CHAPTER 579
CONNECTICUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

      Sec. 32-11a. Connecticut Development Authority. Board. Executive director. Surety bond. Conflict of interest. Establishment of subsidiary for redevelopment of contaminated real property. (a) There is hereby created as a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function, the Connecticut Development Authority which is empowered to carry out the purposes of the authority, as defined in subsection (t) of section 32-23d, which are hereby determined to be public purposes for which public funds may be expended. The Connecticut Development Authority shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state.

      (b) All notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the Connecticut Development Commission for the financing of any project or projects shall be in accordance with their terms of full force and effect and valid and binding upon the authority as the successor to the Connecticut Development Commission and with respect to any resolution, contract, deed, trust agreement, mortgage, conditional sale or loan agreement, commitment, obligation or liability or other such document, public record, right, remedy, special act or public act, obligation, liability or responsibility pertaining thereto, the authority shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the successor to the Connecticut Development Commission. All properties, rights in land, buildings and equipment and any funds, moneys, revenues and receipts or assets of such commission pledged or otherwise securing any such notes, bonds or other obligations shall belong to the authority as successor to the Connecticut Development Commission, subject to such pledges and other security arrangements and to agreements with the holders of the outstanding notes, bonds or other obligations. Any resolution with respect to the issuance of bonds of the commission for the purposes of the act and any other action taken by the commission with respect to assisting in the financing of any project shall be, or shall be deemed to be, a resolution of the authority or an action taken by the authority subject only to any agreements with the holders of outstanding notes, bonds or other obligations of the commission.

      (c) The board of directors of the authority shall consist of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the State Treasurer and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, each serving ex officio, four members appointed by the Governor who shall be experienced in the field of financial lending or the development of commerce, trade and business and four members appointed as follows: One by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one by the minority leader of the Senate, one by the speaker of the House of Representatives and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. Each ex-officio member may designate a deputy or any member of the agency staff to represent the member at meetings of the authority with full powers to act and vote on the member's behalf. The chairperson of the board shall be the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. The board shall annually elect one of its members as vice chairperson. Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor but no longer than the term of office of the Governor or until the member's successor is appointed and qualified, whichever is longer. Each member appointed by a member of the General Assembly shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1a. Members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under the authority legislation, as defined in subsection (hh) of section 32-23d. The Governor shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term of a member appointed by the Governor. The appropriate legislative appointing authority shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term of a member appointed by such authority. A member of the board shall be eligible for reappointment. Any member of the board may be removed by the Governor for misfeasance, malfeasance or wilful neglect of duty. Each member of the authority before entering upon his or her duties shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by article XI, section 1, of the State Constitution. A record of each such oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. Meetings of the board shall be held at such times as shall be specified in the bylaws adopted by the board and at such other time or times as the chairperson deems necessary. The board is empowered to adopt bylaws and regulations for putting into effect the provisions of said chapters and sections. Not later than November first, annually, the authority shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the Auditors of Public Accounts and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development, appropriations and capital bonding, which shall include the following information with respect to new and outstanding financial assistance provided by the authority during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth next preceding the date of the report for each financial assistance program administered by the authority: (1) A list of the names, addresses and locations of all recipients of such assistance, (2) for each recipient: (A) The business activities, (B) the North American Industrial Classification System codes, (C) the gross revenues during the recipient's most recent fiscal year if the recipient is an organization that makes such information public in the normal course of business, or, if the recipient does not make such information public in the normal course of business, the gross revenue information shall be provided for a recipient separately, using a system in which no recipient is listed by name but each is given a separate identity in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 32-244, (D) the number of employees at the time of application, (E) whether the recipient is a minority or woman-owned business, (F) a summary of the terms and conditions for the assistance, including the type and amount of state financial assistance, job creation or retention requirements, and anticipated wage rates, and (G) the amount of investments from private and other nonstate sources that have been leveraged by the assistance, (3) the economic benefit criteria used in determining which applications have been approved or disapproved, and (4) for each recipient of assistance on or after July 1, 1991, a comparison between the number of jobs to be created, the number of jobs to be retained and the average wage rates for each such category of jobs, as projected in the recipient's application, versus the actual number of jobs created, the actual number of jobs retained and the average wage rates for each such category. The Governor and the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development, appropriations and capital bonding may, after a request to the Connecticut Development Authority by any of said persons, examine, in confidence, the detailed data, including the specific revenue data for each recipient not listed by name, submitted pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of this subsection. The chairpersons and ranking members of said committees may disclose such data to the members of said committees, who shall also keep such data confidential. The report shall also indicate the actual number of full-time jobs and the actual number of part-time jobs in each such category and the benefit levels for each such subcategory. In addition, the report shall state (A) for each final application approved during the twelve-month period covered by the report, (i) the date that the final application was received by the authority, and (ii) the date of such approval; (B) for each final application withdrawn during the twelve-month period covered by the report, (i) the municipality in which the applicant is located, (ii) the North American Industrial Classification System code for the applicant, (iii) the date that the final application was received by the authority, and (iv) the date of such withdrawal; (C) for each final application disapproved during the twelve-month period covered by the report, (i) the municipality in which the applicant is located, (ii) the North American Industrial Classification System code for the applicant, (iii) the date that the final application was received by the authority, and (iv) the date of such disapproval; and (D) for each final application on which no action has been taken by the applicant or the agency in the twelve-month period covered by the report and for which no report has been submitted under this subsection, (i) the municipality in which the applicant is located, (ii) the North American Industrial Classification System code for the applicant, and (iii) the date that the final application was received by the authority. The November first report shall include a summary of the activities of the authority, including all activities to assist small businesses and minority business enterprises, as defined in section 4a-60g, a complete operating and financial statement and recommendations for legislation to promote the purposes of the authority. The authority shall furnish such additional reports upon the written request of any such committee at such times and containing such information as the committee may request. The accounts of the authority shall be subject to annual audit by the state Auditors of Public Accounts. The authority may cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each fiscal year by certified public accountants. The powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by not less than six of the members of the board of directors then in office. Such number of members shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the board shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. Any action taken by the board under the provisions of said chapters and sections may be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each such resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. The authority shall be exempt from the provisions of section 4-9a.

