(a) Any pledge made by the university pursuant to section 10a-109g is and shall be deemed a statutory lien. Such lien shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the university, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the claims. Notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code to the contrary, neither sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, the indenture or resolution, nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded. Any revenues or other receipts, funds, moneys, personal property of fixtures so pledged and thereafter received by the university shall be subject immediately to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act and such lien shall have priority over all other liens, including without limitation the liens of persons who, in the ordinary course of business, furnish services or materials in respect of such assets.

(b) All expenses incurred in carrying out the indenture, any financing document or resolution may be treated as a part of operating expenses of the university unless otherwise paid as part of the special debt service requirements in accordance with the financing transaction proceedings.

(c) Whether or not any securities issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, are of the form and character to qualify as negotiable instruments under the terms of title 42a, the securities are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of said title 42a, subject only to the provisions of the securities.

(P.A. 95-230, S. 8, 45; P.A. 01-132, S. 153; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 57.)

History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 01-132 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision that any pledge made by the university “is and shall be deemed a statutory lien as provided in subsection (2) of section 42a-9-102” with provision that such pledge “is and shall be deemed a statutory lien and, except as expressly provided in this section, is governed by article 9 of title 42a”; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision making pledges under section subject to article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, effective May 12, 2004, and applicable to any pledge, lien or security interest of this state or any political subdivision of this state in existence on October 1, 2003, or created after that date.