Sec. 10a-102. (Formerly Sec. 10-117). Object of The University. Enrollment. Degrees. The University of Connecticut shall remain an institution for the education of youth whose parents are citizens of this state. The leading object of said university shall be, without excluding scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the General Assembly prescribes, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts", and also in accordance with an Act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890, entitled "An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862". The number of students who are to reside in university dormitories shall be determined by the board of trustees, preference in enrollment in the university being given to qualified students taking the full agricultural course. Said university is authorized to confer the academic and professional degrees appropriate to the courses prescribed by its board of trustees. The board shall establish policies which protect academic freedom and the content of course and degree programs, provided such policies shall be consistent with state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Governors of Higher Education.
(1949 Rev., S. 3271, 3272; P.A. 82-218, S. 19, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, amending section to require board of trustees to establish policies to protect academic freedom and content of course and degree programs, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-117 transferred to Sec. 10a-102 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title.

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Sec. 10a-103. (Formerly Sec. 10-118). Appointment of trustees. There shall continue to be a Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut to consist of nineteen persons, twelve to be appointed by the Governor, who shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity; two to be elected by the university alumni; two to be elected by the students enrolled at the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board; and three members ex officio. On or before July 1, 1983, the Governor shall appoint members to the board as follows: Four members for a term of two years from said date; four members for a term of four years from said date; and four members for a term of six years from said date. Thereafter the Governor shall appoint trustees of said university to succeed those appointees whose terms expire, and each trustee so appointed shall hold office for a period of six years from the first day of July in the year of his appointment, provided two of the trustees appointed for terms commencing July 1, 1995, and their successors shall be alumni of the university, one of the trustees appointed for a term commencing July 1, 1997, and his successors shall be such alumni and one of the members appointed for a term commencing July 1, 1999, and his successors shall be such alumni. The Commissioner of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Education shall be, ex officio, members of the board of trustees. The Governor shall be, ex officio, president of said board. The graduates of all of the schools and colleges of said university shall, prior to September first in the odd-numbered years, elect one trustee, who shall be a graduate of the institution and who shall hold office for four years from the first day of September succeeding his election. Not less than two nor more than four nominations for each such election shall be made by the alumni association of said university, provided no person who has served as an alumni trustee for the two full consecutive terms immediately prior to the term for which such election is to be held shall be nominated for any such election. Such election shall be conducted by mail prior to September first under the supervision of a canvassing board consisting of three members, one appointed by the board of trustees, one by the board of directors of the alumni association of the university and one by the president of the university. No ballot in such election shall be opened until the date by which ballots must be returned to the canvassing board. In such election all graduates shall be entitled to vote by signed ballots which have been circulated to them by mail and which shall be returned by mail. Vacancies occurring by death or resignation of either of such alumni trustees shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by special election, if such unexpired term is for more than eighteen months. When the unexpired term is eighteen months or less, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the board of directors of said alumni association. On or before November 1, 1975, the students of The University of Connecticut shall, in such manner as the board of trustees of said university shall determine, elect two trustees, each of whom shall be enrolled as a full-time student of said university at the time of his election. One such member shall be elected for a term of one year from November 1, 1975, and one for a term of two years from said date. Prior to July first, annually, such students shall, in such manner as the board shall determine, elect one member of said board, who shall be so enrolled at said university at the time of his election and who shall serve for a term of two years from July first in the year of his election. Any vacancies in the elected membership of said board shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be filled by special election for the balance of the unexpired term.
(1949 Rev., S. 3273; 1967, P.A. 777; P.A. 73-43; P.A. 75-262, S. 4; 75-504, S. 4, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 82- 218, S. 20, 46; P.A. 88-64; P.A. 92-154, S. 2, 23; P.A. 94-97, S. 2, 4; 94-245, S. 26, 46.)
