By the filing as provided in section 13a-186 of a determination authorizing a series of securities for projects or purposes described in said determination in accordance with said section 13a-186, the principal amount of said securities shall be deemed to have been appropriated for said projects or purposes, and the Commissioner of Transportation may proceed in the name and on behalf of the state, on an authorization or appropriation basis, subject to approval by the Governor of allotment thereof, to award contracts and incur obligations with respect to any such project or purpose in amounts not in the aggregate exceeding the authorized principal amount of said securities, notwithstanding that such contracts and obligations may at any particular date exceed the amount of the proceeds of such securities theretofore received by the state.
(1961, P.A. 605, S. 9; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 189; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 126.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation.