Municipal Bond Issues

Conn. Gen. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 109

in effect

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-369 Authority to issue bonds.

7-369. Authority to issue bonds. When any municipality has made appropriations or incurred debts exceeding ten thousand dollars, including appropriations to pay such municipality's share of capital costs incurred pursuant to the terms of an interlocal agreement approved by such municipality in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, it may issue either serial or term bonds or both, either registered or with coupons attached, notes, or other obligations, maturing at such time or times, or containing provisions for mandatory amortization of principal at such time or times, and issued at such discount or bearing interest at such rate or rates payable at such time or times, or containing provisions for the method or manner of determining such rate or rates or time or times at which interest is payable, and with such provisions for redemption before maturity at its option or at the option of the holder thereof at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, as the municipality or the officer or body authorized to issue the bonds, notes or other obligations determines, notwithstanding the terms of any resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations adopted prior to June 5, 1986, requiring such bonds, notes and other obligations to be issued in serial form or to bear interest payable annually, semiannually or quarterly. For the purpose of this section, “municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, any metropolitan district, any district, as defined in section 7-324, and any other municipal corporation having the power to levy taxes and to issue bonds, notes or other obligations. (1949 Rev., S. 802; 1969, P.A. 424, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 128; 1972, P.A. 33, S. 1; P.A. 76-435, S. 73, 82; P.A. 77-374, S. 5; P.A. 80-452, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-408, S. 4, 6; 83-519, S. 17, 23; P.A. 86-350, S. 1, 28.) History: 1969 act deleted provision limiting interest rate to 6%; 1971 act included cities, boroughs, consolidated towns and cities and consolidated towns and boroughs in provisions of section; 1972 act included appropriations to pay capital costs resulting from interlocal agreements; P.A. 76-435 allowed more than one rate of interest; P.A. 77-374 added provision re ordinances authorizing bonds with single interest rate in effect prior to October 1, 1977; P.A. 80-452 permitted redemption before maturity as determined by municipality; P.A. 83-408 added language allowing quarterly interest payments on bonds, to be in addition to the existing annual or semiannual options and redemption at the option of the holder of the bond; P.A. 83-519 added clarifying language that such municipality may delegate the responsibilities detailed in this section to any authorized official or official body in such municipality; P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-369a Issuance of bonds subject to federal income taxes.

7-369a. Issuance of bonds subject to federal income taxes. Any municipality having the power to issue bonds or other obligations under any provision of the general statutes, or of any special act or its charter, may issue such bonds or other obligations in such form and manner that the interest on such bonds or other obligations may be includable under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, in the gross income of the holder or holders of such bonds or other obligations. Any municipality may issue such taxable bonds or other obligations only upon a finding by its selectmen or board of finance or other officers or board authorized pursuant to the general statutes, or pursuant to any special act or its charter, to determine the rate of interest which such bonds or other obligations shall bear, that the issuance of such taxable bonds or other obligations is in the public interest. (P.A. 85-163, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-211, S. 9.) History: P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-369b Representations and agreements to ensure desired federal income tax treatment of municipal debt obligations.

7-369b. Representations and agreements to ensure desired federal income tax treatment of municipal debt obligations. Any municipality may make representations and agreements which are necessary or appropriate to ensure the exemption from taxation of interest on bonds, notes or other obligations of the municipality, eligibility of such bonds, notes or other obligations for tax credits or payments from the federal government, or any other desired federal income tax treatment of such bonds, notes or other obligations, in each case under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, including agreements to pay rebates to the federal government of investment earnings derived from the investment of the proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations issued on or after January 1, 1986. The municipal officer or body empowered to issue such bonds, notes or other obligations may make such representations and agreements on behalf of the municipality or such officer or body may delegate such authority to the board of selectmen, board of finance or other officer or board of the municipality. Any such agreement may include (1) a covenant to pay rebates to the federal government of investment earnings derived from the investment of the proceeds of bonds, notes or other obligations issued on or after January 1, 1986, (2) a covenant that the municipality will not limit or alter its rebate obligations until its obligations to the holders or owners of such bonds, notes or other obligations are finally met and discharged, and (3) provisions to (A) establish trust and other accounts which may be appropriate to carry out such representations and agreements, (B) retain fiscal agents as depositories for such funds and accounts, and (C) provide that such fiscal agents may act as trustee of such funds and accounts. All such representations and agreements entered into and all such actions taken prior to June 5, 1986, are hereby validated. The full faith and credit of the municipality shall be pledged to the payment of the rebate obligations of such municipality, the amount thereof shall be deemed to be an appropriation from the general fund of such municipality to the extent necessary and there shall be made available on or before the date when such rebate is due and payable an amount of money which, together with other revenues available for such purpose, shall be sufficient to pay such rebate. The treasurer of the municipality is hereby authorized to make such rebate payment to the federal government in the amount certified by him, or by the person responsible for the financial affairs of the municipality, as necessary for such purpose and there shall be included in the next tax levy an amount which, together with other revenues available for such purpose, shall be sufficient therefor. For purposes of this section, “municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, any metropolitan district, any regional school district, any district as defined in section 7-324, and any other municipal corporation or authority authorized to issue bonds, notes, or other obligations under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act. (P.A. 86-350, S. 3, 28; P.A. 89-211, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 130.) History: P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 added language allowing municipalities to make representations and agreements to ensure eligibility of bonds, notes or other obligations for federal tax credits or payments, or other desired federal income tax treatment, and made conforming changes, effective September 9, 2009.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-370 Manner of issuance.

7-370. Manner of issuance. Any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, which issues bonds, notes or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of the general statutes or any special act may designate the manner in which such bonds, notes or other obligations shall be issued and the person or persons by whom they shall be signed and shall provide for keeping a record of the same or shall authorize any official or municipal body to make such designations and to take such actions. Any such municipality may authorize its selectmen or board of finance or other officers or board to determine the rate or rates of interest or discount which such bonds, notes or other obligations shall bear and the time or times at which interest on such bonds, notes or other obligations shall be payable, or to establish the method or manner for making such determinations, and to determine all other terms, details and particulars pertaining to the issuance and sale of such bonds, notes or other obligations, including the time or times for payment of principal, subject to the provisions of the general statutes concerning the time or times at which bonds, notes or other obligations shall mature. Any bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the general statutes or any special act may be sold at public sale on sealed proposals or by negotiation in such manner, at such price or prices, at such time or times and on such other terms and conditions as the municipality issuing such bonds, notes or other obligations, or the officers or board delegated the authority to issue such bonds, notes or other obligations, may determine. The provisions of this section shall not affect the authority of the selectmen of any town to issue bonds where so authorized by special act. (1949 Rev., S. 803; 1969, P.A. 424, S. 8; P.A. 77-374, S. 3; P.A. 86-350, S. 4, 28.) History: 1969 act deleted provision limiting interest rate to 6%; P.A. 77-374 included other officers or boards to determine interest rates as well as selectmen or board of finance; P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy; (Revisor's note: In 1997 the Revisors editorially restored the comma following the word “bonds” in the first sentence, thereby correcting a clerical error in the codification of P.A. 86-350, S. 4).

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-370a Interest rate not limited.

7-370a. Interest rate not limited. Any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, authorized to issue bonds, notes or other obligations under any provision of the general statutes or any special act or its charter, may issue such bonds, notes or other obligations bearing interest at such rate or rates as it may deem advisable, or at such discounts as it may deem advisable, notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, special acts or its charter limiting the rate of interest such bonds, notes or other obligations may bear. (1969, P.A. 424, S. 9; P.A. 86-350, S. 5, 28.) History: P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-370b Authority to establish credit facilities.

