-	(4) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purpose of testing for 294
377		-	pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 295
378		-	providing potable water to persons affected by such pollution, remedial 296
379		-	action to address such pollution and buyback of aqueous film-forming 297
380		-	firefighting foam containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 298
381		-	substances, not exceeding $3,000,000; 299
382		-	(5) Grants-in-aid to provide matching funds necessary for 300
383		-	municipalities, local and regional boards of education and school bus 301
384		-	operators to submit federal grant applications in order to maximize 302
385		-	federal funding for the purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses 303
386		-	and electric vehicle charging or fueling infrastructure, not exceeding 304
387		-	$10,000,000; 305
388		-	(6) Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program, not 306
389		-	exceeding $5,000,000. 307
390		-	(c) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: 308
391		-	(1) For the Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization program, not 309
392		-	exceeding $35,000,000; 310
393		-	(2) For the Small Business Express program established by section 32-311
394		-	7g of the general statutes, not exceeding $25,000,000; 312
395		-	(3) For the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund established 313
396		-	by section 32-7o of the general statutes, not exceeding $20,000,000. 314 Substitute Bill No. 980
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403		-	(d) For the Department of Public Health: 315
404		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to public water systems for drinking water projects, 316
405		-	not exceeding $25,000,000; 317
406		-	(2) Grants-in-aid to local and regional boards of education for the 318
407		-	purchase, installation and maintenance of water bottle filling stations at 319
408		-	schools, not exceeding $5,500,000. 320
409		-	(e) For the Department of Education: 321
410		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to local and regional boards of education to assist 322
411		-	targeted local and regional school districts for alterations, repairs, 323
412		-	improvements, technology and equipment in low-performing schools, 324
413		-	not exceeding $5,000,000; 325
414		-	(2) Grants-in-aid to organizations that operate promise programs to 326
415		-	provide scholarships to increase access to higher education for residents 327
416		-	of a city, not exceeding $7,000,000, provided not less than $2,500,000 328
417		-	shall be used for a grant to an organization that operates such a program 329
418		-	for residents of Waterbury and not less than $2,500,000 shall be used for 330
419		-	a grant to an organization that operates such a program for residents of 331
420		-	Bridgeport. 332
421		-	(f) For the Office of Early Childhood: Grants-in-aid for constructing, 333
422		-	improving or equipping child care centers, including, but not limited to, 334
423		-	payment of associated costs for architectural, engineering or demolition 335
424		-	services related to the infant and toddler pilot program, not exceeding 336
425		-	$5,000,000. 337
426		-	(g) For the State Library: Grants-in-aid to public libraries for 338
427		-	construction, renovations, expansions, energy conservation and 339
428		-	handicapped accessibility under the provisions of section 11-24c of the 340
429		-	general statutes, not exceeding $5,000,000. 341
430		-	(h) For the Capital Region Development Authority: Grant-in-aid to 342
431		-	the municipality of East Hartford for the purposes of general economic 343 Substitute Bill No. 980
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438		-	development activities, including the development of the infrastructure 344
439		-	and improvements to the riverfront; the creation of housing units 345
440		-	through rehabilitation and new construction; the demolition or 346
441		-	redevelopment of vacant buildings; and redevelopment, not exceeding 347
442		-	$10,000,000. 348
443		-	Sec. 14. (Effective July 1, 2023) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 349
444		-	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 350
445		-	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 12 to 19, 351
446		-	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 352
447		-	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 12 to 19, 353
448		-	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 354
449		-	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 355
450		-	be issued in accordance with said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, and from 356
451		-	time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 357
452		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 358
453		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 359
454		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. 360
455		-	Sec. 15. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 361
456		-	12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 362
457		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 363
458		-	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 364
459		-	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 365
460		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 366
461		-	commission, in its discretion, may require. 367
462		-	Sec. 16. (Effective July 1, 2023) For the purposes of sections 12 to 19, 368
463		-	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 369
464		-	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, or of 370
465		-	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 371
466		-	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 15 of 372
467		-	this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 373
468		-	the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 374
469		-	in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 375
470		-	section 15, include the recommendation of the person signing such 376 Substitute Bill No. 980
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477		-	request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 377
478		-	available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 378
479		-	any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 379
480		-	becoming available under said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, for such 380
481		-	project. If the request includes a recommendation that some amount of 381
482		-	such federal, private or other moneys should be added to such state 382
483		-	moneys, then, if and to the extent directed by the State Bond 383
484		-	Commission at the time of authorization of such bonds, such amount of 384
485		-	such federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 385
486		-	made available for costs in connection with such project may be added 386
487		-	to any state moneys available or becoming available hereunder for such 387
488		-	project and be used for such project. Any other federal, private or other 388
489		-	moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs in 389
490		-	connection with such project upon receipt shall, in conformity with 390
491		-	applicable federal and state law, be used by the State Treasurer to meet 391
492		-	the principal of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to said sections 12 392
493		-	to 19, inclusive, or to meet the principal of temporary notes issued in 393
494		-	anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of bonds 394
495		-	theretofore authorized pursuant to said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, for 395
496		-	the purpose of financing such costs, either by purchase or redemption 396
497		-	and cancellation of such bonds or notes or by payment thereof at 397
498		-	maturity. Whenever any of the federal, private or other moneys so 398
499		-	received with respect to such project are used to meet the principal of 399
500		-	such temporary notes or whenever the principal of any such temporary 400
501		-	notes is retired by application of revenue receipts of the state, the 401
502		-	amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation of which such 402
503		-	temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount of bonds which 403
504		-	may be authorized pursuant to section 12 of this act shall each be 404
505		-	reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. Pending use 405
506		-	of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet the principal 406
507		-	as directed in this section, the amount thereof may be invested by the 407
508		-	State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or 408
509		-	the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, 409
510		-	shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and 410
511		-	net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same manner as 411 Substitute Bill No. 980
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518		-	the moneys so invested. 412
519		-	Sec. 17. (Effective July 1, 2023) The bonds issued pursuant to sections 413
520		-	12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the state and 414
521		-	the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 415
522		-	payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 416
523		-	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 417
524		-	the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 418
525		-	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 419
526		-	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 420
527		-	become due. 421
528		-	Sec. 18. (Effective July 1, 2023) In accordance with section 13 of this act, 422
529		-	the state, through the state agencies specified in said section 13, may 423
530		-	provide grants-in-aid and other financings to or for the agencies for the 424
531		-	purposes and projects as described in said section 13. All financing shall 425
532		-	be made in accordance with the terms of a contract at such time or times 426
533		-	as shall be determined within authorization of funds by the State Bond 427
534		-	Commission. 428
535		-	Sec. 19. (Effective July 1, 2023) In the case of any grant-in-aid made 429
536		-	pursuant to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of section 13 of 430
537		-	this act that is made to any entity which is not a political subdivision of 431
538		-	the state, the contract entered into pursuant to section 13 of this act shall 432
539		-	provide that if the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made 433
540		-	ceases, within ten years of the date of such grant, to be used as a facility 434
541		-	for which such grant was made, an amount equal to the amount of such 435
542		-	grant, minus ten per cent per year for each full year which has elapsed 436
543		-	since the date of such grant, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien 437
544		-	shall be placed on such land in favor of the state to ensure that such 438
545		-	amount shall be repaid in the event of such change in use, provided if 439
546		-	the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made are owned by the 440
547		-	state, a municipality or a housing authority, no lien need be placed. 441
548		-	Sec. 20. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 442
549		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 21 443 Substitute Bill No. 980
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556		-	to 26, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 444
557		-	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 445
558		-	the aggregate not exceeding $463,845,000. 446
559		-	Sec. 21. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 447
560		-	described in sections 20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 448
561		-	hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by 449
562		-	purchase or condemnation, undertaking, constructing, reconstructing, 450
563		-	improving or equipping, or purchasing land or buildings or improving 451
564		-	sites for the projects hereinafter described, including payment of 452
565		-	architectural, engineering, demolition or related costs in connection 453
566		-	therewith, or of payment of the cost of long-range capital programming 454
567		-	and space utilization studies as hereinafter stated: 455
568		-	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: For an information 456
569		-	technology capital investment program, not exceeding $65,000,000. 457
570		-	(b) For the Department of Administrative Services: 458
571		-	(1) Removal or encapsulation of asbestos and hazardous materials in 459
572		-	state-owned buildings, not exceeding $2,500,000; 460
573		-	(2) Infrastructure repairs and improvements, including fire, safety 461
574		-	and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 462
575		-	improvements, improvements to state-owned buildings and grounds, 463
576		-	including energy-conservation and off-site improvements, and 464
577		-	preservation of unoccupied buildings and grounds, including office 465
578		-	development, acquisition, renovations for additional parking and 466
579		-	security improvements at state-occupied buildings, not exceeding 467
580		-	$12,500,000. 468
581		-	(c) For the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: 469
582		-	Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and grounds, 470
583		-	including utilities, mechanical systems and energy conservation 471
584		-	projects, not exceeding $15,750,000. 472
585		-	(d) For the Military Department: 473 Substitute Bill No. 980
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592		-	(1) State matching funds for anticipated federal reimbursable 474
593		-	projects, not exceeding $200,000; 475
594		-	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 476
595		-	grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems and energy 477
596		-	conservation, not exceeding $3,000,000. 478
597		-	(e) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 479
598		-	(1) Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program for recreation, 480
599		-	open space, resource protection and resource management, not 481
600		-	exceeding $3,000,000; 482
601		-	(2) Alterations, renovations and new construction at state parks and 483
602		-	other recreation facilities, including Americans with Disabilities Act 484
603		-	improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 485
604		-	(3) Water pollution control projects at state facilities and for 486
605		-	engineering reports for regional planning agencies, not exceeding 487
606		-	$1,000,000; 488
607		-	(4) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 489
608		-	that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 490
609		-	improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 491
610		-	statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 492
611		-	and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 493
612		-	systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 494
613		-	charging on state property; that reduce water use; that reduce waste 495
614		-	generation and disposal; or for any renewable energy, or combined heat 496
615		-	and power project in state buildings, not exceeding $25,000,000; 497
616		-	(5) Dam repairs, including state-owned dams, not exceeding 498
617		-	$2,500,000; 499
618		-	(6) Various flood control improvements, flood repair, erosion 500
619		-	damage repairs and municipal dam repairs, not exceeding $1,250,000. 501 Substitute Bill No. 980
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626		-	(f) For the Capital Region Development Authority: 502
627		-	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements at the Connecticut 503
628		-	Convention Center and Rentschler Field, not exceeding $17,000,000; 504
629		-	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to parking garages in 505
630		-	Hartford, not exceeding $5,000,000. 506
631		-	(g) For the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 507
632		-	Fire, safety and environmental improvements to regional facilities for 508
633		-	client and staff needs, including improvements in compliance with 509
634		-	current codes, including intermediate care facilities and site 510
635		-	improvements, handicapped access improvements, utilities, repair or 511
636		-	replacement of roofs, air conditioning and other interior and exterior 512
637		-	building renovations and additions at all state-owned facilities, not 513
638		-	exceeding $30,990,000. 514
639		-	(h) For the State Library: Renovation of the Middletown Library 515
640		-	Service Center, not exceeding $355,000. 516
641		-	(i) For The University of Connecticut Health Center: 517
642		-	(1) Deferred maintenance, code compliance and infrastructure 518
643		-	improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 519
644		-	(2) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 520
645		-	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $3,000,000. 521
646		-	(j) For the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities: 522
647		-	(1) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 523
648		-	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $9,000,000; 524
649		-	(2) Advanced manufacturing and emerging technology programs, 525
650		-	not exceeding $3,000,000; 526
651		-	(3) All state colleges and universities: Security Improvements, not 527
652		-	exceeding $3,000,000; 528 Substitute Bill No. 980
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659		-	(4) All universities: Deferred maintenance, code compliance and 529
660		-	infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $70,200,000; 530
661		-	(5) All universities: New and replacement instruction, research or 531
662		-	laboratory equipment, not exceeding $25,000,000; 532
663		-	(6) All community colleges: Deferred maintenance, code compliance 533
664		-	and infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $32,600,000; 534
665		-	(7) All community colleges: New and replacement instruction, 535
666		-	research or laboratory equipment, not exceeding $23,000,000. 536
667		-	(k) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations and 537
668		-	improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 538
669		-	programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 539
670		-	and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 540
671		-	$35,000,000. 541
672		-	(l) For the Judicial Department: 542
673		-	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 543
674		-	grounds at state-owned and maintained facilities, not exceeding 544
675		-	$10,000,000; 545
676		-	(2) Security improvements at various state-owned and maintained 546
677		-	facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000; 547
678		-	(3) Alterations and improvements in compliance with the Americans 548
679		-	with Disabilities Act, not exceeding $1,000,000; 549
680		-	(4) Implementation of the Technology Strategic Plan Project, not 550
681		-	exceeding $2,000,000. 551
682		-	Sec. 22. (Effective July 1, 2024) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 552
683		-	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 553
684		-	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 20 to 26, 554
685		-	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 555
686		-	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 20 to 26, 556 Substitute Bill No. 980
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693		-	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 557
694		-	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 558
695		-	be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 559
696		-	renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 560
697		-	twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 561
698		-	pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 562
699		-	authorizing such bonds. 563
700		-	Sec. 23. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 564
701		-	20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, shall be authorized except upon a finding 565
702		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 566
703		-	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 567
704		-	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 568
705		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 569
706		-	commission, in its discretion, may require. 570
707		-	Sec. 24. (Effective July 1, 2024) For the purposes of sections 20 to 26, 571
708		-	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 572
709		-	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 20 to 26, inclusive, or of 573
710		-	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 574
711		-	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 23 of 575
712		-	this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 576
713		-	the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 577
714		-	in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 578
715		-	section 23, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such 579
716		-	request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 580
717		-	available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 581
718		-	any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 582
719		-	becoming available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 583
720		-	recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 584
721		-	moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 585
722		-	directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 586
723		-	such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 587
724		-	available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 588
725		-	such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 589 Substitute Bill No. 980
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732		-	available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 590
733		-	Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 591
734		-	to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 592
735		-	upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 593
736		-	applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 594
737		-	bonds issued pursuant to sections 20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, or to 595
738		-	meet the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 596
739		-	money to be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized 597
740		-	pursuant to said sections 20 to 26, inclusive, for the purpose of financing 598
741		-	such costs, either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such 599
742		-	bonds or notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the 600
743		-	federal, private or other moneys so received with respect to such project 601
744		-	are used to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever 602
745		-	principal of any such temporary notes is retired by application of 603
746		-	revenue receipts of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore 604
747		-	authorized in anticipation of which such temporary notes were issued, 605
748		-	and the aggregate amount of bonds which may be authorized pursuant 606
749		-	to section 20 of this act, shall each be reduced by the amount of the 607
750		-	principal so met or retired. Pending use of the federal, private or other 608
751		-	moneys so received to meet principal as hereinabove directed, the 609
752		-	amount thereof may be invested by the State Treasurer in bonds or 610
753		-	obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or the United States or 611
754		-	agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, shall be deemed to be 612
755		-	part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and net earnings on such 613
756		-	investments shall be used in the same manner as the moneys so 614
757		-	invested. 615
758		-	Sec. 25. (Effective July 1, 2024) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 616
759		-	said bonds authorized for any project described in section 21 of this act 617
760		-	in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 618
761		-	project described in said section 21, if the State Bond Commission shall 619
762		-	so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 620
763		-	bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 621
764		-	21 shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 622 Substitute Bill No. 980
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771		-	Sec. 26. (Effective July 1, 2024) The bonds issued pursuant to this 623
772		-	section and sections 20 to 25, inclusive, of this act shall be general 624
773		-	obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of 625
774		-	Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest 626
775		-	on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of 627
776		-	the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of 628
777		-	all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and 629
778		-	interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal 630
779		-	and interest as the same become due. 631
780		-	Sec. 27. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 632
781		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 28 633
782		-	and 29 of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds 634
783		-	of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the 635
784		-	aggregate, not exceeding $50,000,000. 636
785		-	Sec. 28. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 637
786		-	described in sections 27 to 30, inclusive, of this act shall be used by the 638
787		-	Department of Housing for the purposes hereinafter stated: Housing 639
788		-	development and rehabilitation, including moderate cost housing, 640
789		-	moderate rental, congregate and elderly housing, urban homesteading, 641
790		-	community housing development corporations, housing purchase and 642
791		-	rehabilitation, housing for the homeless, housing for low-income 643
792		-	persons, limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing projects, 644
793		-	abatement of hazardous material including asbestos and lead-based 645
794		-	paint in residential structures, emergency repair assistance for senior 646
795		-	citizens, housing land bank and land trust, housing and community 647
796		-	development, predevelopment grants and loans, reimbursement for 648
797		-	state and federal surplus property, private rental investment mortgage 649
798		-	and equity program, housing infrastructure, demolition, renovation or 650
799		-	redevelopment of vacant buildings or related infrastructure, septic 651
800		-	system repair loan program, acquisition and related rehabilitation, 652
801		-	including loan guarantees for private developers of rental housing for 653
802		-	the elderly, projects under the program established in section 8-37pp of 654
803		-	the general statutes and participation in federal programs, including 655 Substitute Bill No. 980
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810		-	administrative expenses associated with those programs eligible under 656
811		-	the general statutes, not exceeding $50,000,000. 657
812		-	Sec. 29. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 658
813		-	27 to 30, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 659
814		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 660
815		-	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 661
816		-	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 662
817		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 663
818		-	commission, in its discretion, may require. 664
819		-	Sec. 30. (Effective July 1, 2024) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 665
820		-	general statutes, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 666
821		-	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and 667
822		-	sections 27 to 29, inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply 668
823		-	to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 669
824		-	section and sections 27 to 29, inclusive, of this act and temporary notes 670
825		-	in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such 671
826		-	bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 672
827		-	and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time 673
828		-	or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may 674
829		-	be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State 675
830		-	Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant 676
831		-	to section 27 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the 677
832		-	full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 678
833		-	payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same 679
834		-	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 680
835		-	the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 681
836		-	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 682
837		-	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 683
838		-	become due. 684
839		-	Sec. 31. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 685
840		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 32 686
841		-	to 38, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 687
842		-	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 688 Substitute Bill No. 980
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849		-	the aggregate, not exceeding $250,500,000. 689
850		-	Sec. 32. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds 690
851		-	described in sections 31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be used for the 691
852		-	purpose of providing grants-in-aid and other financing for the projects, 692
853		-	programs and purposes hereinafter stated: 693
854		-	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: 694
855		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to distressed municipalities eligible under section 695
856		-	32-9s of the general statutes for capital purposes, not exceeding 696
857		-	$7,000,000; 697
858		-	(2) Grants-in-aid to private, nonprofit health and human service 698
859		-	organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 699
860		-	Revenue Code of 1986, and that receive funds from the state to provide 700
861		-	direct health or human services to state agency clients, for alterations, 701
862		-	renovations, improvements, additions and new construction, including 702
863		-	health, safety, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and 703
864		-	energy conservation improvements, information technology systems, 704
865		-	technology for independence, purchase of vehicles and acquisition of 705
866		-	property, not exceeding $25,000,000; 706
867		-	(3) Grants-in-aid for regional and local improvements and 707
868		-	development, not exceeding $20,000,000. 708
869		-	(b) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 709
870		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for open space land acquisition 710
871		-	and development for conservation or recreational purposes, not 711
872		-	exceeding $10,000,000; 712
873		-	(2) Grants-in-aid for containment, removal or mitigation of identified 713
874		-	hazardous waste disposal sites, not exceeding $17,000,000; 714
875		-	(3) Grants-in-aid for identification, investigation, containment, 715
876		-	removal or mitigation of contaminated industrial sites in urban areas, 716 Substitute Bill No. 980
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883		-	not exceeding $2,500,000; 717
884		-	(4) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purpose of testing for 718
885		-	pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 719
886		-	providing potable water to persons affected by such pollution, remedial 720
887		-	action to address such pollution and buyback of aqueous film-forming 721
888		-	firefighting foam containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 722
889		-	substances, not exceeding $2,000,000; 723
890		-	(5) Grants-in-aid to provide matching funds necessary for 724
891		-	municipalities, local and regional boards of education and school bus 725
892		-	operators to submit federal grant applications in order to maximize 726
893		-	federal funding for the purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses 727
894		-	and electric vehicle charging or fueling infrastructure, not exceeding 728
895		-	$10,000,000; 729
896		-	(6) Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program, not 730
897		-	exceeding $25,000,000. 731
898		-	(c) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: 732
899		-	(1) For the Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization program, not 733
900		-	exceeding $35,000,000; 734
901		-	(2) For the Small Business Express program established by section 32-735
902		-	7g of the general statutes, not exceeding $25,000,000; 736
903		-	(3) For the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund established 737
904		-	by section 32-7o of the general statutes, not exceeding $15,000,000. 738
905		-	(d) For the Department of Public Health: For grants-in-aid to public 739
906		-	water systems for drinking water projects, not exceeding $25,000,000. 740
907		-	(e) For the Department of Education: 741
908		-	(1) Grants-in-aid to local and regional boards of education to assist 742
909		-	targeted local and regional school districts for alterations, repairs, 743
910		-	improvements, technology and equipment in low-performing schools, 744 Substitute Bill No. 980
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917		-	not exceeding $5,000,000; 745
918		-	(2) Grants-in-aid to organizations that operate promise programs to 746
919		-	provide scholarships to increase access to higher education for residents 747
920		-	of a city, not exceeding $7,000,000, provided not less than $2,500,000 748
921		-	shall be used for a grant to an organization that operates such a program 749
922		-	for residents of Waterbury and not less than $2,500,000 shall be used for 750
923		-	a grant to an organization that operates such a program for residents of 751
924		-	Bridgeport. 752
925		-	(f) For the Office of Early Childhood: Grants-in-aid for constructing, 753
926		-	improving or equipping child care centers, including, but not limited to, 754