      (d) The board of directors of the authority may delegate to three or more of its members such board powers and duties as it may deem proper. At least one of such members shall not be a state employee.

      (e) The board of directors of the authority shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of operations, including a requirement of board approval before the budget or plan may take effect; (2) hiring, dismissing, promoting and compensating employees of the authority, including an affirmative action policy and a requirement of board approval before a position may be created or a vacancy filled; (3) acquiring real and personal property and personal services, including a requirement of board approval for any nonbudgeted expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars; (4) contracting for financial, legal, bond underwriting and other professional services, including a requirement that the authority solicit proposals at least once every three years for each such service which it uses; (5) issuing and retiring bonds, bond anticipation notes and other obligations of the authority; (6) awarding loans, grants and other financial assistance, including eligibility criteria, the application process and the role played by the authority's staff and board of directors and including deadlines for the approval or disapproval of applications for such assistance by the authority on and after July 1, 1996; and (7) the use of surplus funds to the extent authorized under this chapter or other provisions of the general statutes.

      (f) The board of directors of the authority shall appoint an executive director who shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board and receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board. The executive director may but need not be the deputy appointed under section 32-1d. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the authority and shall direct and supervise administrative affairs and technical activities in accordance with the directives of the board. He shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the board in carrying out the purposes of said chapters and sections. The executive director shall be exempt from the classified service. The executive director shall attend all meetings of the board, keep a record of the proceedings of the board and shall maintain and be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the authority and of the minute book or journal of the authority and of its official seal. He may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the authority and may give certificates under the official seal of the authority to the effect that such copies are true copies, and all persons dealing with the authority may rely upon such certificates.

      (g) Each member of the board of directors of the authority shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, or, in lieu thereof, the chairman of the board shall execute a blanket position bond covering each member and the executive director and the employees of the authority, each surety bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office or offices covered, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state as surety and to be approved by the Attorney General and filed in the office of the Secretary of the State. The cost of each such bond shall be paid by the authority.

      (h) Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, it shall not constitute a conflict of interest for a trustee, director, partner, officer, stockholder, proprietor, counsel or employee of any person, or for any other individual having a financial interest in any person, to serve as a member of the board of directors of the authority; provided such trustee, director, partner, officer, stockholder, proprietor, counsel, employee or individual shall file with the authority a record of his capacity with or interest in such person and abstain and absent himself from any deliberation, action and vote by the board in specific respect to such person.