7-370b. Authority to establish credit facilities. In connection with or incidental to the carrying or selling and issuance of bonds or notes, any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, may obtain from any commercial bank, insurance company, subsidiary of such bank or insurance company or qualified public depository, as defined in section 36a-330, authorized to do business within or without this state a letter of credit, line of credit or other credit facility upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the municipality, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of such bonds redeemed, repurchased or defeased prior to maturity or for providing additional security for such bonds, notes or other obligations. In connection therewith, such municipality may authorize the execution of reimbursement agreements, remarketing agreements, standby bond purchase agreements, interest rate swap agreements and any other necessary or appropriate agreements. If such municipality is required to draw upon any credit facility to redeem bonds prior to maturity, such municipality shall repay the amount of each loan made pursuant to such credit facility within one year from the date it is incurred from the proceeds of refunding bonds, notes or other obligations or from any other available funds. Interest rate swap agreements may include such contracts as the municipality may determine to be necessary or appropriate to place the obligation of the municipality, as represented by the bonds or notes, in whole or in part, on such interest rate or cash flow basis as the municipality may determine, including without limitation, insurance agreements, forward payment conversion agreements, futures contracts, contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates or market indices, contracts to manage interest rates risk, including without limitation, interest rate floors or caps, options, puts, calls and similar arrangements. Agreements entered into by any municipality under this section shall contain such payment, security, default, remedy and other terms and conditions as the municipality may deem appropriate and shall be entered into with such party or parties as the municipality may select on the basis of negotiation or competitive bid, after giving due consideration, where applicable, to the creditworthiness of the counter party or counter parties, including any rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, the impact on any rating on outstanding bonds or notes and any other criteria as the municipality may deem appropriate, provided (1) the unsecured long-term obligations of the counter party shall be rated in a category no lower than AA by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, or (2)(A) the unsecured long-term obligations of the counter party shall be rated in a category no lower than A by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, (B) the counter party shall provide credit enhancement through collateral, and (C) the counter party shall be a qualified public depository, as defined in section 36a-330. Such municipality may pledge its full faith and credit to its payment obligations, including netting payments, under any agreement entered into pursuant to this section to the extent the full faith and credit of the municipality is pledged to secure the applicable bonds or notes, or to pledge all or any part of the collateral that secures the applicable bonds or notes to the extent permissible under its contracts with bondholders. (P.A. 83-408, S. 1, 6; P.A. 86-350, S. 6, 28; P.A. 02-108, S. 1; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 22.) History: P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy; P.A. 02-108 added provisions for interest rate swap agreements and made technical and conforming changes, effective May 29, 2002; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 added provision allowing certain bond transactions with qualified public depositories and added provisions re qualifications of counter parties to certain agreements, effective August 15, 2002.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-370c Authority to issue refunding bonds for payment, funding or refunding of bonds, notes or other obligations previously issued.

7-370c. Authority to issue refunding bonds for payment, funding or refunding of bonds, notes or other obligations previously issued. (a) Any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, which has issued bonds, notes or other obligations pursuant to any public or special act may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying, funding or refunding prior to maturity all or any part of such municipality's bonds, notes or other obligations, the redemption premium, if any, with respect thereto, the interest thereon, the costs with respect to the issuance of such refunding bonds and the payment of such refunded bonds, notes or other obligations. Such refunding bonds shall mature not later than (1) in the case of a single series of bonds, notes or other obligations being refunded, the final maturity date thereof; and (2) in the case of multiple series of bonds, notes or other obligations being refunded, the final maturity date of any such series last to occur. (b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section and contingent on the passage of a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the legislative body of the municipality, any such refunding bonds issued on or after July 1, 2017, but prior to July 1, 2027, shall mature not later than thirty years from the date of the issuance of such refunding bonds. (2) Refunding bonds issued pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection may be secured by a statutory lien, if provided for in such resolution, on all revenues received by the municipality from its tax levy and collection. Such lien shall arise by operation of this subdivision automatically without any further action or authorization by the municipality and such revenues shall be immediately subject to the lien. The lien shall immediately attach to such revenues and be valid and binding as against the municipality, its successors, transferees and creditors and all other parties asserting rights to such revenues, without any physical delivery, recordation or filing of the lien or further act, irrespective of whether such successors, transferees, creditors or other parties have notice of the lien. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, local law or charter governing the authorization and issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and the appropriation of the proceeds thereof, such refunding bonds shall be authorized, and the proceeds appropriated for the purposes permitted under this section, by resolution of the legislative body of the municipality, and shall be subject to the same limitations and requirements as bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, provided the provisions of section 7-371 regarding limitations on the date of the first maturity, or on the amount of any principal or on any principal and interest installments on any bonds, shall not apply to refunding bonds issued (1) under subsection (b) of this section, or (2) under subsection (a) of this section that achieve net present value savings after comparing total debt service payable on the refunding bonds to the total debt service payable on the refunded bonds, after accounting for costs of issuance and underwriters' discount. (d) As used in this section, “legislative body” means (1) the board of selectmen in a town that does not have a charter, special act or home rule ordinance relating to its government, (2) the council, board of aldermen, representative town meeting, board of selectmen or other elected legislative body described in a charter, special act or home rule ordinance relating to government in a city, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough or a town having a charter, special act, consolidation ordinance or home rule ordinance relating to its government, (3) the board of burgesses or other elected legislative body in a borough, or (4) the district committee or other elected legislative body in a district, metropolitan district or other municipal corporation. (P.A. 83-408, S. 2, 6; P.A. 86-350, S. 7, 28; P.A. 93-158, S. 1, 11; P.A. 99-97, S. 1, 6; P.A. 02-108, S. 2; P.A. 17-147, S. 47; P.A. 22-118, S. 464.) History: P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy; P.A. 93-158 provided that refunding bonds could be authorized by resolution of the legislative body rather than in the same manner as the original bond and defined “legislative body”, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 99-97 added provision to clarify that municipalities include the redemption premium and the cost of issuance in the total amount refunded, effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 02-108 made a technical change and exempted certain refunding bonds from the requirements of Sec. 7-371 re limitations on the date of first maturity or the amount of such bonds, effective May 29, 2002; P.A. 17-147 designated existing provisions re issuances and maturity of refunding bonds as Subsec. (a), added Subsec. (b) re authorization of refunding bonds issued on or after July 1, 2017 but prior to July 1, 2022, designated existing provisions re authorization, limitations and requirements of refunding bonds as Subsec. (c) and amended same to add Subdiv. (1) re subsection (b) and add Subdiv. (2) designator, designated existing provision re definition of “legislative body” as Subsec. (d) and amended same to redesignate Subparas. (A) to (D) to Subdivs. (1) to (4) and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to replace “July 1, 2022” with “July 1, 2027”, effective July 1, 2022.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-371 Form of bonds.

7-371. Form of bonds. Unless otherwise provided by the general statutes or any special act, bonds issued by any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, by authority of any provision of the general statutes or of any special act shall be serial bonds maturing in annual or semiannual installments of principal that shall substantially equalize the aggregate amount of principal and interest due in each annual period commencing with the first annual period in which an installment of principal is due, or maturing in annual or semiannual installments of principal no one of which shall exceed by more than fifty per cent the amount of any prior installment, or shall be term bonds with mandatory deposit of sinking fund payments into a sinking fund of amounts sufficient to redeem or amortize the principal of the bonds in annual or semiannual installments that shall substantially equalize the aggregate amount of principal redeemed or amortized and interest due in each annual period commencing with the first annual period in which a mandatory sinking fund payment becomes due, or sufficient to redeem or amortize the principal of the bonds in annual or semiannual installments no one of which shall exceed by more than fifty per cent the amount of any prior installment. The first installment of any series of bonds shall mature or the first sinking fund payment of any series of bonds shall be due not later than three years from the date of the issue of such series and the last installment of such series shall mature or the last sinking fund payment of such series shall be due not later than twenty years therefrom, except that for bonds issued on or after July 1, 2017, the last installment of such series shall mature or the last sinking fund payment of such series shall be due not later than thirty years from the date of the issue of such series. (1949 Rev., S. 804; 1951, S. 362d; P.A. 83-408, S. 5, 6; P.A. 86-350, S. 8, 28; P.A. 87-506, S. 4, 9; P.A. 89-337, S. 2, 6; P.A. 17-147, S. 48; P.A. 22-118, S. 463.) History: P.A. 83-408 added language requiring substantially equal annual installments to maturity as applicable to principal and interest and applying existing limitation re increasing installment payments only to installments of principal; P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy; P.A. 87-506 rewrote the section to provide for various methods of determining payment amounts; P.A. 89-337 allowed semiannual installments; P.A. 17-147 added provision re 30-year maturity date for bonds issued on or after July 1, 2017 but prior to July 1, 2022, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 22-118 deleted “but prior to July 1, 2022,”, effective July 1, 2022.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-371a Sale of municipal bonds by negotiation. Consolidated maturity schedule.

