AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) 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 sixty million dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in
subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Transportation for
grants-in-aid to municipalities for use in the manner set forth in, and in accordance with
the provisions of, sections 13a-175a to 13a-175k, inclusive, of the general statutes.
(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, 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 this section, 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
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 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
State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 7-538 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) 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
[nine hundred fifty million dollars] nine hundred eighty million dollars.[, provided
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 thirty-five million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2018].
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) 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 sixty million dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in
subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management for
grants-in-aid to municipalities for the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of section 13a175a of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. Such grant payments
shall be made annually as follows:
Municipalities
Andover
Ansonia
Ashford
Avon
Barkhamsted
Beacon Falls
Berlin
Bethany
Bethel
Bethlehem
Bloomfield
Bolton
Bozrah
Branford
Bridgeport
Bridgewater
Bristol
Brookfield
Brooklyn
Burlington
Canaan
Canterbury
Canton
Chaplin
Cheshire

FY 20
$2,620
85,419
3,582
261,442
41,462
43,809
786,396
67,229
282,660
7,945
1,701,347
24,859
138,521
374,850
1,031,564
587
2,486,925
118,281
10,379
15,300
20,712
2,022
7,994
601
736,700
2

 Chester
Clinton
Colchester
Colebrook
Columbia
Cornwall
Coventry
Cromwell
Danbury
Darien
Deep River
Derby
Durham
Eastford
East Granby
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Hartford
East Haven
East Lyme
Easton
East Windsor
Ellington
Enfield
Essex
Fairfield
Farmington
Franklin
Glastonbury
Goshen
Granby
Greenwich
Griswold
Groton (Town of)
Guilford
Haddam
Hamden
Hampton
Hartford

89,264
191,674
39,009
550
26,763
10,533
31,099
1,726,901
104,136
14,728
153,897
54,564
537,454
1,696
18,943
4,447,536
43,500
22,442
2,660
295,024
223,527
256,875
74,547
96,747
545,804
23,080
240,799
2,648
35,332
89,022
31,895
1,240,819
64,848
3,554
286,689
1,419,161
3

 Hartland
Harwinton
Hebron
Kent
Killingly
Killingworth
Lebanon
Ledyard
Lisbon
Litchfield
Lyme
Madison
Manchester
Mansfield
Marlborough
Meriden
Middlebury
Middlefield
Middletown
Milford
Monroe
Montville
Morris
Naugatuck
New Britain
New Canaan
New Fairfield
New Hartford
New Haven
Newington
New London
New Milford
Newtown
Norfolk
North Branford
North Canaan
North Haven
North Stonington
Norwalk

955
21,506
2,216
706,717
5,148
30,427
421,085
3,683
3,432
6,795
1,072,449
6,841
7,313
893,641
84,264
248,652
1,987,145
1,344,868
179,106
528,644
3,528
341,656
1,383,881
200
1,149
139,174
1,369,123
917,869
33,169
674,203
235,371
7,207
301,074
359,719
1,445,730
402,915
4

 Norwich
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Orange
Oxford
Plainfield
Plainville
Plymouth
Pomfret
Portland
Preston
Prospect
Putnam
Redding
Ridgefield
Rocky Hill
Roxbury
Salem
Salisbury
Scotland
Seymour
Sharon
Shelton
Sherman
Simsbury
Somers
Southbury
Southington
South Windsor
Sprague
Stafford
Stamford
Sterling
Stonington
Stratford
Suffield
Thomaston
Thompson
Tolland

187,132
1,888
46,717
104,962
84,313
144,803
541,936
152,434
27,820
90,840
70,942
171,800
1,329
561,986
221,199
602
4,699
83
7,681
281,186
584,121
77,648
82,324
20,981
820,795
1,338,190
386,528
437,917
416,142
24,398
100,332
3,507,689
180,663
395,346
76,733
85,064
5

 Torrington
Trumbull
Union
Vernon
Voluntown
Wallingford
Warren
Washington
Waterbury
Waterford
Watertown
Westbrook
West Hartford
West Haven
Weston
Westport
Wethersfield
Willington
Wilton
Winchester
Windham
Windsor
Windsor Locks
Wolcott
Woodbridge
Woodbury
Woodstock
Jewett City (Bor. )
Barkhamsted F. D.
Berlin - Kensington F. D.
Berlin - Worthington F. D.
Bloomfield: Center F. D.
Bloomfield Blue Hills F. D.
Cromwell F. D.
Enfield F. D. 1
Enfield: Thompsonville F. D. 2
Enfield: Hazardville Fire #3

605,345
189,309
151,598
2,002
1,948,455
288
158
2,516,158
34,255
642,281
267,405
805,784
147,516
453
21,785
20,018
307,058
306,204
454,575
1,321,000
1,907,971
234,916
29,920
56,908
68,767
4,195
2,500
11,389
941
4,173
103,086
1,832
14,636
3,160
1,374
6

