Sec. 10-292l. Certification of dates and amounts of interest subsidy grant payments. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 10-292l. Certification of dates and amounts of interest subsidy grant payments. Any grant commitment entered into by the Commissioner of Education on or prior to July 1, 1997, which includes a commitment to pay the interest cost on bonds or temporary notes renewed in accordance with section 7-378a or 7-378e into the third or any subsequent year of such renewal following the date of issuance of the original notes, issued by a town or regional school district to finance the state share of the cost of a school building project as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and if not paid prior to July 1, 1997, shall be considered to have been properly made pursuant to, and is subject to, sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive. On or after July 1, 1997, each town and regional school district shall submit a separate application to the Commissioner of Education for interest subsidy grants described in sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive. The Commissioner of Education shall certify to the State Comptroller, upon completion of the issuance of bonds or such renewal of temporary notes, the dates and amount of interest subsidy grant payments to be made pursuant to sections 10-292c to 10-292n, inclusive, and the State Comptroller is authorized and directed to draw an order on the State Treasurer upon such certification to pay the amounts so certified when due. The State Treasurer shall make such interest subsidy grant payments at least ten days prior to the interest payment dates on bonds or temporary notes related thereto. In the event that a school building project is not completed at the time bonds or temporary notes related thereto or short-term financing are issued to finance the project, the certification of the interest subsidy grant amounts by the Commissioner of Education may be based on estimates, provided, upon completion of such project and notification of final acceptance to the state, the Commissioner of Education shall adjust and recertify the dates and amounts of subsequent interest subsidy grant payments based on the state's share of final eligible costs.

      (P.A. 97-265, S. 94, 98.)

      History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997.