927		-	payment of associated costs for architectural, engineering or demolition 755
928		-	services related to the infant and toddler pilot program, not exceeding 756
929		-	$5,000,000. 757
930		-	(g) For the State Library: Grants-in-aid to public libraries for 758
931		-	construction, renovations, expansions, energy conservation and 759
932		-	handicapped accessibility under the provisions of section 11-24c of the 760
933		-	general statutes, not exceeding $5,000,000. 761
934		-	(h) For the Capital Region Development Authority: Grant-in-aid to 762
935		-	the municipality of East Hartford for the purposes of general economic 763
936		-	development activities, including the development of the infrastructure 764
937		-	and improvements to the riverfront; the creation of housing units 765
938		-	through rehabilitation and new construction; the demolition or 766
939		-	redevelopment of vacant buildings; and redevelopment, not exceeding 767
940		-	$10,000,000. 768
941		-	Sec. 33. (Effective July 1, 2024) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 769
942		-	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 770
943		-	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 31 to 38, 771
944		-	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 772
945		-	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 31 to 38, 773
946		-	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 774
947		-	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 775 Substitute Bill No. 980
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954		-	be issued in accordance with said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, and from 776
955		-	time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 777
956		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 778
957		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 779
958		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. 780
959		-	Sec. 34. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 781
960		-	31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 782
961		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 783
962		-	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 784
963		-	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 785
964		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 786
965		-	commission, in its discretion, may require. 787
966		-	Sec. 35. (Effective July 1, 2024) For the purposes of sections 31 to 38, 788
967		-	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 789
968		-	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, or of 790
969		-	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 791
970		-	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 34 of 792
971		-	this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 793
972		-	the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 794
973		-	in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 795
974		-	section 34, include the recommendation of the person signing such 796
975		-	request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 797
976		-	available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 798
977		-	any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 799
978		-	becoming available under said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, for such 800
979		-	project. If the request includes a recommendation that some amount of 801
980		-	such federal, private or other moneys should be added to such state 802
981		-	moneys, then, if and to the extent directed by the State Bond 803
982		-	Commission at the time of authorization of such bonds, such amount of 804
983		-	such federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 805
984		-	made available for costs in connection with such project may be added 806
985		-	to any state moneys available or becoming available hereunder for such 807
986		-	project and be used for such project. Any other federal, private or other 808 Substitute Bill No. 980
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993		-	moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs in 809
994		-	connection with such project upon receipt shall, in conformity with 810
995		-	applicable federal and state law, be used by the State Treasurer to meet 811
996		-	the principal of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to said sections 31 812
997		-	to 38, inclusive, or to meet the principal of temporary notes issued in 813
998		-	anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of bonds 814
999		-	theretofore authorized pursuant to said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, for 815
1000		-	the purpose of financing such costs, either by purchase or redemption 816
1001		-	and cancellation of such bonds or notes or by payment thereof at 817
1002		-	maturity. Whenever any of the federal, private or other moneys so 818
1003		-	received with respect to such project are used to meet the principal of 819
1004		-	such temporary notes or whenever the principal of any such temporary 820
1005		-	notes is retired by application of revenue receipts of the state, the 821
1006		-	amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation of which such 822
1007		-	temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount of bonds which 823
1008		-	may be authorized pursuant to section 31 of this act shall each be 824
1009		-	reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. Pending use 825
1010		-	of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet the principal 826
1011		-	as directed in this section, the amount thereof may be invested by the 827
1012		-	State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or 828
1013		-	the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, 829
1014		-	shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and 830
1015		-	net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same manner as 831
1016		-	the moneys so invested. 832
1017		-	Sec. 36. (Effective July 1, 2024) The bonds issued pursuant to sections 833
1018		-	31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the state and 834
1019		-	the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 835
1020		-	payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 836
1021		-	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 837
1022		-	the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 838
1023		-	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 839
1024		-	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 840
1025		-	become due. 841 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1032		-	Sec. 37. (Effective July 1, 2024) In accordance with section 32 of this act, 842
1033		-	the state, through the state agencies specified in said section 32, may 843
1034		-	provide grants-in-aid and other financings to or for the agencies for the 844
1035		-	purposes and projects as described in said section 32. All financing shall 845
1036		-	be made in accordance with the terms of a contract at such time or times 846
1037		-	as shall be determined within authorization of funds by the State Bond 847
1038		-	Commission. 848
1039		-	Sec. 38. (Effective July 1, 2024) In the case of any grant-in-aid made 849
1040		-	pursuant to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of section 32 of 850
1041		-	this act that is made to any entity which is not a political subdivision of 851
1042		-	the state, the contract entered into pursuant to section 32 of this act shall 852
1043		-	provide that if the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made 853
1044		-	ceases, within ten years of the date of such grant, to be used as a facility 854
1045		-	for which such grant was made, an amount equal to the amount of such 855
1046		-	grant, minus ten per cent per year for each full year which has elapsed 856
1047		-	since the date of such grant, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien 857
1048		-	shall be placed on such land in favor of the state to ensure that such 858
1049		-	amount shall be repaid in the event of such change in use, provided if 859
1050		-	the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made are owned by the 860
1051		-	state, a municipality or a housing authority, no lien need be placed. 861
1052		-	Sec. 39. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall have 862
1053		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 40 863
1054		-	to 44, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 864
1055		-	of special tax obligation bonds of the state in one or more series and in 865
1056		-	principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding $1,547,699,000. 866
1057		-	Sec. 40. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 867
1058		-	described in sections 39 to 44, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 868
1059		-	hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 869
1060		-	transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 870
1061		-	the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 871
1062		-	described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 872
1063		-	be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 873
1064		-	issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 874 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1071		-	general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 875
1072		-	(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 876
1073		-	(1) Interstate Highway Program, not exceeding $50,346,000; 877
1074		-	(2) Urban Systems Projects, not exceeding $22,000,000; 878
1075		-	(3) Intrastate Highway Program, not exceeding $86,000,000; 879
1076		-	(4) Environmental compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, 880
1077		-	hazardous materials abatement, demolition, salt shed construction and 881
1078		-	renovation, storage tank replacement and environmental emergency 882
1079		-	response at or in the vicinity of state-owned properties or related to 883
1080		-	Department of Transportation operations, not exceeding $15,350,000; 884
1081		-	(5) State bridge improvement, rehabilitation and replacement 885
1082		-	projects, not exceeding $57,500,000; 886
1083		-	(6) Capital resurfacing and related reconstruction, not exceeding 887
1084		-	$125,000,000; 888
1085		-	(7) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's bridges, not exceeding 889
1086		-	$51,500,000; 890
1087		-	(8) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's roads, not exceeding 891
1088		-	$152,115,000; 892
1089		-	(9) Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, not 893
1090		-	exceeding $76,000,000; 894
1091		-	(10) Local Bridge Program, not exceeding $20,000,000; 895
1092		-	(11) Highway and bridge renewal equipment, not exceeding 896
1093		-	$22,513,000; 897
1094		-	(12) Community connectivity and alternative mobility program, not 898
1095		-	exceeding $15,000,000; 899 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1102		-	(13) Transportation Rural Improvement Program, not exceeding 900
1103		-	$10,000,000; 901
1104		-	(14) Purchase and installation of advanced wrong-way driving 902
1105		-	technology, not exceeding $20,000,000. 903
1106		-	(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: 904
1107		-	(1) Bus and rail facilities and equipment, including rights-of-way, 905
1108		-	other property acquisition and related projects, not exceeding 906
1109		-	$264,250,000; 907
1110		-	(2) Northeast Corridor Modernization Match Program, not exceeding 908
1111		-	$398,165,000. 909
1112		-	(c) For the Bureau of Administration: Department facilities, not 910
1113		-	exceeding $161,960,000. 911
1114		-	Sec. 41. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 912
1115		-	39 to 44, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 913
1116		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it (1) a 914
1117		-	request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the 915
1118		-	Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 916
1119		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 917
1120		-	commission, in its discretion, may require, and (2) any capital 918
1121		-	development impact statement and any human services facility 919
1122		-	colocation statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office 920
1123		-	of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-31 of the general 921
1124		-	statutes, any advisory report regarding the state conservation and 922
1125		-	development policies plan required pursuant to section 16a-31 of the 923
1126		-	general statutes and any statement regarding farmland required 924
1127		-	pursuant to subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general statutes and 925
1128		-	section 22-6 of the general statutes, provided the State Bond 926
1129		-	Commission may authorize said bonds without a finding that the 927
1130		-	reports and statements required by this subdivision have been filed with 928
1131		-	it if said commission authorizes the secretary of said commission to 929
1132		-	accept such reports and statements on its behalf. No funds derived from 930 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1139		-	the sale of bonds authorized by said commission without a finding that 931
1140		-	the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this section 932
1141		-	have been filed with it shall be allotted by the Governor for any project 933
1142		-	until the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this 934
1143		-	section, with respect to such project, have been filed with the secretary 935
1144		-	of said commission. 936
1145		-	Sec. 42. (Effective July 1, 2023) For the purposes of sections 39 to 44, 937
1146		-	inclusive, of this act, each request filed, as provided in section 41 of this 938
1147		-	act, for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 939
1148		-	proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 940
1149		-	addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 941
1150		-	41, include the recommendation of the person signing such request as 942
1151		-	to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available or 943
1152		-	thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 944
1153		-	project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 945
1154		-	available from the proceeds of bonds and temporary notes issued in 946
1155		-	anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds. If the request 947
1156		-	includes a recommendation that some amount of such federal, private 948
1157		-	or other moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to 949
1158		-	the extent directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of 950
1159		-	authorization of such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or 951
1160		-	other moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs 952
1161		-	in connection with such project shall be added to such state moneys. 953
1162		-	Sec. 43. (Effective July 1, 2023) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 954
1163		-	bonds authorized for the projects or purposes of section 40 of this act, in 955
1164		-	excess of the aggregate costs of all the projects so authorized, shall be 956
1165		-	used in the manner set forth in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of 957
1166		-	the general statutes and in the proceedings of the State Bond 958
1167		-	Commission respecting the issuance and sale of said bonds. 959
1168		-	Sec. 44. (Effective July 1, 2023) Bonds issued pursuant to this section 960
1169		-	and sections 39 to 43, inclusive, of this act shall be special obligations of 961
1170		-	the state and shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other 962
1171		-	than revenues of the state pledged therefor in subsection (b) of section 963 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1178		-	13b-61 of the general statutes and section 13b-61a of the general statutes, 964
1179		-	or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be pledged therefor. Said 965
1180		-	bonds shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other than 966
1181		-	such pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may 967
1182		-	be pledged therefor, nor shall the state or any political subdivision 968
1183		-	thereof be subject to any liability thereon, except to the extent of such 969
1184		-	pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be 970
1185		-	pledged therefor. Said bonds shall be issued under and in accordance 971
1186		-	with the provisions of sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of the general 972
1187		-	statutes. 973
1188		-	Sec. 45. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 974
1189		-	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 46 975
1190		-	to 50, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 976
1191		-	of special tax obligation bonds of the state in one or more series and in 977
1192		-	principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding $1,530,772,000. 978
1193		-	Sec. 46. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 979
1194		-	described in sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 980
1195		-	hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 981
1196		-	transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 982
1197		-	the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 983
1198		-	described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 984
1199		-	be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 985
1200		-	issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 986
1201		-	general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 987
1202		-	(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 988
1203		-	(1) Interstate Highway Program, not exceeding $15,400,000; 989
1204		-	(2) Urban Systems Projects, not exceeding $22,000,000; 990
1205		-	(3) Intrastate Highway Program, not exceeding $88,000,000; 991
1206		-	(4) Environmental compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, 992
1207		-	hazardous materials abatement, demolition, salt shed construction and 993 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1214		-	renovation, storage tank replacement and environmental emergency 994
1215		-	response at or in the vicinity of state-owned properties or related to 995
1216		-	Department of Transportation operations, not exceeding $17,065,000; 996
1217		-	(5) State bridge improvement, rehabilitation and replacement 997
1218		-	projects, not exceeding $58,200,000; 998
1219		-	(6) Capital resurfacing and related reconstruction, not exceeding 999
1220		-	$135,000,000; 1000
1221		-	(7) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's bridges, not exceeding 1001
1222		-	$62,250,000; 1002
1223		-	(8) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's roads, not exceeding 1003
1224		-	$180,729,000; 1004
1225		-	(9) Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, not 1005
1226		-	exceeding $78,000,000; 1006
1227		-	(10) Local Bridge Program, not exceeding $20,000,000; 1007
1228		-	(11) Highway and bridge renewal equipment, not exceeding 1008
1229		-	$22,513,000; 1009
1230		-	(12) Community connectivity and alternative mobility program, not 1010
1231		-	exceeding $15,000,000; 1011
1232		-	(13) Transportation Rural Improvement Program, not exceeding 1012
1233		-	$10,000,000; 1013
1234		-	(14) Purchase and installation of advanced wrong-way driving 1014
1235		-	technology, not exceeding $20,000,000. 1015
1236		-	(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: 1016
1237		-	(1) Bus and rail facilities and equipment, including rights-of-way, 1017
1238		-	other property acquisition and related projects, not exceeding 1018
1239		-	$273,450,000; 1019 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1246		-	(2) Northeast Corridor Modernization Match Program, not exceeding 1020
1247		-	$438,175,000. 1021
1248		-	(c) For the Bureau of Administration: Department facilities, not 1022
1249		-	exceeding $74,990,000. 1023
1250		-	Sec. 47. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 1024
1251		-	45 to 50, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 1025
1252		-	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it (1) a 1026
1253		-	request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the 1027
1254		-	Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 1028
1255		-	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 1029
1256		-	commission, in its discretion, may require, and (2) any capital 1030
1257		-	development impact statement and any human services facility 1031
1258		-	colocation statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office 1032
1259		-	of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-31 of the general 1033
1260		-	statutes, any advisory report regarding the state conservation and 1034
1261		-	development policies plan required pursuant to section 16a-31 of the 1035
1262		-	general statutes and any statement regarding farmland required 1036
1263		-	pursuant to subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general statutes and 1037
1264		-	section 22-6 of the general statutes, provided the State Bond 1038
1265		-	Commission may authorize said bonds without a finding that the 1039
1266		-	reports and statements required by this subdivision have been filed with 1040
1267		-	it if said commission authorizes the secretary of said commission to 1041
1268		-	accept such reports and statements on its behalf. No funds derived from 1042
1269		-	the sale of bonds authorized by said commission without a finding that 1043
1270		-	the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this section 1044
1271		-	have been filed with it shall be allotted by the Governor for any project 1045
1272		-	until the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this 1046
1273		-	section, with respect to such project, have been filed with the secretary 1047
1274		-	of said commission. 1048
1275		-	Sec. 48. (Effective July 1, 2024) For the purposes of sections 45 to 50, 1049
1276		-	inclusive, of this act, each request filed, as provided in section 47 of this 1050
1277		-	act, for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 1051
1278		-	proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 1052 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1285		-	addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 1053
1286		-	47, include the recommendation of the person signing such request as 1054
1287		-	to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available or 1055
1288		-	thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 1056
1289		-	project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 1057
1290		-	available from the proceeds of bonds and temporary notes issued in 1058
1291		-	anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds. If the request 1059
1292		-	includes a recommendation that some amount of such federal, private 1060
1293		-	or other moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to 1061
1294		-	the extent directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of 1062
1295		-	authorization of such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or 1063
1296		-	other moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs 1064
1297		-	in connection with such project shall be added to such state moneys. 1065
1298		-	Sec. 49. (Effective July 1, 2024) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 1066
1299		-	the bonds authorized for the projects or purposes of section 46 of this 1067
1300		-	act, in excess of the aggregate costs of all the projects so authorized, shall 1068
1301		-	be used in the manner set forth in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of 1069
1302		-	the general statutes, and in the proceedings of the State Bond 1070
1303		-	Commission respecting the issuance and sale of said bonds. 1071
1304		-	Sec. 50. (Effective July 1, 2024) Bonds issued pursuant to this section 1072
1305		-	and sections 45 to 49, inclusive, of this act shall be special obligations of 1073
1306		-	the state and shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other 1074
1307		-	than revenues of the state pledged therefor in subsection (b) of section 1075
1308		-	13b-61 of the general statutes and section 13b-61a of the general statutes, 1076
1309		-	or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be pledged therefor. Said 1077
1310		-	bonds shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other than 1078
1311		-	such pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may 1079
1312		-	be pledged therefor, nor shall the state or any political subdivision 1080
1313		-	thereof be subject to any liability thereon, except to the extent of such 1081
1314		-	pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be 1082
1315		-	pledged therefor. Said bonds shall be issued under and in accordance 1083
1316		-	with the provisions of sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of the general 1084
1317		-	statutes. 1085 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1324		-	Sec. 51. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4-66c of the general statutes 1086
1325		-	are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1087
1326		-	1, 2023): 1088
1327		-	(a) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond 1089
1328		-	Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize the 1090
1329		-	issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1091
1330		-	amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [two billion three hundred 1092
1331		-	forty-four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred 1093
1332		-	forty-four dollars] two billion five hundred forty-four million four 1094
1333		-	hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four dollars, 1095
1334		-	provided one hundred million dollars of said authorization shall be 1096
1335		-	effective July 1, 2024. All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of 1097
1336		-	any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the 1098
1337		-	provisions of this section, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1099
1338		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1100
1339		-	section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1101
1340		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1102
1341		-	accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such 1103
1342		-	bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years 1104
1343		-	from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the 1105
1344		-	resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing 1106
1345		-	such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a 1107
1346		-	finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it 1108
1347		-	a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the 1109
1348		-	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms 1110
1349		-	and conditions as said commission in its discretion may require. Said 1111
1350		-	bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the 1112
1351		-	state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1113
1352		-	for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the 1114
1353		-	same become due, and accordingly as part of the contract of the state 1115
1354		-	with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary 1116
1355		-	for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 1117
1356		-	the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become 1118
1357		-	due. 1119 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1364		-	(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent hereinafter 1120
1365		-	stated, shall be used, subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) 1121
1366		-	of this section, for the purpose of redirecting, improving and expanding 1122
1367		-	state activities which promote community conservation and 1123
1368		-	development and improve the quality of life for urban residents of the 1124
1369		-	state as hereinafter stated: (A) For the Department of Economic and 1125
1370		-	Community Development: Economic and community development 1126
1371		-	projects, including administrative costs incurred by the Department of 1127
1372		-	Economic and Community Developm ent, not exceeding sixty-seven 1128
1373		-	million five hundred ninety-one thousand six hundred forty-two 1129
1374		-	dollars, one million dollars of which shall be used for a grant to the 1130
1375		-	development center program and the nonprofit business consortium 1131
1376		-	deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-411; (B) for the 1132
1377		-	Department of Transportation: Urban mass transit, not exceeding two 1133
1378		-	million dollars; (C) for the Department of Energy and Environmental 1134
1379		-	Protection: Recreation development and solid waste disposal projects, 1135
1380		-	not exceeding one million nine hundred ninety-five thousand nine 1136
1381		-	hundred two dollars; (D) for the Department of Social Services: Child 1137
1382		-	day care projects, elderly centers, shelter facilities for victims of 1138
1383		-	domestic violence, emergency shelters and related facilities for the 1139
1384		-	homeless, multipurpose human resource centers and food distribution 1140
1385		-	facilities, not exceeding thirty-nine million one hundred thousand 1141
1386		-	dollars, provided four million dollars of said authorization shall be 1142
1387		-	effective July 1, 1994; (E) for the Department of Economic and 1143
1388		-	Community Development: Housing projects, not exceeding three 1144
1389		-	million dollars; (F) for the Department of Housing: Homeownership 1145
1390		-	initiative in collaboration with one or more local community 1146
1391		-	development financial institutions in qualified census tracts for the 1147
1392		-	purpose of construction or redevelopment, performed by developers or 1148
1393		-	nonprofit organizations residing in that municipality, which leads to 1149
1394		-	new homeownership opportunities for residents of such qualified 1150
1395		-	census tracts, not exceeding twenty million dollars; (G) for the Office of 1151
1396		-	Policy and Management: (i) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for a pilot 1152
1397		-	demonstration program to leverage private contributions for 1153
1398		-	redevelopment of designated historic preservation areas, not exceeding 1154 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1405		-	one million dollars; (ii) grants-in-aid for urban development projects 1155
1406		-	including economic and community development, transportation, 1156
1407		-	environmental protection, public safety, children and families and social 1157
1408		-	services projects and programs, including, in the case of economic and 1158
1409		-	community development projects administered on behalf of the Office 1159
1410		-	of Policy and Management by the Department of Economic and 1160
1411		-	Community Development, administrative costs incurred by the 1161
1412		-	Department of Economic and Community Development, not exceeding 1162
1413		-	[two billion two hundred twenty-nine] two billion four hundred 1163
1414		-	twenty-nine million eight hundred thousand dollars. For purposes of 1164
1415		-	this subdivision, "local community development financial institution" 1165
1416		-	means an entity that meets the requirements of 12 CFR 1805.201, and 1166
1417		-	"qualified census tract" means a census tract designated as a qualified 1167
1418		-	census tract by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1168
1419		-	accordance with 26 USC 42(d)(5)(B)(ii), as amended from time to time. 1169
1420		-	(2) (A) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in 1170
1421		-	subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made 1171
1422		-	available to private nonprofit organizations for the purposes described 1172
1423		-	in said subparagraph (G)(ii). (B) Twelve million dollars of the grants-in-1173
1424		-	aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 1174
1425		-	subsection may be made available for necessary renovations and 1175
1426		-	improvements of libraries. (C) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid 1176
1427		-	authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection 1177
1428		-	shall be made available for small business gap financing. (D) Ten million 1178
1429		-	dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of 1179
1430		-	subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for regional 1180
1431		-	economic development revolving loan funds. (E) One million four 1181
1432		-	hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in 1182
1433		-	subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made 1183
1434		-	available for rehabilitation and renovation of the Black Rock Library in 1184
1435		-	Bridgeport. (F) Two million five hundred thousand dollars of the grants-1185
1436		-	in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 1186
1437		-	subsection shall be made available for site acquisition, renovation and 1187
1438		-	rehabilitation for the Institute for the Hispanic Family in Hartford. (G) 1188 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1445		-	Three million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph 1189
1446		-	(G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for 1190
1447		-	the acquisition of land and the development of commercial or retail 1191
1448		-	property in New Haven. (H) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of 1192
1449		-	the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) 1193
1450		-	of this subsection shall be made available for repairs and replacement of 1194
1451		-	the fishing pier at Cummings Park in Stamford. (I) Ten million dollars 1195
1452		-	of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision 1196
1453		-	(1) of this subsection shall be made available for development of an 1197
1454		-	intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut. 1198
1455		-	Sec. 52. Subsection (a) of section 4-66g of the general statutes is 1199
1456		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1200
1457		-	2023): 1201
1458		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1202
1459		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1203