History: 1967 act required that at least two but not more than four nominations be made by alumni association, provided for election by mail before July first rather than election at university during commencement week, changed membership of canvassing board to specify that one alumni association member is chosen association's board of directors and to replace member to be chosen by other two alumni members of canvassing board with member to be chosen by university president, prohibited opening of ballots until last return date and distinguished between filling vacancies for unexpired terms of more than eighteen months and those of eighteen months or less; P.A. 73-43 substituted commissioner of agriculture for commissioner of agriculture and natural resources, deleted requirement that electors must be graduates "of two years' standing" and deleted requirement that trustee elected by graduates must be graduate "of at least ten years' standing"; P.A. 75-262 added provisions concerning student trustees; P.A. 75-504 changed trustees appointed by governor from two to four as provided in section; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, amending section to increase number of trustees from four to nineteen, to require that trustees reflect state's diversity and to replace previous appointment provisions, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-118 transferred to Sec. 10a-103 in 1983; P.A. 88-64 provided that no person who has served as an alumni trustee for the two full consecutive terms prior to the term for which such election is to be held shall be nominated for any such election; P.A. 92-154 changed beginning of term for trustee elected by alumni from July to September; P.A. 94-97 added provision requiring that alumni be appointed to terms commencing July 1, 1995, July 1, 1997 and July 1, 1999, effective May 25, 1994; P.A. 94-245 changed the time frame for the election of student members from "On or before November" to "Prior to July" first and changed the start of the student members' terms from November first to July first, effective June 2, 1994.
Annotation to former section 10-118:
Cited. 165 C. 507, 511.

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Sec. 10a-104. (Formerly Sec. 10-119). Duties of the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut. (a) Subject to state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Governors of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall: (1) Make rules for the government of the university and shall determine the general policies of the university, including those concerning the admission of students and the establishment of schools, colleges, divisions and departments, and shall direct the expenditure of the university's funds within the amounts available; (2) develop the mission statement for The University of Connecticut, and all branches thereof, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: (A) The educational needs of and constituencies served by said university and branches; (B) the degrees offered by said university; and (C) the role and scope of each institution and branch within the university system, which shall include each institution's and branch's particular strengths and specialties. The board of trustees shall submit the mission statement to the Board of Governors of Higher Education for review and approval in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-6; (3) establish policies for the university system and for the individual institutions and branches under its jurisdiction; (4) submit to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, for approval, recommendations for the establishment of new academic programs; (5) make recommendations to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, when appropriate, regarding institutional or branch mergers or closures; (6) coordinate the programs and services of the institutions and branches under its jurisdiction; (7) be authorized to enter into agreements, consistent with the provisions of section 5-141d, to save harmless and indemnify sponsors of research grants to The University of Connecticut, provided such an agreement is required to receive the grant and limits liability to damages or injury resulting from acts or omissions related to such research by employees of the university; (8) promote fund-raising to assist the university and report to the Commissioner of Higher Education and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education by January 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, on such fund-raising; (9) charge the direct costs for a building project under its jurisdiction to the bond fund account for such project, provided (A) such costs are charged in accordance with a procedure approved by the Treasurer and (B) nothing in this subdivision shall permit the charging of working capital costs, as defined in the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, or costs originally paid from sources other than the bond fund account; (10) exercise the powers delegated to it pursuant to section 10a-109d; and (11) establish by October 1, 1997, policies governing the acceptance of gifts made by a foundation established pursuant to sections 4-37e and 4-37f to the university or its employees for reimbursement of expenditures or payment of expenditures on behalf of the university or its employees.
(b) The board of trustees shall: (1) Review and approve institutional budget requests and prepare and submit to the Board of Governors of Higher Education, in accordance with the provisions of section 10a-8, the budget request for the university and all branches thereof; (2) propose facility planning and capital expenditure budget priorities for the institutions under its jurisdiction; and (3) exercise the powers delegated to it in section 10a-109d. The board may request authority from the Treasurer to issue payment for claims against the university, other than a payment for payroll, debt service payable on state bonds to bondholders, paying agents, or trustees, or any payment the source of which includes the proceeds of a state bond issue.
(1949 Rev., S. 3274; P.A. 82-218, S. 21, 46; P.A. 83-576, S. 4, 5; P.A. 84-87, S. 6, 7; 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 91-174, S. 11, 16; 91-256, S. 27, 69; 91-349, S. 3, 8; P.A. 93-201, S. 13, 24; P.A. 95-230, S. 27, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 9, 26.)