      (i) The authority shall continue, as long as it shall have bonds or other obligations outstanding and until its existence is terminated by law. Upon the termination of the existence of the authority, all its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in the state of Connecticut.

      (j) Neither members of the board of directors of the authority nor any person executing the notes and bonds shall be liable personally on the notes or bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

      (k) Repealed by P.A. 00-136, S. 9.

      (l) (1) The authority may establish one or more subsidiaries to stimulate, encourage and carry out the remediation, development and financing of contaminated property within this state, in coordination with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and to provide financial, development and environmental expertise to others including, but not limited to, municipalities, interested in or undertaking such remediation, development or financing which are determined to be public purposes for which public funds may be expended. Each subsidiary shall be deemed a quasi-public agency for purposes of chapter 12. The authority may transfer to any such subsidiary any moneys and real or personal property. Each such subsidiary shall have all the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other exemptions of the authority.

      (2) Each such subsidiary may sue and shall be subject to suit provided the liability of each such subsidiary shall be limited solely to the assets, revenues and resources of such subsidiary and without recourse to the general funds, revenues, resources or any other assets of the authority or any other subsidiary. No such subsidiary may provide for any bonded indebtedness of the state for the cost of any liability or contingent liability for the remediation of contaminated real property unless such indebtedness is specifically authorized by an act of the General Assembly. Each such subsidiary shall have the power to do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this subsection, section 12-81r, subsection (h) of section 22a-133m, subsection (a) of section 22a-133x, sections 22a-133aa, 22a-133bb and 22a-133dd, subsection (l) of section 22a-134, and sections 22a-452f, 32-7e and 32-23pp to 32-23rr, inclusive, including, but not limited to, (i) solicit, receive and accept aid, grants or contributions from any source of money, property or labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied to carry out the purposes of this subsection, section 12-81r, subsection (h) of section 22a-133m, subsection (a) of section 22a-133x, sections 22a-133aa, 22a-133bb and 22a-133dd, subsection (l) of section 22a-134, and sections 22a-452f, 32-7e and 32-23pp to 32-23rr, inclusive, subject to the conditions upon which such grants and contributions may be made, including but not limited to, gifts, grants or loans, from any department, agency or quasi-public agency of the United States or the state; (ii) enter into agreements with persons upon such terms and conditions as are consistent with the purposes of such subsidiary to acquire or facilitate the remediation, development or financing of contaminated real or personal property; (iii) to acquire, take title, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and dispose of real and personal property and lease, convey or deal in or enter into agreements with respect to such property; (iv) examine, inspect, rehabilitate, remediate or improve real or personal property or engage others to do so on such subsidiary's behalf, or enter into contracts therefor; (v) mortgage, convey or dispose of its assets and pledge its revenues in order to secure any borrowing, for the purpose of financing, refinancing, rehabilitating, remediating, improving or developing its assets, provided each such borrowing or mortgage shall be a special obligation of such subsidiary, which obligation may be in the form of notes, bonds, bond anticipation notes and other obligations issued by or to such subsidiary to the extent permitted under this chapter to fund and refund the same and provide for the rights of the holders thereof, and to secure the same by pledge of revenues, notes or other assets and which shall be payable solely from the assets, revenues and other resources of such subsidiary; (vi) to create real estate investment trusts or similar entities or to become a member of a limited liability company or to become a partner in limited or general partnerships or establish other contractual arrangements with private and public sector entities as such subsidiary deems necessary to remediate, develop or finance environmentally contaminated property in the state; and (vii) any other powers enumerated in subsection (e) of section 32-23 necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subsection, subsection (h) of section 22a-133m, subsection (a) of section 22a-133x, sections 22a-133aa, 22a-133bb and 22a-133dd, subsection (l) of section 22a-134, and sections 22a-452f, 32-7e, and 32-23pp to 32-23rr, inclusive. The board of directors, executive director, officers and staff of the authority may serve as members of any advisory or other board which may be established to carry out the purposes of this subsection, subsection (h) of section 22a-133m, subsection (a) of section 22a-133x, sections 22a-133aa, 22a-133bb and 22a-133dd, subsection (l) of section 22a-134, and sections 22a-452f, 32-7e, and 32-23pp to 32-23rr, inclusive.

      (3) Each such subsidiary shall act through its board of directors at least one-half of which shall be members of the board of directors of the authority or their designees or officers or employees of the authority. A resolution of the authority shall prescribe the purposes for which each such subsidiary is formed.