1460		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1204
1461		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [three hundred 1205
1462		-	sixteen] three hundred eighty-six million dollars, provided thirty-five 1206
1463		-	million of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1207
1464		-	Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 4a-10 of the general statutes is 1208
1465		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1209
1466		-	2023): 1210
1467		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1211
1468		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1212
1469		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1213
1470		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [five hundred sixty-1214
1471		-	one million one hundred thousand dollars] six hundred eleven million 1215
1472		-	one hundred thousand dollars, provided twenty-five million dollars of 1216
1473		-	said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1217
1474		-	Sec. 54. Subsection (a) of section 7-538 of the general statutes is 1218
1475		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1219 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1482		-	2023): 1220
1483		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1221
1484		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to 1222
1485		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1223
1486		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [one billion seventy] 1224
1487		-	one billion one hundred ninety million dollars, provided [thirty] sixty 1225
1488		-	million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2022] 2024. 1226
1489		-	Sec. 55. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1227
1490		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1228
1491		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1229
1492		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1230
1493		-	aggregate one hundred eighty-two million dollars, provided ninety-one 1231
1494		-	million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1232
1495		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1233
1496		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of 1234
1497		-	Policy and Management for grants-in-aid to municipalities for the 1235
1498		-	purposes set forth in subsection (a) of section 13a-175a of the general 1236
1499		-	statutes, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. Such 1237
1500		-	grant payments shall be made annually as follows: 1238
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	45	+	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: For an information 15
	46	+	technology capital investment program, not exceeding $65,000,000. 16
	47	+	(b) For the Department of Administrative Services: 17
	48	+	(1) Removal or encapsulation of asbestos and hazardous materials in 18
	49	+	state-owned buildings, not exceeding $5,000,000; 19
	50	+	(2) Infrastructure repairs and improvements, including fire, safety 20
	51	+	and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 21
	52	+	improvements, improvements to state-owned buildings and grounds, 22
	53	+	including energy-conservation and off-site improvements, and 23
	54	+	preservation of unoccupied buildings and grounds, including office 24
	55	+	development, acquisition, renovations for additional parking and 25
	56	+	security improvements at state-occupied buildings, not exceeding 26
	57	+	$25,000,000; 27
	58	+	(3) Upgrades and modernization of the Capital Area System, not 28
	59	+	exceeding $19,000,000; 29
	60	+	(4) Purchase of electric vehicles and the construction and installation 30
	61	+	of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at state facilities, not 31
	62	+	exceeding $35,000,000. 32
	63	+	(c) For the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: 33
	64	+	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 34
	65	+	grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems and energy 35
	66	+	conservation projects, not exceeding $3,500,000; 36
	67	+	(2) Alterations, renovations, improvements and repairs for an 37
	68	+	Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, not exceeding $5,000,000. 38
	69	+	(d) For the Department of Motor Vehicles: Alterations, renovations 39
	70	+	and improvements to buildings and grounds, not exceeding $2,000,000. 40
	71	+	(e) For the Military Department: 41
	72	+	(1) State matching funds for anticipated federal reimbursable 42 Governor's Bill No. 980
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	78	+	projects, not exceeding $300,000; 43
	79	+	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 44
	80	+	grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems and energy 45
	81	+	conservation, not exceeding $5,000,000. 46
	82	+	(f) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 47
	83	+	(1) Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program for recreation, 48
	84	+	open space, resource protection and resource management, not 49
	85	+	exceeding $3,000,000; 50
	86	+	(2) Alterations, renovations and new construction at state parks and 51
	87	+	other recreation facilities, including Americans with Disabilities Act 52
	88	+	improvements, not exceeding $20,000,000; 53
	89	+	(3) Water pollution control projects at state facilities and for 54
	90	+	engineering reports for regional planning agencies, not exceeding 55
	91	+	$600,000; 56
	92	+	(4) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 57
	93	+	that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 58
	94	+	improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 59
	95	+	statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 60
	96	+	and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 61
	97	+	systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 62
	98	+	charging on state property; that reduce water use; that reduce waste 63
	99	+	generation and disposal; or for any renewable energy, or combined heat 64
	100	+	and power project in state buildings, not exceeding $20,000,000; 65
	101	+	(5) Various flood control improvements, flood repair, erosion 66
	102	+	damage repairs and municipal dam repairs, not exceeding $2,500,000. 67
	103	+	(g) For the Capital Region Development Authority: 68
	104	+	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements at the Connecticut 69
	105	+	Convention Center and Rentschler Field, not exceeding $17,000,000; 70 Governor's Bill No. 980
	106	+
	107	+
	108	+
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	110	+
	111	+	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to parking garages in 71
	112	+	Hartford, not exceeding $5,000,000. 72
	113	+	(h) For the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: For alterations, 73
	114	+	renovations and additions to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 74
	115	+	facility in Farmington, not exceeding $21,045,000. 75
	116	+	(i) For the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 76
	117	+	(1) Fire, safety and environmental improvements to regional facilities 77
	118	+	for client and staff needs, including improvements in compliance with 78
	119	+	current codes, including intermediate care facilities and site 79
	120	+	improvements, handicapped access improvements, utilities, repair or 80
	121	+	replacement of roofs, air conditioning and other interior and exterior 81
	122	+	building renovations and additions at all state-owned facilities, not 82
	123	+	exceeding $36,090,000; 83
	124	+	(2) Design and installation of sprinkler systems, including related fire 84
	125	+	safety improvements, in direct patient care buildings, not exceeding 85
	126	+	$12,450,000. 86
	127	+	(j) For the State Library: Renovation of Middletown Library Service 87
	128	+	Center, not exceeding $400,000. 88
	129	+	(k) For The University of Connecticut Health Center: 89
	130	+	(1) Deferred maintenance, code compliance and infrastructure 90
	131	+	improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 91
	132	+	(2) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 92
	133	+	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $3,000,000. 93
	134	+	(l) For the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities: 94
	135	+	(1) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 95
	136	+	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $16,450,000; 96
	137	+	(2) Advanced manufacturing and emerging technology programs, 97
	138	+	not exceeding $4,000,000; 98 Governor's Bill No. 980
	139	+
	140	+
	141	+
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	143	+
	144	+	(3) All State Colleges and Universities: Security Improvements, not 99
	145	+	exceeding $3,000,000; 100
	146	+	(4) All universities: Deferred maintenance, code compliance and 101
	147	+	infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 102
	148	+	(5) All universities: New and replacement instruction, research or 103
	149	+	laboratory equipment, not exceeding $16,000,000; 104
	150	+	(6) All community colleges: Deferred maintenance, code compliance 105
	151	+	and infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $44,000,000; 106
	152	+	(7) All community colleges: New and replacement instruction, 107
	153	+	research or laboratory equipment, not exceeding $14,000,000. 108
	154	+	(m) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations and 109
	155	+	improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 110
	156	+	programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 111
	157	+	and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 112
	158	+	$35,000,000. 113
	159	+	(n) For the Judicial Department: 114
	160	+	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 115
	161	+	grounds at state-owned and maintained facilities, not exceeding 116
	162	+	$10,000,000; 117
	163	+	(2) Security improvements at various state-owned and maintained 118
	164	+	facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000; 119
	165	+	(3) Alterations and improvements in compliance with the Americans 120
	166	+	with Disabilities Act, not exceeding $1,000,000; 121
	167	+	(4) Implementation of the Technology Strategic Plan Project, not 122
	168	+	exceeding $2,000,000. 123
	169	+	Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2023) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 124
	170	+	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 125
	171	+	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 1 to 7, 126 Governor's Bill No. 980
	172	+
	173	+
	174	+
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	176	+
	177	+	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 127
	178	+	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 1 to 7, 128
	179	+	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 129
	180	+	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 130
	181	+	be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 131
	182	+	renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 132
	183	+	twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 133
	184	+	pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 134
	185	+	authorizing such bonds. 135
	186	+	Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 136
	187	+	1 to 7, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding by 137
	188	+	the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for 138
	189	+	such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 139
	190	+	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 140
	191	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 141
	192	+	commission, in its discretion, may require. 142
	193	+	Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2023) For the purposes of sections 1 to 7, 143
	194	+	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 144
	195	+	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, or of 145
	196	+	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 146
	197	+	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 4 of this 147
	198	+	act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 148
	199	+	proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 149
	200	+	addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 150
	201	+	4, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such request 151
	202	+	as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available 152
	203	+	or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 153
	204	+	project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 154
	205	+	available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 155
	206	+	recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 156
	207	+	moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 157
	208	+	directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 158
	209	+	such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 159
	210	+	available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 160 Governor's Bill No. 980
	211	+
	212	+
	213	+
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	215	+
	216	+	such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 161
	217	+	available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 162
	218	+	Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 163
	219	+	to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 164
	220	+	upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 165
	221	+	applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 166
	222	+	bonds issued pursuant to sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, or to meet 167
	223	+	the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to 168
	224	+	be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized pursuant to 169
	225	+	said sections 1 to 7, inclusive, for the purpose of financing such costs, 170
	226	+	either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such bonds or 171
	227	+	notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the federal, 172
	228	+	private or other moneys so received with respect to such project are used 173
	229	+	to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever principal of 174
	230	+	any such temporary notes is retired by application of revenue receipts 175
	231	+	of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation 176
	232	+	of which such temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount 177
	233	+	of bonds which may be authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall 178
	234	+	each be reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. 179
	235	+	Pending use of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet 180
	236	+	principal as hereinabove directed, the amount thereof may be invested 181
	237	+	by the State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the 182
	238	+	state or the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United 183
	239	+	States, shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the 184
	240	+	state, and net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same 185
	241	+	manner as the moneys so invested. 186
	242	+	Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2023) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 187
	243	+	said bonds authorized for any project described in section 2 of this act 188
	244	+	in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 189
	245	+	project described in said section 2, if the State Bond Commission shall 190
	246	+	so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 191
	247	+	bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 2 192
	248	+	shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 193
	249	+	Sec. 7. (Effective July 1, 2023) The bonds issued pursuant to this section 194 Governor's Bill No. 980
	250	+
	251	+
	252	+
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	254	+
	255	+	and sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of 195
	256	+	the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are 196
	257	+	pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds 197
	258	+	as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of 198
	259	+	the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 199
	260	+	necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 200
	261	+	made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 201
	262	+	the same become due. 202
	263	+	Sec. 8. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall have 203
	264	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 9 204
	265	+	and 10 of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds 205
	266	+	of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the 206
	267	+	aggregate, not exceeding $100,000,000. 207
	268	+	Sec. 9. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 208
	269	+	described in sections 8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be used by the 209
	270	+	Department of Housing for the purposes hereinafter stated: Housing 210
	271	+	development and rehabilitation, including moderate cost housing, 211
	272	+	moderate rental, congregate and elderly housing, urban homesteading, 212
	273	+	community housing development corporations, housing purchase and 213
	274	+	rehabilitation, housing for the homeless, housing for low-income 214
	275	+	persons, limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing projects, 215
	276	+	abatement of hazardous material, including asbestos and lead-based 216
	277	+	paint in residential structures, emergency repair assistance for senior 217
	278	+	citizens, housing land bank and land trust, housing and community 218
	279	+	development, predevelopment grants and loans, reimbursement for 219
	280	+	state and federal surplus property, private rental investment mortgage 220
	281	+	and equity program, housing infrastructure, demolition, renovation or 221
	282	+	redevelopment of vacant buildings or related infrastructure, septic 222
	283	+	system repair loan program, acquisition and related rehabilitation, 223
	284	+	including loan guarantees for private developers of rental housing for 224
	285	+	the elderly, projects under the program established in section 8-37pp of 225
	286	+	the general statutes and participation in federal programs, including 226
	287	+	administrative expenses associated with those programs eligible under 227
	288	+	the general statutes, not exceeding $100,000,000. 228 Governor's Bill No. 980
	289	+
	290	+
	291	+
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	293	+
	294	+	Sec. 10. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 229
	295	+	8 to 11, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 230
	296	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 231
	297	+	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 232
	298	+	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 233
	299	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 234
	300	+	commission, in its discretion, may require. 235
	301	+	Sec. 11. (Effective July 1, 2023) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 236
	302	+	general statutes, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 237
	303	+	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and 238
	304	+	sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act, are hereby adopted and shall apply 239
	305	+	to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 240
	306	+	section and sections 8 to 10, inclusive, of this act and temporary notes in 241
	307	+	anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds 242
	308	+	so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and 243
	309	+	from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or 244
	310	+	times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be 245
	311	+	provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State 246
	312	+	Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant 247
	313	+	to section 8 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the 248
	314	+	full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 249
	315	+	payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same 250
	316	+	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 251
	317	+	the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 252
	318	+	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 253
	319	+	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 254
	320	+	become due. 255
	321	+	Sec. 12. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall have 256
	322	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 13 257
	323	+	to 19, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 258
	324	+	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 259
	325	+	the aggregate, not exceeding $175,000,000. 260
	326	+	Sec. 13. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds 261 Governor's Bill No. 980
	327	+
	328	+
	329	+
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	331	+
	332	+	described in sections 12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be used for the 262
	333	+	purpose of providing grants-in-aid and other financing for the projects, 263
	334	+	programs and purposes hereinafter stated: 264
	335	+	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: 265
	336	+	(1) Grants-in-aid to distressed municipalities eligible under section 266
	337	+	32-9s of the general statutes for capital purposes, not exceeding 267
	338	+	$7,000,000; 268
	339	+	(2) Grants-in-aid to private, nonprofit health and human service 269
	340	+	organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 270
	341	+	Revenue Code of 1986, and that receive funds from the state to provide 271
	342	+	direct health or human services to state agency clients, for alterations, 272
	343	+	renovations, improvements, additions and new construction, including 273
	344	+	health, safety, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and 274
	345	+	energy conservation improvements, information technology systems, 275
	346	+	technology for independence, purchase of vehicles and acquisition of 276
	347	+	property, not exceeding $25,000,000. 277
	348	+	(b) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 278
	349	+	(1) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for open space land acquisition 279
	350	+	and development for conservation or recreational purposes, not 280
	351	+	exceeding $10,000,000; 281
	352	+	(2) Grants-in-aid for containment, removal or mitigation of identified 282
	353	+	hazardous waste disposal sites, not exceeding $19,000,000; 283
	354	+	(3) Grants-in-aid for identification, investigation, containment, 284
	355	+	removal or mitigation of contaminated industrial sites in urban areas, 285
	356	+	not exceeding $5,000,000; 286
	357	+	(4) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purpose of providing 287
	358	+	potable water and for assessment and remedial action to address 288
	359	+	pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl containing 289
	360	+	substances, not exceeding $2,000,000; 290 Governor's Bill No. 980
	361	+
	362	+
	363	+
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	365	+
	366	+	(5) Grants-in-aid to provide matching funds necessary for 291
	367	+	municipalities, school districts and school bus operators to submit 292
	368	+	federal grant applications in order to maximize federal funding for the 293
	369	+	purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses and electric vehicle 294
	370	+	charging or fueling infrastructure, not exceeding $10,000,000; 295
	371	+	(6) Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program, not 296
	372	+	exceeding $5,000,000. 297
	373	+	(c) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: 298
	374	+	(1) For the Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization program, not 299
	375	+	exceeding $25,000,000; 300
	376	+	(2) For the Small Business Express program established by section 32-301
	377	+	7g of the general statutes, not exceeding $25,000,000; 302
	378	+	(3) For the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund established 303
	379	+	by section 32-7o of the general statutes, not exceeding $12,000,000. 304
	380	+	(d) For the Department of Public Health: For grants-in-aid to public 305
	381	+	water systems for drinking water projects, not exceeding $25,000,000. 306
	382	+	(e) For the Department of Education: Grants-in-aid to assist targeted 307
	383	+	local and regional school districts for alterations, repairs, improvements, 308
	384	+	technology and equipment in low-performing schools, not exceeding 309
	385	+	$5,000,000. 310
	386	+	Sec. 14. (Effective July 1, 2023) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 311
	387	+	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 312
	388	+	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 12 to 19, 313
	389	+	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 314
	390	+	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 12 to 19, 315
	391	+	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 316
	392	+	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 317
	393	+	be issued in accordance with said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, and from 318
	394	+	time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 319
	395	+	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 320 Governor's Bill No. 980
	396	+
	397	+
	398	+
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	400	+
	401	+	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 321
	402	+	Commission authorizing such bonds. 322
	403	+	Sec. 15. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 323
	404	+	12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 324
	405	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 325
	406	+	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 326
	407	+	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 327
	408	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 328
	409	+	commission, in its discretion, may require. 329
	410	+	Sec. 16. (Effective July 1, 2023) For the purposes of sections 12 to 19, 330
	411	+	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 331
	412	+	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, or of 332
	413	+	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 333
	414	+	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 15 of 334
	415	+	this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 335
	416	+	the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 336
	417	+	in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 337
	418	+	section 15, include the recommendation of the person signing such 338
	419	+	request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 339
	420	+	available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 340
	421	+	any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 341
	422	+	becoming available under said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, for such 342
	423	+	project. If the request includes a recommendation that some amount of 343
	424	+	such federal, private or other moneys should be added to such state 344
	425	+	moneys, then, if and to the extent directed by the State Bond 345
	426	+	Commission at the time of authorization of such bonds, such amount of 346
	427	+	such federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 347
	428	+	made available for costs in connection with such project may be added 348
	429	+	to any state moneys available or becoming available hereunder for such 349
	430	+	project and be used for such project. Any other federal, private or other 350
	431	+	moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs in 351
	432	+	connection with such project upon receipt shall, in conformity with 352
	433	+	applicable federal and state law, be used by the State Treasurer to meet 353
	434	+	the principal of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to said sections 12 354 Governor's Bill No. 980
	435	+
	436	+
	437	+
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	439	+
	440	+	to 19, inclusive, or to meet the principal of temporary notes issued in 355
	441	+	anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of bonds 356
	442	+	theretofore authorized pursuant to said sections 12 to 19, inclusive, for 357
	443	+	the purpose of financing such costs, either by purchase or redemption 358
	444	+	and cancellation of such bonds or notes or by payment thereof at 359
	445	+	maturity. Whenever any of the federal, private or other moneys so 360
	446	+	received with respect to such project are used to meet the principal of 361
	447	+	such temporary notes or whenever the principal of any such temporary 362
	448	+	notes is retired by application of revenue receipts of the state, the 363
	449	+	amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation of which such 364
	450	+	temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount of bonds which 365
	451	+	may be authorized pursuant to section 12 of this act shall each be 366
	452	+	reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. Pending use 367
	453	+	of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet the principal 368
	454	+	as directed in this section, the amount thereof may be invested by the 369
	455	+	State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or 370
	456	+	the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, 371
	457	+	shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and 372
	458	+	net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same manner as 373
	459	+	the moneys so invested. 374
	460	+	Sec. 17. (Effective July 1, 2023) The bonds issued pursuant to sections 375
	461	+	12 to 19, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the state and 376
	462	+	the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 377
	463	+	payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 378
	464	+	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 379
	465	+	the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 380
	466	+	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 381
	467	+	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 382
	468	+	become due. 383
	469	+	Sec. 18. (Effective July 1, 2023) In accordance with section 13 of this act, 384
	470	+	the state, through the state agencies specified in said section 13, may 385
	471	+	provide grants-in-aid and other financings to or for the agencies for the 386
	472	+	purposes and projects as described in said section 13. All financing shall 387
	473	+	be made in accordance with the terms of a contract at such time or times 388 Governor's Bill No. 980
	474	+
	475	+
	476	+
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	478	+
	479	+	as shall be determined within authorization of funds by the State Bond 389
	480	+	Commission. 390
	481	+	Sec. 19. (Effective July 1, 2023) In the case of any grant-in-aid made 391
	482	+	pursuant to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of section 13 of this act that 392
	483	+	is made to any entity which is not a political subdivision of the state, the 393
	484	+	contract entered into pursuant to section 13 of this act shall provide that 394
	485	+	if the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made ceases, within ten 395
	486	+	years of the date of such grant, to be used as a facility for which such 396
	487	+	grant was made, an amount equal to the amount of such grant, minus 397
	488	+	ten per cent per year for each full year which has elapsed since the date 398
	489	+	of such grant, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien shall be placed 399
	490	+	on such land in favor of the state to ensure that such amount shall be 400
	491	+	repaid in the event of such change in use, provided if the premises for 401
	492	+	which such grant-in-aid was made are owned by the state, a 402
	493	+	municipality or a housing authority, no lien need be placed. 403
	494	+	Sec. 20. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 404
	495	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 21 405
	496	+	to 26, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 406
	497	+	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 407
	498	+	the aggregate not exceeding $442,845,000. 408
	499	+	Sec. 21. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 409
	500	+	described in sections 20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 410
	501	+	hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of acquiring, by 411
	502	+	purchase or condemnation, undertaking, constructing, reconstructing, 412
	503	+	improving or equipping, or purchasing land or buildings or improving 413
	504	+	sites for the projects hereinafter described, including payment of 414
	505	+	architectural, engineering, demolition or related costs in connection 415
	506	+	therewith, or of payment of the cost of long-range capital programming 416
	507	+	and space utilization studies as hereinafter stated: 417
	508	+	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: For an information 418
	509	+	technology capital investment program, not exceeding $65,000,000. 419
	510	+	(b) For the Department of Administrative Services: 420 Governor's Bill No. 980
	511	+
	512	+
	513	+
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	515	+
	516	+	(1) Removal or encapsulation of asbestos and hazardous materials in 421
	517	+	state-owned buildings, not exceeding $5,000,000; 422
	518	+	(2) Infrastructure repairs and improvements, including fire, safety 423
	519	+	and compliance with the Americans with Disab ilities Act 424
	520	+	improvements, improvements to state-owned buildings and grounds, 425
	521	+	including energy-conservation and off-site improvements, and 426
	522	+	preservation of unoccupied buildings and grounds, including office 427
	523	+	development, acquisition, renovations for additional parking and 428
	524	+	security improvements at state-occupied buildings, not exceeding 429
	525	+	$25,000,000. 430
	526	+	(c) For the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection: 431
	527	+	Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and grounds, 432
	528	+	including utilities, mechanical systems and energy conservation 433
	529	+	projects, not exceeding $31,500,000. 434
	530	+	(d) For the Department of Motor Vehicles: Alterations, renovations 435
	531	+	and improvements to buildings and grounds, not exceeding $2,000,000. 436
	532	+	(e) For the Military Department: 437
	533	+	(1) State matching funds for anticipated federal reimbursable 438
	534	+	projects, not exceeding $200,000; 439