7-371a. Sale of municipal bonds by negotiation. Consolidated maturity schedule. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Bonds” means bonds, notes or other obligations of a municipality, including loans obtained from state or federal agencies; (2) “Municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, any metropolitan district, any district as defined in section 7-324, a regional school district or any other municipal corporation having the power to levy taxes and to issue bonds, notes or other obligations; (3) “Revenue bonds” means bonds secured by project or system revenues, including water, sewer, electric or other revenue sources, and that are not secured by the full faith and credit of ad valorem taxing power; and (4) “Legislative body” means (A) the board of selectmen in a town that does not have a charter, special act or home rule ordinance relating to its government, (B) the council, board of aldermen, representative town meeting, board of selectmen or other elected legislative body described in a charter, special act or home rule ordinance relating to government in a city, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough or a town having a charter, special act, consolidation ordinance or home rule ordinance relating to its government, (C) the board of burgesses or other elected legislative body in a borough, (D) the district committee or other elected legislative body in a district, metropolitan district or other municipal corporation, or (E) the regional board of education. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of any special act or charter requiring that bonds be sold at public bid, a municipality may, upon approval by its legislative body, sell by negotiation (1) tax credit bonds, including those described under Section 54 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, or (2) an issue of bonds, any portion of which is an advance refunding issue as defined in 26 CFR 1.150-1. (c) The maturity schedule of an issue of tax credit bonds and bonds the interest of which is excluded from taxation pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, when issued no more than fifteen days apart, may be consolidated for purposes of compliance with section 7-371. (d) The validity of any bonds issued by a municipality and sold by negotiation prior to September 25, 2009, and described in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of this section or with a consolidated maturity schedule pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall not be affected by their manner of sale or consolidated maturity schedule. (Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 70.) History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 effective September 25, 2009.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-372 Issuing of bonds by beach associations and similar subdivisions.

7-372. Issuing of bonds by beach associations and similar subdivisions. No beach association, or any other subdivision of any town, city or borough of a similar nature, wherein more than fifty per cent of the property owners are nonresidents, shall issue bonds pledging the security of such association therefor, except with the consent of the town, city or borough in which such association is situated. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any school, sewer or fire district. (1949 Rev., S. 805.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-373 Banks to certify municipal bonds. Disbursing agent.

7-373. Banks to certify municipal bonds. Disbursing agent. Each town, city, borough, school district, fire district and sewer district and each other municipal corporation and association having a population of less than ninety thousand inhabitants as determined by the federal census last taken, which issues bonds pursuant to its general or special powers, shall, for each such issue, designate a bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this or any other state, or of the United States, to certify such issue and shall also designate a bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this or any other state, or of the United States, to act as disbursing agent in the payment of principal and interest on such bonds. Such certification shall be endorsed upon each bond and shall identify such bond as being one of the particular issue described in such bond, shall certify the genuineness of the signatures and seal thereto affixed, shall state the name of the attorney at law who has rendered an opinion approving the legality of such particular issue and shall be signed by an authorized officer or official of such bank or trust company. (1949 Rev., S. 806; P.A. 83-519, S. 18, 23.) History: P.A. 83-519 added “authorized official” to “authorized officer” as person acting for the bank or trust company designated to certify such bond issue, thus authorizing such officer or official to so certify.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-374 Bonded indebtedness of municipalities.

7-374. Bonded indebtedness of municipalities. (a) Definitions. As used in this section, “town” includes each town, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough; “municipality” excludes each town and includes each other independent and dependent political and territorial division and subdivision. (b) Limitation of indebtedness. No town and no municipality coterminous with or within such town shall incur any indebtedness in any of the following classes through the issuance of bonds which will cause the aggregate indebtedness, in that class, of such town and of all municipalities coterminous with and within such town, jointly, to exceed the multiple stated below for each class times the aggregate annual receipts of such town and of all municipalities coterminous with and within such town, jointly, from taxation for the most recent fiscal year next preceding the date of issue: (1) All debt other than debt for urban renewal projects, water pollution control projects, school building projects, as defined in section 10-289, and the funding of an unfunded past benefit obligation, as defined in section 7-374c, two and one-quarter; (2) debt for urban renewal projects, three and one-quarter; (3) debt for water pollution control projects, three and three-quarters; (4) debt for school building projects, as defined in section 10-289, four and one-half; (5) debt for the funding of an unfunded past benefit obligation, as defined in section 7-374c, three; and (6) total debt including subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this subsection, seven. In the computation of annual receipts from taxation, there shall be included as such receipts interest, penalties, late payment of taxes and payments made by the state to such town and to municipalities coterminous with and within such town under section 12-129d and section 7-528. In computing such aggregate indebtedness, there shall be excluded each bond, note and other evidence of indebtedness (i) issued in anticipation of taxes; (ii) issued for the supply of water, for the supply of gas, for the supply of electricity, for electric demand response, for conservation and load management, for distributed generation, for renewable energy projects, for the construction of subways for cables, wires and pipes, for the construction of underground conduits for cables, wires and pipes, for the construction and operation of a municipal community antenna television system and for two or more of such purposes; (iii) issued in anticipation of the receipt of proceeds from assessments which have been levied upon property benefited by any public improvement; (iv) issued in anticipation of the receipt of proceeds from any state or federal grant for which the town or municipality has received a written commitment or for which an allocation has been approved by the State Bond Commission or from a contract with the state, a state agency or another municipality providing for the reimbursement of capital costs but only to the extent such indebtedness can be paid from such proceeds; (v) issued for water pollution control projects in order to meet the requirements of an abatement order of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, provided the municipality files a certificate signed by its chief fiscal officer with the commissioner demonstrating to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the municipality has a plan for levying a system of charges, assessments or other revenues which are sufficient, together with other available funds of the municipality, to repay such obligations as the same become due and payable; and (vi) upon placement in escrow of the proceeds of refunding bonds, notes or other obligations or other funds of the municipality in an amount sufficient, together with such investment earnings thereon as are to be retained in said escrow, to provide for the payment when due of the principal of and interest on such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness. “Urban renewal project”, as used in this section, shall include any project authorized under title 8, the bonds for which are not otherwise, by general statute or special act, excluded from the computation of aggregate indebtedness or borrowing capacity. In the case of a town that is a member of a regional school district, a portion of the aggregate indebtedness of such regional school district shall be included in the aggregate indebtedness of such town for school building projects for the purposes of this section. Such portion shall be determined by applying to the indebtedness of the district, other than indebtedness issued in anticipation of the receipt by the district of payments by its member towns or the state for the operations of such district's schools and of proceeds from any state or federal grant for which the district has received a written commitment or for which an allocation has been approved by the State Bond Commission or from a contract with the state, a state agency or another municipality providing for the reimbursement of capital costs but only to the extent such indebtedness can be paid from such proceeds, such member town's percentage share of the net expenses of such district for the most recent fiscal year next preceding the date of issue payable by such town as determined in accordance with subsection (b) of section 10-51. (1949 Rev., S. 807; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 363d; March, 1958, P.A. 8, S. 5; 24, S. 5; 1959, P.A. 218; 1963, P.A. 604, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 53, S. 1; 461, S. 6; 574, S. 7; 1969, P.A. 536, S. 1; 584, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 69, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 36, S. 1; P.A. 78-154, S. 15; P.A. 85-543, S. 5, 7; P.A. 87-584, S. 9, 18; P.A. 89-377, S. 7, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 90-1, S. 8, 10; P.A. 93-158, S. 2, 11; P.A. 99-97, S. 2, 6; 99-182, S. 2, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1, S. 32; P.A. 07-242, S. 95; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: 1959 act changed reference in Subsec. (b) from 10-282 to 10-289; 1963 act changed method of determining limitation under Subsec. (b) in each category; 1965 acts amended Subsec. (a) to delete obsolete reference to real estate owned by the county and amended Subsec. (b) to specify annual receipts used as basis be those reported pursuant to Sec. 12-13, to provide such receipts be averaged as provided in Sec. 10-268 instead of Sec. 12-13, to add exception re towns whose fiscal years end July first and to require in computation of tax receipts inclusion of payments by state to town and to municipalities coterminous with and within town; 1969 acts replaced previous provision re bonds which cause aggregate indebtedness of more than two and one-quarter times annual taxation receipts with limit on indebtedness to not more than seven times annual tax receipts and deleted provision for determination based on averaging three years' receipts; 1971 act replaced previous limits with new formula set forth in Subdivs. (1) to (5), included in computation of receipts interest, penalties and late payments, excluded from computation of indebtedness bonds on anticipation of proceeds from assessments on property, deleting provision re bonds “payable solely out of the proceeds of assessments ...,” and bonds issued in anticipation of receipt of state or federal grants and defined “urban renewal project”; 1972 act added reference to Sec. 12-24c; P.A. 78-154 replaced “sewers” with “water pollution control projects” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 85-543 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that debt limits for bond issues of towns and municipalities shall be based on their aggregate annual receipts from taxation; P.A. 87-584 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Secs. 12-24a and 12-24c and inserting references to Secs. 12-129d and 7-528 and Sec. 4 of public act 87-584; P.A. 89-377 amended Subdiv. (iii) of Subsec. (b) to include indebtedness related to allocations which have been approved by the state bond commission and added Subsec. (b)(iv) to include debt for water pollution control projects related to abatement orders; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 90-1 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that the exemption from the debt limitation for projects under abatement orders of the commissioner of environmental protection will be allowed only when the municipality has satisfied the commissioner that it has a repayment plan for such debt; P.A. 93-158 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting definitions of “grand list” and “serial bonds”, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting exclusion of fair market value in determining maximum debt and deleting Subpara. (ii) excluding “each bond, not or other evidence of indebtedness”, and relettering the subparagraphs and inserting new Subpara. (vi) excluding from aggregate indebtedness bonds for which there has been placed in escrow an amount sufficient to pay the interest and principal thereon and adding provision for the amount of aggregate indebtedness of regional school districts and deleted former Subsec. (c) detailing inapplicability of section to issuance of specified serial bonds, effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 99-97 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that the aggregate indebtedness of regional school districts is calculated by allowing the debt shown on a member community's balance sheet to be net of applicable anticipated school construction grants from the state, effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 99-182 added Subsec. (b)(5) re debt for the funding of unfunded past benefit obligation, effective June 23, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-1 amended Subsec. (b) to add “for the construction and operation of a municipal community antenna television system”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (b)(ii) to add “for electric demand response, for conservation and load management, for distributed generation, for renewable energy projects”, effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-374a Prior debt limitation not reduced.