 Enfield: N Thompsonville F. D. 4
Enfield: Shaker Pines F. D. 5
Groton City
Groton Sewer
Groton Old Mystic F. D. 5
Groton: Poq. Bridge F. D.
Killingly Attawaugan F. D.
Killingly Dayville F. D.
Killingly Dyer Manor
E. Killingly F. D.
So. Killingly F. D.
Killingly Williamsville F. D.
Manchester Eighth Util.
Middletown: South F. D.
Middletown Westfield F. D.
Middletown City Fire
New Htfd. Village F. D. #1
New Htfd. Pine Meadow #3
New Htfd. South End F. D.
Plainfield Central Village F. D.
Plainfield - Moosup F. D.
Plainfield: Plainfield F. D.
Plainfield Wauregan F. D.
Pomfret F. D.
Putnam: E. Putnam F. D.
Simsbury F. D.
Stafford Springs Service Dist.
Sterling F. D.
Stonington Mystic F. D.
Stonington Old Mystic F. D.
Stonington Pawcatuck F. D.
Stonington Quiambaug F. D.
Stonington Wequetequock F. D.
Trumbull Center
Trumbull Long Hill F. D.
Trumbull Nichols F. D.
W. Haven: West Shore F. D.
W. Haven: Allingtown F. D.
West Haven First Ctr. F. D. 1

69
6,403
164,635
1,688
1,695
22,300
1,836
42,086
1,428
95
189
6,710
68,425
207,081
10,801
33,837
7,128
131
10
1,466
2,174
1,959
5,136
1,031
10,110
2,638
15,246
1,293
601
2,519
5,500
72
73
555
1,105
3,435
34,708
21,514
4,736
7

 Windsor Wilson F. D.
Windsor F. D.
Windham First
Grand Totals

214
14
8,929
$60,000,000

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 of the general statutes, 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 this section, 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 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 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 State Treasurer shall pay such principal
and interest as the same become due.
Sec. 4. Section 10-287d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
For the purposes of funding (1) grants to projects that have received approval of the
Department of Administrative Services pursuant to sections 10-287 and 10-287a,
subsection (a) of section 10-65 and section 10-76e, (2) grants to assist school building
projects to remedy safety and health violations and damage from fire and catastrophe,
and (3) technical education and career school projects pursuant to section 10-283b, the
State Treasurer is authorized and directed, subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of section 3-20, to issue bonds of the state from time to time in one or more
series in an aggregate amount not exceeding [eleven billion seven hundred fifty-six million
one hundred sixty thousand dollars] twelve billion two hundred thirty-one million one hundred
sixty thousand dollars, [provided ninety million dollars of said authorization shall be
effective July 1, 2018, and] provided not more than five million dollars shall be made
available for school security projects administered by the School Safety Infrastructure
Council established pursuant to section 10-292r that involve multimedia interoperable
communication systems. Bonds of each series shall bear such date or dates and mature
at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates and be
subject to such redemption privileges, with or without premium, as may be fixed by the
State Bond Commission. They shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest and
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 the full faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest thereon
and the principal thereof as the same shall 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
State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due. The State
Treasurer is authorized to invest temporarily in direct obligations of the United States,
United States agency obligations, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or bank
acceptances such portion of the proceeds of such bonds or of any notes issued in
anticipation thereof as may be deemed available for such purpose.
Sec. 5. Subsection (d) of section 10a-91e of the general statutes is repealed and the
following substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(1) On or before the first day of March in each year, the board of regents shall submit to
the Governor, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
the most recently approved facilities and academic plans and the amount of bonds
required for the CSCU 2020 program for the fiscal year beginning on July first of that
year. The Governor may, not later than thirty days after such submission, approve or
disapprove all or a portion of such amount of bonding submitted by the board of
regents by notifying the board of regents, in writing, of such decision and the reasons
for it. If the Governor does not act within such thirty-day period, the issuance of bonds
for the CSCU 2020 program for the fiscal year beginning on July first of that year is
deemed approved.
(2) In the event the capped amount of authorized bonds is increased by the General
Assembly for the fiscal year beginning on July first for which the issuance of such bonds
has already been approved by the Governor or deemed approved pursuant to
subdivision (1) of this subsection or the General Assembly authorizes new bonds after
the first day of March for the fiscal year beginning July 1, the board of regents shall
submit to the Governor, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management, not later than thirty days after the effective date of such increase, an
addendum to the most recently approved facilities and academic plans and the amount
of additional bonds required for the CSCU 2020 program for the fiscal year beginning
on July first of that year. The Governor may, not later than thirty days after such
submission, approve or disapprove all or a portion of such additional amount of
bonding submitted by the board of regents by notifying the board of regents in writing,
of such decision and the reasons for such decision. If the Governor does not act within
such thirty-day period, the issuance of additional bonds for the CSCU 2020 program for
the fiscal year beginning on July first of that year is deemed approved.