	535	+	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 440
	536	+	grounds, including utilities, mechanical systems and energy 441
	537	+	conservation, not exceeding $3,000,000. 442
	538	+	(f) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 443
	539	+	(1) Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program for recreation, 444
	540	+	open space, resource protection and resource management, not 445
	541	+	exceeding $3,000,000; 446
	542	+	(2) Alterations, renovations and new construction at state parks and 447
	543	+	other recreation facilities, including Americans with Disabilities Act 448
	544	+	improvements, not exceeding $20,000,000; 449 Governor's Bill No. 980
	545	+
	546	+
	547	+
	548	+	LCO No. 4023 16 of 56
	549	+
	550	+	(3) Water pollution control projects at state facilities and for 450
	551	+	engineering reports for regional planning agencies, not exceeding 451
	552	+	$1,000,000; 452
	553	+	(4) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 453
	554	+	that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 454
	555	+	improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 455
	556	+	statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 456
	557	+	and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 457
	558	+	systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 458
	559	+	charging on state property; that reduce water use; that reduce waste 459
	560	+	generation and disposal; or for any renewable energy, or combined heat 460
	561	+	and power project in state buildings, not exceeding $20,000,000; 461
	562	+	(5) Dam repairs, including state-owned dams, not exceeding 462
	563	+	$2,500,000; 463
	564	+	(6) Various flood control improvements, flood repair, erosion 464
	565	+	damage repairs and municipal dam repairs, not exceeding $2,500,000. 465
	566	+	(g) For the Capital Region Development Authority: 466
	567	+	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements at the Connecticut 467
	568	+	Convention Center and Rentschler Field, not exceeding $17,000,000; 468
	569	+	(2) Alterations, renovations and improvements to parking garages in 469
	570	+	Hartford, not exceeding $5,000,000. 470
	571	+	(h) For the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: 471
	572	+	Fire, safety and environmental improvements to regional facilities for 472
	573	+	client and staff needs, including improvements in compliance with 473
	574	+	current codes, including intermediate care facilities and site 474
	575	+	improvements, handicapped access improvements, utilities, repair or 475
	576	+	replacement of roofs, air conditioning and other interior and exterior 476
	577	+	building renovations and additions at all state-owned facilities, not 477
	578	+	exceeding $30,990,000. 478
	579	+	(i) For the State Library: Renovation of the Middletown Library 479 Governor's Bill No. 980
	580	+
	581	+
	582	+
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	584	+
	585	+	Service Center, not exceeding $355,000. 480
	586	+	(j) For The University of Connecticut Health Center: 481
	587	+	(1) Deferred maintenance, code compliance and infrastructure 482
	588	+	improvements, not exceeding $30,000,000; 483
	589	+	(2) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 484
	590	+	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $3,000,000. 485
	591	+	(k) For the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities: 486
	592	+	(1) System telecommunications infrastructure upgrades, 487
	593	+	improvements and expansions, not exceeding $9,000,000; 488
	594	+	(2) Advanced manufacturing and emerging technology programs, 489
	595	+	not exceeding $3,000,000; 490
	596	+	(3) All State Colleges and Universities: Security Improvements, not 491
	597	+	exceeding $3,000,000; 492
	598	+	(4) All universities: Deferred maintenance, code compliance and 493
	599	+	infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $60,200,000; 494
	600	+	(5) All universities: New and replacement instruction, research or 495
	601	+	laboratory equipment, not exceeding $15,000,000; 496
	602	+	(6) All community colleges: Deferred maintenance, code compliance 497
	603	+	and infrastructure improvements, not exceeding $22,600,000; 498
	604	+	(7) All community colleges: New and replacement instruction, 499
	605	+	research or laboratory equipment, not exceeding $13,000,000. 500
	606	+	(l) For the Department of Correction: Alterations, renovations and 501
	607	+	improvements to existing state-owned buildings for inmate housing, 502
	608	+	programming and staff training space and additional inmate capacity, 503
	609	+	and for support facilities and off-site improvements, not exceeding 504
	610	+	$35,000,000. 505 Governor's Bill No. 980
	611	+
	612	+
	613	+
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	615	+
	616	+	(m) For the Judicial Department: 506
	617	+	(1) Alterations, renovations and improvements to buildings and 507
	618	+	grounds at state-owned and maintained facilities, not exceeding 508
	619	+	$10,000,000; 509
	620	+	(2) Security improvements at various state-owned and maintained 510
	621	+	facilities, not exceeding $2,000,000; 511
	622	+	(3) Alterations and improvements in compliance with the Americans 512
	623	+	with Disabilities Act, not exceeding $1,000,000; 513
	624	+	(4) Implementation of the Technology Strategic Plan Project, not 514
	625	+	exceeding $2,000,000. 515
	626	+	Sec. 22. (Effective July 1, 2024) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 516
	627	+	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 517
	628	+	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 20 to 26, 518
	629	+	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 519
	630	+	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 20 to 26, 520
	631	+	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 521
	632	+	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 522
	633	+	be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time 523
	634	+	renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 524
	635	+	twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or 525
	636	+	pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission 526
	637	+	authorizing such bonds. 527
	638	+	Sec. 23. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 528
	639	+	20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, shall be authorized except upon a finding 529
	640	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 530
	641	+	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 531
	642	+	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 532
	643	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 533
	644	+	commission, in its discretion, may require. 534
	645	+	Sec. 24. (Effective July 1, 2024) For the purposes of sections 20 to 26, 535 Governor's Bill No. 980
	646	+
	647	+
	648	+
	649	+	LCO No. 4023 19 of 56
	650	+
	651	+	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 536
	652	+	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 20 to 26, inclusive, or of 537
	653	+	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 538
	654	+	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 23 of 539
	655	+	this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 540
	656	+	the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 541
	657	+	in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 542
	658	+	section 23, shall include the recommendation of the person signing such 543
	659	+	request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 544
	660	+	available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 545
	661	+	any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 546
	662	+	becoming available hereunder for such project. If the request includes a 547
	663	+	recommendation that some amount of such federal, private or other 548
	664	+	moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to the extent 549
	665	+	directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of authorization of 550
	666	+	such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or other moneys then 551
	667	+	available, or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 552
	668	+	such project, may be added to any state moneys available or becoming 553
	669	+	available hereunder for such project and shall be used for such project. 554
	670	+	Any other federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter 555
	671	+	to be made available for costs in connection with such project shall, 556
	672	+	upon receipt, be used by the State Treasurer, in conformity with 557
	673	+	applicable federal and state law, to meet the principal of outstanding 558
	674	+	bonds issued pursuant to sections 20 to 26, inclusive, of this act, or to 559
	675	+	meet the principal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 560
	676	+	money to be derived from the sale of bonds theretofore authorized 561
	677	+	pursuant to said sections 20 to 26, inclusive, for the purpose of financing 562
	678	+	such costs, either by purchase or redemption and cancellation of such 563
	679	+	bonds or notes or by payment thereof at maturity. Whenever any of the 564
	680	+	federal, private or other moneys so received with respect to such project 565
	681	+	are used to meet the principal of such temporary notes or whenever 566
	682	+	principal of any such temporary notes is retired by application of 567
	683	+	revenue receipts of the state, the amount of bonds theretofore 568
	684	+	authorized in anticipation of which such temporary notes were issued, 569
	685	+	and the aggregate amount of bonds which may be authorized pursuant 570 Governor's Bill No. 980
	686	+
	687	+
	688	+
	689	+	LCO No. 4023 20 of 56
	690	+
	691	+	to section 20 of this act, shall each be reduced by the amount of the 571
	692	+	principal so met or retired. Pending use of the federal, private or other 572
	693	+	moneys so received to meet principal as hereinabove directed, the 573
	694	+	amount thereof may be invested by the State Treasurer in bonds or 574
	695	+	obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or the United States or 575
	696	+	agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, shall be deemed to be 576
	697	+	part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and net earnings on such 577
	698	+	investments shall be used in the same manner as the moneys so 578
	699	+	invested. 579
	700	+	Sec. 25. (Effective July 1, 2024) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 580
	701	+	said bonds authorized for any project described in section 21 of this act 581
	702	+	in excess of the cost of such project may be used to complete any other 582
	703	+	project described in said section 21, if the State Bond Commission shall 583
	704	+	so determine and direct. Any balance of proceeds of the sale of said 584
	705	+	bonds in excess of the costs of all the projects described in said section 585
	706	+	21 shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. 586
	707	+	Sec. 26. (Effective July 1, 2024) The bonds issued pursuant to this 587
	708	+	section and sections 20 to 25, inclusive, of this act shall be general 588
	709	+	obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of 589
	710	+	Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest 590
	711	+	on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of 591
	712	+	the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of 592
	713	+	all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and 593
	714	+	interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal 594
	715	+	and interest as the same become due. 595
	716	+	Sec. 27. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 596
	717	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 28 597
	718	+	and 29 of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds 598
	719	+	of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the 599
	720	+	aggregate, not exceeding $100,000,000. 600
	721	+	Sec. 28. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 601
	722	+	described in sections 27 to 30, inclusive, of this act shall be used by the 602 Governor's Bill No. 980
	723	+
	724	+
	725	+
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	727	+
	728	+	Department of Housing for the purposes hereinafter stated: Housing 603
	729	+	development and rehabilitation, including moderate cost housing, 604
	730	+	moderate rental, congregate and elderly housing, urban homesteading, 605
	731	+	community housing development corporations, housing purchase and 606
	732	+	rehabilitation, housing for the homeless, housing for low-income 607
	733	+	persons, limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing projects, 608
	734	+	abatement of hazardous material including asbestos and lead-based 609
	735	+	paint in residential structures, emergency repair assistance for senior 610
	736	+	citizens, housing land bank and land trust, housing and community 611
	737	+	development, predevelopment grants and loans, reimbursement for 612
	738	+	state and federal surplus property, private rental investment mortgage 613
	739	+	and equity program, housing infrastructure, demolition, renovation or 614
	740	+	redevelopment of vacant buildings or related infrastructure, septic 615
	741	+	system repair loan program, acquisition and related rehabilitation, 616
	742	+	including loan guarantees for private developers of rental housing for 617
	743	+	the elderly, projects under the program established in section 8-37pp of 618
	744	+	the general statutes and participation in federal programs, including 619
	745	+	administrative expenses associated with those programs eligible under 620
	746	+	the general statutes, not exceeding $100,000,000. 621
	747	+	Sec. 29. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 622
	748	+	27 to 30, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 623
	749	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 624
	750	+	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 625
	751	+	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 626
	752	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 627
	753	+	commission, in its discretion, may require. 628
	754	+	Sec. 30. (Effective July 1, 2024) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 629
	755	+	general statutes, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 630
	756	+	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and 631
	757	+	sections 27 to 29, inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply 632
	758	+	to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 633
	759	+	section and sections 27 to 29, inclusive, of this act and temporary notes 634
	760	+	in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such 635
	761	+	bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 636 Governor's Bill No. 980
	762	+
	763	+
	764	+
	765	+	LCO No. 4023 22 of 56
	766	+
	767	+	and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time 637
	768	+	or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may 638
	769	+	be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State 639
	770	+	Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant 640
	771	+	to section 27 of this act shall be general obligations of the state and the 641
	772	+	full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 642
	773	+	payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same 643
	774	+	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 644
	775	+	the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 645
	776	+	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 646
	777	+	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 647
	778	+	become due. 648
	779	+	Sec. 31. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 649
	780	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 32 650
	781	+	to 38, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 651
	782	+	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in 652
	783	+	the aggregate, not exceeding $193,000,000. 653
	784	+	Sec. 32. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of the bonds 654
	785	+	described in sections 31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be used for the 655
	786	+	purpose of providing grants-in-aid and other financing for the projects, 656
	787	+	programs and purposes hereinafter stated: 657
	788	+	(a) For the Office of Policy and Management: 658
	789	+	(1) Grants-in-aid to distressed municipalities eligible under section 659
	790	+	32-9s of the general statutes for capital purposes, not exceeding 660
	791	+	$7,000,000; 661
	792	+	(2) Grants-in-aid to private, nonprofit health and human service 662
	793	+	organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 663
	794	+	Revenue Code of 1986, and that receive funds from the state to provide 664
	795	+	direct health or human services to state agency clients, for alterations, 665
	796	+	renovations, improvements, additions and new construction, including 666
	797	+	health, safety, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and 667
	798	+	energy conservation improvements, information technology systems, 668 Governor's Bill No. 980
	799	+
	800	+
	801	+
	802	+	LCO No. 4023 23 of 56
	803	+
	804	+	technology for independence, purchase of vehicles and acquisition of 669
	805	+	property, not exceeding $25,000,000. 670
	806	+	(b) For the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection: 671
	807	+	(1) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for open space land acquisition 672
	808	+	and development for conservation or recreational purposes, not 673
	809	+	exceeding $10,000,000; 674
	810	+	(2) Grants-in-aid for containment, removal or mitigation of identified 675
	811	+	hazardous waste disposal sites, not exceeding $17,000,000; 676
	812	+	(3) Grants-in-aid for identification, investigation, containment, 677
	813	+	removal or mitigation of contaminated industrial sites in urban areas, 678
	814	+	not exceeding $5,000,000; 679
	815	+	(4) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purpose of providing 680
	816	+	potable water and for assessment and remedial action to address 681
	817	+	pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl containing 682
	818	+	substances, not exceeding $2,000,000; 683
	819	+	(5) Grants-in-aid to provide matching funds necessary for 684
	820	+	municipalities, school districts and school bus operators to submit 685
	821	+	federal grant applications in order to maximize federal funding for the 686
	822	+	purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses and electric vehicle 687
	823	+	charging or fueling infrastructure, not exceeding $10,000,000; 688
	824	+	(6) Microgrid and resilience grant and loan pilot program, not 689
	825	+	exceeding $25,000,000. 690
	826	+	(c) For the Department of Economic and Community Development: 691
	827	+	(1) For the Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization program, not 692
	828	+	exceeding $25,000,000; 693
	829	+	(2) For the Small Business Express program established by section 32-694
	830	+	7g of the general statutes, not exceeding $25,000,000; 695
	831	+	(3) For the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund established 696 Governor's Bill No. 980
	832	+
	833	+
	834	+
	835	+	LCO No. 4023 24 of 56
	836	+
	837	+	by section 32-7o of the general statutes, not exceeding $12,000,000. 697
	838	+	(d) For the Department of Public Health: For grants-in-aid to public 698
	839	+	water systems for drinking water projects, not exceeding $25,000,000. 699
	840	+	(e) For the Department of Education: Grants-in-aid to assist targeted 700
	841	+	local and regional school districts for alterations, repairs, improvements, 701
	842	+	technology and equipment in low-performing schools, not exceeding 702
	843	+	$5,000,000. 703
	844	+	Sec. 33. (Effective July 1, 2024) All provisions of section 3-20 of the 704
	845	+	general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby 705
	846	+	which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 31 to 38, 706
	847	+	inclusive, of this act are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 707
	848	+	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 31 to 38, 708
	849	+	inclusive, of this act and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the 709
	850	+	money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may 710
	851	+	be issued in accordance with said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, and from 711
	852	+	time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 712
	853	+	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 713
	854	+	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 714
	855	+	Commission authorizing such bonds. 715
	856	+	Sec. 34. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 716
	857	+	31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 717
	858	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request 718
	859	+	for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of 719
	860	+	Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 720
	861	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 721
	862	+	commission, in its discretion, may require. 722
	863	+	Sec. 35. (Effective July 1, 2024) For the purposes of sections 31 to 38, 723
	864	+	inclusive, of this act, "state moneys" means the proceeds of the sale of 724
	865	+	bonds authorized pursuant to said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, or of 725
	866	+	temporary notes issued in anticipation of the moneys to be derived from 726
	867	+	the sale of such bonds. Each request filed as provided in section 34 of 727
	868	+	this act for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which 728 Governor's Bill No. 980
	869	+
	870	+
	871	+
	872	+	LCO No. 4023 25 of 56
	873	+
	874	+	the proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, 729
	875	+	in addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said 730
	876	+	section 34, include the recommendation of the person signing such 731
	877	+	request as to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then 732
	878	+	available or thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with 733
	879	+	any such project should be added to the state moneys available or 734
	880	+	becoming available under said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, for such 735
	881	+	project. If the request includes a recommendation that some amount of 736
	882	+	such federal, private or other moneys should be added to such state 737
	883	+	moneys, then, if and to the extent directed by the State Bond 738
	884	+	Commission at the time of authorization of such bonds, such amount of 739
	885	+	such federal, private or other moneys then available or thereafter to be 740
	886	+	made available for costs in connection with such project may be added 741
	887	+	to any state moneys available or becoming available hereunder for such 742
	888	+	project and be used for such project. Any other federal, private or other 743
	889	+	moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs in 744
	890	+	connection with such project upon receipt shall, in conformity with 745
	891	+	applicable federal and state law, be used by the State Treasurer to meet 746
	892	+	the principal of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to said sections 31 747
	893	+	to 38, inclusive, or to meet the principal of temporary notes issued in 748
	894	+	anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of bonds 749
	895	+	theretofore authorized pursuant to said sections 31 to 38, inclusive, for 750
	896	+	the purpose of financing such costs, either by purchase or redemption 751
	897	+	and cancellation of such bonds or notes or by payment thereof at 752
	898	+	maturity. Whenever any of the federal, private or other moneys so 753
	899	+	received with respect to such project are used to meet the principal of 754
	900	+	such temporary notes or whenever the principal of any such temporary 755
	901	+	notes is retired by application of revenue receipts of the state, the 756
	902	+	amount of bonds theretofore authorized in anticipation of which such 757
	903	+	temporary notes were issued, and the aggregate amount of bonds which 758
	904	+	may be authorized pursuant to section 31 of this act shall each be 759
	905	+	reduced by the amount of the principal so met or retired. Pending use 760
	906	+	of the federal, private or other moneys so received to meet the principal 761
	907	+	as directed in this section, the amount thereof may be invested by the 762
	908	+	State Treasurer in bonds or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the state or 763 Governor's Bill No. 980
	909	+
	910	+
	911	+
	912	+	LCO No. 4023 26 of 56
	913	+
	914	+	the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, 764
	915	+	shall be deemed to be part of the debt retirement funds of the state, and 765
	916	+	net earnings on such investments shall be used in the same manner as 766
	917	+	the moneys so invested. 767
	918	+	Sec. 36. (Effective July 1, 2024) The bonds issued pursuant to sections 768
	919	+	31 to 38, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the state and 769
	920	+	the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 770
	921	+	payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 771
	922	+	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 772
	923	+	the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 773
	924	+	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 774
	925	+	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 775
	926	+	become due. 776
	927	+	Sec. 37. (Effective July 1, 2024) In accordance with section 32 of this act, 777
	928	+	the state, through the state agencies specified in said section 32, may 778
	929	+	provide grants-in-aid and other financings to or for the agencies for the 779
	930	+	purposes and projects as described in said section 32. All financing shall 780
	931	+	be made in accordance with the terms of a contract at such time or times 781
	932	+	as shall be determined within authorization of funds by the State Bond 782
	933	+	Commission. 783
	934	+	Sec. 38. (Effective July 1, 2024) In the case of any grant-in-aid made 784
	935	+	pursuant to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of section 32 of this act that 785
	936	+	is made to any entity which is not a political subdivision of the state, the 786
	937	+	contract entered into pursuant to section 32 of this act shall provide that 787
	938	+	if the premises for which such grant-in-aid was made ceases, within ten 788
	939	+	years of the date of such grant, to be used as a facility for which such 789
	940	+	grant was made, an amount equal to the amount of such grant, minus 790
	941	+	ten per cent per year for each full year which has elapsed since the date 791
	942	+	of such grant, shall be repaid to the state and that a lien shall be placed 792
	943	+	on such land in favor of the state to ensure that such amount shall be 793
	944	+	repaid in the event of such change in use, provided if the premises for 794
	945	+	which such grant-in-aid was made are owned by t he state, a 795
	946	+	municipality or a housing authority, no lien need be placed. 796 Governor's Bill No. 980
	947	+
	948	+
	949	+
	950	+	LCO No. 4023 27 of 56
	951	+
	952	+	Sec. 39. (Effective July 1, 2023) The State Bond Commission shall have 797
	953	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 40 798
	954	+	to 44, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 799
	955	+	of special tax obligation bonds of the state in one or more series and in 800
	956	+	principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding $1,510,699,000. 801
	957	+	Sec. 40. (Effective July 1, 2023) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 802
	958	+	described in sections 39 to 44, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 803
	959	+	hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 804
	960	+	transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 805
	961	+	the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 806
	962	+	described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 807
	963	+	be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 808
	964	+	issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 809
	965	+	general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 810
	966	+	(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 811
	967	+	(1) Interstate Highway Program, not exceeding $50,346,000; 812
	968	+	(2) Urban Systems Projects, not exceeding $22,000,000; 813
	969	+	(3) Intrastate Highway Program, not exceeding $86,000,000; 814
	970	+	(4) Environmental compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, 815
	971	+	hazardous materials abatement, demolition, salt shed construction and 816
	972	+	renovation, storage tank replacement and environmental emergency 817
	973	+	response at or in the vicinity of state-owned properties or related to 818
	974	+	Department of Transportation operations, not exceeding $15,350,000; 819
	975	+	(5) State bridge improvement, rehabilitation and replacement 820
	976	+	projects, not exceeding $57,500,000; 821
	977	+	(6) Capital resurfacing and related reconstruction, not exceeding 822
	978	+	$125,000,000; 823
	979	+	(7) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's bridges, not exceeding 824
	980	+	$51,500,000; 825 Governor's Bill No. 980
	981	+
	982	+
	983	+
	984	+	LCO No. 4023 28 of 56
	985	+
	986	+	(8) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's roads, not exceeding 826
	987	+	$152,115,000; 827
	988	+	(9) Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, not 828
	989	+	exceeding $76,000,000; 829
	990	+	(10) Local Bridge Program, not exceeding $10,000,000; 830
	991	+	(11) Highway and bridge renewal equipment, not exceeding 831
	992	+	$22,513,000; 832
	993	+	(12) Community connectivity and alternative mobility program, not 833
	994	+	exceeding $13,000,000; 834
	995	+	(13) Transportation Rural Improvement Program, not exceeding 835
	996	+	$5,000,000. 836
	997	+	(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: 837
	998	+	(1) Bus and rail facilities and equipment, including rights-of-way, 838
	999	+	other property acquisition and related projects, not exceeding 839
	1000	+	$264,250,000; 840
	1001	+	(2) Northeast Corridor Modernization Match Program, not exceeding 841
	1002	+	$398,165,000. 842
	1003	+	(c) For the Bureau of Administration: Department facilities, not 843
	1004	+	exceeding $161,960,000. 844
	1005	+	Sec. 41. (Effective July 1, 2023) None of the bonds described in sections 845
	1006	+	39 to 44, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 846
	1007	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it (1) a 847
	1008	+	request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the 848
	1009	+	Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 849
	1010	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 850
	1011	+	commission, in its discretion, may require, and (2) any capital 851
	1012	+	development impact statement and any human services facility 852
	1013	+	colocation statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office 853 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1014	+
	1015	+
	1016	+
	1017	+	LCO No. 4023 29 of 56
	1018	+
	1019	+	of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-31 of the general 854
	1020	+	statutes, any advisory report regarding the state conservation and 855
	1021	+	development policies plan required pursuant to section 16a-31 of the 856
	1022	+	general statutes and any statement regarding farmland required 857
	1023	+	pursuant to subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general statutes and 858
	1024	+	section 22-6 of the general statutes, provided the State Bond 859
	1025	+	Commission may authorize said bonds without a finding that the 860
	1026	+	reports and statements required by this subdivision have been filed with 861
	1027	+	it if said commission authorizes the secretary of said commission to 862
	1028	+	accept such reports and statements on its behalf. No funds derived from 863
	1029	+	the sale of bonds authorized by said commission without a finding that 864
	1030	+	the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this section 865
	1031	+	have been filed with it shall be allotted by the Governor for any project 866
	1032	+	until the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this 867
	1033	+	section, with respect to such project, have been filed with the secretary 868
	1034	+	of said commission. 869
	1035	+	Sec. 42. (Effective July 1, 2023) For the purposes of sections 39 to 44, 870
	1036	+	inclusive, of this act, each request filed, as provided in section 41 of this 871
	1037	+	act, for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 872
	1038	+	proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 873
	1039	+	addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 874
	1040	+	41, include the recommendation of the person signing such request as 875
	1041	+	to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available or 876
	1042	+	thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 877
	1043	+	project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 878
	1044	+	available from the proceeds of bonds and temporary notes issued in 879
	1045	+	anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds. If the request 880
	1046	+	includes a recommendation that some amount of such federal, private 881
	1047	+	or other moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to 882
	1048	+	the extent directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of 883
	1049	+	authorization of such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or 884
	1050	+	other moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs 885
	1051	+	in connection with such project shall be added to such state moneys. 886
	1052	+	Sec. 43. (Effective July 1, 2023) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 887 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1053	+
	1054	+
	1055	+
	1056	+	LCO No. 4023 30 of 56
	1057	+
	1058	+	bonds authorized for the projects or purposes of section 40 of this act, in 888
	1059	+	excess of the aggregate costs of all the projects so authorized, shall be 889
	1060	+	used in the manner set forth in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of 890
	1061	+	the general statutes and in the proceedings of the State Bond 891