History: P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, amending section to add provisions concerning trustee's duties re development of mission statements, policies and programs and re budget requests, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-119 transferred to Sec. 10a-104 in 1983; P.A. 83-576 added provision prohibiting denial of access to armed forces representatives; P.A. 84-87 repealed language in Subsec. (a) prohibiting board from denying military recruiters the opportunity to recruit on campus; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 91-174 in Subsec. (a) added Subdiv. (7) concerning fund-raising; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (b) added provision for the board to request authority to issue payment for claims against the university; P.A. 91-349 added Subdiv. (7) of Subsec. (a) concerning research grants; P.A. 93-201 amended Subdiv. (8) of Subsec. (a) to require report and added Subdiv. (9) re charging of the bond fund account for the direct costs of a building project, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (10) and Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv. (3) re additional powers under UConn 2000, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (11) re acceptance of gifts made by a foundation, effective July 1, 1997.
Annotations to former section 10-119:
Cited. 165 C. 507, 511. Intent of legislature was to grant to the board the authority to exercise complete direction and restraint over the actions of those connected with the university, including the teaching staff, employees and students. 165 C. 757, 762.

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Sec. 10a-104a. Disposition of surplus library material and library fines. (a) Except when specifically prohibited by the conditions, if any, upon which a gift was created or by a conditional sales agreement, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of any unwanted, duplicate, out-of-date or irrelevant materials within the libraries under the jurisdiction of the board, provided the monetary proceeds of such a transaction, if any, shall be deemed to be funds from private sources and, as such funds, shall be held in the manner prescribed by section 4-31a for use in furthering any purpose the board considers to be in harmony with the original purpose of the gift or purchase of such materials.
(b) Fines collected by any of the libraries under the jurisdiction of the board shall be deposited in The University of Connecticut Operating Fund or The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund, as appropriate.
(P.A. 83-450, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-282, S. 4, 5; P.A. 91-256, S. 28, 69.)
History: P.A. 85-282 added Subsec. (b) re deposit of library fines in auxiliary services fund; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (b) changed references to auxiliary services fund to operating fund.

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Sec. 10a-105. (Formerly Sec. 10-119a). Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating funds. Special External Gift Fund. Endowment fund. Waivers. Reimbursement to The University of Connecticut Operating Fund. Health insurance coverage for graduate assistants. (a) Subject to the provisions of sections 10a-8 and 10a-26, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall fix fees for tuition and shall fix fees for such other purposes as the board deems necessary at The University of Connecticut, and may make refunds of the same.
(b) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish and administer a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Operating Fund, and in addition, may establish a Special External Gift Fund, and an endowment fund, as defined in section 10a-109c, and such other funds as may be established pursuant to subdivision (13) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d. Appropriations from general revenues of the state and, upon request by the university and with an annual review and approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the amount of the appropriations for fringe benefits and workers compensation applicable to the university pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, shall be transferred from the Comptroller, and all tuition revenue received by the university in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, income from student fees or related charges, the proceeds of auxiliary activities and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and grants for purposes other than research and all receipts derived from the conduct by The University of Connecticut of its education extension program and its summer school session, except funds received by The University of Connecticut Health Center, shall be deposited in said operating fund. If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management disapproves such transfer, he may require the amount of the appropriation for operating expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded from said fund. The State Treasurer shall review and approve the transfer prior to such request by the university. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, except the cost of waiving or remitting tuition for students enrolled in the schools of medicine or dental medicine, shall be charged to said fund. Repairs, alterations or additions to facilities supported by said fund costing one million dollars or more shall require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in said fund, except such sums as may be required for deposit into a debt service fund or the General Fund for further payment by the Treasurer of debt service on general obligation bonds of the state issued for purposes of The University of Connecticut.
(c) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish and administer a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund. Appropriations from general revenues of the state except the amount of the appropriation for operating expenses to be used for personal services and the appropriations for fringe benefits pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73, all tuition revenue received by the health center in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, income from student fees or related charges, proceeds from auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and grants for purposes other than research and other income relative to these activities shall be deposited in said fund. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (f) of this section for students enrolled in the schools of medicine or dental medicine shall be charged to said fund. Repairs, alterations or additions to facilities supported by said fund costing one million dollars or more shall require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in said fund, except such sums as may be required for deposit into a debt service fund or the General Fund for further payment by the Treasurer of debt service on general obligation bonds of the state issued for purposes of The University of Connecticut Health Center.