      (4) The provisions of section 1-125 and this subsection shall apply to any officer, director, designee, or employee appointed as a member, director, or officer of any such subsidiary. Neither any such persons so appointed nor the directors, officers or employees of the authority shall be personally liable for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of any such subsidiary as provided in said section 1-125. Each subsidiary shall and the authority may provide for the indemnification to protect, save harmless and indemnify such officer, director, designee or employee as provided by said section 1-125.

      (5) The authority or any such subsidiary may take such actions as are necessary to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, to qualify and maintain any such subsidiary as a corporation exempt from taxation under said Internal Revenue Code.

      (6) The authority may make loans or grants to, and may guarantee specified obligations of, any such subsidiary, following standard authority procedures, from the authority's assets and the proceeds of its bonds, notes, and other obligations, provided however, that the source and security, if any, for the repayment of any such loans or guarantees is derived from the assets, revenues and resources of such subsidiary.

      (7) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall issue to the authority or any subsidiary a covenant not to sue, pursuant to section 22a-133aa or section 22a-133bb, as applicable, without fee, as otherwise required in subsection (c) of said section 22a-133aa for the remediation of a facility in accordance with an approved remediation plan.

      (P.A. 73-599, S. 5; P.A. 75-60, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-370, S. 8, 13; 77-614, S. 19, 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 106, 107, 136; P.A. 81-384, S. 1, 13; P.A. 84-512, S. 17, 18, 30; P.A. 88-225, S. 8, 14; 88-265, S. 1, 2, 36; 88-266, S. 11, 46; P.A. 93-382, S. 2, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 41, 45; P.A. 95-249, S. 2, 4; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-219, S. 1; P.A. 98-253, S. 7; P.A. 99-30, S. 2; P.A. 00-136, S. 9; P.A. 01-179, S. 4-6; P.A. 03-19, S. 74, 75; P.A. 11-48, S. 123; 11-80, S. 1; 11-140, S. 12.)

