Sec. 17a-225. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464h). Bond authorization.
Sec. 17a-225. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464h). Bond authorization. (a) 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 six 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 for the purposes of sections 17a-220 to 17a-224, 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 sections 17a-220 to 17a-224,
inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond
Commission pursuant to said sections, 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 Commissioner of Developmental Services and
states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require.
Said bonds issued pursuant to sections 17a-220 to 17a-224, inclusive, 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. 85-472, S. 6, 7; P.A. 86-396, S. 24, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 17, 26; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 16; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b).)
History: P.A. 86-396 increased bond authorization from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000; P.A. 87-405 decreased the bond
authorization to $4,000,000; Sec. 19a-464h transferred to Sec. 17a-225 in 1991; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec.
(a) to increase the authorization to $6,000,000, effective July 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental
Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Developmental Services", effective October
1, 2007.