(d) Commencing December 1, 1981, and thereafter within sixty days of the close of each quarter, the board of trustees shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and the Office of Policy and Management, through the Board of Governors of Higher Education, a report on the actual expenditures of The University of Connecticut Operating Fund and The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund containing such relevant information as the Board of Governors of Higher Education may require.
(e) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition fees at The University of Connecticut (1) for any dependent child of a person whom the armed forces of the United States has declared to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted for admission to The University of Connecticut and is a resident of Connecticut at the time such child is accepted for admission to such institution, (2) for any veteran having served in time of war, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, or who served in either a combat or combat support role in the invasion of Grenada, October 25, 1983, to December 15, 1983, the invasion of Panama, December 20, 1989, to January 31, 1990, or the peace-keeping mission in Lebanon, September 29, 1982, to March 30, 1984, who has been accepted for admission to said institution and is a resident of Connecticut at the time such veteran is accepted for admission to said institution, (3) for any resident of Connecticut sixty-two years of age or older who has been accepted for admission to said institution, provided such person is enrolled in a degree-granting program or, provided, at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient number of students other than those persons eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such person intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating all such students, (4) for any active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) is a resident of Connecticut, (B) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (C) is enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate degree- granting program, and (5) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, (B) firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j, (C) municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in section 5-154, killed in the line of duty. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and members of the National Guard described in subdivision (4) of this subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at The University of Connecticut.
(f) Said board shall set aside from its anticipated tuition revenue, an amount not less than that required by the board of governors' tuition policy established under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10a-6. Such funds shall be used to provide tuition waivers, tuition remissions, grants for educational expenses and student employment for any undergraduate, graduate or professional student who is enrolled as a full or part- time matriculated student in a degree-granting program, or enrolled in a precollege remedial program, and who demonstrates substantial financial need. Said board may also set aside from its anticipated tuition revenue an additional amount equal to one per cent of said tuition revenue for financial assistance for students who would not otherwise be eligible for financial assistance but who do have a financial need as determined by the university in accordance with this subsection. In determining such financial need, the university shall exclude the value of equity in the principal residence of the student's parents or legal guardians, or in the student's principal residence if the student is not considered to be a dependent of his parents or legal guardians and shall assess the earnings of a dependent student at the rate of thirty per cent.
(g) The University of Connecticut Operating Fund shall be reimbursed for the amount by which tuition waivers granted under subsection (e) of this section exceed two and one-half per cent of tuition revenue through an annual state appropriation. The board of trustees shall request such an appropriation and said appropriation shall be based upon an estimate of tuition revenue loss using tuition rates in effect for the fiscal year in which such appropriation will apply.
(h) Said board shall grant remission or waiver of tuition for graduate assistants at the university. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-259, or any other provision of the general statutes limiting eligibility of state employees for coverage under a plan identified in section 5-259, graduate assistants at the university shall be eligible to receive such coverage provided they are employed for a sufficient number of hours to equal at least fifty per cent of full-time as defined by said board. Assistantship payments to graduate assistants shall not be considered salaries and wages under the provisions of section 3-119, and shall be paid according to a schedule prescribed by the university and approved by the State Comptroller.
(1969, P.A. 530, S. 5; June, 1971, P.A. 5, S. 122; P.A. 73-542, S. 4; P.A. 74-266, S. 4, 5; 74-282, S. 4; P.A. 75-484, S. 4, 5; P.A. 76-181, S. 4, 5; P.A. 77-528, S. 1, 3; 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-175, S. 4, 5; 78-331, S. 48, 49, 58; P.A. 81-252, S. 4, 5; 81-468, S. 2, 11; P.A. 82-91, S. 36, 38; 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-314, S. 24, 63; 82-463, S. 4, 6, 7; P.A. 83-457, S. 4, 6; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; 84-365, S. 7, 12; 84-438, S. 4, 5; P.A. 85-553, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-325, S. 4, 5; P.A. 87-450, S. 10, 11, 17; P.A. 89-380, S. 5−7; P.A. 90-147, S. 10−12, 20; P.A. 91-174, S. 12, 16; 91-208, S. 8, 11; 91-256, S. 29, 69; 91-303, S. 9, 22; 91-407, S. 28, 42; June Sp. Sess. 91-7, S. 19, 22; P.A. 92-154, S. 11, 23; P.A. 93-293, S. 9, 11; P.A. 95-230, S. 28, 45; P.A. 96-237, S. 2, 3; 96-244, S. 61, 63; P.A. 97-247, S. 1, 21, 27; P.A. 00-204, S. 12, 13.)
