Sec. 8-114a. State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 8-114a. State assistance to authorities, municipal developers, nonprofit corporations and housing partnerships. (a) Upon preliminary approval by the State Bond Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 3-21, the state, acting by and through the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may enter into a contract or contracts (1) with an authority, municipal developer or nonprofit corporation for state financial assistance for a rental housing project or projects or continuum of housing or mobile manufactured home parks subject to the provisions of section 8-114b, for elderly persons in the form of capital grants, interim loans, permanent loans, deferred loans or any combination thereof for application to the development cost of such project or projects, or (2) with a housing partnership for state financial assistance for a rental housing project or projects or continuum of housing, for elderly persons, in the form of interim loans, permanent loans, deferred loans or any combination thereof, for application to the development cost of such project or projects. A contract with an authority may provide that in the case of any loan made in conjunction with any housing assistance funds provided by an agency of the United States government, if such housing assistance funds terminate prior to complete repayment of a loan made pursuant to this section, the remaining balance of such loan may be converted to a capital grant or decreased loan. Any such state assistance contract with an authority for a capital grant or loan entered into prior to the time housing assistance funds became available from an agency of the United States government, may, upon the mutual consent of the commissioner and the authority, be renegotiated to provide for a loan or increased loan in the place of a capital grant or loan or a part thereof, consistent with the above conditions. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on all or a portion of the interest are due currently but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.

      (b) Permanent loans made by the state under this section: (1) Shall bear interest payable quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October for the preceding calendar quarter; (2) shall be in an amount not in excess of the development cost of the project or projects, including, in the case of loans financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, administrative cost or other expense to be incurred by the state in connection therewith, as approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; and (3) shall be repayable in such installments as are determined by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development within fifty years from the date of completion of the project or projects, as determined by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. In anticipation of final payment of such capital grants or loans, the state, acting by and through said commissioner and in accordance with such contract, may make temporary advances to the authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or housing partnership for preliminary planning expense or other development cost of such project or projects. Any loan provided pursuant to this section shall bear interest at a rate to be determined in accordance with subsection (t) of section 3-20. As a condition of making any loan under this section, the commissioner may require such authority, developer, corporation or partnership to develop a management plan designed to ensure adequate maintenance of such project or projects, continuum of housing or mobile home parks.

      (1959, P.A. 600, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 508, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 54, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 317, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 759, S. 1; P.A. 73-529, S. 2; P.A. 76-142, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-328, S. 1; 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 83-574, S. 4, 20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1; P.A. 84-504, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-238, S. 2; P.A. 87-386, S. 2; 87-416, S. 4, 24; 87-436, S. 2, 23; P.A. 88-364, S. 8, 123; P.A. 90-238, S. 6, 32; P.A. 92-166, S. 5, 31; P.A. 93-165, S. 4, 7; 93-309, S. 15, 29; 93-435, S. 72, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 06-93, S. 7.)

      History: 1961 act deleted provision for aid in the form of temporary and definitive loans and guarantees by the state of notes or bonds of an authority and deleted requirement of annual contribution to the Rental Housing for Elderly Fund; 1963 act included "administrative or other cost or expense to be incurred by the state in connection therewith" in development cost of projects; 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; 1969 act allowed state to contract for assistance in providing housing for elderly if municipality has prepared or begun preparation for preparing community development action plan; 1971 act deleted provision enacted in 1969 concerning community development action plans; P.A. 73-529 added phrase "continuum of housing"; P.A. 76-142 allowed financial aid in form of interim or permanent loans as well as capital grants and permitted combinations of funding, added provisions determining what form or forms assistance is to take in given situations and required that interest on loans not be less than rate of interest paid by state pursuant to Sec. 8-119a; P.A. 77-328 allowed assistance for providing mobile home parks for elderly; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 83-574 amended section to include references to nonprofit corporations and eliminated minimum interest rate on loans; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 changed the term "mobile home" to "mobile manufactured home" in Subsec. (a)(1); P.A. 84-504 provided for state financial assistance in the form of loans without regard to federal assistance; P.A. 85-238 added provisions authorizing state to enter into contracts with housing partnerships; P.A. 87-386 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), made technical changes re loan terms and added requirements for management plan; P.A. 87-416 provided that the interest rates on loans would be determined in accordance with Sec. 3-20(t); P.A. 87-436 added provisions authorizing state to enter into contracts with municipal developers; P.A. 88-364 made technical change; P.A. 90-238 revised provisions re administrative expenses; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) by making deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time; P.A. 93-165 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical change re payment of interest, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 93-309 added new Subsec. (c) prohibiting the commissioner of housing, on and after July 1, 1994, or the effective date of regulations adopted under Sec. 8-437, from accepting applications for housing developments that qualify for financial assistance under Sec. 8-433, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting the reference to "July 1, 1994," re the deadline for the receipt by the commissioner of housing of certain applications for state financial assistance, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 06-93 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and deleted former Subsec. (c) re regulations and application to program repealed by the same act.