2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 4a - Administrative Services › Chapter 57 - Department of Administrative Services › Section 4a-11. - Bond issue for higher education for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund.

(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 thirteen million six hundred fifty thousand 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 deposited in the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund created by section 4a-9. Any such proceeds shall be allocated to the Board of Regents for Higher Education as follows: (1) For The University of Connecticut, not exceeding six million three hundred ninety-five thousand dollars; (2) for The University of Connecticut Health Center, not exceeding one million two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars; (3) for the Connecticut State University System, not exceeding two million five hundred forty thousand dollars; (4) for the regional community-technical colleges, not exceeding two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars; (5) for the Board of Regents for Higher Education, not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
(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 five 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. 88-343, S. 23, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 3, 30; P.A. 90-230, S. 6, 101; P.A. 91-256, S. 40, 69; P.A. 92-126, S. 13, 48; P.A. 93-293, S. 4, 11; P.A. 11-48, S. 285.)
History: P.A. 89-331 increased the aggregate bond authorization from $9,100,000 to $13,650,000 and increased The University of Connecticut authorization from $4,400,000 to $6,395,000, the University of Connecticut Health Center authorization from $800,000 to $1,235,000, the Connecticut State University from $700,000 to $2,540,000, the regional community colleges from $1,500,000 to $1,685,000 and the state technical colleges from $1,000,000 to $1,065,000, and added an authorization for the department of higher education of $30,000; P.A. 90-230 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 91-256 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 92-126 combined the amounts for community colleges and technical colleges and earmarked such sums for community-technical colleges; P.A. 93-293 deleted Subsec. (b)(5) pertaining to the Central Naugatuck Regional Higher Education Center and renumbered Subdiv. (6) accordingly, effective July 1, 1993; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Department of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.