	1062	+	Commission respecting the issuance and sale of said bonds. 892
	1063	+	Sec. 44. (Effective July 1, 2023) Bonds issued pursuant to this section 893
	1064	+	and sections 39 to 43, inclusive, of this act shall be special obligations of 894
	1065	+	the state and shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other 895
	1066	+	than revenues of the state pledged therefor in subsection (b) of section 896
	1067	+	13b-61 of the general statutes and section 13b-61a of the general statutes, 897
	1068	+	or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be pledged therefor. Said 898
	1069	+	bonds shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other than 899
	1070	+	such pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may 900
	1071	+	be pledged therefor, nor shall the state or any political subdivision 901
	1072	+	thereof be subject to any liability thereon, except to the extent of such 902
	1073	+	pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be 903
	1074	+	pledged therefor. Said bonds shall be issued under and in accordance 904
	1075	+	with the provisions of sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of the general 905
	1076	+	statutes. 906
	1077	+	Sec. 45. (Effective July 1, 2024) The State Bond Commission shall have 907
	1078	+	power, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 46 908
	1079	+	to 50, inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance 909
	1080	+	of special tax obligation bonds of the state in one or more series and in 910
	1081	+	principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding $1,493,772,000. 911
	1082	+	Sec. 46. (Effective July 1, 2024) The proceeds of the sale of bonds 912
	1083	+	described in sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of this act, to the extent 913
	1084	+	hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of payment of the 914
	1085	+	transportation costs, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 13b-75 of 915
	1086	+	the general statutes, with respect to the projects and uses hereinafter 916
	1087	+	described, which projects and uses are hereby found and determined to 917
	1088	+	be in furtherance of one or more of the authorized purposes for the 918
	1089	+	issuance of special tax obligation bonds set forth in section 13b-74 of the 919
	1090	+	general statutes. For the Department of Transportation: 920 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1091	+
	1092	+
	1093	+
	1094	+	LCO No. 4023 31 of 56
	1095	+
	1096	+	(a) For the Bureau of Engineering and Highway Operations: 921
	1097	+	(1) Interstate Highway Program, not exceeding $15,400,000; 922
	1098	+	(2) Urban Systems Projects, not exceeding $22,000,000; 923
	1099	+	(3) Intrastate Highway Program, not exceeding $88,000,000; 924
	1100	+	(4) Environmental compliance, soil and groundwater remediation, 925
	1101	+	hazardous materials abatement, demolition, salt shed construction and 926
	1102	+	renovation, storage tank replacement and environmental emergency 927
	1103	+	response at or in the vicinity of state-owned properties or related to 928
	1104	+	Department of Transportation operations, not exceeding $17,065,000; 929
	1105	+	(5) State bridge improvement, rehabilitation and replacement 930
	1106	+	projects, not exceeding $58,200,000; 931
	1107	+	(6) Capital resurfacing and related reconstruction, not exceeding 932
	1108	+	$135,000,000; 933
	1109	+	(7) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's bridges, not exceeding 934
	1110	+	$62,250,000; 935
	1111	+	(8) Fix-it-First program to repair the state's roads, not exceeding 936
	1112	+	$180,729,000; 937
	1113	+	(9) Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program, not 938
	1114	+	exceeding $78,000,000; 939
	1115	+	(10) Local Bridge Program, not exceeding $10,000,000; 940
	1116	+	(11) Highway and bridge renewal equipment, not exceeding 941
	1117	+	$22,513,000; 942
	1118	+	(12) Community connectivity and alternative mobility program, not 943
	1119	+	exceeding $13,000,000; 944
	1120	+	(13) Transportation Rural Improvement Program, not exceeding 945
	1121	+	$5,000,000. 946 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1122	+
	1123	+
	1124	+
	1125	+	LCO No. 4023 32 of 56
	1126	+
	1127	+	(b) For the Bureau of Public Transportation: 947
	1128	+	(1) Bus and rail facilities and equipment, including rights-of-way, 948
	1129	+	other property acquisition and related projects, not exceeding 949
	1130	+	$273,450,000; 950
	1131	+	(2) Northeast Corridor Modernization Match Program, not exceeding 951
	1132	+	$438,175,000. 952
	1133	+	(c) For the Bureau of Administration: Department facilities, not 953
	1134	+	exceeding $74,990,000. 954
	1135	+	Sec. 47. (Effective July 1, 2024) None of the bonds described in sections 955
	1136	+	45 to 50, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a finding 956
	1137	+	by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it (1) a 957
	1138	+	request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the 958
	1139	+	Office of Policy and Management or by or on behalf of such state officer, 959
	1140	+	department or agency and stating such terms and conditions as said 960
	1141	+	commission, in its discretion, may require, and (2) any capital 961
	1142	+	development impact statement and any human services facility 962
	1143	+	colocation statement required to be filed with the Secretary of the Office 963
	1144	+	of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-31 of the general 964
	1145	+	statutes, any advisory report regarding the state conservation and 965
	1146	+	development policies plan required pursuant to section 16a-31 of the 966
	1147	+	general statutes and any statement regarding farmland required 967
	1148	+	pursuant to subsection (g) of section 3-20 of the general statutes and 968
	1149	+	section 22-6 of the general statutes, provided the State Bond 969
	1150	+	Commission may authorize said bonds without a finding that the 970
	1151	+	reports and statements required by this subdivision have been filed with 971
	1152	+	it if said commission authorizes the secretary of said commission to 972
	1153	+	accept such reports and statements on its behalf. No funds derived from 973
	1154	+	the sale of bonds authorized by said commission without a finding that 974
	1155	+	the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this section 975
	1156	+	have been filed with it shall be allotted by the Governor for any project 976
	1157	+	until the reports and statements required by subdivision (2) of this 977
	1158	+	section, with respect to such project, have been filed with the secretary 978 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1159	+
	1160	+
	1161	+
	1162	+	LCO No. 4023 33 of 56
	1163	+
	1164	+	of said commission. 979
	1165	+	Sec. 48. (Effective July 1, 2024) For the purposes of sections 45 to 50, 980
	1166	+	inclusive, of this act, each request filed, as provided in section 47 of this 981
	1167	+	act, for an authorization of bonds shall identify the project for which the 982
	1168	+	proceeds of the sale of such bonds are to be used and expended and, in 983
	1169	+	addition to any terms and conditions required pursuant to said section 984
	1170	+	47, include the recommendation of the person signing such request as 985
	1171	+	to the extent to which federal, private or other moneys then available or 986
	1172	+	thereafter to be made available for costs in connection with any such 987
	1173	+	project should be added to the state moneys available or becoming 988
	1174	+	available from the proceeds of bonds and temporary notes issued in 989
	1175	+	anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds. If the request 990
	1176	+	includes a recommendation that some amount of such federal, private 991
	1177	+	or other moneys should be added to such state moneys, then, if and to 992
	1178	+	the extent directed by the State Bond Commission at the time of 993
	1179	+	authorization of such bonds, such amount of such federal, private or 994
	1180	+	other moneys then available or thereafter to be made available for costs 995
	1181	+	in connection with such project shall be added to such state moneys. 996
	1182	+	Sec. 49. (Effective July 1, 2024) Any balance of proceeds of the sale of 997
	1183	+	the bonds authorized for the projects or purposes of section 46 of this 998
	1184	+	act, in excess of the aggregate costs of all the projects so authorized, shall 999
	1185	+	be used in the manner set forth in sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of 1000
	1186	+	the general statutes, and in the proceedings of the State Bond 1001
	1187	+	Commission respecting the issuance and sale of said bonds. 1002
	1188	+	Sec. 50. (Effective July 1, 2024) Bonds issued pursuant to this section 1003
	1189	+	and sections 45 to 49, inclusive, of this act shall be special obligations of 1004
	1190	+	the state and shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other 1005
	1191	+	than revenues of the state pledged therefor in subsection (b) of section 1006
	1192	+	13b-61 of the general statutes and section 13b-61a of the general statutes, 1007
	1193	+	or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be pledged therefor. Said 1008
	1194	+	bonds shall not be payable from or charged upon any funds other than 1009
	1195	+	such pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may 1010
	1196	+	be pledged therefor, nor shall the state or any political subdivision 1011 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1197	+
	1198	+
	1199	+
	1200	+	LCO No. 4023 34 of 56
	1201	+
	1202	+	thereof be subject to any liability thereon, except to the extent of such 1012
	1203	+	pledged revenues or such other receipts, funds or moneys as may be 1013
	1204	+	pledged therefor. Said bonds shall be issued under and in accordance 1014
	1205	+	with the provisions of sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive, of the general 1015
	1206	+	statutes. 1016
	1207	+	Sec. 51. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4-66c of the general statutes 1017
	1208	+	are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1018
	1209	+	1, 2023): 1019
	1210	+	(a) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond 1020
	1211	+	Commission shall have power, from time to time to authorize the 1021
	1212	+	issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1022
	1213	+	amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [two billion three hundred 1023
	1214	+	forty-four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred 1024
	1215	+	forty-four dollars] two billion four hundred sixty-four million four 1025
	1216	+	hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred forty-four dollars, 1026
	1217	+	provided sixty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective 1027
	1218	+	July 1, 2024. All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or 1028
	1219	+	power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions 1029
	1220	+	of this section, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds 1030
	1221	+	authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and 1031
	1222	+	temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale 1032
	1223	+	of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said 1033
	1224	+	section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at 1034
	1225	+	such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective 1035
	1226	+	dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions 1036
	1227	+	of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said 1037
	1228	+	bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond 1038
	1229	+	Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such 1039
	1230	+	authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the 1040
	1231	+	Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions 1041
	1232	+	as said commission in its discretion may require. Said bonds issued 1042
	1233	+	pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the 1043
	1234	+	full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 1044
	1235	+	payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 1045 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1236	+
	1237	+
	1238	+
	1239	+	LCO No. 4023 35 of 56
	1240	+
	1241	+	become due, and accordingly as part of the contract of the state with the 1046
	1242	+	holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 1047
	1243	+	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 1048
	1244	+	the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become 1049
	1245	+	due. 1050
	1246	+	(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent hereinafter 1051
	1247	+	stated, shall be used, subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) 1052
	1248	+	of this section, for the purpose of redirecting, improving and expanding 1053
	1249	+	state activities which promote community conservation and 1054
	1250	+	development and improve the quality of life for urban residents of the 1055
	1251	+	state as hereinafter stated: (A) For the Department of Economic and 1056
	1252	+	Community Development: Economic and community development 1057
	1253	+	projects, including administrative costs incurred by the Department of 1058
	1254	+	Economic and Community Development, not exceeding sixty-seven 1059
	1255	+	million five hundred ninety-one thousand six hundred forty-two 1060
	1256	+	dollars, one million dollars of which shall be used for a grant to the 1061
	1257	+	development center program and the nonprofit business consortium 1062
	1258	+	deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-411; (B) for the 1063
	1259	+	Department of Transportation: Urban mass transit, not exceeding two 1064
	1260	+	million dollars; (C) for the Department of Energy and Environmental 1065
	1261	+	Protection: Recreation development and solid waste disposal projects, 1066
	1262	+	not exceeding one million nine hundred ninety-five thousand nine 1067
	1263	+	hundred two dollars; (D) for the Department of Social Services: Child 1068
	1264	+	day care projects, elderly centers, shelter facilities for victims of 1069
	1265	+	domestic violence, emergency shelters and related facilities for the 1070
	1266	+	homeless, multipurpose human resource centers and food distribution 1071
	1267	+	facilities, not exceeding thirty-nine million one hundred thousand 1072
	1268	+	dollars, provided four million dollars of said authorization shall be 1073
	1269	+	effective July 1, 1994; (E) for the Department of Economic and 1074
	1270	+	Community Development: Housing projects, not exceeding three 1075
	1271	+	million dollars; (F) for the Department of Housing: Homeownership 1076
	1272	+	initiative in collaboration with one or more local community 1077
	1273	+	development financial institutions in qualified census tracts for the 1078
	1274	+	purpose of construction or redevelopment, performed by developers or 1079 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1275	+
	1276	+
	1277	+
	1278	+	LCO No. 4023 36 of 56
	1279	+
	1280	+	nonprofit organizations residing in that municipality, which leads to 1080
	1281	+	new homeownership opportunities for residents of such qualified 1081
	1282	+	census tracts, not exceeding twenty million dollars; (G) for the Office of 1082
	1283	+	Policy and Management: (i) Grants-in-aid to municipalities for a pilot 1083
	1284	+	demonstration program to leverage private contributions for 1084
	1285	+	redevelopment of designated historic preservation areas, not exceeding 1085
	1286	+	one million dollars; (ii) grants-in-aid for urban development projects 1086
	1287	+	including economic and community development, transportation, 1087
	1288	+	environmental protection, public safety, children and families and social 1088
	1289	+	services projects and programs, including, in the case of economic and 1089
	1290	+	community development projects administered on behalf of the Office 1090
	1291	+	of Policy and Management by the Department of Economic and 1091
	1292	+	Community Development, administrative costs incurred by the 1092
	1293	+	Department of Economic and Community Development, not exceeding 1093
	1294	+	[two billion two hundred twenty-nine] two billion three hundred forty-1094
	1295	+	nine million eight hundred thousand dollars. For purposes of this 1095
	1296	+	subdivision, "local community development financial institution" 1096
	1297	+	means an entity that meets the requirements of 12 CFR 1805.201, and 1097
	1298	+	"qualified census tract" means a census tract designated as a qualified 1098
	1299	+	census tract by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1099
	1300	+	accordance with 26 USC 42(d)(5)(B)(ii), as amended from time to time. 1100
	1301	+	(2) (A) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in 1101
	1302	+	subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made 1102
	1303	+	available to private nonprofit organizations for the purposes described 1103
	1304	+	in said subparagraph (G)(ii). (B) Twelve million dollars of the grants-in-1104
	1305	+	aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 1105
	1306	+	subsection may be made available for necessary renovations and 1106
	1307	+	improvements of libraries. (C) Five million dollars of the grants-in-aid 1107
	1308	+	authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection 1108
	1309	+	shall be made available for small business gap financing. (D) Ten million 1109
	1310	+	dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of 1110
	1311	+	subdivision (1) of this subsection may be made available for regional 1111
	1312	+	economic development revolving loan funds. (E) One million four 1112
	1313	+	hundred thousand dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in 1113 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1314	+
	1315	+
	1316	+
	1317	+	LCO No. 4023 37 of 56
	1318	+
	1319	+	subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made 1114
	1320	+	available for rehabilitation and renovation of the Black Rock Library in 1115
	1321	+	Bridgeport. (F) Two million five hundred thousand dollars of the grants-1116
	1322	+	in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 1117
	1323	+	subsection shall be made available for site acquisition, renovation and 1118
	1324	+	rehabilitation for the Institute for the Hispanic Family in Hartford. (G) 1119
	1325	+	Three million dollars of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph 1120
	1326	+	(G)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be made available for 1121
	1327	+	the acquisition of land and the development of commercial or retail 1122
	1328	+	property in New Haven. (H) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of 1123
	1329	+	the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision (1) 1124
	1330	+	of this subsection shall be made available for repairs and replacement of 1125
	1331	+	the fishing pier at Cummings Park in Stamford. (I) Ten million dollars 1126
	1332	+	of the grants-in-aid authorized in subparagraph (G)(ii) of subdivision 1127
	1333	+	(1) of this subsection shall be made available for development of an 1128
	1334	+	intermodal transportation facility in northeastern Connecticut. 1129
	1335	+	Sec. 52. Subsection (a) of section 4-66g of the general statutes is 1130
	1336	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1131
	1337	+	2024): 1132
	1338	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1133
	1339	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1134
	1340	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1135
	1341	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [three hundred 1136
	1342	+	sixteen] three hundred forty-six million dollars. 1137
	1343	+	Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 4a-10 of the general statutes is 1138
	1344	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1139
	1345	+	2023): 1140
	1346	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1141
	1347	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1142
	1348	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1143
	1349	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [five hundred sixty-1144
	1350	+	one million one hundred thousand dollars] six hundred eleven million 1145 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1351	+
	1352	+
	1353	+
	1354	+	LCO No. 4023 38 of 56
	1355	+
	1356	+	one hundred thousand dollars, provided twenty-five million dollars of 1146
	1357	+	said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1147
	1358	+	Sec. 54. Subsection (a) of section 7-538 of the general statutes is 1148
	1359	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1149
	1360	+	2023): 1150
	1361	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1151
	1362	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to 1152
	1363	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1153
	1364	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [one billion seventy] 1154
	1365	+	one billion one hundred thirty million dollars, provided thirty million 1155
	1366	+	dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2022] 2024. 1156
	1367	+	Sec. 55. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1157
	1368	+	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1158
	1369	+	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1159
	1370	+	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1160
	1371	+	aggregate one hundred eighty-two million dollars, provided ninety-one 1161
	1372	+	million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1162
	1373	+	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1163
	1374	+	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of 1164
	1375	+	Policy and Management for grants-in-aid to municipalities for the 1165
	1376	+	purposes set forth in subsection (a) of section 13a-175a of the general 1166
	1377	+	statutes, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. Such 1167
	1378	+	grant payments shall be made annually as follows: 1168
1501	1379		T1 Municipalities FY 2024 FY 2025
1502	1380		T2
1503	1381		T3 Andover 2,620 2,620
1504	1382		T4 Ansonia 85,419 85,419
1505	1383		T5 Ashford 3,582 3,582
1506	1384		T6 Avon 261,442 261,442
1507	1385		T7 Barkhamsted 41,462 41,462
1508	1386		T8 Beacon Falls 43,809 43,809
1509	1387		T9 Berlin 1,593,642 1,593,642
1510		-	T10 Bethany 67,229 67,229
	1388	+	T10 Bethany 67,229 67,229 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1389	+
	1390	+
	1391	+
	1392	+	LCO No. 4023 39 of 56
	1393	+
1511	1394		T11 Bethel 282,660 282,660
1512	1395		T12 Bethlehem 7,945 7,945
1513	1396		T13 Bloomfield 3,201,687 3,201,687
1514	1397		T14 Bolton 24,859 24,859
1515		-	T15 Bozrah 138,521 138,521 Substitute Bill No. 980
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	1398	+	T15 Bozrah 138,521 138,521
1522	1399		T16 Branford 374,850 374,850
1523	1400		T17 Bridgeport 1,031,564 1,031,564
1524	1401		T18 Bridgewater 587 587
1525	1402		T19 Bristol 4,856,624 4,856,624
1526	1403		T20 Brookfield 118,281 118,281
1527	1404		T21 Brooklyn 10,379 10,379
1528	1405		T22 Burlington 15,300 15,300
1529	1406		T23 Canaan 20,712 20,712
1530	1407		T24 Canterbury 2,022 2,022
1531	1408		T25 Canton 7,994 7,994
1532	1409		T26 Chaplin 601 601
1533	1410		T27 Cheshire 736,700 736,700
1534	1411		T28 Chester 89,264 89,264
1535	1412		T29 Clinton 191,674 191,674
1536	1413		T30 Colchester 39,009 39,009
1537	1414		T31 Colebrook 550 550
1538	1415		T32 Columbia 26,763 26,763
1539	1416		T33 Cornwall - -
1540	1417		T34 Coventry 10,533 10,533
1541	1418		T35 Cromwell 31,099 31,099
1542	1419		T36 Danbury 3,027,544 3,027,544
1543	1420		T37 Darien - -
1544	1421		T38 Deep River 104,136 104,136
1545	1422		T39 Derby 14,728 14,728
1546	1423		T40 Durham 153,897 153,897
1547	1424		T41 East Granby 1,096,577 1,096,577
1548	1425		T42 East Haddam 1,696 1,696
1549	1426		T43 East Hampton 18,943 18,943
1550	1427		T44 East Hartford 8,052,926 8,052,926
1551	1428		T45 East Haven 43,500 43,500
1552	1429		T46 East Lyme 22,442 22,442
1553	1430		T47 East Windsor 295,024 295,024
1554	1431		T48 Eastford 54,564 54,564
1555	1432		T49 Easton 2,660 2,660
1556	1433		T50 Ellington 223,527 223,527
1557	1434		T51 Enfield 256,875 256,875
1558		-	T52 Essex 74,547 74,547
	1435	+	T52 Essex 74,547 74,547 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1436	+
	1437	+
	1438	+
	1439	+	LCO No. 4023 40 of 56
	1440	+
1559	1441		T53 Fairfield 96,747 96,747
1560	1442		T54 Farmington 545,804 545,804
1561	1443		T55 Franklin 23,080 23,080
1562		-	T56 Glastonbury 240,799 240,799 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1568		-
	1444	+	T56 Glastonbury 240,799 240,799
1569	1445		T57 Goshen 2,648 2,648
1570	1446		T58 Granby 35,332 35,332
1571	1447		T59 Greenwich 89,022 89,022
1572	1448		T60 Griswold 31,895 31,895
1573	1449		T61 Groton (Town of) 2,362,532 2,362,532
1574	1450		T62 Guilford 64,848 64,848
1575	1451		T63 Haddam 3,554 3,554
1576	1452		T64 Hamden 286,689 286,689
1577	1453		T65 Hampton - -
1578	1454		T66 Hartford 1,419,161 1,419,161
1579	1455		T67 Hartland 955 955
1580	1456		T68 Harwinton 21,506 21,506
1581	1457		T69 Hebron 2,216 2,216
1582	1458		T70 Kent - -
1583	1459		T71 Killingly 1,228,578 1,228,578
1584	1460		T72 Killingworth 5,148 5,148
1585	1461		T73 Lebanon 30,427 30,427
1586	1462		T74 Ledyard 421,085 421,085
1587	1463		T75 Lisbon 3,683 3,683
1588	1464		T76 Litchfield 3,432 3,432
1589	1465		T77 Lyme - -
1590	1466		T78 Madison 6,795 6,795
1591	1467		T79 Manchester 1,912,643 1,912,643
1592	1468		T80 Mansfield 6,841 6,841
1593	1469		T81 Marlborough 7,313 7,313
1594	1470		T82 Meriden 1,663,015 1,663,015
1595	1471		T83 Middlebury 84,264 84,264
1596	1472		T84 Middlefield 248,652 248,652
1597	1473		T85 Middletown 3,966,295 3,966,295
1598	1474		T86 Milford 2,257,853 2,257,853
1599	1475		T87 Monroe 179,106 179,106
1600	1476		T88 Montville 528,644 528,644
1601	1477		T89 Morris 3,528 3,528
1602	1478		T90 Naugatuck 341,656 341,656
1603	1479		T91 New Britain 2,864,920 2,864,920
1604	1480		T92 New Canaan 200 200
1605	1481		T93 New Fairfield 1,149 1,149
1606		-	T94 New Hartford 139,174 139,174
	1482	+	T94 New Hartford 139,174 139,174 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1483	+
	1484	+
	1485	+
	1486	+	LCO No. 4023 41 of 56
	1487	+
1607	1488		T95 New Haven 2,214,643 2,214,643
1608	1489		T96 New London 33,169 33,169
1609		-	T97 New Milford 1,298,881 1,298,881 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1615		-
	1490	+	T97 New Milford 1,298,881 1,298,881
1616	1491		T98 Newington 1,785,740 1,785,740
1617	1492		T99 Newtown 235,371 235,371
1618	1493		T100 Norfolk 7,207 7,207
1619	1494		T101 North Branford 301,074 301,074
1620	1495		T102 North Canaan 359,719 359,719
1621	1496		T103 North Haven 2,249,113 2,249,113
1622	1497		T104 North Stonington - -
1623	1498		T105 Norwalk 402,915 402,915
1624	1499		T106 Norwich 187,132 187,132
1625	1500		T107 Old Lyme 1,888 1,888
1626	1501		T108 Old Saybrook 46,717 46,717
1627	1502		T109 Orange 104,962 104,962
1628	1503		T110 Oxford 84,313 84,313
1629	1504		T111 Plainfield 144,803 144,803
1630	1505		T112 Plainville 541,936 541,936
1631	1506		T113 Plymouth 152,434 152,434
1632	1507		T114 Pomfret 27,820 27,820
1633	1508		T115 Portland 90,840 90,840
1634	1509		T116 Preston - -
1635	1510		T117 Prospect 70,942 70,942
1636	1511		T118 Putnam 171,800 171,800
1637	1512		T119 Redding 1,329 1,329
1638	1513		T120 Ridgefield 561,986 561,986
1639	1514		T121 Rocky Hill 221,199 221,199
1640	1515		T122 Roxbury 602 602
1641	1516		T123 Salem 4,699 4,699
1642	1517		T124 Salisbury 83 83
1643	1518		T125 Scotland 7,681 7,681
1644	1519		T126 Seymour 281,186 281,186
1645	1520		T127 Sharon - -
1646	1521		T128 Shelton 584,121 584,121
1647	1522		T129 Sherman - -
1648	1523		T130 Simsbury 77,648 77,648
1649	1524		T131 Somers 82,324 82,324
1650	1525		T132 South Windsor 2,187,387 2,187,387
1651	1526		T133 Southbury 20,981 20,981
1652	1527		T134 Southington 1,427,348 1,427,348
1653	1528		T135 Sprague 386,528 386,528
1654		-	T136 Stafford 437,917 437,917
	1529	+	T136 Stafford 437,917 437,917 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1530	+
	1531	+
	1532	+
	1533	+	LCO No. 4023 42 of 56
	1534	+
1655	1535		T137 Stamford 1,154,179 1,154,179
1656		-	T138 Sterling 24,398 24,398 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1662		-
	1536	+	T138 Sterling 24,398 24,398
1663	1537		T139 Stonington 100,332 100,332
1664	1538		T140 Stratford 5,784,708 5,784,708
1665	1539		T141 Suffield 180,663 180,663
1666	1540		T142 Thomaston 395,346 395,346
1667	1541		T143 Thompson 76,733 76,733
1668	1542		T144 Tolland 85,064 85,064
1669	1543		T145 Torrington 605,345 605,345
1670	1544		T146 Trumbull 189,309 189,309
1671	1545		T147 Union - -
1672	1546		T148 Vernon 151,598 151,598
1673	1547		T149 Voluntown 2,002 2,002
1674	1548		T150 Wallingford 3,481,872 3,481,872
1675	1549		T151 Warren 288 288
1676	1550		T152 Washington 158 158
1677	1551		T153 Waterbury 4,435,497 4,435,497
1678	1552		T154 Waterford 34,255 34,255
1679	1553		T155 Watertown 642,281 642,281
1680	1554		T156 West Hartford 805,784 805,784
1681	1555		T157 West Haven 147,516 147,516
1682	1556		T158 Westbrook 267,405 267,405
1683	1557		T159 Weston 453 453
1684	1558		T160 Westport - -
1685	1559		T161 Wethersfield 21,785 21,785
1686	1560		T162 Willington 20,018 20,018
1687	1561		T163 Wilton 842,618 842,618
1688	1562		T164 Winchester 306,204 306,204
1689	1563		T165 Windham 454,575 454,575
1690	1564		T166 Windsor 2,075,052 2,075,052
1691	1565		T167 Windsor Locks 2,784,595 2,784,595
1692	1566		T168 Wolcott 234,916 234,916
1693	1567		T169 Woodbridge 29,920 29,920
1694	1568		T170 Woodbury 56,908 56,908
1695	1569		T171 Woodstock 68,767 68,767
1696	1570		T172 Jewett City(Bor.) 4,195 4,195
1697	1571		T173 Barkhamsted FD 2,500 2,500
1698	1572		T174 Berlin - Kensington FD 11,389 11,389
1699	1573		T175 Berlin - Worthington FD 941 941
1700	1574		T176 Bloomfield: Center FD 4,173 4,173
1701	1575		T177 Bloomfield Blue Hills FD 103,086 103,086
1702		-	T178 Cromwell FD 1,832 1,832
1703		-	T179 Enfield FD 1 14,636 14,636 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1709		-
	1576	+	T178 Cromwell FD 1,832 1,832 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1577	+
	1578	+
	1579	+
	1580	+	LCO No. 4023 43 of 56
	1581	+
	1582	+	T179 Enfield FD 1 14,636 14,636
1710	1583		T180 Enfield: Thompsonville FD 2 3,160 3,160
1711	1584		T181 Enfield: Hazardville Fire #3 1,373 1,373
1712	1585		T182 Enfield: N Thompsonville FD 4 69 69
1713	1586		T183 Enfield: Shaker Pines FD 5 6,403 6,403
1714	1587		T184 Groton City 164,635 164,635
1715	1588		T185 Groton Sewer 1,688 1,688
1716	1589		T186 Groton Old Mystic FD 5 1,695 1,695
1717	1590		T187 Groton: Poq. Bridge FD 22,300 22,300
1718	1591		T188 Killingly Attawaugan F.D. 1,836 1,836
1719	1592		T189 Killingly Dayville F.D. 42,086 42,086
1720	1593		T190 Killingly Dyer Manor 1,428 1,428
1721	1594		T191 E. Killingly F.D. 95 95
1722	1595		T192 So. Killingly F.D. 189 189
1723	1596		T193 Killingly Williamsville F.D. 6,710 6,710
1724	1597		T194 Manchester Eighth Util. 68,425 68,425
1725	1598		T195 Middletown: South FD 207,080 207,080
1726	1599		T196 Middletown Westfield F.D. 10,801 10,801
1727	1600		T197 Middletown City Fire 33,838 33,838
1728	1601		T198 New Htfd. Village F.D. #1 7,128 7,128
1729	1602		T199 New Htfd Pine Meadow #3 131 131
1730	1603		T200 New Htfd South End F.D. 10 10
1731	1604		T201 Plainfield Central Village FD 1,466 1,466
1732	1605		T202 Plainfield - Moosup FD 2,174 2,174
1733	1606		T203 Plainfield: Plainfield FD 1,959 1,959
1734	1607		T204 Plainfield Wauregan FD 5,136 5,136
1735	1608		T205 Pomfret FD 1,032 1,032
1736	1609		T206 Putnam: E. Putnam FD 10,109 10,109
1737	1610		T207 Simsbury F.D. 2,638 2,638
1738	1611		T208 Stafford Springs Service Dist. 15,246 15,246
1739	1612		T209 Sterling F.D. 1,293 1,293
1740	1613		T210 Stonington Mystic FD 600 600
1741	1614		T211 Stonington Old Mystic FD 2,519 2,519
1742	1615		T212 Stonington Pawcatuck F.D. 5,500 5,500
1743	1616		T213 Stonington Quiambaug F.D. 72 72
1744	1617		T214 Stonington Wequetequock FD 73 73
1745	1618		T215 Trumbull Center 555 555
1746	1619		T216 Trumbull Long Hill F.D. 1,105 1,105
1747	1620		T217 Trumbull Nichols F.D. 3,435 3,435
1748	1621		T218 W. Haven: West Shore FD 34,708 34,708
1749	1622		T219 W. Haven: Allingtown FD 21,515 21,515
1750		-	T220 West Haven First Ctr FD 1 4,736 4,736 Substitute Bill No. 980
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	1623	+	T220 West Haven First Ctr FD 1 4,736 4,736 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1624	+
	1625	+
	1626	+
	1627	+	LCO No. 4023 44 of 56
1756	1628
1757	1629		T221 Windsor Wilson FD 214 214
1758	1630		T222 Windsor FD 14 14
1759	1631		T223 Windham First 8,929 8,929
1760	1632		T224 Total 91,000,000 91,000,000
1761	1633
1762		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1239
1763		-	of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with 1240
1764		-	the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1241
1765		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1242
1766		-	section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1243
1767		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1244
1768		-	accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such 1245
1769		-	bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years 1246
1770		-	from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the 1247
1771		-	resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing 1248
1772		-	such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a 1249
1773		-	finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it 1250
1774		-	a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the 1251
1775		-	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms 1252
1776		-	and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said 1253
1777		-	bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the 1254
1778		-	state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1255
1779		-	for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the 1256
1780		-	same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the 1257
1781		-	state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 1258
1782		-	necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 1259
1783		-	made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 1260
1784		-	the same become due. 1261
1785		-	Sec. 56. Subsection (a) of section 8-336n of the general statutes is 1262