7-374a. Prior debt limitation not reduced. Subsection (b) of section 7-374 and subsection (b) of section 10-56 shall not operate to reduce the debt limitation of any town or municipality below that in effect on June 27, 1963. (1963, P.A. 604, S. 3; P.A. 73-616, S. 5.) History: P.A. 73-616 replaced reference to repealed Sec. 10-57 with “subsection (b) of section 10-56”.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-374b Issuance of debt obligations for funding of judgments, property or casualty losses and costs of municipal projects to abate deleterious conditions re residential building concrete foundations.

7-374b. Issuance of debt obligations for funding of judgments, property or casualty losses and costs of municipal projects to abate deleterious conditions re residential building concrete foundations. (a) A municipality, as defined in section 7-369, and any regional school district, may authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of funding a judgment, a compromised or settled claim against it or an award or sum payable by it pursuant to a determination by a court, or an officer, body or agency acting in an administrative or quasi-judicial capacity, other than an award or sum arising out of an employment contract, in any case in which the amount of such judgment, claim, award or sum exceeds five per cent of the total annual receipts from taxation, as computed for the purposes of subsection (b) of section 7-374 or subsection (b) of section 10-56, as applicable, or two hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever is less, provided that the last principal installment of such bonds, notes or other obligations shall mature no later than twenty years from the date of original issue of such bonds, notes or other obligations issued for such purposes. The temporary borrowing periods provided by sections 7-378 and 7-378a shall apply to the computation of the maximum maturity permitted by this section. This section shall not be applicable to the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations to fund judgments, settlements, awards or sums payable in connection with construction projects. (b) Any municipality may authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes of (1) funding a reserve fund for property or casualty losses established pursuant to section 7-403a, or (2) funding for all or part of the cost of any project undertaken by such municipality to abate an actual or potential deleterious condition on real property that, if left unabated, would cause the collapse of a concrete foundation of a residential building due to the presence of pyrrhotite and damage the housing stock in such municipality to such an extent that a negative impact on such municipality's economy would result. (P.A. 86-350, S. 2, 28; P.A. 92-172, S. 3; P.A. 93-332, S. 17, 42; P.A. 06-79, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2, S. 71; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 344.) History: P.A. 92-172 made technical changes in Subsec. (b) adding language re retiree benefits, consistent with 1992 Public Acts; P.A. 93-332 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing the dollar amount of a claim or judgment which can be paid through the issuance of bonds from $1,000,000 to $250,000, effective June 25, 1993; P.A. 06-79 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “loss and retiree benefits reserve fund” with “reserve fund for property or casualty losses”, effective July 1, 2006; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-2 amended Subsec. (a) to extend term of bonds, notes or other obligations from 15 years to 20 years, effective September 25, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions re funding a reserve fund as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re funding for cost of municipal project to abate deleterious condition that would cause collapse of concrete foundation of residential building due to presence of pyrrhotite and damage to housing stock in such municipality, and making a technical change, effective October 31, 2017.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-374c Municipal pension deficit funding bonds.

