Sec. 32-22. Bond issue. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 32-22. Bond issue. (a) The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series in accordance with section 3-20 and in principal amounts necessary to carry out the purposes of section 32-16 but not in excess of the aggregate amount of twenty-six million dollars. All of said bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or different or varying rates and payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form with or without interest coupons attached, carry such registration and transfer privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium as, irrespective of the provisions of said section 3-20, may be provided by the authorization of the State Bond Commission or fixed in accordance therewith.

      (b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development to make grants to the authority for deposit in the Mortgage and Loan Insurance Fund created by section 32-14. The terms and conditions of said grants shall be governed in accordance with a grant contract between the department and the authority. Payments of principal on such bonds as they mature and interest thereon shall be payable first from the Mortgage and Loan Insurance Fund and secondly from the state General Fund.

      (1961, P.A. 542, S. 13; February, 1965, P.A. 494, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 503, S. 3; 1972, P.A. 195, S. 25; 259, S. 2; P.A. 74-338, S. 9, 94; P.A. 75-461, S. 4, 6; P.A. 81-388, S. 11, 12; P.A. 87-536, S. 4, 7; P.A. 88-265, S. 7, 36; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 19, 36; P.A. 93-382, S. 29, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 28, 39, 45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 197, 203; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: 1965 act increased aggregate amount of bonds from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000 and deleted provisions re requests for additional funds to meet obligations from unappropriated moneys in general fund; 1971 act divided previous provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b), specified that $25,000,000 of principal amount be deposited in industrial building mortgage insurance fund, and added Subsec. (c) requiring deposit of remaining $10,000,000 in industrial pollution abatement fund; 1972 acts made technical change and rephrased Subsec. (c); P.A. 74-338 deleted Subsec. (c) and removed $25,000,000 limit in Subsec. (b) accordingly; P.A. 75-461 increased bond limit in Subsec. (a) by the aggregate amount of outstanding capital reserve fund bonds including anticipation notes; P.A. 81-388 reduced the bond ceiling from $35,000,000 to $25,000,000; P.A. 87-536 set bond limit at $325,000,000 and clarified that the uses were solely for the purposes of Sec. 32-16; P.A. 88-265 added provisions to Subsec. (b) re reimbursement of general fund for temporary borrowings; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease the bond authorization from $325,000,000 to $115,000,000; P.A. 93-382 decreased the bond authorization to $54,000,000, effective July 1, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease bond authorization to $44,000,000 and amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes re administration of the grants, effective July 1, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 in Subsec. (a) decreased bond authorization to $26,000,000, effective June 21, 1994 (Revisor's note: In 1995 the name of the fund in Subsec. (b) was changed editorially by the Revisors from "Industrial Building Mortgage Insurance Fund" to "Mortgage and Loan Insurance Fund" to conform section with Sec. 32-14 as amended by P.A. 93-360); P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.

      See Sec. 32-23f re bonds and notes.