9

 Required Bond Authorizations for Municipal Aid & School Construction
Section Agency Program
1
DOT
Town Aid Road (GO)
2

OPM

Local Capital Improvement Program

3

OPM

Grants for Municipal Projects and Purposes

4

DAS

School Construction - Principal

5

CSCU

Fix for CSCU March 1st deadline CGS 10a91e
Total General Obligation Bonds

FY 2020
Description
60,000,000 CGS 13a-175e requires half of authorized funds be distributed in July and
January. Expected distributions are overdue.
30,000,000 CGS 7-536 requires that municipalities be notified of their entitlement
amount on March 1st which allows them to obtain project authorizations and
seek reimbursements as projects are completed.
60,000,000 Municipalities have budgeted for these funds and expect payment before
the end of the fiscal year.
475,000,000 To ensure that ongoing local school construction projects and technical
school projects have the required funding for FY2020.
- Due to delay in passage of a bond bill
$ 625,000,000

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 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
February 21, 2020
The Honorable Len Fasano, Senator Republican Leader
The Honorable Themis Klarides, House Minority Leader
The Honorable Kevin Witkos, Finance Senate Ranking Member
The Honorable Christopher Davis, Finance House Ranking Member
Dear Senator Fasano, Representative Klarides, Senator Witkos and Representative Davis,
At the request of Governor Lamont, I am hereby submitting draft legislation and an
accompanying detailed spreadsheet of authorizations to move forward with a targeted municipal
aid bond package. A corresponding package was submitted to your Democratic colleagues.
While we have been attempting to negotiate a long-term transportation plan for this state that
would include a mix of General Obligation and Special Tax Obligation bonds, the other projects
included in the bond bill have been forced to wait. It is imperative to decouple the municipal
grants from the larger bond bill and approve authorizations that will allow for these municipal
grant programs to prevent year end deficits and help offset local expenses.
Towns have waited long enough for municipal aid and therefore new authorizations are required.
On behalf of Governor Lamont, I have attached for your information the proposed legislation
requesting action by March 6, 2020. Assuming passage and signing by the Governor, I shall
schedule a State Bond Commission meeting by March 18, 2020 subject to statutory requirements.
I appreciate your time and attention and look forward to working together to help our
municipalities.

Sincerely,

Melissa N. McCaw
OPM Secretary
cc:
Governor Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Ryan Drajewicz, Chief of Staff
Paul Mounds, Chief Operating Officer
Kosta Diamantis, OPM Deputy Secretary

450 Capitol Avenue • Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1379
www.ct.gov/opm

 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
February 21, 2020
The Honorable Joseph Aresimowicz, Speaker of the House
The Honorable Matthew Ritter, House of Representatives Majority Leader
The Honorable Martin M. Looney, Senate President Pro Tempore
The Honorable Bob Duff, Senate Majority Leader
The Honorable Senator Jon Fonfara
The Honorable Representative Jason Rojas
The Honorable Senator Marilyn Moore
The Honorable Representative Patricia Miller
Dear Legislative Leaders and Committee Chairs,
At the request of Governor Lamont, I am hereby submitting draft legislation and an
accompanying detailed spreadsheet of authorizations to move forward with a targeted municipal
aid bond package. Our cities and towns, we all agree, have waited long enough for their
municipal aid capital funding and we need new authorizations to move forward immediately.
While we have been attempting to negotiate a long-term transportation plan for this state that
would include a mix of General Obligation and Special Tax Obligation bonds, the other projects
included in the bond bill have been forced to wait. At this time, however, we feel it is imperative
to decouple the municipal grants from the larger bond bill and pass authorizations that will allow
for these municipal grant programs to prevent year end deficits and help offset local expenses.
On behalf of Governor Lamont, I respectfully ask that you review the proposed legislation and
act on this municipal bond package expeditiously with successful passage and bill signing by
March 6, 2020. Upon passage of the bill accordingly, I shall schedule a State Bond Commission
meeting by March 18, 2020 consistent with statute and subject to all notice requirements.
Thereafter, I shall resume discussions with you on the comprehensive bond bill to reflect the
Governor’s vision.
Please contact me if you have any questions. I appreciate your time and attention and look
forward to working together to help our municipalities.

Sincerely,

Melissa N. McCaw
OPM Secretary

450 Capitol Avenue • Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1379
www.ct.gov/opm

 cc:
Governor Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Ryan Drajewicz, Chief of Staff
Paul Mounds, Chief Operating Officer
Kosta Diamantis, OPM Deputy Secretary