7-374c. Municipal pension deficit funding bonds. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Actuarial valuation” means a determination certified by an enrolled actuary, in a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles, of the normal cost, actuarial accrued liability, actuarial value of assets and related actuarial present values for a pension plan of a municipality as of a valuation date not more than thirty months preceding the date of issue of the pension deficit funding bonds, together with an actuarial update of such valuation as of a date not more than three months preceding the date of notification of the secretary by the municipality, in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section, of its intent to issue the pension deficit funding bonds. (2) “Actuarially recommended contribution” means the lesser of the annual employer normal cost or the annual required contribution of the municipal employer to the pension plan of the municipality, as established by the actuarial valuation and determined by an enrolled actuary in a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles, provided such contribution shall be at least equal to the amount actuarially determined necessary to maintain the pension plan's funding ratio substantially the same as immediately succeeding the deposit of the proceeds of the pension deficit funding bonds in such pension plan. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, with respect to any pension deficit funding bonds (A) issued on or after July 1, 2006, or (B) issued prior to such date and with respect to which the municipality issuing the bonds requests and receives the approval of the Treasurer and the secretary, the term “actuarially recommended contribution” means the annual required contribution of the municipal employer to the pension plan of the municipality, as established by the actuarial valuation and determined by an enrolled actuary in a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles, provided the amortization schedule used to determine such contribution shall be fixed and shall have a term not longer than the longer of ten years, or thirty years from the date of issuance of the pension deficit funding bonds. In the event that the funding ratio of the pension plan, as determined immediately succeeding the deposit of the proceeds of the pension deficit funding bonds in such pension plan, is reduced by thirty per cent or more, the maximum permitted term of such amortization schedule shall be reduced by the same percentage. Any municipality receiving the approval of the secretary and the Treasurer to apply this definition with respect to pension deficit funding bonds issued prior to July 1, 2006, shall thereafter comply with the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of this section. (3) “Chief executive officer” means (A) for a municipality as described in section 7-188, such officer as described in section 7-193, (B) for a metropolitan district, such officer as described in the special act, charter, local ordinance or other local law applicable to such metropolitan district, (C) for a district, as defined in section 7-324, the president of its board of directors, (D) for a regional school district, the chairperson of its regional board of education, and (E) for any other municipal corporation having the power to levy taxes and to issue bonds, notes or other obligations, such officer as prescribed by the general statutes or any special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local ordinance or local law applicable to such municipal corporation. (4) “Enrolled actuary” means a person who is enrolled by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries established under subtitle C of title III of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time amended. (5) “General obligation” means an obligation issued by a municipality and secured by the full faith and credit and taxing power of such municipality. (6) “Legislative body” means (A) for a regional school district, the regional board of education, and (B) for any other municipality not having the authority to make ordinances, the body, board, committee or similar body charged under the general statutes, special acts or its charter with the power to authorize the issue of bonds by the municipality. (7) “Municipal Finance Advisory Commission” means the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission established pursuant to section 7-394b. (8) “Municipality” means a municipality, as defined in section 7-369, or a regional school district. (9) “Obligation” means any bond or any other transaction which constitutes debt in accordance with both municipal reporting standards in section 7-394a and the regulations prescribing municipal financial reporting adopted by the secretary pursuant to said section 7-394a. (10) “Pension deficit funding bond” means any obligation issued by a municipality to fund, in whole or in part, an unfunded past benefit obligation. The term “pension deficit funding bond” shall not include any bond issued by a municipality pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of this section to pay, fund or refund prior to maturity any of its pension deficit funding bonds previously issued, or any bond issued prior to January 1, 1999, but may include any bond issued by a municipality prior to January 1, 1999, for the sole and exclusive purposes of (A) applying the provisions of subsection (f) of this section in lieu of subsection (c) of section 7-403a as the municipality may determine, and (B) requiring the municipality to apply and comply with the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section. (11) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the secretary's designee. (12) “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the state of Connecticut or the Treasurer's designee. (13) “Unfunded past benefit obligation” means the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the pension plan determined in a method and using assumptions meeting the parameters established by generally accepted accounting principles. (14) “Weighted average maturity” means (A) the sum of the products, determined separately for each maturity or sinking fund payment date and taking into account any mandatory redemptions of the obligation, of (i) with respect to a serial obligation, the principal amount of each serial maturity of such obligation and the number of years to such maturity, or (ii) with respect to a term obligation, the dollar amount of each mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to such obligation and the number of years to such payment, divided by (B) the aggregate principal amount of such obligation. (b) Except as expressly provided in this section, no municipality shall issue any pension deficit funding bond. (c) Any municipality which has no outstanding pension deficit funding bonds, other than an earlier series of such obligations issued under subsection (b) of section 7-374b or this section to partially fund an unfunded past pension obligation, may authorize and issue pension deficit funding bonds to fund all or a portion of an unfunded past benefit obligation, as determined by an actuarial valuation, and the payment of costs related to the issuance of such bonds in accordance with the following requirements. (1) The municipality shall, within the time and in the manner prescribed by regulations adopted by the secretary or as otherwise required by the secretary, notify the secretary of its intent to issue such pension deficit funding bonds and shall include with such notice (A) the actuarial valuation, (B) an actuarial analysis of the method by which the municipality proposes to fund any unfunded past benefit obligation not to be defrayed by the pension deficit funding bonds, which method may include a plan of issuance of a series of pension deficit funding bonds, (C) an explanation of the municipality's investment strategic plan for the pension plan with respect to which the pension deficit funding bonds are to be issued, including, but not limited to, an asset allocation plan, (D) a five-year financial plan, including the major assumptions and plan of finance for such pension deficit funding bonds, (E) a comparison of the anticipated effects of funding the unfunded past benefit obligation through the issuance of pension deficit funding bonds with the funding of the obligation through the annual actuarially recommended contribution, prepared in the manner prescribed by the secretary, (F) documentation of the municipality's authorization of the issuance of such pension deficit funding bonds including a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance of the municipality authorizing the issuance of the pension deficit funding bonds and an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel as to the due authorization of the issuance of the bonds, (G) documentation that the municipality has adopted an ordinance, or with respect to a municipality not having the authority to make ordinances, has adopted a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members of its legislative body, requiring the municipality to appropriate funds in an amount sufficient to meet the actuarially required contribution and contribute such amounts to the plan as required in subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of this section, (H) the methodology used and actuarial assumptions that will be utilized to calculate the actuarially recommended contribution, (I) a draft official statement with respect to the issuance of the pension deficit funding bonds, and (J) such other information and documentation as reasonably required by the secretary or the Treasurer to carry out the provisions of this section. The secretary and the Treasurer may, if they deem necessary, hire an independent actuary to review the information submitted by the municipality. (2) Not later than ten days after the sale of the pension deficit funding bonds, the municipality shall provide the secretary and the Treasurer with a final financing summary comparing the anticipated effects of funding the unfunded past benefit obligation through the issuance of the pension deficit funding bonds with the funding of the obligation through the annual actuarially recommended contribution, prepared in the manner prescribed by the secretary. (3) As long as the pension deficit funding bonds or any bond refunding such bonds are outstanding, the municipality shall (A) for each fiscal year of the municipality commencing with the fiscal year in which the bonds are issued, appropriate funds in an amount sufficient to meet the actuarially required contribution and contribute such amount to the plan, and (B) notify the secretary annually, who shall in turn notify the Treasurer, of the amount or the rate of any such actuarially recommended contribution and the amount or the rate, if any, of the actual annual contribution by the municipality to the pension plan to meet such actuarially recommended contribution. On an annual basis, the municipality shall provide the secretary and the Treasurer with: (i) The actuarial valuation of the pension plan, (ii) a specific identification, in a format to be determined by the secretary, of any changes that have been made in the actuarial assumptions or methods compared to the previous actuarial valuation of the pension plan, (iii) the footnote disclosure and required supplementary information disclosure required by GASB Statement Number 27 with respect to the pension plan, and (iv) a review of the investments of the pension plan including a statement of the current asset allocation and an analysis of performance by asset class. With respect to a municipality which issues pension deficit funding bonds on or after July 1, 2006, in any fiscal year for which such municipality fails to appropriate sufficient funds to meet the actuarially required contribution in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision there shall be deemed appropriated an amount sufficient to meet such requirement, notwithstanding the provisions of any other general statute or of any special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local ordinance or local law. (4) The municipality shall not issue pension deficit funding bonds prior to, or more than six months subsequent to, receipt of the written final review required under subsection (d) of this section. A municipality may renotify the secretary of its intention to issue pension deficit funding bonds and provide the secretary with updated information and documentation in the manner and as described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and request an updated final review from the secretary if more than six months will elapse between the receipt of the prior final review of the secretary and the proposed date of issue of the pension deficit funding bonds. (d) Upon receipt of notification from a municipality that it intends to issue pension deficit funding bonds, the secretary shall inform the Treasurer and the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission of such notification. The secretary and the Treasurer shall review the information and documentation required in subsection (c) of this section and within fifteen days shall notify the municipality as to the adequacy of the materials provided and whether any additional information is required. The secretary and the Treasurer shall issue a written final review to the municipality verifying that the municipality has complied with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section and, including any recommendations to the municipality concerning the issuance of pension deficit funding bonds, not later than thirty days following the receipt of such information and documentation. The secretary shall file a copy of such final review with the chief executive officer of the municipality and the Municipal Finance Advisory Commission. If the secretary and the Treasurer fail to provide a written final review to the municipality by the forty-fifth day following the receipt of such information and documentation, such final review shall be deemed to have been received by the municipality. (e) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions and limitations of this chapter shall apply to any pension deficit funding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such pension deficit funding bonds shall be general obligations of the municipality, and shall be serial bonds maturing in annual or semiannual installments of principal, or shall be term bonds with mandatory annual or semiannual deposits of sinking fund payments into a sinking fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general statute or of any special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local ordinance or local law, (1) the first installment of any series of pension deficit funding bonds shall mature or the first sinking fund payment of any series of pension deficit funding bonds shall be due not later than eighteen months from the date of the issue of such series, provided that such first installment shall mature or such first sinking fund payment shall be due not later than the fiscal year of the municipality next following the fiscal year in which such series is issued, and the last installment of such series shall mature or the last sinking fund payment of such series shall be due not later than thirty years from such date of issue, (2) any such pension deficit funding bonds may be sold at public sale on sealed proposal, by negotiation or by private placement in such manner at such price or prices, at such time or times and on such terms or conditions as the municipality, or the officers or board of the municipality delegated the authority to issue such bonds, determines to be in the best interest of the municipality, and (3) no municipality shall issue temporary notes in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds from the sale of its pension deficit funding bonds. (f) Proceeds of the pension deficit funding bonds, to the extent not applied to the payment of costs related to the issuance thereof, shall be deposited in the pension plan of the municipality to fund the unfunded past benefit obligation for which the bonds were issued, and, notwithstanding any limitations on the investment of proceeds received from the sale of bonds, notes or other obligations set forth in section 7-400 may be invested in accordance with the terms of said pension plan, as such terms may be amended from time to time. (g) A municipality may authorize and issue refunding bonds to pay, fund or refund prior to maturity any of its pension deficit funding bonds in accordance with the provisions of section 7-370c, provided, or, with respect to a regional school district, the provision of section 10-60a, notwithstanding the provisions of said sections 7-370c and 10-60a, the weighted average maturity of such refunding bonds shall not exceed the weighted average maturity of the outstanding pension deficit funding bonds being paid, funded or refunded by such refunding bonds. The municipality shall notify the secretary, who shall in turn notify the Treasurer, of its intention to issue refunding bonds pursuant to this subsection, not less than fifteen days prior to the issuance thereof, and shall provide the secretary with a copy of the final official statement, if any, prepared for the refunding bonds, not more than fifteen days after the date of issue of such bonds. (h) The secretary, in consultation with the Treasurer, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as necessary to establish guidelines concerning compliance with the provisions of subsections (c), (d) and (g) of this section. (P.A. 99-182, S. 1, 3; P.A. 00-196, S. 64, 66; P.A. 06-79, S. 2; 06-196, S. 41; P.A. 07-217, S. 23–25; P.A. 22-35, S. 1.) History: P.A. 99-182 effective June 23, 1999; P.A. 00-196 added “actuarially determined” in Subsec. (a)(2), effective June 1, 2000; P.A. 06-79 amended Subsec. (a) by defining “legislative body” and redefining “actuarially recommended contribution”, “chief executive officer” and “municipality”, amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding “major assumptions” and deleting provision re preparation of plan in Subpara. (D), deleting former Subparas. (E) and (F) re information and documentation and inserting new Subparas. (E) to (J) and authorizing employment of an independent actuary to review information, added new Subsec. (C)(2) re submission of final financing summary, redesignating existing Subdivs. (2) and (3) as new Subdivs. (3) and (4) and, in new Subdiv. (3), revising provisions re contributions in Subpara. (A) and adding provisions re annual information to be provided to the secretary and the Treasurer and re appropriation of sufficient amount, amended Subsec. (g) by adding provisions re regional school district, amended Subsec. (h) by making regulations discretionary rather than mandatory, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (c)(2), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 22-35 amended Subsec. (c)(1)(D) by substituting “five-year” for “three-year” re financial plan.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-374d Municipal issue of pension deficit funding bonds or temporary notes in anticipation of receipt of proceeds.