1786		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1263
1787		-	2023): 1264
1788		-	(a) For the purpose of capitalizing the Housing Trust Fund created by 1265
1789		-	section 8-336o, the State Bond Commission shall have power, in 1266
1790		-	accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time to 1267 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1796		-
1797		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1268
1798		-	principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [four] seven hundred 1269
1799		-	fifty million dollars, provided (1) [twenty million dollars shall be 1270
1800		-	effective July 1, 2005, (2) twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 1271
1801		-	2006, (3) twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2007, (4) thirty 1272
1802		-	million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2008, (5) twenty million dollars 1273
1803		-	shall be effective July 1, 2009, (6) twenty-five million dollars shall be 1274
1804		-	effective July 1, 2011, (7) twenty-five million dollars shall be effective 1275
1805		-	July 1, 2012, (8) thirty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2013, (9) 1276
1806		-	thirty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2014, (10) forty million 1277
1807		-	dollars shall be effective July 1, 2015, (11) twenty-five million dollars 1278
1808		-	shall be effective July 1, 2016, (12) thirty million dollars shall be effective 1279
1809		-	July 1, 2018, and (13) fifty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2022] 1280
1810		-	one hundred fifty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective 1281
1811		-	July 1, 2024, and (2) not more than two hundred million dollars shall be 1282
1812		-	provided by the Department of Housing to the Connecticut Housing 1283
1813		-	Finance Authority to administer a revolving loan fund to finance 1284
1814		-	workforce housing projects. The proceeds of the sale of bonds pursuant 1285
1815		-	to this section shall be deposited in the Housing Trust Fund. 1286
1816		-	Sec. 57. Subsection (a) of section 10-66jj of the general statutes is 1287
1817		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1288
1818		-	2023): 1289
1819		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1290
1820		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to 1291
1821		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1292
1822		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [forty-five] fifty-five 1293
1823		-	million dollars, provided five million dollars of said authorization shall 1294
1824		-	be effective July 1, [2018] 2024. 1295
1825		-	Sec. 58. Subsection (a) of section 10-265t of the general statutes is 1296
1826		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1297
	1634	+	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1169
	1635	+	of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with 1170
	1636	+	the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1171
	1637	+	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1172
	1638	+	section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1173
	1639	+	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1174
	1640	+	accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such 1175
	1641	+	bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years 1176
	1642	+	from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the 1177
	1643	+	resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing 1178
	1644	+	such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a 1179
	1645	+	finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it 1180
	1646	+	a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the 1181
	1647	+	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms 1182
	1648	+	and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said 1183
	1649	+	bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the 1184
	1650	+	state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged 1185
	1651	+	for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the 1186
	1652	+	same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the 1187
	1653	+	state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts 1188
	1654	+	necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby 1189
	1655	+	made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as 1190
	1656	+	the same become due. 1191
	1657	+	Sec. 56. Subsection (a) of section 8-336n of the general statutes is 1192
	1658	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1193
	1659	+	2023): 1194
	1660	+	(a) For the purpose of capitalizing the Housing Trust Fund created by 1195
	1661	+	section 8-336o, the State Bond Commission shall have power, in 1196
	1662	+	accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time to 1197
	1663	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1198 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1664	+
	1665	+
	1666	+
	1667	+	LCO No. 4023 45 of 56
	1668	+
	1669	+	principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [four] eight hundred 1199
	1670	+	fifty million dollars, provided (1) [twenty million dollars shall be 1200
	1671	+	effective July 1, 2005, (2) twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 1201
	1672	+	2006, (3) twenty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2007, (4) thirty 1202
	1673	+	million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2008, (5) twenty million dollars 1203
	1674	+	shall be effective July 1, 2009, (6) twenty-five million dollars shall be 1204
	1675	+	effective July 1, 2011, (7) twenty-five million dollars shall be effective 1205
	1676	+	July 1, 2012, (8) thirty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2013, (9) 1206
	1677	+	thirty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2014, (10) forty million 1207
	1678	+	dollars shall be effective July 1, 2015, (11) twenty-five million dollars 1208
	1679	+	shall be effective July 1, 2016, (12) thirty million dollars shall be effective 1209
	1680	+	July 1, 2018, and (13) fifty million dollars shall be effective July 1, 2022] 1210
	1681	+	two hundred million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1211
	1682	+	1, 2024, and (2) not more than two hundred million dollars shall be 1212
	1683	+	provided by the Department of Housing to the Connecticut Housing 1213
	1684	+	Finance Authority to administer a revolving loan fund to finance 1214
	1685	+	workforce housing projects. The proceeds of the sale of bonds pursuant 1215
	1686	+	to this section shall be deposited in the Housing Trust Fund. 1216
	1687	+	Sec. 57. Subsection (a) of section 10-66jj of the general statutes is 1217
	1688	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1218
	1689	+	2023): 1219
	1690	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1220
	1691	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to 1221
	1692	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1222
	1693	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [forty-five] fifty-five 1223
	1694	+	million dollars, provided five million dollars of said authorization shall 1224
	1695	+	be effective July 1, [2018] 2024. 1225
	1696	+	Sec. 58. Section 10-265t of the general statutes is repealed and the 1226
	1697	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1227
	1698	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1228
	1699	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1229
	1700	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1230 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1701	+
	1702	+
	1703	+
	1704	+	LCO No. 4023 46 of 56
	1705	+
	1706	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [seventy-five million 1231
	1707	+	dollars] three hundred seventy-five million dollars, provided one 1232
	1708	+	hundred fifty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1233
	1709	+	1, 2024. 1234
	1710	+	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1235
	1711	+	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1236
	1712	+	of Administrative Services for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid 1237
	1713	+	for school air quality improvements, including, but not limited to, 1238
	1714	+	upgrades to, replacement of or installation of heating, ventilation and 1239
	1715	+	air conditioning equipment, provided not more than fifty million dollars 1240
	1716	+	of such proceeds may be used to provide reimbursements for such 1241
	1717	+	improvements that were completed not earlier than March 1, 2020, and 1242
	1718	+	not later than July 1, 2022. 1243
	1719	+	(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power 1244
	1720	+	granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this 1245
	1721	+	section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by 1246
	1722	+	the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary 1247
	1723	+	notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any 1248
	1724	+	such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 1249
	1725	+	3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such 1250
	1726	+	time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as 1251
	1727	+	may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the 1252
	1728	+	State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds 1253
	1729	+	shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond 1254
	1730	+	Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such 1255
	1731	+	authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the 1256
	1732	+	Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions 1257
	1733	+	as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued 1258
	1734	+	pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the 1259
	1735	+	full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the 1260
	1736	+	payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same 1261
	1737	+	become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with 1262
	1738	+	the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for 1263
	1739	+	punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and 1264 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1740	+
	1741	+
	1742	+
	1743	+	LCO No. 4023 47 of 56
	1744	+
	1745	+	the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same 1265
	1746	+	become due. 1266
	1747	+	Sec. 59. Section 10-287d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1267
	1748	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1268
	1749	+	For the purposes of funding (1) grants to projects that have received 1269
	1750	+	approval of the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to 1270
	1751	+	sections 10-287 and 10-287a, subsection (a) of section 10-65 and section 1271
	1752	+	10-76e, (2) grants to assist school building projects to remedy safety and 1272
	1753	+	health violations and damage from fire and catastrophe, and (3) 1273
	1754	+	technical education and career school projects pursuant to section 10-1274
	1755	+	283b, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in 1275
	1756	+	accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state 1276
	1757	+	from time to time in one or more series in an aggregate amount not 1277
	1758	+	exceeding [thirteen billion six hundred twelve] thirteen billion eight 1278
	1759	+	hundred sixty-two million one hundred sixty thousand dollars. Bonds 1279
	1760	+	of each series shall bear such date or dates and mature at such time or 1280
	1761	+	times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates and be 1281
	1762	+	subject to such redemption privileges, with or without premium, as may 1282
	1763	+	be fixed by the State Bond Commission. They shall be sold at not less 1283
	1764	+	than par and accrued interest and the full faith and credit of the state is 1284
	1765	+	pledged for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof 1285
	1766	+	as the same shall become due, and accordingly and as part of the 1286
	1767	+	contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all 1287
	1768	+	amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest 1288
	1769	+	is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and 1289
	1770	+	interest as the same become due. The State Treasurer is authorized to 1290
	1771	+	invest temporarily in direct obligations of the United States, United 1291
	1772	+	States agency obligations, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or 1292
	1773	+	bank acceptances such portion of the proceeds of such bonds or of any 1293
	1774	+	notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be deemed available for such 1294
	1775	+	purpose. 1295
	1776	+	Sec. 60. Subsection (a) of section 22a-483 of the general statutes is 1296
	1777	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1297 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1778	+
	1779	+
	1780	+
	1781	+	LCO No. 4023 48 of 56
	1782	+
1827	1783		2023): 1298
1828		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1299 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1834		-
1835		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1300
1836		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1301
1837		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [seventy-five million 1302
1838		-	dollars] three hundred seventy-five million dollars, provided one 1303
1839		-	hundred fifty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1304
1840		-	1, 2024. 1305
1841		-	Sec. 59. Section 10-287d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1306
1842		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1307
1843		-	For the purposes of funding (1) grants to projects that have received 1308
1844		-	approval of the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to 1309
1845		-	sections 10-287 and 10-287a, subsection (a) of section 10-65 and section 1310
1846		-	10-76e, (2) grants to assist school building projects to remedy safety and 1311
1847		-	health violations and damage from fire and catastrophe, and (3) 1312
1848		-	technical education and career school projects pursuant to section 10-1313
1849		-	283b, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in 1314
1850		-	accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state 1315
1851		-	from time to time in one or more series in an aggregate amount not 1316
1852		-	exceeding [thirteen billion six hundred twelve] thirteen billion eight 1317
1853		-	hundred sixty-two million one hundred sixty thousand dollars. Bonds 1318
1854		-	of each series shall bear such date or dates and mature at such time or 1319
1855		-	times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates and be 1320
1856		-	subject to such redemption privileges, with or without premium, as may 1321
1857		-	be fixed by the State Bond Commission. They shall be sold at not less 1322
1858		-	than par and accrued interest and the full faith and credit of the state is 1323
1859		-	pledged for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof 1324
1860		-	as the same shall become due, and accordingly and as part of the 1325
1861		-	contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all 1326
1862		-	amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest 1327
1863		-	is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and 1328
1864		-	interest as the same become due. The State Treasurer is authorized to 1329
1865		-	invest temporarily in direct obligations of the United States, United 1330
1866		-	States agency obligations, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or 1331
1867		-	bank acceptances such portion of the proceeds of such bonds or of any 1332 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1873		-
1874		-	notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be deemed available for such 1333
1875		-	purpose. 1334
1876		-	Sec. 60. Section 11-24c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1335
1877		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1336
1878		-	(a) The State Library Board shall make construction grants to public 1337
1879		-	libraries established pursuant to this chapter. The board shall [: (1) 1338
1880		-	Establish] establish criteria for the purpose of developing a priority 1339
1881		-	listing of all construction projects. [, and (2) prior to September 1, 2007, 1340
1882		-	grant an amount equal to one-third of the total construction cost, not to 1341
1883		-	exceed five hundred thousand dollars for each approved project within 1342
1884		-	the limits of the available funding for such projects.] In the event that 1343
1885		-	the available funding is insufficient to fund projects as provided above, 1344
1886		-	projects remaining on the priority list shall be included in the priority 1345
1887		-	listing for the next fiscal year. Each application for such grant shall be 1346
1888		-	filed on or before September first, annually, on forms to be prescribed 1347
1889		-	by said board. 1348
1890		-	(b) [For applications submitted on or after September 1, 2007, and 1349
1891		-	prior to July 1, 2013, the board shall grant an amount equal to one-third 1350
1892		-	the total construction cost, not to exceed one million dollars, for each 1351
1893		-	approved project within the limits of the available funding for such 1352
1894		-	projects.] For applications submitted on or after July 1, 2013, and before 1353
1895		-	July 1, 2023, the board shall grant an amount up to one-half of the total 1354
1896		-	construction cost, not to exceed one million dollars, for each approved 1355
1897		-	project within the limits of the available funding for such projects. For 1356
1898		-	applications submitted on or after July 1, 2023, the board shall grant for 1357
1899		-	each approved project, within the limits of the available funding for 1358
1900		-	such projects, (1) an amount up to one-half of the total construction cost 1359
1901		-	of such project, not to exceed two million dollars, or (2) an amount up 1360
1902		-	to eighty per cent of the total construction cost of such project, not to 1361
1903		-	exceed two million dollars, if such project is located in a distressed 1362
1904		-	municipality, as defined in section 32-9p. 1363
1905		-	(c) The State Library Board shall make emergency repair grants to 1364 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1911		-
1912		-	public libraries established pursuant to this chapter for emergency 1365
1913		-	repairs to buildings and equipment, as approved by the board. The 1366
1914		-	board may grant an amount up to one-half of the emergency repair cost, 1367
1915		-	not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for each approved 1368
1916		-	emergency repair project within the limits of the available funding for 1369
1917		-	such project. 1370
1918		-	Sec. 61. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 13b-236 of the general 1371
1919		-	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1372
1920		-	(Effective July 1, 2023): 1373
1921		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1374
1922		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1375
1923		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1376
1924		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [seventeen] twenty-1377
1925		-	seven million five hundred thousand dollars. 1378
1926		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1379
1927		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1380
1928		-	of Transportation for a program of competitive grants for commercial 1381
1929		-	rail freight lines operating in the state for improvements and repairs to, 1382
1930		-	and the modernization of, existing rail, rail beds and related facilities. 1383
1931		-	Such program shall include the following: (1) (A) Grants of one hundred 1384
1932		-	per cent of the amount necessary to improve, repair or modernize state-1385
1933		-	owned rights of way, and (B) grants of seventy per cent of the amount 1386
1934		-	necessary to improve, repair or modernize privately owned rail lines, 1387
1935		-	provided the commissioner may waive the requirement for a thirty per 1388
1936		-	cent matching grant if such improvement, repair or modernization 1389
1937		-	demonstrably increases rail freight traffic; and (2) preference for grants 1390
1938		-	shall be given to (A) [proposals that are on the Department of 1391
1939		-	Transportation's list of freight rail projects eligible to receive funds 1392
1940		-	pursuant to P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 1393
1941		-	(B)] freight rail projects that improve at-grade rail crossings to eliminate 1394
1942		-	hazards or increase safety, [(C)] (B) freight rail projects that provide 1395
1943		-	connection to major freight generators, [(D)] (C) projects that further the 1396
1944		-	goals and objectives of the Department of Transportation's Connecticut 1397 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1950		-
1951		-	State Rail Plan, and [(E)] (D) freight rail projects that improve freight rail 1398
1952		-	infrastructure by increasing the capacity for rail freight traffic. 1399
1953		-	Sec. 62. Subsection (a) of section 22a-483 of the general statutes is 1400
1954		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1401
1955		-	2023): 1402
1956		-	(a) For the purposes of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, the State 1403
1957		-	Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize 1404
1958		-	the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1405
1959		-	amounts, not exceeding in the aggregate [two billion sixty-five] two 1406
1960		-	billion one hundred forty-five million one hundred twenty-five 1407
1961		-	thousand nine hundred seventy-six dollars, provided [one hundred] 1408
1962		-	forty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2022] 1409
1963		-	2024. 1410
1964		-	Sec. 63. Subsection (d) of section 22a-483 of the general statutes is 1411
1965		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1412
1966		-	2024): 1413
1967		-	(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the 1414
1968		-	State Bond Commission from authorizing the issuance of revenue 1415
1969		-	bonds, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [four billion 1416
1970		-	four hundred eighty-six] four billion five hundred eleven million eighty 1417
1971		-	thousand dollars, [provided two hundred thirty-seven million dollars 1418
1972		-	of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022,] that are not general 1419
1973		-	obligations of the state of Connecticut to which the full faith and credit 1420
1974		-	of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal 1421
1975		-	and interest. Such revenue bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1422
1976		-	exceeding thirty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1423
1977		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1424
1978		-	Commission authorizing such revenue bonds. The revenue bonds, 1425
1979		-	revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant 1426
1980		-	anticipation notes authorized to be issued under sections 22a-475 to 1427
1981		-	22a-483, inclusive, shall be special obligations of the state and shall not 1428
1982		-	be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues 1429 Substitute Bill No. 980
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1988		-
1989		-	or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in said 1430
1990		-	sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, including the repayment of 1431
1991		-	municipal loan obligations; nor shall the state or any political 1432
1992		-	subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to the 1433
1993		-	extent of such pledged revenues or the receipts, funds or moneys 1434
1994		-	pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, 1435
1995		-	inclusive. The issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond 1436
1996		-	anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes under the 1437
1997		-	provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not 1438
1998		-	directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political 1439
1999		-	subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever 1440
2000		-	therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The revenue 1441
2001		-	bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant 1442
2002		-	anticipation notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, 1443
2003		-	legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political 1444
2004		-	subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise 1445
2005		-	encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of said sections 1446
2006		-	22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be 1447
2007		-	plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond, revenue state bond 1448
2008		-	anticipation note and revenue state grant anticipation note issued 1449
2009		-	pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not be 1450
2010		-	subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and 1451
2011		-	such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue 1452
2012		-	state grant anticipation notes, when issued, shall not be included in 1453
2013		-	computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to 1454
2014		-	the extent of any such limitation. As part of the contract of the state with 1455
2015		-	the owners of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation 1456
2016		-	notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, all amounts necessary 1457
2017		-	for the punctual payment of the debt service requirements with respect 1458
2018		-	to such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1459
2019		-	revenue state grant anticipation notes shall be deemed appropriated, 1460
2020		-	but only from the sources pledged pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 1461
2021		-	22a-483, inclusive. The proceeds of such revenue bonds or notes may be 1462
2022		-	deposited in the Clean Water Fund for use in accordance with the 1463
2023		-	permitted uses of such fund. Any expense incurred in connection with 1464 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2029		-
2030		-	the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the costs of 1465
2031		-	issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1466
2032		-	revenue state grant anticipation notes may be paid from the accrued 1467
2033		-	interest and premiums or from any other proceeds of the sale of such 1468
2034		-	revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes or revenue state 1469
2035		-	grant anticipation notes and in the same manner as other obligations of 1470
2036		-	the state. All provisions of subsections (g), (k), (l), (s) and (u) of section 1471
2037		-	3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not 1472
2038		-	inconsistent with the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, 1473
2039		-	inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all revenue bonds, state 1474
2040		-	revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation 1475
2041		-	notes authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said 1476
2042		-	sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. For the purposes of subsection (o) 1477
2043		-	of section 3-20, "bond act" shall be construed to include said sections 1478
2044		-	22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. 1479
2045		-	Sec. 64. Subsection (a) of section 23-103 of the general statutes is 1480
2046		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1481
2047		-	2023): 1482
2048		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1483
2049		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1484
2050		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1485
2051		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [twenty-two million 1486
2052		-	dollars] forty-two million dollars, provided ten million dollars of said 1487
2053		-	authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1488
2054		-	Sec. 65. Subsection (b) of section 32-235 of the general statutes is 1489
2055		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1490
2056		-	2023): 1491
2057		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1492
2058		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1493
2059		-	of Economic and Community Development (1) for the purposes of 1494
2060		-	sections 32-220 to 32-234, inclusive, including economic cluster-related 1495
2061		-	programs and activities, and for the Connecticut job training finance 1496 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2068		-	demonstration program pursuant to sections 32-23uu and 32-23vv, 1497
2069		-	provided (A) three million dollars shall be used by said department 1498
2070		-	solely for the purposes of section 32-23uu, (B) not less than one million 1499
2071		-	dollars shall be used for an educational technology grant to the 1500
2072		-	deployment center program and the nonprofit business consortium 1501
2073		-	deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-41l, (C) not less 1502
2074		-	than two million dollars shall be used by said department for the 1503
2075		-	establishment of a pilot program to make grants to businesses in 1504
2076		-	designated areas of the state for construction, renovation or 1505
2077		-	improvement of small manufacturing facilities, provided such grants 1506
2078		-	are matched by the business, a municipality or another financing entity. 1507
2079		-	The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall 1508
2080		-	designate areas of the state where manufacturing is a substantial part of 1509
2081		-	the local economy and shall make grants under such pilot program 1510
2082		-	which are likely to produce a significant economic development benefit 1511
2083		-	for the designated area, (D) five million dollars may be used by said 1512
2084		-	department for the manufacturing competitiveness grants program, (E) 1513
2085		-	one million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1514
2086		-	a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the 1515
2087		-	purposes of subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 32-7f, (F) fifty 1516
2088		-	million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1517
2089		-	grants to the United States Department of the Navy, the United States 1518
2090		-	Department of Defense or eligible applicants for projects related to the 1519
2091		-	enhancement of infrastructure for long-term, on-going naval operations 1520
2092		-	at the United States Naval Submarine Base-New London, located in 1521
2093		-	Groton, which will increase the military value of said base. Such projects 1522
2094		-	shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a, (G) 1523
2095		-	two million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1524
2096		-	a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., for 1525
2097		-	manufacturing initiatives, including aerospace and defense, and (H) 1526
2098		-	four million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1527
2099		-	a grant to companies adversely impacted by the construction at the 1528
2100		-	Quinnipiac Bridge, where such grant may be used to offset the increase 1529
2101		-	in costs of commercial overland transportation of goods or materials 1530
2102		-	brought to the port of New Haven by ship or vessel, (2) for the purposes 1531 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2108		-
2109		-	of the small business assistance program established pursuant to section 1532
2110		-	32-9yy, provided fifteen million dollars shall be deposited in the small 1533
2111		-	business assistance account established pursuant to said section 32-9yy, 1534
2112		-	(3) to deposit twenty million dollars in the small business express 1535
2113		-	assistance account established pursuant to section 32-7h, (4) to deposit 1536
2114		-	four million nine hundred thousand dollars per year in each of the fiscal 1537
2115		-	years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and June 30, 2021, 1538
2116		-	and nine million nine hundred thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending 1539
2117		-	June 30, 2020, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-1540
2118		-	39i, which shall be used by CTNext to provide grants-in-aid to 1541
2119		-	designated innovation places, as defined in section 32-39j, planning 1542
2120		-	grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39l, and grants-in-aid for projects 1543
2121		-	that network innovation places pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-1544
2122		-	39m, provided not more than three million dollars be used for grants-1545
2123		-	in-aid for such projects, and further provided any portion of any such 1546
2124		-	deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year subsequent to the date 1547
2125		-	of such deposit may be used by CTNext for any purpose described in 1548
2126		-	subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (5) to deposit two million dollars per 1549
2127		-	year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2021, 1550
2128		-	inclusive, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-39i, 1551
2129		-	which shall be used by CTNext for the purpose of providing higher 1552
2130		-	education entrepreneurship grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, 1553
2131		-	provided any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in 1554
2132		-	a fiscal year subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by 1555
2133		-	CTNext for any purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (6) 1556
2134		-	for the purpose of funding the costs of the Technology Talent Advisory 1557
2135		-	Committee established pursuant to section 32-7p, provided [two million 1558
2136		-	dollars per year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June 1559
2137		-	30, 2021, inclusive, shall be used] not more than ten million dollars may 1560
2138		-	be used on or after July 1, 2023, for such purpose, (7) to provide (A) a 1561
2139		-	grant-in-aid to the Connecticut Supplier Connection in an amount equal 1562
2140		-	to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years ending 1563
2141		-	June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, and (B) a grant-in-aid to the 1564