      History: P.A. 75-60 included references to stockholders in Subsec. (f); P.A. 77-370 added Subsec. (i) re disclosure of information; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner and department of commerce with commissioner and department of economic development; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to Sec. 4-60a in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 81-384 added "proprietor" to Subsec. (f) concerning conflicts of interest; P.A. 84-512 deleted references to Secs. 4-5 and 4-24a in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 88-225 amended Subsec. (f) to apply provisions to individuals "having financial interest in any person"; P.A. 88-265 made technical changes and removed the Connecticut development authority from the department of economic development in Subsec. (a) and made technical changes re appointment of members, added reporting requirements and exempted the authority from the requirements of Sec. 4-9a in Subsec. (c); P.A. 88-266 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting reference to governmental function and providing that the authority shall not be construed to be department, institution or agency of state, amended Subsec. (c) by inserting reference to board of directors of the authority, requiring chairperson of board to be appointed by governor with advice and consent of general assembly instead of requiring that commissioner of economic development be chairman and substituting "board" for "authority", designated provisions in Subsec. (c) re delegation of powers and duties as Subsec. (d) and in that Subsec. authorized board to delegate powers and duties to three or more of its members, at least one of whom shall not be a state employee, instead of to one or more its members, or its officers, agent or employees, added Subsec. (e) re adoption of written procedures, relettered former Subsecs. (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) as Subsecs. (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k), respectively, and, in said Subsecs., added "board of directors of the" and substituted "board" for "authority"; (Revisor's note: In 1993 the obsolete references in Subsecs. (a) and (c) to repealed Sec. 36-322 were deleted editorially and the wording adjusted accordingly); P.A. 93-382 amended Subsec. (c) to require authority to report semiannually instead of annually and also submit reports to auditors of public accounts and general assembly committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and to substantially revise content of reports, effective July 1, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (c) to add four legislative appointments to the board of directors, to revise length of terms of gubernatorial appointees and to specify term length for legislative appointees and to clarify procedure for filling unexpired terms, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-249 amended Subsec. (e)(6) to require board to adopt procedures for deadlines for approving or disapproving assistance applications, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 97-219 amended Subsec. (c) to require semiannual reports to include data re final applications approved, withdrawn, disapproved and not acted on; P.A. 98-253 added Subsec. (l) re establishment of subsidiaries for redevelopment of contaminated real property (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (l)(2)(iv) the Revisors editorially changed the phrase "... or enter into contracts therefore" to "... or enter into contracts therefor"); P.A. 99-30 changed a requirement for a biannual report regarding financial assistance provided by the authority to an annual report; P.A. 00-136 repealed Subsec. (k) which had exempted information contained in applications for financial assistance and all information obtained by the authority or the department from provisions of Sec. 1-210(a); P.A. 01-179 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine the purposes of the authority by deleting former references and adding reference to Sec. 32-23d(t), amended Subsec. (c) by making technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality and, re duties for which the members of the authority may be reimbursed, by deleting former references and adding provision re authority legislation as defined in Sec. 32-23d(hh) and amended Subsec. (l)(6) to add provisions authorizing the authority to make grants to or guarantee obligations of subsidiaries; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsecs. (c) and (l)(6), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provision re chairperson of board appointed by Governor with advice and consent of both houses of General Assembly with provision re chairperson of board to be Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and by replacing "Standard Industrial Classification Manual" with "North American Industrial Classification System", effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" and "Department of Environmental Protection" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection", respectively, in Subsec. (l), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-140 amended Subsec. (c) to specify that chairperson of board shall be Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, rather than appointed by Governor, to add provisions re confidentiality for gross revenue information of recipients that do not make such information public and to add provisions allowing Governor and specific legislators to examine revenue data in confidence and permitting disclosure of such data to legislative committee members, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 32-23zz. Issuance of bonds on behalf of municipalities for information technology projects and remediation projects. (a) For the purpose of assisting (1) any information technology project, as defined in subsection (ee) of section 32-23d, which is located in an eligible municipality, as defined in subdivision (12) of subsection (a) of section 32-9t, or (2) any remediation project, as defined in subsection (ii) of section 32-23d, the Connecticut Development Authority may, upon a resolution of the legislative body of a municipality, issue and administer bonds which are payable solely or in part from and secured by: (A) A pledge of and lien upon any and all of the income, proceeds, revenues and property of such a project, including the proceeds of grants, loans, advances or contributions from the federal government, the state or any other source, including financial assistance furnished by the municipality or any other public body, (B) taxes or payments or grants in lieu of taxes allocated to and payable into a special fund of the Connecticut Development Authority pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, or (C) any combination of the foregoing. Any such bonds of the Connecticut Development Authority shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their date of issuance and shall be subject to the general terms and provisions of law applicable to the issuance of bonds by the Connecticut Development Authority, except that such bonds shall be issued without a special capital reserve fund as provided in subsection (b) of section 32-23j and, for purposes of section 32-23f, only the approval of the board of directors of the authority shall be required for the issuance and sale of such bonds. Any pledge made by the municipality or the Connecticut Development Authority for bonds issued as provided in this section shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and revenues and other receipts, funds or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the municipality or the Connecticut Development Authority shall be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the municipality or the Connecticut Development Authority, even if the parties have no notice of such lien. Recording of the resolution or any other instrument by which such a pledge is created shall not be required. In connection with any such assignment of taxes or payments in lieu of taxes, the Connecticut Development Authority may, if the resolution so provides, exercise the rights provided for in section 12-195h of an assignee for consideration of any lien filed to secure the payment of such taxes or payments in lieu of taxes. All expenses incurred in providing such assistance may be treated as project costs.

