2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-421h. - Bond authorization.

(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 fifty million dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of such 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 jointly with the Social Equity Council for the purposes of providing (1) low-interest loans to social equity applicants, municipalities or organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, to facilitate the rehabilitation, renovation or development of unused, underused real property to be used as a cannabis establishment or as part of such establishment; (2) capital to social equity applicants seeking to start or maintain a cannabis establishment; (3) funding to assist in the development or ongoing expenses of the cannabis business accelerator program established under section 21a-421f; and (4) funding to assist in the development or ongoing expenses of workforce training programs developed by the Social Equity Council pursuant to section 21a-421g. As used in this subsection, “Social Equity Council”, “cannabis establishment” and “social equity applicant” have the same meanings as provided in section 21a-420.
(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, that 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. 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 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 such 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 that 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. Such 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 such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 134.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.