2142		-	Connecticut Procurement Technical Assistance Program in an amount 1565
2143		-	equal to three hundred thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years 1566 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2149		-
2150		-	ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, (8) to deposit four 1567
2151		-	hundred fifty thousand dollars per year, in each of the fiscal years 1568
2152		-	ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, in the CTNext Fund 1569
2153		-	established pursuant to section 32-39i, which shall be used by CTNext 1570
2154		-	to provide growth grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, provided 1571
2155		-	any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year 1572
2156		-	subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by CTNext for any 1573
2157		-	purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (9) to transfer fifty 1574
2158		-	million dollars to the Labor Department which shall be used by said 1575
2159		-	department for the purpose of funding workforce pipeline programs 1576
2160		-	selected pursuant to section 31-11rr, provided, notwithstanding the 1577
2161		-	provisions of section 31-11rr, (A) not less than five million dollars shall 1578
2162		-	be provided to the workforce development board in Bridgeport serving 1579
2163		-	the southwest region, for purposes of such program, and the board shall 1580
2164		-	distribute such money in proportion to population and need, and (B) 1581
2165		-	not less than five million dollars shall be provided to the workforce 1582
2166		-	development board in Hartford serving the north central region, for 1583
2167		-	purposes of such program, (10) to transfer twenty million dollars to 1584
2168		-	Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, provided ten million dollars 1585
2169		-	shall be used by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose 1586
2170		-	of the proof of concept fund established pursuant to subsection (b) of 1587
2171		-	section 32-39x and ten million dollars shall be used by Connecticut 1588
2172		-	Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose of the venture capital fund 1589
2173		-	program established pursuant to section 32-41oo. Not later than thirty 1590
2174		-	days prior to any use of unexpended funds under subdivision (4), (5) or 1591
2175		-	(8) of this subsection, the CTNext board of directors shall provide notice 1592
2176		-	of and the reason for such use to the joint standing committees of the 1593
2177		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce 1594
2178		-	and finance, revenue and bonding. 1595
2179		-	Sec. 66. Subsection (a) of section 47a-56k of the general statutes is 1596
2180		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1597
2181		-	2023): 1598
2182		-	(a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with 1599 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2188		-
2189		-	the provisions of this section, from time to time to authorize the issuance 1600
2190		-	of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not 1601
2191		-	exceeding in the aggregate fifty million three hundred thousand dollars, 1602
2192		-	the proceeds of the sale of which shall be used by the Department of 1603
2193		-	Housing to provide funds for the Housing Receivership Revolving 1604
2194		-	Fund established in accordance with section 47a-56i, provided [not] 1605
2195		-	twenty five million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1606
2196		-	2024. Not more than two hundred thousand dollars may be expended 1607
2197		-	from said fund in any single municipality. 1608
2198		-	Sec. 67. Subsection (a) of section 85 of public act 13-3, as amended by 1609
2199		-	section 74 of public act 14-98, section 67 of public act 15-1 of the June 1610
2200		-	special session, section 26 of public act 18-178, section 74 of public act 1611
2201		-	20-1 and section 62 of public act 21-111, is amended to read as follows 1612
2202		-	(Effective July 1, 2023): 1613
2203		-	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1614
2204		-	State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1615
2205		-	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1616
2206		-	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [eighty-seven] one 1617
2207		-	hundred seven million dollars, provided ten million dollars of said 1618
2208		-	authorization shall be effective July 1, [2022] 2024. 1619
2209		-	Sec. 68. Section 388 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, as 1620
2210		-	amended by section 77 of public act 21-111, is amended to read as 1621
2211		-	follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 1622
2212		-	The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1623
2213		-	provisions of this section and sections 389 to 395, inclusive, of public act 1624
2214		-	17-2 of the June special session, from time to time to authorize the 1625
2215		-	issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1626
2216		-	amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [$240,950,000] $235,950,000. 1627
2217		-	Sec. 69. Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 389 of public act 1628
2218		-	17-2 of the June special session is repealed. (Effective July 1, 2023) 1629
2219		-	Sec. 70. Section 407 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, as 1630 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2226		-	amended by section 35 of public act 18-178 and section 81 of public act 1631
2227		-	21-111, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 1632
2228		-	The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1633
2229		-	provisions of this section and sections 408 to 414, inclusive, of public act 1634
2230		-	17-2 of the June special session, from time to time to authorize the 1635
2231		-	issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1636
2232		-	amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding [$196,000,000] $184,000,000. 1637
2233		-	Sec. 71. Subsection (b) of section 408 of public act 17-2 of the June 1638
2234		-	special session is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 1639
2235		-	(b) For the Department of Administrative Services: Grants-in-aid to 1640
2236		-	alliance districts to assist in paying for general improvements to school 1641
2237		-	buildings, not exceeding [$30,000,000] $18,000,000. 1642
2238		-	Sec. 72. Section 20 of public act 20-1, as amended by section 343 of 1643
2239		-	public act 22-118, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 1644
2240		-	The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1645
2241		-	provisions of this section and sections 326 to 331, inclusive, of this act, 1646
2242		-	from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one 1647
2243		-	or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate not exceeding 1648
2244		-	[$386,500,000] $336,500,000. 1649
2245		-	Sec. 73. Subsection (g) of section 21 of public act 20-1, as amended by 1650
2246		-	section 344 of public act 22-118, is amended to read as follows (Effective 1651
2247		-	July 1, 2023): 1652
2248		-	(g) For the Department of Transportation: For construction, repair or 1653
2249		-	maintenance of highways, roads, bridges, noise barriers or bus and rail 1654
2250		-	facilities and equipment, not exceeding [$180,000,000] $130,000,000, 1655
2251		-	provided not more than $75,000,000 shall be used for a matching grant 1656
2252		-	program to assist municipalities to modernize existing traffic signal 1657
2253		-	equipment and operations. 1658
2254		-	Sec. 74. Section 31 of public act 20-1, as amended by section 86 of 1659 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2260		-
2261		-	public act 21-111, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 1660
2262		-	The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the 1661
2263		-	provisions of this section and sections 32 to 38, inclusive, of public act 1662
2264		-	20-1, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in 1663
2265		-	one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, not 1664
2266		-	exceeding [$215,000,000] $209,000,000. 1665
2267		-	Sec. 75. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 32 of public act 20-1666
2268		-	1 is repealed. (Effective July 1, 2023): 1667
2269		-	Sec. 76. Subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 21 of public act 21-1668
2270		-	111 is amended to read as follows (Effective from passage): 1669
2271		-	(2) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 1670
2272		-	that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 1671
2273		-	improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 1672
2274		-	statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 1673
2275		-	and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 1674
2276		-	systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 1675
2277		-	charging on state [owned or leased electric vehicles] property; that 1676
2278		-	reduce water use; that reduce waste generation and disposal; or for any 1677
2279		-	renewable energy, or combined heat and power project in state 1678
2280		-	buildings, not exceeding $10,000,000. 1679
2281		-	Sec. 77. Section 89 of public act 21-111 is repealed. (Effective July 1, 1680
2282		-	2023) 1681
2283		-	Sec. 78. Subsection (a) of section 102 of public act 21-111 is amended 1682
2284		-	to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2023): 1683
2285		-	(a) The State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of bonds 1684
2286		-	of the state, in accordance with the provisions of section 3-20 of the 1685
2287		-	general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate 1686
2288		-	[twenty-five] twenty million dollars for the Connecticut Port Authority 1687
2289		-	established pursuant to section 15-31a of the general statutes. The 1688
2290		-	amount authorized for the issuance and sale of such bonds in each of 1689 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2296		-
2297		-	the following fiscal years shall not exceed the following corresponding 1690
2298		-	amount for each such fiscal year, provided, to the extent the authority 1691
2299		-	does not provide for the use of all or a portion of such amount in any 1692
2300		-	such fiscal year, such amount not provided for shall be carried forward 1693
2301		-	and added to the authorized amount for the next succeeding fiscal year, 1694
2302		-	and, provided further, the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if 1695
2303		-	any, may be added to the capped amount in each fiscal year, and each 1696
2304		-	of the authorized amounts shall be effective on July first of the fiscal year 1697
2305		-	indicated as follows: 1698
2306		-
2307		-	T225 Fiscal Year Ending Amount
2308		-	T226 June Thirtieth
2309		-	T227 2022 $5,000,000
2310		-	T228 2023 5,000,000
2311		-	T229 2024 [5,000,000]
2312		-	T230 2,500,000
2313		-	T231 2025
2314		-
2315		-	[5,000,000]
2316		-	T232 2,500,000
2317		-	T233 2026 5,000,000
2318		-
2319		-
2320		-
2321		-	T234 Total [$25,000,000]
2322		-
2323		-
2324		-	T235 $20,000,000
2325		-
2326		-	Sec. 79. Subsection (b) of section 307 of public act 22-118 is amended 1699
2327		-	to read as follows (Effective from passage): 1700
2328		-	(b) For the Office of Policy and Management: State matching funds 1701
2329		-	for projects and programs allowed under the Infrastructure Investment 1702
2330		-	and Jobs Act or the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, not exceeding 1703
2331		-	$75,000,000. 1704
2332		-	Sec. 80. (Effective July 1, 2023) Any proceeds from the sale of bonds for 1705
2333		-	CareerConneCT workforce training programs, described in subdivision 1706
2334		-	(4) of subsection (c) of section 13 of public act 21-111 and subdivision (4) 1707 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2340		-
2341		-	of subsection (c) of section 32 of public act 21-111, shall be allocated to 1708
2342		-	the Office of Workforce Strategy and such agency shall be responsible 1709
2343		-	for administering such programs. 1710
2344		-	Sec. 81. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1711
2345		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1712
2346		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1713
2347		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1714
2348		-	aggregate thirty-three million dollars, provided three million dollars of 1715
2349		-	said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1716
2350		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1717
2351		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Secretary of 1718
2352		-	the State for the purpose of purchasing and deploying tabulators and 1719
2353		-	related equipment, purchasing equipment and services to implement 1720
2354		-	and integrate the centralized voter registration system and purchasing 1721
2355		-	equipment and software to improve the operation of the business 1722
2356		-	recording system and other functions of the business services division. 1723
2357		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1724
2358		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1725
2359		-	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1726
2360		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1727
2361		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1728
2362		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1729
2363		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1730
2364		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1731
2365		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1732
2366		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1733
2367		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1734
2368		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1735
2369		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1736
2370		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1737
2371		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1738
2372		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1739
2373		-	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1740 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2379		-
2380		-	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1741
2381		-	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1742
2382		-	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1743
2383		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1744
2384		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1745
2385		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1746
2386		-	Sec. 82. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1747
2387		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1748
2388		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1749
2389		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1750
2390		-	aggregate one hundred fifty million dollars, provided seventy-five 1751
2391		-	million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1752
2392		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1753
2393		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1754
2394		-	of Housing for purposes of the time to own program, including grants 1755
2395		-	or forgivable loans for capital improvements for qualifying events. 1756
2396		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1757
2397		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1758
2398		-	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1759
2399		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1760
2400		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1761
2401		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1762
2402		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1763
2403		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1764
2404		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1765
2405		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1766
2406		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1767
2407		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1768
2408		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1769
2409		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1770
2410		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1771
2411		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1772
2412		-	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1773 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2418		-
2419		-	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1774
2420		-	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1775
2421		-	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1776
2422		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1777
2423		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1778
2424		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1779
2425		-	Sec. 83. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1780
2426		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1781
2427		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1782
2428		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1783
2429		-	aggregate six hundred million dollars, provided (1) one hundred fifty 1784
2430		-	million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2023, (2) 1785
2431		-	one hundred fifty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective 1786
2432		-	July 1, 2024, (3) one hundred fifty million dollars of said authorization 1787
2433		-	shall be effective July 1, 2025, and (4) one hundred fifty million dollars 1788
2434		-	of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2026. 1789
2435		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1790
2436		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1791
2437		-	of Energy and Environmental Protection for the purpose of retrofitting 1792
2438		-	projects for multi-family residences in environmental justice 1793
2439		-	communities, as defined in section 22a-20a of the general statutes. 1794
2440		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1795
2441		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1796
2442		-	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1797
2443		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1798
2444		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1799
2445		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1800
2446		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1801
2447		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1802
2448		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1803
2449		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1804
2450		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1805
2451		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1806 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2458		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1807
2459		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1808
2460		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1809
2461		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1810
2462		-	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1811
2463		-	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1812
2464		-	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1813
2465		-	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1814
2466		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1815
2467		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1816
2468		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1817
2469		-	Sec. 84. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1818
2470		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1819
2471		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1820
2472		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1821
2473		-	aggregate sixty million dollars. 1822
2474		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1823
2475		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Connecticut 1824
2476		-	Municipal Redevelopment Authority for the purpose of capitalization. 1825
2477		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1826
2478		-	of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with 1827
2479		-	the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1828
2480		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1829
2481		-	section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1830
2482		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1831
2483		-	accordance with said section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time 1832
2484		-	to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1833
2485		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1834
2486		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1835
2487		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be 1836
2488		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1837
2489		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is 1838
2490		-	signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1839 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2496		-
2497		-	Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, 1840
2498		-	in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section 1841
2499		-	shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of 1842
2500		-	the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of 1843
2501		-	and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly 1844
2502		-	and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, 1845
2503		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1846
2504		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1847
2505		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1848
2506		-	Sec. 85. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1849
2507		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1850
2508		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1851
2509		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1852
2510		-	aggregate fifteen million dollars. 1853
2511		-	(b) (1) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the 1854
2512		-	amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the 1855
2513		-	Department of Economic and Community Development for the purpose 1856
2514		-	of providing grants-in-aid to business and industrial development 1857
2515		-	corporations, as defined in section 36a-626 of the general statutes, whose 1858
2516		-	primary purposes are to (A) provide financing assistance and 1859
2517		-	management assistance to minority-owned and women-owned small 1860
2518		-	businesses that serve or seek to serve underserved or minority 1861
2519		-	communities, (B) provide education and training to such businesses and 1862
2520		-	communities, and (C) work collaboratively with similar organizations 1863
2521		-	and with lenders to foster economic development and growth in such 1864
2522		-	communities. Any business and industrial development corporation 1865
2523		-	that receives a grant-in-aid under this section may use up to ten per cent 1866
2524		-	in the aggregate of the amount of such grant-in-aid for operational costs 1867
2525		-	and to fund a loan loss reserve fund. 1868
2526		-	(2) Any applicant for a license under section 36a-628 of the general 1869
2527		-	statutes that meets the provisions of subdivisions (2) to (4), inclusive, of 1870
2528		-	said section to the Banking Commissioner's satisfaction shall be eligible 1871
2529		-	to receive a grant-in-aid under this section. No such applicant or no 1872 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2536		-	business and industrial development corporation shall receive more 1873
2537		-	than five million dollars in the aggregate under this section. 1874
2538		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1875
2539		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1876
2540		-	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1877
2541		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1878
2542		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1879
2543		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1880
2544		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1881
2545		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1882
2546		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1883
2547		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1884
2548		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1885
2549		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1886
2550		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1887
2551		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1888
2552		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1889
2553		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1890
2554		-	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1891
2555		-	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1892
2556		-	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1893
2557		-	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1894
2558		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1895
2559		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1896
2560		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1897
2561		-	Sec. 86. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the purposes described in 1898
2562		-	subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the 1899
2563		-	power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state 1900
2564		-	in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the 1901
2565		-	aggregate one hundred twenty million dollars, provided sixty million 1902
2566		-	dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1903
2567		-	(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1904
2568		-	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1905 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2574		-
2575		-	of Economic and Community Development for the purpose of carrying 1906
2576		-	out the duties of the Office of Community Economic Development 1907
2577		-	Assistance. 1908
2578		-	(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1909
2579		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1910
2580		-	provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1911
2581		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1912
2582		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1913
2583		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1914
2584		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1915
2585		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1916
2586		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1917
2587		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1918
2588		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1919
2589		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1920
2590		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1921
2591		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1922
2592		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1923
2593		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 1924
2594		-	be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state 1925
2595		-	of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and 1926
2596		-	interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as 1927
2597		-	part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1928
2598		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1929
2599		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1930
2600		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1931
2601		-	Sec. 87. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) (1) As used in this section, 1932
2602		-	"high poverty-low opportunity census tract" means a United States 1933
2603		-	census tract in which thirty per cent or more of the residents within such 1934
2604		-	census tract have incomes below the federal poverty level, according to 1935
2605		-	the most recent five-year United States Census Bureau American 1936
2606		-	Community Survey. 1937
2607		-	(2) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 1938 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2614		-	compile a list of high poverty-low opportunity census tracts in the state 1939
2615		-	and the municipalities in which such census tracts are located and shall, 1940
2616		-	not later than July 31, 2023, submit such list to the General Assembly in 1941
2617		-	accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 1942
2618		-	The secretary shall post such list to the Internet web site of the Office of 1943
2619		-	Policy and Management and shall review and update such list as 1944
2620		-	necessary. Whenever the secretary updates such list, the secretary shall 1945
2621		-	submit such updated list to the General Assembly in accordance with 1946
2622		-	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 1947
2623		-	(b) (1) For the purposes described in subdivision (2) of this 1948
2624		-	subsection, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time 1949
2625		-	to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more 1950
2626		-	series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one 1951
2627		-	billion six hundred fifty million dollars, provided one hundred sixty-1952
2628		-	five million dollars shall be effective each fiscal year for the fiscal years 1953
2629		-	commencing July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2032, inclusive. 1954
2630		-	(2) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount 1955
2631		-	stated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall be used by the 1956
2632		-	Department of Economic and Community Development in accordance 1957
2633		-	with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section for the following 1958
2634		-	purposes within high poverty-low opportunity census tracts to benefit 1959
2635		-	the residents within such census tracts: (A) Construction, renovation or 1960
2636		-	rehabilitation of mixed-income housing; (B) the establishment or 1961
2637		-	improvement of workforce development programs; (C) the 1962
2638		-	establishment or improvement of preschool education, preschool 1963
2639		-	enrichment or preschool day care programs; (D) the establishment or 1964
2640		-	improvement of primary and secondary education programs; (E) 1965
2641		-	construction, renovation or rehabilitation of public infrastructure; and 1966
2642		-	(F) the establishment or improvement of early intervention programs to 1967
2643		-	prevent and reduce gun violence. 1968
2644		-	(3) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, or the exercise 1969
2645		-	of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the 1970
2646		-	provisions of this subsection are hereby adopted and shall apply to all 1971 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2653		-	bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this 1972
2654		-	section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived 1973
2655		-	from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in 1974
2656		-	accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to 1975
2657		-	time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1976
2658		-	exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1977
2659		-	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1978
2660		-	Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be 1979
2661		-	authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that 1980
2662		-	there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed 1981
2663		-	by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 1982
2664		-	and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its 1983
2665		-	discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this subsection 1984
2666		-	shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of 1985
2667		-	the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of 1986
2668		-	and interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly 1987
2669		-	and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, 1988
2670		-	appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such 1989
2671		-	principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay 1990
2672		-	such principal and interest as the same become due. 1991
2673		-	(c) (1) For each fiscal year for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2023, 1992
2674		-	to July 1, 2032, inclusive, each municipality in which a high poverty-low 1993
2675		-	opportunity census tract is located may apply to the Commissioner of 1994
2676		-	Economic and Community Development, in a form and manner 1995
2677		-	prescribed by the commissioner, to receive a grant for any of the 1996
2678		-	purposes set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section or 1997
2679		-	any combination of such purposes. The commissioner shall establish, 1998
2680		-	not later than January 1, 2024, criteria for the awarding of grants, 1999
2681		-	requirements for documents and information to be submitted by 2000
2682		-	municipalities to evaluate applications and deadlines for submitting 2001
2683		-	applications and for submitting revisions recommended by the 2002
2684		-	Governor under subdivision (2) of this subsection. The commissioner 2003
2685		-	shall post such criteria and requirements on the Department of 2004
2686		-	Economic and Community Development's Internet web site and notify 2005 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2693		-	each municipality in which such census tract is located of such posting. 2006
2694		-	(2) The department shall review and evaluate each application 2007
2695		-	submitted and shall work with the applicant municipality to revise the 2008
2696		-	application if the department believes such revisions will improve or 2009
2697		-	strengthen the application. The commissioner shall submit all initial or 2010
2698		-	revised applications received in a fiscal year to the Governor for grant 2011
2699		-	awards to be made from bond proceeds under subsection (b) of this 2012
2700		-	section, provided the Governor may use for such grant awards funds 2013
2701		-	from other bond proceeds authorized for the general purposes 2014
2702		-	described in subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (2) of 2015
2703		-	subsection (b) of this section. Each grant awarded under this section 2016