      (b) Any proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds under this section may contain a provision that taxes or a specified portion thereof, if any, identified in such authorizing proceedings and levied upon taxable real or personal property, or both, in a project each year, or payments or grants in lieu of such taxes or a specified portion thereof, by or for the benefit of any one or more municipalities, districts or other public taxing agencies, as the case may be, shall be divided as follows: (1) In each fiscal year that portion of the taxes or payments or grants in lieu of taxes which would be produced by applying the then current tax rate of each of the taxing agencies to the total sum of the assessed value of the taxable property in the project on the date of such authorizing proceedings, adjusted in the case of grants in lieu of taxes to reflect the applicable statutory rate of reimbursement, shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing agencies in the same manner as taxes by or for said taxing agencies on all other property are paid; and (2) that portion of the assessed taxes or the payments or grants in lieu of taxes, or both, each fiscal year in excess of the amount referred to in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid into a special fund of the Connecticut Development Authority to be used in each fiscal year, in the discretion of the Connecticut Development Authority, to pay the principal of and interest due in such fiscal year on bonds issued by the Connecticut Development Authority to finance, refinance or otherwise assist such project, to purchase bonds issued for such project, or to reimburse the provider of or reimbursement party with respect to any guarantee, letter of credit, policy of bond insurance, funds deposited in a debt service reserve fund, funds deposited as capitalized interest or other credit enhancement device used to secure payment of debt service on any bonds issued by the Connecticut Development Authority to finance, refinance or otherwise assist such project, to the extent of any payments of debt service made therefrom. Unless and until the total assessed valuation of the taxable property in a project exceeds the total assessed value of the taxable property in such project as shown by the last assessment list referred to in subdivision (1) of this subsection, all of the taxes levied and collected and all of the payments or grants in lieu of taxes due and collected upon the taxable property in such project shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing agencies. When such bonds and interest thereof, and such debt service reimbursement to the provider of or reimbursement party with respect to such credit enhancement, have been paid in full, all moneys thereafter received from taxes or payments or grants in lieu of taxes upon the taxable property in such development project shall be paid into the funds of the respective taxing agencies in the same manner as taxes on all other property are paid. The total amount of bonds issued pursuant to this section which are payable from grants in lieu of taxes payable by the state shall not exceed an amount of bonds, the debt service on which in any state fiscal year is, in total, equal to one million dollars.

      (c) The authority may make grants or provide loans or other forms of financial assistance from the proceeds of special or general obligation notes or bonds of the authority issued without the security of a special capital reserve fund within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 32-23j, which bonds are payable from and secured by, in whole or in part, the pledge and security provided for in section 8-134, 8-192, 32-227 or this section, all on such terms and conditions, including such agreements with the municipality and the developer of the project, as the authority determines to be appropriate in the circumstances, provided any such project in an area designated as an enterprise zone pursuant to section 32-70 receiving such financial assistance shall be ineligible for any fixed assessment pursuant to section 32-71, and the authority, as a condition of such grant, loan or other financial assistance, may require the waiver, in whole or in part, of any property tax exemption with respect to such project otherwise available under subsection (59) or (60) of section 12-81.

      (d) As used in this section, "bonds" means any bonds, including refunding bonds, notes, temporary notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations; "legislative body" has the meaning provided in subsection (w) of section 32-222; and "municipality" means a town, city, consolidated town or city or consolidated town and borough.

      (e) For purposes of this section, references to the Connecticut Development Authority shall include any subsidiary of the Connecticut Development Authority established pursuant to subsection (l) of section 32-11a, and a municipality may act by and through its implementing agency, as defined in subsection (k) of section 32-222.

      (f) In the case of a remediation project, as defined in subsection (ii) of section 32-23d, that involves buildings that are vacant, underutilized or in deteriorating condition and as to which municipal real property taxes are delinquent, in whole or in part, for more than one fiscal year, the amount determined in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section may, if the resolution of the municipality so provides, be established at an amount less than the amount so determined, but not less than the amount of municipal property taxes actually paid during the most recently completed fiscal year. If the Connecticut Development Authority issues bonds for the remediation project, the amount established in the resolution shall be used for all purposes of subsection (a) of this section.

      (P.A. 01-179, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 73, 85; P.A. 04-106, S. 1; P.A. 05-113, S. 1; P.A. 08-162, S. 1; P.A. 09-61, S. 1; P.A. 11-103, S. 1; 11-141, S. 16.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 amended Subsec. (b) to specify that the limit on total debt service is for any state fiscal year, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-106 added Subsec. (g) re remediation projects involving buildings that are vacant and as to which municipal taxes are delinquent, effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 05-113 amended Subsec. (f) to extend date from which authority prohibited from approving commitments for new projects from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2008, effective June 24, 2005; P.A. 08-162 amended Subsec. (f) to change commitment deadline from July 1, 2008, to July 1, 2010, effective June 12, 2008 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to "subsection (y) of section 32-222" in Subsec. (d) was changed editorially by the Revisors to "subsection (w) of section 32-222" to conform with changes made by P.A. 08-34); P.A. 09-61 amended Subsec. (f) to change commitment deadline from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2012, effective May 27, 2009; P.A. 11-103 deleted former Subsec. (f) re final date for commitments for new projects and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-141 made identical changes in Subsec. (f) as P.A. 11-103, effective July 1, 2011.