Sec. 8-359c. (Formerly Sec. 17b-803). Program of housing for persons suffering from AIDS. Regulations. Bond issue.

(a) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 8-39, to provide financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid to such corporation for the purpose of providing housing for homeless persons suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex. Such financial assistance may be applied toward the cost of: (1) Planning for the development of such housing; (2) acquiring property to be used for such housing; and (3) repairing, rehabilitating or constructing such housing.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.

(c) For the purposes described in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section, 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 principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate seven million five hundred eleven thousand two hundred eighty dollars.

(d) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (c) of this section shall be used by the Commissioner of Housing for the purposes of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section.

(e) 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 bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said sections, 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 Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds 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.

(P.A. 87-553, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 88-343, S. 25, 26, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 18, 30; P.A. 90-230, S. 23, 101; 90-297, S. 9, 10, 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 15, 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7, S. 12, 36; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 25, 45; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-272, S. 9, 29; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 13, 20; P.A. 10-44, S. 34; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 88-343 made the program permanent, broadened the powers of the commissioner and increased the bond authorization from $600,000 to $1,600,000; P.A. 89-331 increased the bond authorization to $3,350,000; P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference in Subsec. (d); P.A. 90-297 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the bond authorization to $3,850,000 and amended Subsec. (e) to require that requests for authorization be signed by the secretary of the office of policy and management rather than by the commissioner of human resources; Sec. 17-31kk transferred to Sec. 17-600 in 1991; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 increased the bond authorization from $3,850,000 to $6,350,000; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-7 amended Subsec. (c) to increase the bond authorization to $7,100,000; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (c) to increase bond authorization from $7,100,000 to $9,100,000, effective July 1, 1994; Sec. 17-600 transferred to Sec. 17b-803 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-272 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d) to add reference to Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 1995; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (c) to decrease bond authorization from $9,100,000 to $8,100,000, effective July 31, 1997; P.A. 10-44 amended Subsec. (c) to decrease aggregate authorization from $8,100,000 to $7,511,280, effective July 1, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Social Services were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013; Sec. 17b-803 transferred to Sec. 8-359c in 2015.