(a) If the General Assembly for each fiscal year following the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, inclusive, does not appropriate from the General Fund for the specific purpose of debt service on self-liquidating general obligation bonds of the state or obligations of the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System financed through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority for residential and other auxiliary service facilities, excluding any appropriation for such debt service to be paid from revenues from student fees and dormitory and dining hall income to be paid by the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System to the State Treasurer for the payment of such self-liquidating general obligation bonds of the state, (1) the amount of five million dollars, or (2) an amount equal to half the sum of revenue from student fees received by all the state universities within the Connecticut State University System from the uniform assessment of all full-time students enrolled at any time at any of the state universities within the Connecticut State University System, except for charges for tuition or dormitory or dining charges or student activity fee or other fee charged by an individual state university, commonly called the university fee, for the calendar year ending the preceding December thirty-first, as certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees by February fifteenth to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, whichever amount is less, the State Bond Commission may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds of the state in one or more series in principal amounts not exceeding five million dollars in any such fiscal year, to finance the design, construction or renovation of residential and other auxiliary service facilities at state universities within the Connecticut State University System, and in any event not exceeding the amount which the General Assembly failed to appropriate for debt service for that fiscal year in the manner provided in this section. For purposes of this section the term “residential and other auxiliary facilities” (A) means any residential facilities, student centers, dining facilities and other auxiliary service facilities at state universities within the Connecticut State University System, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, low rise dormitory code compliance renovations at Central Connecticut State University; code compliance at Central Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University and Western Connecticut State University; student center addition and renovations at Central Connecticut State University; student center addition and renovations at Eastern Connecticut State University; construction of a new student center at Southern Connecticut State University; Burr Hall residence hall renovations at Eastern Connecticut State University; improvements to Connecticut Hall at Southern Connecticut State University; and Shafer Hall residence conversion at Eastern Connecticut State University.

(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 this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all state bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such state bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such state 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 state bonds. Such state bonds issued pursuant to 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 such bonds as the same becomes due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such state 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) None of said state 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 the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and stating such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Each such request for an authorization of state bonds shall state an amount equal to half the sum of revenue from student fees received by all of the state universities within the Connecticut State University System for the calendar year ending prior to the last fiscal year, as certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees, and the amount of all state appropriations for debt service on self-liquidating general obligation bonds of the state or obligations of the Connecticut State University System financed through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority for the prior fiscal year, as described in subsection (a) of this section.

(P.A. 97-293, S. 4, 26.)

History: P.A. 97-293 effective July 1, 1997.