2704		-	shall be for three million dollars per fiscal year, for a three-year period. 2017
2705		-	The Governor shall review the applications and may recommend 2018
2706		-	changes to any application. Each municipality that has submitted an 2019
2707		-	application for which the Governor recommends a change may submit 2020
2708		-	a revised application to the Commissioner of Economic and Community 2021
2709		-	Development, who shall forward such application to the Governor. 2022
2710		-	Each finalized application that the Governor approves shall be 2023
2711		-	considered at a State Bond Commission meeting not later than two 2024
2712		-	months after the date the application was submitted by t he 2025
2713		-	commissioner to the Governor. 2026
2714		-	(3) At the conclusion of the initial three-year period, the 2027
2715		-	commissioner shall evaluate the municipality's progress towards 2028
2716		-	reducing the percentage of the residents within the applicable high 2029
2717		-	poverty-low opportunity census tract who have incomes below the 2030
2718		-	federal poverty level. Upon a determination by the commissioner that 2031
2719		-	reasonable progress has been made, the municipality may apply for 2032
2720		-	subsequent grants under this section, provided at the conclusion of each 2033
2721		-	three-year period, each applicant municipality shall be subject to the 2034
2722		-	evaluation and determination under this subdivision prior to being 2035
2723		-	eligible to apply for a subsequent grant. Any subsequent grant 2036
2724		-	applications shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 2037
2725		-	subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. 2038 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2732		-	(4) Not later than August 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 2039
2733		-	commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions 2040
2734		-	of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the General Assembly, that 2041
2735		-	includes the municipalities that submitted applications and that were 2042
2736		-	awarded grants under this section in the prior fiscal year, a description 2043
2737		-	of each purpose and project a municipality awarded a grant under this 2044
2738		-	section is seeking to accomplish or undertaking, a progress report, if 2045
2739		-	applicable, for each such purpose or project and any other information 2046
2740		-	the commissioner deems relevant. 2047
2741		-	Sec. 88. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to taxable years 2048
2742		-	commencing on or after January 1, 2023) (a) For purposes of this section: 2049
2743		-	(1) "Eligible renter" means an individual leasing and occupying a 2050
2744		-	dwelling unit as a primary residence; 2051
2745		-	(2) "Owner-occupied home" means a building containing three or 2052
2746		-	fewer dwelling units, one of which units is occupied as a primary 2053
2747		-	residence by the owner of the building or, with respect to a common 2054
2748		-	interest community, as defined in section 47-202 of the general statutes, 2055
2749		-	"owner-occupied home" means a dwelling unit occupied as a primary 2056
2750		-	residence by the owner of the unit, within a common interest 2057
2751		-	community containing three or fewer dwelling units; 2058
2752		-	(3) "Qualifying census tract" means a high poverty-low opportunity 2059
2753		-	census tract, as defined in section 87 of this act; and 2060
2754		-	(4) "Qualifying resident" means an owner of an owner-occupied 2061
2755		-	home or an eligible renter. 2062
2756		-	(b) (1) There is established a program that encourages 2063
2757		-	homeownership and tenant retention in qualifying census tracts by 2064
2758		-	providing an exemption from the personal income tax to qualifying 2065
2759		-	residents who reside in a qualifying census tract. Each municipality in 2066
2760		-	which a qualifying census tract is located shall implement, in 2067
2761		-	consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management 2068
2762		-	and the Commissioner of Revenue Services, an outreach program to 2069 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2768		-
2769		-	publicize the program to such qualifying residents. 2070
2770		-	(2) The Department of Revenue Services shall exempt each qualifying 2071
2771		-	resident from the tax imposed under chapter 229 of the general statutes, 2072
2772		-	other than the liability imposed by section 12-707 of the general statutes, 2073
2773		-	(A) who has resided in a qualifying census tract for at least two years, 2074
2774		-	and (B) whose federal adjusted gross income does not exceed (i) one 2075
2775		-	hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for an individual who files a 2076
2776		-	return under the federal income tax as an unmarried individual, a 2077
2777		-	married individual filing separately or a head of household, or (ii) two 2078
2778		-	hundred thousand dollars for individuals who file a return under the 2079
2779		-	federal income tax as married individuals filing jointly. 2080
2780		-	(3) Any such qualifying resident shall continue to be eligible for the 2081
2781		-	credit under section 12-704e of the general statutes in addition to the 2082
2782		-	exemption provided under this section. 2083
2783		-	(4) Any such qualifying resident shall continue to be eligible for the 2084
2784		-	exemption offered under this section as long as such resident continues 2085
2785		-	to reside in a qualifying census tract for the entirety of a calendar year. 2086
2786		-	Any qualifying resident who moves from one such census tract to 2087
2787		-	another such census tract without an intervening break shall be deemed 2088
2788		-	to be continuously residing in a qualifying census tract for purposes of 2089
2789		-	calculating the residency period required under subparagraph (A) of 2090
2790		-	subdivision (2) of this subsection. 2091
2791		-	(c) Any qualifying resident claiming the exemption under this section 2092
2792		-	shall provide to the Commissioner of Revenue Services any information 2093
2793		-	the commissioner may require to substantiate such resident's eligibility 2094
2794		-	for the exemption under this section. 2095
2795		-	(d) (1) The exemption allowed to qualifying residents pursuant to this 2096
2796		-	section shall continue until the percentage of residents within the 2097
2797		-	qualifying census tract with incomes below the federal poverty level is 2098
2798		-	equal to or exceeds the average percentage of residents with incomes 2099
2799		-	below the federal poverty level, according to the most recent five-year 2100 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2805		-
2806		-	United States Census Bureau American Community Survey, within all 2101
2807		-	municipalities contiguous to the municipality in which such qualifying 2102
2808		-	census tract is located. 2103
2809		-	(2) Upon reaching such percentage, the municipality shall notify its 2104
2810		-	residents and the Department of Revenue Services and the exemption 2105
2811		-	allowed under this section shall phase out over a five-year period. Each 2106
2812		-	qualifying resident shall be liable, in the first taxable year commencing 2107
2813		-	after the municipality has provided such notice, for twenty per cent of 2108
2814		-	the tax otherwise due under chapter 229 of the general statutes and shall 2109
2815		-	be liable for an additional twenty per cent each taxable year thereafter, 2110
2816		-	until such qualifying resident is liable for all tax due under chapter 229 2111
2817		-	of the general statutes. The municipality and qualifying residents 2112
2818		-	subject to a phase-out pursuant to this subsection shall provide any 2113
2819		-	information needed by the department to process the phase-out. 2114
2820		-	(e) Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 2115
2821		-	Commissioner of Revenue Services shall submit a report, in accordance 2116
2822		-	with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 2117
2823		-	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 2118
2824		-	matters relating to revenue. Such report shall include a summary of the 2119
2825		-	number of individuals claiming the exemption under this section, an 2120
2826		-	estimate of the revenue loss resulting from such exemption, the 2121
2827		-	municipalities in which qualifying residents claiming the exemption 2122
2828		-	under this section reside and any other information the commissioner 2123
2829		-	deems informative to assess the impact and effectiveness of the 2124
2830		-	exemption under this section. 2125
2831		-	Sec. 89. (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2023, and 2126
2832		-	quarterly thereafter until completion of the projects identified in 2127
2833		-	subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, the Department of 2128
2834		-	Administrative Services shall submit a report, in accordance with the 2129
2835		-	provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 2130
2836		-	committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 2131
2837		-	relating to finance, revenue and bonding, and government 2132
2838		-	administration and elections, on the status of (1) the design, alteration, 2133 Substitute Bill No. 980
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2844		-
2845		-	renovation and construction of facilities for the Office of the Chief 2134
2846		-	Medical Examiner, and (2) the design, rehabilitation and construction of 2135
2847		-	the parking garage, surface parking and related work at the Greater 2136
2848		-	Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center in Bridgeport. 2137
2849		-	Sec. 90. Section 12-724a of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 2138
2850		-	July 1, 2023) 2139
	1784	+	(a) For the purposes of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, the State 1299
	1785	+	Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize 1300
	1786	+	the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal 1301
	1787	+	amounts, not exceeding in the aggregate [two billion sixty-five] two 1302
	1788	+	billion one hundred seventy million one hundred twenty-five thousand 1303
	1789	+	nine hundred seventy-six dollars, provided [one hundred] sixty-five 1304
	1790	+	million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, [2022] 2024. 1305
	1791	+	Sec. 61. Subsection (d) of section 22a-483 of the general statutes is 1306
	1792	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1307
	1793	+	2024): 1308
	1794	+	(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the 1309
	1795	+	State Bond Commission from authorizing the issuance of revenue 1310
	1796	+	bonds, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [four billion 1311
	1797	+	four hundred eighty-six] four billion five hundred eleven million eighty 1312
	1798	+	thousand dollars, [provided two hundred thirty-seven million dollars 1313
	1799	+	of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2022,] that are not general 1314
	1800	+	obligations of the state of Connecticut to which the full faith and credit 1315
	1801	+	of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal 1316
	1802	+	and interest. Such revenue bonds shall mature at such time or times not 1317
	1803	+	exceeding thirty years from their respective dates as may be provided 1318
	1804	+	in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond 1319
	1805	+	Commission authorizing such revenue bonds. The revenue bonds, 1320
	1806	+	revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant 1321
	1807	+	anticipation notes authorized to be issued under sections 22a-475 to 1322
	1808	+	22a-483, inclusive, shall be special obligations of the state and shall not 1323
	1809	+	be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues 1324
	1810	+	or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in said 1325
	1811	+	sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, including the repayment of 1326
	1812	+	municipal loan obligations; nor shall the state or any political 1327
	1813	+	subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to the 1328
	1814	+	extent of such pledged revenues or the receipts, funds or moneys 1329
	1815	+	pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, 1330 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1816	+
	1817	+
	1818	+
	1819	+	LCO No. 4023 49 of 56
	1820	+
	1821	+	inclusive. The issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond 1331
	1822	+	anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes under the 1332
	1823	+	provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not 1333
	1824	+	directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political 1334
	1825	+	subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever 1335
	1826	+	therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The revenue 1336
	1827	+	bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant 1337
	1828	+	anticipation notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, 1338
	1829	+	legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political 1339
	1830	+	subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise 1340
	1831	+	encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of said sections 1341
	1832	+	22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be 1342
	1833	+	plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond, revenue state bond 1343
	1834	+	anticipation note and revenue state grant anticipation note issued 1344
	1835	+	pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall not be 1345
	1836	+	subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and 1346
	1837	+	such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue 1347
	1838	+	state grant anticipation notes, when issued, shall not be included in 1348
	1839	+	computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to 1349
	1840	+	the extent of any such limitation. As part of the contract of the state with 1350
	1841	+	the owners of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation 1351
	1842	+	notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, all amounts necessary 1352
	1843	+	for the punctual payment of the debt service requirements with respect 1353
	1844	+	to such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1354
	1845	+	revenue state grant anticipation notes shall be deemed appropriated, 1355
	1846	+	but only from the sources pledged pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 1356
	1847	+	22a-483, inclusive. The proceeds of such revenue bonds or notes may be 1357
	1848	+	deposited in the Clean Water Fund for use in accordance with the 1358
	1849	+	permitted uses of such fund. Any expense incurred in connection with 1359
	1850	+	the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the costs of 1360
	1851	+	issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and 1361
	1852	+	revenue state grant anticipation notes may be paid from the accrued 1362
	1853	+	interest and premiums or from any other proceeds of the sale of such 1363
	1854	+	revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes or revenue state 1364
	1855	+	grant anticipation notes and in the same manner as other obligations of 1365 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1856	+
	1857	+
	1858	+
	1859	+	LCO No. 4023 50 of 56
	1860	+
	1861	+	the state. All provisions of subsections (g), (k), (l), (s) and (u) of section 1366
	1862	+	3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not 1367
	1863	+	inconsistent with the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, 1368
	1864	+	inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all revenue bonds, state 1369
	1865	+	revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation 1370
	1866	+	notes authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said 1371
	1867	+	sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. For the purposes of subsection (o) 1372
	1868	+	of section 3-20, "bond act" shall be construed to include said sections 1373
	1869	+	22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive. 1374
	1870	+	Sec. 62. Subsection (a) of section 23-103 of the general statutes is 1375
	1871	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1376
	1872	+	2023): 1377
	1873	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1378
	1874	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to 1379
	1875	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1380
	1876	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [twenty-two million 1381
	1877	+	dollars] thirty-two million dollars, provided five million dollars of said 1382
	1878	+	authorization shall be effective July 1, 2024. 1383
	1879	+	Sec. 63. Subsection (b) of section 32-235 of the general statutes is 1384
	1880	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1385
	1881	+	2023): 1386
	1882	+	(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount 1387
	1883	+	stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department 1388
	1884	+	of Economic and Community Development (1) for the purposes of 1389
	1885	+	sections 32-220 to 32-234, inclusive, including economic cluster-related 1390
	1886	+	programs and activities, and for the Connecticut job training finance 1391
	1887	+	demonstration program pursuant to sections 32-23uu and 32-23vv, 1392
	1888	+	provided (A) three million dollars shall be used by said department 1393
	1889	+	solely for the purposes of section 32-23uu, (B) not less than one million 1394
	1890	+	dollars shall be used for an educational technology grant to the 1395
	1891	+	deployment center program and the nonprofit business consortium 1396
	1892	+	deployment center approved pursuant to section 32-41l, (C) not less 1397 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1893	+
	1894	+
	1895	+
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	1897	+
	1898	+	than two million dollars shall be used by said department for the 1398
	1899	+	establishment of a pilot program to make grants to businesses in 1399
	1900	+	designated areas of the state for construction, renovation or 1400
	1901	+	improvement of small manufacturing facilities, provided such grants 1401
	1902	+	are matched by the business, a municipality or another financing entity. 1402
	1903	+	The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall 1403
	1904	+	designate areas of the state where manufacturing is a substantial part of 1404
	1905	+	the local economy and shall make grants under such pilot program 1405
	1906	+	which are likely to produce a significant economic development benefit 1406
	1907	+	for the designated area, (D) five million dollars may be used by said 1407
	1908	+	department for the manufacturing competitiveness grants program, (E) 1408
	1909	+	one million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1409
	1910	+	a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the 1410
	1911	+	purposes of subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 32-7f, (F) fifty 1411
	1912	+	million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1412
	1913	+	grants to the United States Department of the Navy, the United States 1413
	1914	+	Department of Defense or eligible applicants for projects related to the 1414
	1915	+	enhancement of infrastructure for long-term, on-going naval operations 1415
	1916	+	at the United States Naval Submarine Base-New London, located in 1416
	1917	+	Groton, which will increase the military value of said base. Such projects 1417
	1918	+	shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 4a-60 and 4a-60a, (G) 1418
	1919	+	two million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1419
	1920	+	a grant to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., for 1420
	1921	+	manufacturing initiatives, including aerospace and defense, and (H) 1421
	1922	+	four million dollars shall be used by said department for the purpose of 1422
	1923	+	a grant to companies adversely impacted by the construction at the 1423
	1924	+	Quinnipiac Bridge, where such grant may be used to offset the increase 1424
	1925	+	in costs of commercial overland transportation of goods or materials 1425
	1926	+	brought to the port of New Haven by ship or vessel, (2) for the purposes 1426
	1927	+	of the small business assistance program established pursuant to section 1427
	1928	+	32-9yy, provided fifteen million dollars shall be deposited in the small 1428
	1929	+	business assistance account established pursuant to said section 32-9yy, 1429
	1930	+	(3) to deposit twenty million dollars in the small business express 1430
	1931	+	assistance account established pursuant to section 32-7h, (4) to deposit 1431
	1932	+	four million nine hundred thousand dollars per year in each of the fiscal 1432 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1933	+
	1934	+
	1935	+
	1936	+	LCO No. 4023 52 of 56
	1937	+
	1938	+	years ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and June 30, 2021, 1433
	1939	+	and nine million nine hundred thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending 1434
	1940	+	June 30, 2020, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-1435
	1941	+	39i, which shall be used by CTNext to provide grants-in-aid to 1436
	1942	+	designated innovation places, as defined in section 32-39j, planning 1437
	1943	+	grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39l, and grants-in-aid for projects 1438
	1944	+	that network innovation places pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32-1439
	1945	+	39m, provided not more than three million dollars be used for grants-1440
	1946	+	in-aid for such projects, and further provided any portion of any such 1441
	1947	+	deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year subsequent to the date 1442
	1948	+	of such deposit may be used by CTNext for any purpose described in 1443
	1949	+	subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (5) to deposit two million dollars per 1444
	1950	+	year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2021, 1445
	1951	+	inclusive, in the CTNext Fund established pursuant to section 32-39i, 1446
	1952	+	which shall be used by CTNext for the purpose of providing higher 1447
	1953	+	education entrepreneurship grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, 1448
	1954	+	provided any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in 1449
	1955	+	a fiscal year subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by 1450
	1956	+	CTNext for any purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (6) 1451
	1957	+	for the purpose of funding the costs of the Technology Talent Advisory 1452
	1958	+	Committee established pursuant to section 32-7p, provided [two million 1453
	1959	+	dollars per year in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, to June 1454
	1960	+	30, 2021, inclusive, shall be used] not more than ten million dollars may 1455
	1961	+	be used on or after July 1, 2023, for such purpose, (7) to provide (A) a 1456
	1962	+	grant-in-aid to the Connecticut Supplier Connection in an amount equal 1457
	1963	+	to two hundred fifty thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years ending 1458
	1964	+	June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, and (B) a grant-in-aid to the 1459
	1965	+	Connecticut Procurement Technical Assistance Program in an amount 1460
	1966	+	equal to three hundred thousand dollars in each of the fiscal years 1461
	1967	+	ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, (8) to deposit four 1462
	1968	+	hundred fifty thousand dollars per year, in each of the fiscal years 1463
	1969	+	ending June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2021, inclusive, in the CTNext Fund 1464
	1970	+	established pursuant to section 32-39i, which shall be used by CTNext 1465
	1971	+	to provide growth grants-in-aid pursuant to section 32-39g, provided 1466
	1972	+	any portion of any such deposit that remains unexpended in a fiscal year 1467 Governor's Bill No. 980
	1973	+
	1974	+
	1975	+
	1976	+	LCO No. 4023 53 of 56
	1977	+
	1978	+	subsequent to the date of such deposit may be used by CTNext for any 1468
	1979	+	purpose described in subsection (e) of section 32-39i, (9) to transfer fifty 1469
	1980	+	million dollars to the Labor Department which shall be used by said 1470
	1981	+	department for the purpose of funding workforce pipeline programs 1471
	1982	+	selected pursuant to section 31-11rr, provided, notwithstanding the 1472
	1983	+	provisions of section 31-11rr, (A) not less than five million dollars shall 1473
	1984	+	be provided to the workforce development board in Bridgeport serving 1474
	1985	+	the southwest region, for purposes of such program, and the board shall 1475
	1986	+	distribute such money in proportion to population and need, and (B) 1476
	1987	+	not less than five million dollars shall be provided to the workforce 1477
	1988	+	development board in Hartford serving the north central region, for 1478
	1989	+	purposes of such program, (10) to transfer twenty million dollars to 1479
	1990	+	Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, provided ten million dollars 1480
	1991	+	shall be used by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose 1481
	1992	+	of the proof of concept fund established pursuant to subsection (b) of 1482
	1993	+	section 32-39x and ten million dollars shall be used by Connecticut 1483
	1994	+	Innovations, Incorporated for the purpose of the venture capital fund 1484
	1995	+	program established pursuant to section 32-41oo. Not later than thirty 1485
	1996	+	days prior to any use of unexpended funds under subdivision (4), (5) or 1486
	1997	+	(8) of this subsection, the CTNext board of directors shall provide notice 1487
	1998	+	of and the reason for such use to the joint standing committees of the 1488
	1999	+	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce 1489
	2000	+	and finance, revenue and bonding. 1490
	2001	+	Sec. 64. Subsection (a) of section 85 of public act 13-3, as amended by 1491
	2002	+	section 74 of public act 14-98, section 67 of public act 15-1 of the June 1492
	2003	+	special session, section 26 of public act 18-178, section 74 of public act 1493
	2004	+	20-1 and section 62 of public act 21-111, is amended to read as follows 1494
	2005	+	(Effective July 1, 2023): 1495
	2006	+	(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the 1496
	2007	+	State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to 1497
	2008	+	authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in 1498
	2009	+	principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate [eighty-seven] one 1499
	2010	+	hundred seven million dollars, provided ten million dollars of said 1500
	2011	+	authorization shall be effective July 1, [2022] 2024. 1501 Governor's Bill No. 980
	2012	+
	2013	+
	2014	+
	2015	+	LCO No. 4023 54 of 56
	2016	+
	2017	+	Sec. 65. Subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 21 of public act 21-1502
	2018	+	111 is amended to read as follows (Effective from passage): 1503
	2019	+	(2) For the purpose of funding projects in state buildings and assets 1504
	2020	+	that result in decreased environmental impacts, including projects: That 1505
	2021	+	improve energy efficiency pursuant to section 16a-38l of the general 1506
	2022	+	statutes; that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from building heating 1507
	2023	+	and cooling, including installation of renewable thermal heating 1508
	2024	+	systems; that expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support 1509
	2025	+	charging on state [owned or leased electric vehicles] property; that 1510
	2026	+	reduce water use; that reduce waste generation and disposal; or for any 1511
	2027	+	renewable energy, or combined heat and power project in state 1512
	2028	+	buildings, not exceeding $10,000,000. 1513
	2029	+	Sec. 66. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) Any proceeds from the sale of 1514
	2030	+	bonds for CareerConneCT workforce training programs, described in 1515
	2031	+	subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of section 13 of public act 21-111 and 1516
	2032	+	subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of section 32 of public act 21-111, shall 1517
	2033	+	be allocated to the Office of Workforce Strategy and such agency shall 1518
	2034	+	be responsible for administering such programs. 1519
2851	2035		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
2852	2036		sections:
2853	2037
2854	2038		Section 1 July 1, 2023 New section
2855	2039		Sec. 2 July 1, 2023 New section
2856	2040		Sec. 3 July 1, 2023 New section
2857	2041		Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 New section
2858	2042		Sec. 5 July 1, 2023 New section
2859	2043		Sec. 6 July 1, 2023 New section
2860	2044		Sec. 7 July 1, 2023 New section
2861	2045		Sec. 8 July 1, 2023 New section
2862	2046		Sec. 9 July 1, 2023 New section
2863	2047		Sec. 10 July 1, 2023 New section
2864	2048		Sec. 11 July 1, 2023 New section
2865	2049		Sec. 12 July 1, 2023 New section
2866	2050		Sec. 13 July 1, 2023 New section
2867	2051		Sec. 14 July 1, 2023 New section
2868		-	Sec. 15 July 1, 2023 New section
	2052	+	Sec. 15 July 1, 2023 New section Governor's Bill No. 980
	2053	+
	2054	+
	2055	+
	2056	+	LCO No. 4023 55 of 56
	2057	+
2869	2058		Sec. 16 July 1, 2023 New section
2870	2059		Sec. 17 July 1, 2023 New section
2871	2060		Sec. 18 July 1, 2023 New section
2872	2061		Sec. 19 July 1, 2023 New section
2873	2062		Sec. 20 July 1, 2024 New section
2874	2063		Sec. 21 July 1, 2024 New section
2875	2064		Sec. 22 July 1, 2024 New section
2876	2065		Sec. 23 July 1, 2024 New section
2877	2066		Sec. 24 July 1, 2024 New section
2878	2067		Sec. 25 July 1, 2024 New section
2879	2068		Sec. 26 July 1, 2024 New section
2880	2069		Sec. 27 July 1, 2024 New section
2881		-	Sec. 28 July 1, 2024 New section Substitute Bill No. 980
2882		-
2883		-
2884		-	LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\ANTONAKOSM \WS\2023SB-
2885		-	00980-R01-SB.docx }
2886		-	76 of 77
2887		-
	2070	+	Sec. 28 July 1, 2024 New section
2888	2071		Sec. 29 July 1, 2024 New section
2889	2072		Sec. 30 July 1, 2024 New section
2890	2073		Sec. 31 July 1, 2024 New section
2891	2074		Sec. 32 July 1, 2024 New section
2892	2075		Sec. 33 July 1, 2024 New section
2893	2076		Sec. 34 July 1, 2024 New section
2894	2077		Sec. 35 July 1, 2024 New section
2895	2078		Sec. 36 July 1, 2024 New section
2896	2079		Sec. 37 July 1, 2024 New section
2897	2080		Sec. 38 July 1, 2024 New section
2898	2081		Sec. 39 July 1, 2023 New section
2899	2082		Sec. 40 July 1, 2023 New section
2900	2083		Sec. 41 July 1, 2023 New section
2901	2084		Sec. 42 July 1, 2023 New section
2902	2085		Sec. 43 July 1, 2023 New section
2903	2086		Sec. 44 July 1, 2023 New section
2904	2087		Sec. 45 July 1, 2024 New section
2905	2088		Sec. 46 July 1, 2024 New section
2906	2089		Sec. 47 July 1, 2024 New section
2907	2090		Sec. 48 July 1, 2024 New section
2908	2091		Sec. 49 July 1, 2024 New section
2909	2092		Sec. 50 July 1, 2024 New section
2910	2093		Sec. 51 July 1, 2023 4-66c(a) and (b)
2911		-	Sec. 52 July 1, ~~2023~~ 4-66g(a)
	2094	+	Sec. 52 July 1, 2024 4-66g(a)
2912	2095		Sec. 53 July 1, 2023 4a-10(a)
2913	2096		Sec. 54 July 1, 2023 7-538(a)
2914	2097		Sec. 55 July 1, 2023 New section
2915		-	Sec. 56 July 1, 2023 8-336n(a)
	2098	+	Sec. 56 July 1, 2023 8-336n(a) Governor's Bill No. 980
	2099	+
	2100	+
	2101	+
	2102	+	LCO No. 4023 56 of 56
	2103	+
2916	2104		Sec. 57 July 1, 2023 10-66jj(a)
2917		-	Sec. 58 July 1, 2023 10-265t~~(a)~~
	2105	+	Sec. 58 July 1, 2023 10-265t
2918	2106		Sec. 59 July 1, 2024 10-287d
2919		-	Sec. 60 July 1, 2023 11-24c
2920		-	Sec. 61 July 1, 2023 13b-236(a) and (b)
2921		-	Sec. 62 July 1, 2023 22a-483(a)
2922		-	Sec. 63 July 1, 2024 22a-483(d)
2923		-	Sec. 64 July 1, 2023 23-103(a)
2924		-	Sec. 65 July 1, 2023 32-235(b)
2925		-	Sec. 66 July 1, 2023 47a-56k(a)
2926		-	Sec. 67 July 1, 2023 PA 13-3, Sec. 85(a) Substitute Bill No. 980
2927		-
2928		-
2929		-	LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\ANTONAKOSM \WS\2023SB-
2930		-	00980-R01-SB.docx }
2931		-	77 of 77
2932		-
2933		-	Sec. 68 July 1, 2023 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
2934		-	Sess., Sec. 388
2935		-	Sec. 69 July 1, 2023 Repealer section
2936		-	Sec. 70 July 1, 2023 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
2937		-	Sess., Sec. 407
2938		-	Sec. 71 July 1, 2023 PA 17-2 of the June Sp.
2939		-	Sess., Sec. 408(b)
2940		-	Sec. 72 July 1, 2023 PA 20-1, Sec. 20
2941		-	Sec. 73 July 1, 2023 PA 20-1, Sec. 21(g)
2942		-	Sec. 74 July 1, 2023 PA 20-1, Sec. 31
2943		-	Sec. 75 July 1, 2023 Repealer section
2944		-	Sec. 76 from passage PA 21-111, Sec. 21(e)(2)
2945		-	Sec. 77 July 1, 2023 Repealer section
2946		-	Sec. 78 July 1, 2023 PA 21-111, Sec. 102(a)
2947		-	Sec. 79 from passage PA 22-118, Sec. 307(b)
2948		-	Sec. 80 July 1, 2023 New section
2949		-	Sec. 81 July 1, 2023 New section
2950		-	Sec. 82 July 1, 2023 New section
2951		-	Sec. 83 July 1, 2023 New section
2952		-	Sec. 84 July 1, 2023 New section
2953		-	Sec. 85 July 1, 2023 New section
2954		-	Sec. 86 July 1, 2023 New section
2955		-	Sec. 87 July 1, 2023 New section
2956		-	Sec. 88 July 1, 2023, and
2957		-	applicable to taxable years
2958		-	commencing on or after
2959		-	January 1, 2023
2960		-	New section
2961		-	Sec. 89 from passage New section
2962		-	Sec. 90 July 1, 2023 Repealer section
2963		-
2964		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
2965		-	In Sections 13(b)(5) and 32(b)(5), "school districts" was changed to "local
2966		-	and regional boards of education", and in Sections 13(e)(1) and 32(e)(1),
2967		-	"to local and regional boards of education" was inserted, for accuracy.
2968		-
2969		-	FIN Joint Favorable Subst.
	2107	+	Sec. 60 July 1, 2023 22a-483(a)
	2108	+	Sec. 61 July 1, 2024 22a-483(d)
	2109	+	Sec. 62 July 1, 2023 23-103(a)
	2110	+	Sec. 63 July 1, 2023 32-235(b)
	2111	+	Sec. 64 July 1, 2023 PA 13-3, Sec. 85(a)
	2112	+	Sec. 65 from passage PA 21-111, Sec. 21(e)(2)
	2113	+	Sec. 66 July 1, 2023 New section
	2114	+
	2115	+	Statement of Purpose:
	2116	+	To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
	2117	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	2118	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	2119	+	underlined.]
2970	2120