2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4a-10. Bond issue for Capital Equipment Purchase Fund.

      Sec. 4a-10. Bond issue 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 two hundred forty-eight million dollars, provided eighteen million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2004.

      (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.

      (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 section 4a-9 and this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to section 4a-9 and 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 section 4a-9 and 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. 87-361, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-343, S. 22, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 2, 30; P.A. 90-230, S. 5, 101; 90-297, S. 2, 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 7, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 3, 45; P.A. 95-272, S. 2, 29; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 20; P.A. 99-241, S. 3, 66; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 2, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 88-343 increased bond authorization from twenty million dollars to twenty-eight million nine hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 89-331 increased the bond authorization from twenty-eight million dollars to forty-three million dollars; P.A. 90-230 made a technical correction in Subsec. (b); P.A. 90-297 increased the bond authorization from forty-three million nine hundred thousand dollars to fifty-eight million nine hundred thousand dollars; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 increased the bond authorization from fifty-eight million nine hundred thousand dollars to seventy-three million nine hundred thousand dollars; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, effective July 1, 1993, amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from seventy-three million nine hundred thousand dollars to eight-five million two hundred thousand dollars, effective July 1, 1993, provided two million seven thousand dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-272 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from eighty-five million two hundred thousand dollars to one hundred fourteen million five hundred thousand dollars, effective July 1, 1995, provided eleven million eight hundred thousand dollars of the authorization shall be effective July 1, 1996; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase bond authorization from one hundred fourteen million five hundred thousand dollars to one hundred forty-one million five hundred thousand dollars provided ten million eight hundred thousand dollars is effective July 1, 1998, effective July 31, 1997; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $141,500,000 to $189,500,000, effective July 1, 1999, provided $21,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $189,500,000 to $227,500,000 provided $17,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $27,500,000 to $30,000,000 and to provide that $19,500,000 of such authorization shall be effective July 1, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the aggregate authorization to $248,000,000 and to provide that $18,000,000 of said authorization be effective July 1, 2004, effective July 1, 2004.

      See Sec. 4a-10a re allocation of funds to the United Way of Connecticut for the purchase of capital equipment for the 2-1-1 Infoline program.