Sec. 8-265w. Bond issue authorized. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 8-265w. Bond issue authorized. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate five million dollars.

      (b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for the purpose of (1) a grant to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority for the purposes of sections 8-265o to 8-265v, inclusive, and (2) for loans or deferred loans by the Department of Economic and Community Development pursuant to sections 8-283 to 8-289, inclusive. Any proceeds authorized or allocated by the commission for loans or deferred loans pursuant to sections 8-283 to 8-289, inclusive, shall not be deemed to be authorized, allocated or available for the purposes of sections 8-265o to 8-265v, inclusive.

      (c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

      (P.A. 93-308, S. 11, 12; 93-435, S. 94, 95; P.A. 95-1, S. 1, 2; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 93-308 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 changed effective date of P.A. 93-308 from July 1, 1993, to June 9, 1993, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-1 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize use of proceeds for home ownership loans from the Department of Housing, effective February 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.