7-374d. Municipal issue of pension deficit funding bonds or temporary notes in anticipation of receipt of proceeds. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e) of section 7-374c or of any special act, charter, special act charter, home-rule ordinance, local ordinance or local law, a municipality, as defined in section 7-369, may, by vote of its legislative body, issue pension deficit funding bonds or temporary notes in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, provided: (1) The amount of such temporary notes does not exceed the amount of such bonds, and (2) the purpose for which the pension deficit funding bonds or temporary notes are issued is to fulfil obligations of the municipality regarding lump sum payments to beneficiaries of a closed pension fund. (P.A. 16-180, S. 2.) History: P.A. 16-180 effective June 7, 2016.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-376 Redemption of outstanding bonds.

7-376. Redemption of outstanding bonds. Any town which has issued any bonds or other obligations under or by virtue of any statute, public or private, shall have the power to redeem them by issuing new bonds or other obligations. (1949 Rev., S. 808.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-377 Redemption of bonds before maturity.

7-377. Redemption of bonds before maturity. Any city or borough, by vote of its legislative body, or any town or other municipality which is authorized to levy and collect taxes, by vote, at a meeting warned and held for that purpose, may authorize the treasurer or other custodian of its sinking fund to redeem any of its bonds, as opportunity may permit, before their maturity; and no money in any sinking fund shall be used to redeem any bonds before maturity other than those for the redemption of which such fund was created. (1949 Rev., S. 809; 1959, P.A. 513, S. 1; P.A. 86-350, S. 24, 28.) History: 1959 act deleted provisions re destruction of bonds after redemption; P.A. 86-350 removed provision prohibiting redemptions at a price above par value.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-377a Destruction of bonds and notes after payment or transfer of ownership.

7-377a. Destruction of bonds and notes after payment or transfer of ownership. Any town or municipality, as defined in subsection (a) of section 7-374, or other body politic and corporate organized and existing under the laws of the state may destroy or provide for the destruction of any of its bonds, notes or bond coupons after they have been paid and cancelled or after their surrender in any transfer or exchange. Such destruction, by burning or otherwise, may be performed by the treasurer of such town, municipality or body politic and corporate, or by any bank or trust company organized and existing under the laws of any state, or of the United States, and authorized to destroy such bonds by such treasurer. A certificate of such destruction, signed by such treasurer and a witness to the destruction if such destruction is by such treasurer, or by a representative of such bank or trust company and a witness to such destruction if such destruction is by a bank or trust company, shall be kept on file with the clerk of such town or municipality or the secretary of such body politic and corporate. (1959, P.A. 513, S. 2; P.A. 83-519, S. 20, 23.) History: P.A. 83-519 provided for destruction of bonds or notes in the event of transfer of ownership, to be in addition to such destruction as previously allowed after payment, such additional provision being necessary with respect to registered bonds which upon transfer of ownership require destruction of the certificate issued in the name of the previous owner.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378 Anticipation notes.

7-378. Anticipation notes. Whenever any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, has authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of any public or special act, it may authorize the issuance of temporary notes in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds. The amount of such notes may equal but not exceed the amount of such bonds. Pending the use of the proceeds of such notes for the purpose for which the bonds were authorized, the proceeds may be invested in the same manner as other general funds of the municipality are invested. Such notes shall be issued for a period of not more than two years, but notes issued for a shorter period of time may be renewed by the issue of other notes, provided the period from the date of the original notes to the maturity of the last notes issued in renewal thereof shall not exceed two years. The term of such notes shall not be included in computing the time within which such bonds must mature. The provisions of section 7-373 shall be deemed to apply to such notes, and such notes shall constitute general obligations of the municipality. No such note shall be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness and borrowing capacity of the municipality but, except as hereinafter provided, as long as any such note is outstanding, the entire authorized principal amount of such bonds shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the aggregate indebtedness and borrowing capacity of the municipality, unless funds for the payment of such note have been deposited in trust as hereinafter provided; provided, if the municipality has received a written commitment from any federal or state authority for a grant-in-aid for the project to be financed by such bonds, the amount of bonds included in the computation as aforesaid shall be reduced so that the amount included plus the grant-in-aid shall be equal to the total estimated cost of the project being so financed. The officer or agency authorized by law or by vote of the municipality to issue such notes shall, within any limitation imposed by the vote, determine the date, maturity, interest rate, form, manner of sale and other details of such notes. Such notes may bear interest or be sold at a discount. The interest or discount on such notes, including renewals thereof, and the expense of preparing, issuing and marketing them may be included as a part of the cost of the project or improvements being financed and may either be borrowed temporarily under the provisions of this section or permanently funded by the issue of bonds, notes or other obligations under the provisions of this chapter. Upon the sale of such bonds, the proceeds thereof, to the extent required, shall be applied forthwith to the payment of the principal and interest of all notes issued in anticipation thereof or shall be deposited in trust for such purpose with a bank or trust company, which may be the bank or trust company, if any, at which such notes are payable. Any power granted by this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in or hereafter granted to any municipality under the provisions of any special act. (1953, 1955, S. 365d; 1971, P.A. 746; P.A. 83-519, S. 21, 23; P.A. 86-350, S. 9, 28.) History: 1971 act added provision concerning consideration of grants-in-aid in computation of aggregate indebtedness; P.A. 83-519 provided clarification that the amount of such notes may equal but not exceed the amount of the bonds and that any proceeds of such notes not used for the purposes of the bonds may be invested in the same manner as general funds of the town; P.A. 86-350 changed the word “town” to “municipality”, and authorized temporary borrowing or permanent funding through bond issue to cover costs of interest or discounting of notes and expenses of preparing, issuing or marketing them.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378a Renewal of temporary notes.

