For purposes of funding interest subsidy grants, except for interest subsidy grants made pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-292m, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state from time to time in one or more series in an aggregate amount not exceeding three hundred sixty-nine million eight hundred thousand dollars, provided two million one hundred thousand dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2018. Bonds of each series shall bear such date or dates and mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates and be subject to such redemption privileges, with or without premium, as may be fixed by the State Bond Commission. They shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest and the full faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof as the same shall 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. The State Treasurer is authorized to invest temporarily in direct obligations of the United States, United States agency obligations, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or bank acceptances, such portion of the proceeds of such bonds or of any notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be deemed available for such purpose.
(P.A. 97-265, S. 93, 98; P.A. 99-4, S. 2, 3; 99-241, S. 8, 66; P.A. 00-167, S. 61, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7, S. 17, 28; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 10; Sept. 8 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-2, S. 21; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 48; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 128; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 4; P.A. 11-57, S. 66; P.A. 13-239, S. 59; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 61; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 436; P.A. 20-1, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 97-265 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-4 increased authorization from $113,100,000 to $121,100,000, effective April 9, 1999; P.A. 99-241 increased authorization to $188,100,000, effective July 1, 1999, provided $61,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-167 decreased the aggregate bond authorization to $144,100,000, effective July 1, 2000, of which $17,000,000 is effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-7 decreased the authorization to $121,100,000, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 increased the aggregate bond authorization to $171,100,000, effective July 1, 2002, of which $50,000,000 is effective July 1, 2002; Sept. 8 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-2 increased the aggregate bond authorization from to $198,100,000, effective September 10, 2003, of which $27,000,000 is effective July 1, 2003; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 increased the aggregate authorization to $231,100,000 and provided that $33,000,000 of said authorization is effective July 1, 2004, effective July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 increased the aggregate authorization to $281,100,000, of which $25,000,000 is effective July 1, 2006, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7 increased aggregate authorization from $281,100,000 to $311,900,000, of which $16,400,000 is effective July 1, 2008, effective November 2, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased aggregate authorization from $311,900,000 to $314,500,000 and deleted provision re $16,400,000 of authorization to be effective July 1, 2008, effective September 9, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 increased aggregate authorization from $314,500,000 to $334,700,000, of which $11,200,000 is effective July 1, 2010, effective September 25, 2009 (Revisor's note: The word “interest” in the first occurrence of the phrase “interest subsidy grants” was inadvertently omitted from the 2009 acts and was restored editorially by the Revisors for accuracy, and the word “thereon” was inadvertently inserted after the phrase “accrued interest” in the 2009 acts and was deleted editorially by the Revisors for accuracy); P.A. 11-57 increased aggregate authorization from $334,700,000 to $356,400,000, of which $8,300,000 is effective July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-239 increased aggregate authorization from $356,400,000 to $361,700,000, of which $4,300,000 is effective July 1, 2014, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 increased aggregate authorization from $361,700,000 to $366,800,000, of which $2,100,000 is effective July 1, 2016, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 increased aggregate authorization from $366,800,000 to $371,900,000 and replaced “July 1, 2016” with “July 1, 2018” re date $2,100,000 is effective, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 20-2 decreased aggregate authorization from $371,900,000 to $369,800,000, effective March 12, 2020.