Sec. 10-289. Issuance of bonds for school building project.
Sec. 10-289. Issuance of bonds for school building project. As used in this section, "school building project" means (1) the construction, purchase, extension, furnishing, equipping or major alteration of a building to be used for public school purposes,
including the acquisition and improvement of land therefor, with the improvements
thereon, if any, and (2) the construction, furnishing and equipping of any building which
the towns of Norwich, Winchester and Woodstock may provide by lease or otherwise
for use by the Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy, respectively, in furnishing education for public school pupils under the provisions of section
10-34. Any municipality upon approval by a vote of the members present at a regular
or special meeting of its legislative body, shall have the power, without further authority
from the General Assembly, to issue its bonds, or temporary notes related thereto, which
shall be obligatory upon the inhabitants thereof, for the purpose of financing in whole
or in part any school building project. School bonds, or temporary notes related thereto,
authorized pursuant to this section or section 10-56, shall bear interest at such rate or
rates as shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of resolutions authorizing
such bonds or notes.
(November, 1949, 1953, June, 1955, S. 988d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 66; 593, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 695, S. 7; P.A. 74-114, S. 1,
2; P.A. 76-418, S. 11, 18; P.A. 78-218, S. 197; P.A. 82-253, S. 3, 4.)
History: 1971 act included purchase of buildings in definition of "school building project" and included consolidated
towns and cities and consolidated towns and boroughs in bonding authorization; P.A. 74-114 included in definition provisions re Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy; P.A. 76-418 added provision re interest on
bonds; P.A. 78-218 substituted "municipality" for "town, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough";
P.A. 82-253 added references to temporary notes to be in conformance with provisions in Sec. 10-287 under which grant
installment payments are related to payments on municipal bonds, including payments to retire temporary notes under
certain conditions, effective July 1, 1982, and applicable to installment payments made on or after that date to retire
temporary notes renewed for the third and subsequent years pursuant to Sec. 7-378a or 7-378e.
See Sec. 364d, 1955 supplement.
Acquisition of a school building site is not subject to section 10-291 and is not within the definition of a school building
project. 168 C. 135. Cited. 220 C. 556.