7-378a. Renewal of temporary notes. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-264 and 7-378, and any other public or special act or charter which limits the renewal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bond issues to two years or any lesser period of time from the date of the original notes, any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, may renew any temporary notes for a period of not more than ten years from the date of the original issue of such temporary notes if the municipality promptly applies all project grant payments toward project costs or toward payment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable or deposits such grants in trust for such purposes and if the legislative body of such municipality (1) authorizes the inclusion in the annual budget for each year or otherwise appropriates sufficient sums, from funds other than project grants or note proceeds, to retire notes equal to at least one-twentieth of the town's estimated net cost of the project no later than three years from the date of the original issue of such temporary notes and again for each subsequent year during which such temporary notes remain outstanding; (2) reduces the principal amount of each bond issue when sold by the amount spent under subdivision (1) of this section, and provides for the payment or amortization of the principal of such bonds in annual installments commencing no later than eleven years from the date of original issue of the temporary notes being permanently financed by such bonds; (3) reduces the maximum authorized term of the bonds when sold by not less than the number of months by which the date of issue exceeds two years from the date of the original notes. For sewer projects or school building projects, as defined in section 7-380c, the annual payments required under said subdivision (1) shall be at least one-thirtieth of the town's estimated net cost of such sewer or school building project. Any federal or state grants which are to be paid over a period of years to reimburse the municipality for a portion of principal due on bonds or notes may be used in computing the municipality's net cost of the project. That portion of the proceeds of the issue of any such temporary notes being issued as part of a common sale, which portion is not used to refund outstanding temporary notes, shall be deemed a separate loan and be considered to have a separate original issue date. Each such portion of any such temporary notes may be renewed in accordance with the provisions of this section. (1967, P.A. 626, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 646; P.A. 77-525, S. 2, 3; P.A. 78-316, S. 1, 4; P.A. 86-350, S. 10, 28; P.A. 02-114, S. 1; P.A. 07-87, S. 2; Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2, S. 3.) History: 1969 act added reference to charters and reflected the possibility that renewals of temporary notes might be for less than two years; P.A. 77-525 specified conditions under which temporary notes might be renewed for four years replacing previous condition requiring payment of interest and principal which would have been paid if entire principal amount had been sold within two years of borrowing, deleted requirement that installments be substantially equal and made special provisions re payments for sewer projects and exclusion of grants paid over a number of years in calculating town's net cost; P.A. 78-316 allowed consideration of grants paid over a number of years in calculating net cost; P.A. 86-350 made a variety of changes for purposes of clarification, updating the statutes to conform to current financial practices and to conform to anticipated changes in federal tax policy; P.A. 02-114 extended the maximum time period for renewal of temporary notes from four to eight years, replaced “no later than four years from the date of the original issue of such temporary notes” with “for each subsequent year during which such temporary notes remain outstanding” and extended the date when annual payments are required to begin after the original note issue from five to nine years; P.A. 07-87 added references to school building projects, effective July 1, 2007; Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2 extended maximum time period for renewal of temporary notes from eight to ten years and extended date when annual payments are required to begin after original note issue from nine to eleven years, effective November 25, 2008.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378b Temporary notes re bonds for sewer project with commitment for state or federal grant.

7-378b. Temporary notes re bonds for sewer project with commitment for state or federal grant. Any town, as defined in section 7-378, which has temporary notes outstanding in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized for a sewer project, and which has a written commitment for a state or federal grant for such project but has not received its final grant payment within four years from the date of the original notes, may renew such notes from time to time, in terms of not more than six months, in anticipation of the receipt of such final grant payment without regard to the provisions of section 7-378a or of sections 7-264, 7-378, or any other sections of the general statutes, public act, special act, or charter, or of any ordinance or resolution or vote adopted prior to July 1, 1977, which limit the time for renewing temporary notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bond issues, provided that (a) the total amount of such notes shall not exceed the amount of the grant commitment which has not been paid to the town; and (b) all grant payments received by the town, to the extent required, shall be applied promptly toward repayment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable or shall be deposited in trust for such purpose with a bank or trust company. This section shall not apply if the federal or state grant is to be paid over a period of years to reimburse the town for a portion of principal due on bonds or notes. (P.A. 77-525, S. 1, 3.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378c Effective date of Secs. 7-378a and 7-378b.

7-378c. Effective date of Secs. 7-378a and 7-378b. Sections 7-378a to 7-378c, inclusive, shall take effect July 1, 1977, except that any town which has temporary notes outstanding on such date, which were renewed under the authority of section 7-378a, may renew such notes in accordance with the conditions of said section as it existed just prior to July 1, 1977. (P.A. 77-525, S. 3.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378d Appropriations for retirement of notes on school projects. Net cost of project.

7-378d. Appropriations for retirement of notes on school projects. Net cost of project. The amount of the state grant commitment pursuant to section 10-287 for school building projects and section 10-286d for site acquisition may be used in computing the town's net cost of the school project for the purposes of computing payments on temporary notes mandated by section 7-378a. (P.A. 78-316, S. 3, 4.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378e Extended time for renewal of temporary notes.

7-378e. Extended time for renewal of temporary notes. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-378a and 10-56 and any other public or special act or charter or bond ordinance or bond resolution which limits the renewal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bond issues to four years from the date of the original notes, any town, as defined in section 7-378, or regional school district may renew temporary notes in accordance with the provisions of this section for an additional period of not more than four years from the end of such four-year period immediately following the date of the original notes. The officers or board authorized to issue the bonds or determine the particulars of the bonds may adopt a resolution authorizing the renewal of temporary notes for such additional period under the following conditions: (a) All project grant payments received shall be promptly applied toward project costs or toward payment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable or shall be deposited in trust for such purposes; (b) no later than the end of each period of twelve months after the end of the four-year period immediately following the date of the original notes a portion of such temporary notes equal to at least one-twentieth of the town's or district's estimated net cost of the project shall be retired from funds other than project grants or note proceeds; (c) the interest on all temporary notes renewed after such four-year period immediately following the date of the original notes pursuant to this section shall be paid from funds other than project grants or note proceeds; (d) the principal amount of each bond issue when sold shall be reduced by the amounts spent under subdivision (b) of this section, and the principal of such bonds shall be paid in annual installments commencing no later than one year from the date of issue; and (e) the maximum authorized term of the bonds when sold shall be reduced by not less than the number of months from the end of such four-year period immediately following the date of the original notes to the date of issue. For sewer projects the annual payments required under subdivision (b) of this section shall be at least one-thirtieth of the town's estimated net cost of the sewer project. Any federal or state grants which are to be paid over a period of years to reimburse the town or district for a portion of principal due on bonds or notes may be used in computing the town's or district's net cost of the project. Any town or district in which such resolution is passed shall include in its annual budget or shall otherwise appropriate sufficient funds to make the payments required by subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section. This section shall not relieve any town from complying with the provisions of section 7-378a in renewing temporary notes for a period of not more than four years. In no event shall any notes renewed pursuant to the provisions of this section be due and payable later than June 30, 1984. (P.A. 80-320, S. 1, 4; P.A. 82-24, S. 1, 5.) History: P.A. 82-24 extended period for which towns or regional school districts may renew temporary notes under this section from two years to four years, which period of renewal is in addition to the period of four years from the date of the original notes as allowed under Sec. 7-378a and is subject to the same conditions re note retirement in the additional two years as in the two years preceding and extended date by which any notes renewed under this section must be payable to June 30, 1984.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378f Renewal of temporary notes to finance sewers in town without an operating system connected to treatment plant.

