Sec. 8-154f. State grants-in-aid not subject to repayment. Contracts for financial assistance in effect prior to October 1, 1977, valid and binding. (a) All state financial assistance authorized by se

Sec. 8-154f. State grants-in-aid not subject to repayment. Contracts for financial assistance in effect prior to October 1, 1977, valid and binding. (a) All state financial assistance authorized by sections 8-154a to 8-154c, inclusive, shall, on July 1, 1967, become state grants-in-aid and no state financial assistance authorized by said sections and paid to municipalities for the purposes specified therein on account of any contract for state financial assistance in accordance therewith, shall be repaid to the state in whole or in part but shall become a state grant-in-aid in accordance with this section. (b) Contracts for state financial assistance for urban renewal or redevelopment projects executed under any provisions of this chapter in effect prior to October 1, 1977, shall be deemed valid and shall be binding upon all parties thereto. Obligations issued by the state in order to provide funding for such contracts shall remain valid and binding in accordance with their terms. (1967, P.A. 522, S. 10; 1969, P.A. 305, S. 1; P.A. 77-313, S. 6.) History: 1969 act required approval of Department of Housing and Urban Development for loan and grant contracts or neighborhood development program rather than for surveys and plans as previously; P.A. 77-313 deleted Subsec. (a) re state-municipality contracts for redevelopment or urban renewal, relettered Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (a) deleting provision requiring substitution of “grant-in-aid” for “advance-in-aid” and added new Subsec. (b) validating contracts and obligations made prior to October 1, 1977. See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section. (Return to Chapter Table of Contents) (Return to List of Chapters) (Return to List of Titles)

Secs. 8-155 to 8-159. Commercial or industrial development. Sections 8-155 to 8-159, inclusive, are repealed; provided, that in any case where any municipality, on or before July 6, 1967, had entered into a contract with the Connecticut Development Commission for financial assistance to a commercial or industrial redevelopment project under said sections 8-155 to 8-159, inclusive, or had otherwise taken substantial action under said sections, then such municipality, the state and any other interested person shall continue to be subject to said sections and be eligible for state financial assistance thereunder but only insofar as said sections relate to those projects that have been planned or commenced thereunder and such municipality, the state or such other interested person may make application to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development for, and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may make grants for the purposes of such commercial or industrial redevelopment project from the funds available for the purposes of chapter 133, but subject to the provisions of section 8-154f. (March, 1958, P.A. 8, S. 1–4, 6–9; 1959, P.A. 397, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 760, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 1; P.A. 73-599, S. 25; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.) History: 1967 act repealed sections; 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 73-599 substituted department of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for department of commerce, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 required substitution of commissioner of economic development for department of same name in sections originally involving commissioner of community affairs which implies that 1971 and 1973 amendments were never enacted; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development. (Return to Chapter Table of Contents) (Return to List of Chapters) (Return to List of Titles)