History: 1971 act made provisions subject to Sec. 10-329b and set minimum tuition fees for residents at three hundred fifty dollars and for nonresidents at eight hundred fifty dollars; P.A. 73-542 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re waiver of fees for children of persons missing-in-action and former prisoners of war and for Vietnam era veterans; P.A. 74-266 deleted Subsec. (c) and incorporated its provisions in Subsec. (b) as Subdiv. (2); P.A. 74-282 allowed waiver of fees for persons sixty-two or older, incorporated as Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (b); P.A. 75-484 added new Subsec. (c) re waiver of fees for students demonstrating substantial financial need; P.A. 76-181 substantially changed fee scale in Subsec. (a) by creating separate fee rates for schools of law, medicine and dental medicine and increasing regular program fees for residents to five hundred forty dollar minimum and for nonresidents to one thousand two hundred thirty dollar minimum, established levels of fees which are to be appropriated to the university and the law, medicine and dentistry schools for educational purposes and changed percentage of students who may have fees waived in Subsec. (c) from one to ten per cent; P.A. 77- 528 added Subsec. (d) waiving tuition for graduate assistants; P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 78-175 substituted "veteran having served in time of war" for "Vietnam era veteran" in Subsec. (b); P.A. 78-331 specified board of trustees in Subsecs. (b) and (c) to avoid confusion with board of higher education; P.A. 81-252 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize waiver of tuition for eligible members of the Connecticut army or air national guard, and to provide for reduction in waiver if eligible person receives educational reimbursement from employer; P.A. 81-468 established tuition funds for The University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Health Center; P.A. 82-91 amended Subsec. (a) to require board of trustees, for fiscal year 82-83, to increase nonresident tuition fees, except for medical and dental students, in order to collect $1,837,680 and amended Subsec. (b) to provide that additional tuition revenue deposited in tuition fund attributable to nonresident tuition fee increases pursuant to Subsec. (a) may be expended in addition to amounts recommended by governor pursuant to Sec. 4-72; P.A. 82-218 reorganized higher education system, replacing board of higher education with board of governors, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 82-314 changed name of appropriations committee; P.A. 82-463 clarified Subsecs. (a) and (b), adding language re implementation of tuition schedule in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (f) to specify certain types of students whose tuition may be waived where previously fees could be waived for any person accepted for admission and having financial need and to include part-time students in calculation of total amount waived; Sec. 10-119a transferred to Sec. 10a-105 in 1983; P.A. 83-457 amended Subsec. (f) to repeal provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed ten per cent of tuition revenue payable by number of full-time or part-time resident and nonresident students matriculated in degree-granting programs and enrolled in precollege remedial programs at The University of Connecticut for the current academic year, and substituted provision that tuition waived or remitted shall not exceed ten per cent of tuition revenue due during the preceding year, including revenue lost due to tuition waivers and remissions, adjusted for tuition changes; P.A. 84-241 added "of higher education" to board of governors' title; P.A. 84-365 amended Subsec. (b) deleting provision re expenditure of $1,837,680 in addition to the amount recommended for expenditure by the governor pursuant to Sec. 4-72 and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide that the board of trustees may increase the expenditure authority up to two per cent; P.A. 84-438 amended Subsec. (e) authorizing tuition waivers for veterans of Grenada and Lebanon; P.A. 85-553 inserted new Subsec. (f) which required board to set aside from its anticipated tuition fund revenue an amount not less than that required by the board of governors' tuition policy to provide funds for tuition waivers and remissions, grants for educational expenses and student employment, replacing prior provisions re waiver or remittance of tuition; P.A. 86-325 in Subsec. (b) increased two per cent of the expenditure level to one hundred and two per cent, inserted new Subsec. (g) to provide for reimbursement of the tuition fund for waivers, relettering former Subsec. (g) as (h); P.A. 87-450 in Subsecs. (b) and (c) provided that the expenditure authority may be increased by the amount the fund income exceeds the authority rather than by the amount the income exceeds the authority up to two per cent and eliminated the transfer of fund income for student financial aid; P.A. 89-380 in Subsec. (b) substituted "fund balance or projected fund balance, including reserves and interest earnings from investments" for "fund income, including interest earnings from investments" as the amount which must exceed the expenditure authority for The University of Connecticut tuition fund in order for