7-378f. Renewal of temporary notes to finance sewers in town without an operating system connected to treatment plant. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-264, 7-378 and 7-378a and any other public or special act or charter or ordinance or resolution which limits or imposes conditions on the renewal of temporary notes to finance sanitary sewers issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bond issues, any town, as defined in said section 7-378, which does not have an operating municipal sanitary sewerage system connected to a treatment plant, may renew such temporary notes for a period of not more than four years from the date of the original notes if the town promptly applies all project grant payments toward project costs or toward payment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable or deposits such grants in trust for such purposes, and if the original notes were issued on or before June 30, 1982. No temporary notes issued or renewed pursuant to this section shall mature later than one year from the date the sanitary sewers financed by such notes are placed in operation. (P.A. 80-320, S. 3, 4.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-378g Renewal of temporary notes issued by town to finance water filtration, supply or distribution facilities, a resources recovery facility or an incinerator.

7-378g. Renewal of temporary notes issued by town to finance water filtration, supply or distribution facilities, a resources recovery facility or an incinerator. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-264, 7-378, 7-378a, 7-378b and 7-378e and any other public or special act or charter or ordinance or resolution which limits or imposes conditions on the renewal of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bond issues, any town, as defined in said section 7-378, constructing and equipping (1) a water filtration facility, water supply facilities, access facilities or distribution system improvements or (2) a resources recovery facility, as defined in subdivision (11) of section 22a-260, or an incinerator may renew such temporary notes for a period of not more than five years from the date of the original notes if the town promptly applies any project grant payments toward project costs or toward payment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable or deposits such grants in trust for such purposes. No temporary notes issued or renewed pursuant to this section shall mature later than one year from the date any such facility or improvements financed by such notes are placed in operation. (P.A. 82-24, S. 3, 5; P.A. 83-396.) History: P.A. 83-396 added language providing for such renewal of notes to finance a resources recovery facility or an incinerator.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-379 Issuance of bonds and notes for dire emergencies.

7-379. Issuance of bonds and notes for dire emergencies. As used in this section, the word “town” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 7-378 and the words “dire emergency appropriation” mean an appropriation to relieve or assist in the relieving of a situation certified by a board composed of the Governor, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to be an unusual and serious condition endangering public health and welfare and requiring the immediate expenditure of public funds by a particular town or towns. Any town, upon approval by vote of the majority of the members present and voting at an annual, regular or special meeting of its legislative body, may, without further authority from the General Assembly, issue its temporary notes for the purpose of raising money for a dire emergency appropriation and may issue its bonds for said purpose or for the purpose of paying all or a part of any such temporary notes. All notes or bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall constitute general obligations of the town and shall be obligatory upon the inhabitants thereof in accordance with their terms but no such note or bond shall be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of a town under subsection (b) of section 7-374 or its borrowing capacity under any public or special act except as may be therein expressly provided. Any power granted by this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power granted to any town under the provisions of any public or special act. Temporary notes under this section shall be issued for a period of not more than two years and in an amount not exceeding one per cent of the grand list of such town, but notes issued for a shorter period may be renewed by the issue of other notes, provided the total period of the borrowing shall not exceed two years and the provisions of section 7-373 shall be deemed to apply to such notes. Bonds issued under this section shall be for a term which shall not exceed ten years and shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be subject to the applicable provisions of the general statutes, provided bonds issued to pay temporary notes shall be issued within two years from the date of the earliest temporary note to be paid in whole or in part with the proceeds thereof. (November, 1955, S. N7, N8, N9; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 38; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 80-483, S. 178, 186.) History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-483 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of revenue services.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-380 Facsimile signatures. Manual signature requirements.

7-380. Facsimile signatures. Manual signature requirements. Any bonds, notes or other obligations for the payment of money by any municipality or town may bear the facsimile of any signature, seal or other means of execution, authentication, certification or endorsement required or permitted to be recorded thereon, except that either the signature required to be placed thereon pursuant to section 7-373 shall be manually subscribed or the provisions of section 42b-4 shall apply in the case of registered public obligations. (1957, P.A. 95; P.A. 77-374, S. 4; P.A. 83-519, S. 22, 23.) History: P.A. 77-374 deleted phrase requiring at least one signature to be manually subscribed and required that the signature “placed thereon pursuant to section 3-373” be manually subscribed; P.A. 83-519 provided that as an alternative to the manual signature of an officer or official of the bank acting as certifying agent required on any bond or note under Sec. 7-373, the manual signature required in the case of a registered public obligation may be that of such authorized officer, certifying agent, transfer agent or other person allowed under Sec. 42b-4.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-380a Assumption of liability by municipality for employees providing information pertaining to issuance of bonds or notes.

7-380a. Assumption of liability by municipality for employees providing information pertaining to issuance of bonds or notes. For purposes of this section, “municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, fire district, school district, regional school district, sewer district or any other political subdivision of the state authorized to issue bonds or notes by general or special act; and “official” means any person elected or appointed to office or employed by a municipality. Each municipality shall protect and save harmless any official or former official of such municipality from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence on the part of such official, while acting in the discharge of his official duties, in providing information to any potential investor or underwriter of the municipality's bonds or notes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the defense of governmental immunity to any such claim, demand or suit. Each such municipality may insure against the liability imposed by this section in any insurance company organized in this state or in any insurance company of another state authorized to write such insurance in this state or may elect to act as self-insurer of such liability. This section shall not apply to cases of wilful and wanton fraud. (P.A. 76-318; P.A. 14-122, S. 71.) History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-380b Issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations authorized before June 23, 1993.

7-380b. Issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations authorized before June 23, 1993. The provisions of sections 7-370c, 7-374, 8-187, 8-192, 10-51c, subsections (a) and (b) of section 10-56 and sections 10-60a, 32-222 and 32-227 shall not operate to prevent the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations authorized prior to June 23, 1993, by any town, city, borough, district, metropolitan district, regional school district or other municipal corporation. (P.A. 93-158, S. 10, 11.) History: P.A. 93-158 effective June 23, 1993.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-380c Maturity date for bonds issued for water, waste or community facilities. Maturity date for bonds issued for school building projects.

7-380c. Maturity date for bonds issued for water, waste or community facilities. Maturity date for bonds issued for school building projects. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-234, 7-236, 7-263 and 7-371 or any other public or special act or charter or ordinance or resolution which limits or imposes conditions on the final maturity of, or the due date of the last sinking fund payment for, bonds issued by any municipality, as defined in section 7-369, the last installment of any series of bonds issued by a municipality shall mature, or the last sinking fund payment for such series of bonds shall be due, not later than forty years from the date of issue of such series, provided that such bonds are issued in conjunction with a water, waste or community facility loan from the United States Department of Agriculture authorized pursuant to 7 USC 1926, as amended from time to time, or any successor loan program or programs thereto as confirmed by the Office of General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture, or pursuant to any regulations promulgated thereunder. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-371, or any other public or special act or charter or ordinance or resolution which limits or imposes conditions on the final maturity of, or the due date of the last sinking fund payment for, bonds issued by any municipality for a school building project, the last installment of any series of such bonds shall mature, or the last sinking fund payment for such series of bonds shall be due, not later than thirty years from the date of issue of such series. For purposes of this subsection, “school building project” means the construction, purchase, extension, replacement, renovation or major alteration of a building to be used for public school purposes, including the equipping and furnishing of such construction, purchase, extension, replacement, renovation or major alteration, the improvement of land therefor the improvement of the site of an existing building for public school purposes or the purchase cost of a site for public school purposes. “School building project” does not include any project authorized by the General Assembly pursuant to chapter 173 prior to July 1, 1996, or the purchase of equipment or the minor alteration or improvement of a building, land or site to be used for public school purposes, unless such purchase, minor renovation, alteration or improvement is in conjunction with a project that otherwise qualifies as a school building project. (P.A. 95-270, S. 9, 11; P.A. 07-87, S. 1; P.A. 15-33, S. 1.) History: P.A. 95-270, S. 9 effective June 22, 1995; P.A. 07-87 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re maturity date for bonds issued for school building projects, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 15-33 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting language re purpose of bonds, adding reference to bonds issued in conjunction with a community facility loan, replacing former citation to federal laws with citation to 7 USC 1926, and making a technical change, effective June 5, 2015.

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