Section 8-218b - Bond issue. Housing Development Corporation Fund(a) For the purposes described in sections 8-217 to 8-218c, inclusive, 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 the aggregate not exceeding eleven million dollars.(b) 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 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, 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 Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, 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.(c) Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds and of any notes issued in anticipation thereof as may be required for such purpose shall be applied to the principal of any such notes then outstanding and unpaid, and the remaining proceeds of any such sale shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the "Housing Development Corporation Fund", which fund shall be used to make or provide for the grants, loans or deferred loans authorized by sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive. Payments from the "Housing Development Corporation Fund" to housing development corporations or eligible developers shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the Commissioner of Housing in accordance with the contract for financial assistance between the state and such corporation or developer. All payments of fees by a corporation or developer on a grant, loan or deferred loan provided pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds issued pursuant to any authorization, allocation or approval of the State Bond Commission made prior to July 1, 1990, shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in said fund. All payments of principal or interest by a corporation or developer on a loan provided pursuant to sections 8-218 to 8-218c, inclusive, and all fees and payments by a corporation or developer of state service charges not financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-218b
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-33, S. 12, 17; P.A. 84-443, S. 7, 20; 84-546, S. 17, 173; P.A. 86-396, S. 12, 25; P.A. 87-376, S. 3, 5; 87-405, S. 8, 26; P.A. 90-238, S. 20, 32; P.A. 92-166, S. 15, 31; P.A. 94-95, S. 4; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
Amended by P.A. 13-0234, S. 2 of the the 2013 Regular Session, eff. 6/19/2013.