Bill Text: CT SB00344 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Community Economic Development.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-17 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [SB00344 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00344-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2012) (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 four million two hundred twenty-five 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 used by the Department of Economic and Community Development for housing rehabilitation, capital improvements and economic and community development, provided not more than one million dollars shall be used as grants-in-aid for renovations at the Vinewood Housing Development in Hartford, not more than two million dollars shall be used for the construction of a metropolitan economic development center in Hartford, not more than one million dollars shall be used for grants-in-aid for improvements to the John E. Rogers African American Cultural Center, not more than fifty thousand dollars shall be transferred to the Commissioner of Public Health for the development of a program to assist persons desiring to obtain a license as a barber from the Department of Public Health, not more than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be used for grants-in-aid for programming for the Greater Hartford Pro-Am, and not more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be used as grants-in-aid for renovations and improvements to the Bloomfield Early Learning Center.
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, 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 State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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July 1, 2012 |
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Joint Favorable Subst. |