the authority to be increased by the board of trustees and provided that if the authority is increased it be increased by the amount that the fund balance rather than the fund income exceeds the expenditure authority and in Subsec. (c) substituted "fund balance or projected fund balance, including reserves and interest earnings from investments" for "fund income, including interest earnings from investments" as the amount which must exceed the expenditure authority for The University of Connecticut Health Center tuition fund in order for the authority to be increased by the board of trustees and provided that if the authority is increased it be increased by the amount that the fund balance rather than the fund income exceeds the expenditure authority; P.A. 90-147 in Subsec. (b) expanded the authority of the board of trustees to increase expenditures from The University of Connecticut tuition fund beyond the governor's recommended expenditure authority, in Subsec. (c) expanded the authority of the board of trustees to increase expenditures from the health center tuition fund beyond the governor's recommended expenditure authority and in Subsec. (e) required that a person sixty-two years of age or older be a resident of the state to be eligible for a tuition waiver; P.A. 91-174 in Subsec. (a) deleted a requirement for approval by the board of governors of higher education; P.A. 91-208 in Subsec. (f) added provision concerning the set aside of one per cent of tuition revenue for financial assistance and specifying how financial need is to be determined; P.A. 91-256 removed provisions for tuition funds and established operating funds at the university and at the health center, in Subsec. (a) deleted requirement for fees to be approved by the board of governors of higher education and made technical changes; P.A. 91-303 in Subsec. (e)(1) removed requirement of residency at the time of entering the armed forces and substituted requirement that the child be a resident of the state at the time of acceptance to the institution, in Subsec. (e)(2) added dates of the actions in Grenada and Lebanon, added reference to Panama and removed requirement that the veteran be a resident at the time he entered the armed forces or be a resident while serving and in Subsec. (e)(3) added requirement that a sufficient number of students other than those eligible for a waiver be enrolled to offer the course; P.A. 91-407 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to add exceptions re appropriation for personal services and further amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision requiring that proceeds of auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations be maintained in accordance with federal tax code; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide for the deposit of federal funds and grants for purposes other than research in the funds and deleted language in Subsec. (c) specifying that proceeds of auxiliary and business enterprises, gifts and donations be maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of the federal tax code; P.A. 92-154 amended Subsec. (a) to remove language specifying the amount of tuition and added Subsec. (h) concerning health insurance coverage for graduate assistants; P.A. 93-293 amended Subsec. (e) to add Subdiv. (5) re dependent child of a police officer or fire fighter killed in the line of duty, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (b) to permit establishment of Special External Gift Fund and Endowment Fund and made technical changes, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-237 amended Subsec. (b) to (1) expand appropriations to be deposited in operating fund to include operating expenses to be used for personal services, (2) require, upon request by the university and with annual review by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, appropriations for fringe benefits and workers' compensation to be transferred from the Comptroller to the fund, (3) authorize the secretary to require appropriations for operating expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded from the fund and (4) provide that the Treasurer shall review and approve the transfer prior to such request by the university, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-244 amended Subsec. (d) to provide that veterans and members of the National Guard have the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-247 amended Subsec. (e) to make a technical change and amended Subsec. (h) to prohibit the consideration of graduate assistantship payments as salaries and wages under Sec. 3-119 and to require payments to be made according to a schedule prescribed by the university and approved by the State Comptroller, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-204 amended Subsec. (e) to designate existing provisions of Subdiv. (5) as Subparas. (A) and (B) and to add Subparas. (C) and (D) re municipal employee and state employee, respectively, and to make technical changes, effective June 1, 2000.
See Sec. 4-73a re determination of actual rate for fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education.

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Secs. 10a-106 and 10a-107. Submission of expenditure plan for tuition funds. Review of tuition funds. Sections 10a-106 and 10a-107 are repealed.
(P.A. 81-468, S. 5, 6, 11; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-314, S. 25, 26, 63; P.A. 84-365, S. 11, 12.)

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Sec. 10a-108. (Formerly Sec. 10-120). President. Employment of other personnel; compensation. The board of trustees shall appoint a president of the university. Said president shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the university and of the board of trustees. Said president shall carry out the policies and enforce the rules adopted by the board of trustees and shall have the authority necessary therefor. The board of trustees may employ the faculty and other personnel needed to operate and maintain the institutions under its jurisdiction. Within the limitation of appropriations, the board of trustees shall fix the compensation of such personnel, establish terms and conditions of employment and prescribe their duties and qualifications. Said board shall determine who constitutes its professional staff and establish compensation and classification schedules for its professional staff. The board shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Administrative Services a list of the positions which it has included within the professional staff.
(1949 Rev., S. 3275; P.A. 82-218, S. 22, 46.)
History: P.A. 82-218 reorganized system of higher education, amending section to add provisions re employment and compensation of faculty and personnel, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-120 transferred to Sec. 10a-108 in 1983.

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Sec. 10a-108a. Approval of travel requests. Section 10a-108a is repealed.
(P.A. 84-446, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-458, S. 16, 18; P.A. 90-201, S. 10, 11.)

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Sec. 10a-109. (Formerly Sec. 10-123). Scholarships. Section 10a-109 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3287; P.A. 88-136, S. 36, 37.)

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Sec. 10a-109a. Short title: University of Connecticut 2000 Act. Sections 10a- 109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, are known and may be cited as "The University of Connecticut 2000 Act".
(P.A. 95-230, S. 1, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109b. Legislative finding of purpose of UConn 2000. The purpose of The University of Connecticut 2000 Act is to promote the welfare and prosperity of the people of the state and the continuation and improvement of their educational opportunities by approving a special capital improvement program for The University of Connecticut and enabling The University of Connecticut to borrow money and enter into financing transactions in its own name, on behalf of the state, to expand the authority of The University of Connecticut to construct projects and to assure a state commitment to support the financing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipping of facilities, structures and related systems for the benefit of the educational and economic development needs of the state and The University of Connecticut, all to the public benefit and good, and the exercise of the powers, to the extent and manner provided in The University of Connecticut 2000 Act, is declared to be for a public purpose and to be the exercise of an essential governmental function.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 2, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109c. Definitions. As used in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Act" means The University of Connecticut 2000 Act.
(2) "Assured revenues" means revenues other than project revenues, to be received from fees, tuition, rentals, charges, gifts, investments, endowments and from grants, subsidies, contracts, leases or other agreements made by or with the federal government, the state or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the federal government or the state, or others, including the state debt service commitment, the minimum state operating provision and special eligible gifts.
(3) "Board of trustees" means the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut.
(4) "Cost", as applied to a project or any portion of the project, includes, but is not limited to: The purchase price or acquisition cost of any such project; the cost of planning, designing, constructing, building, alteration, enlargement, reconstruction, renovation, improvement, equipping and remodeling; the cost of all labor, materials, building systems, machinery and equipment; the cost of all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, easements and franchises acquired; the cost of all utility extensions, access roads, site development, financing charges, premiums for insurance, interest prior to and during construction and for six months thereafter; the cost of working capital related to the project; the cost of plans and specifications, surveys and estimates of cost and of revenues; the cost of accountants, audits, engineering, feasibility studies, legal and other professional consulting or technical services; the cost of reserves for payment of future debt service related to the financing transaction proceedings and for future repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements; the cost of all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such construction; and administrative and operating expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized.
(5) "Endowment fund" means the fund described in subsection (b) of section 10a-109i.
(6) "Endowment fund eligible gift" means a gift to or for the benefit of the university of cash or assets which may be reduced to cash or which has a value that is ascertainable by the university which the donor has specifically designated for deposit in the endowment fund or which explicitly or implicitly by the terms of the gift the university may and does deposit or permit to be deposited in the endowment fund.
(7) "Endowment Fund state grant" means moneys transferred by the Department of Higher Education from the fund established pursuant to section 10a-8b for deposit into the endowment fund pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 10a- 109i in an aggregate amount not exceeding the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment.
(8) "Endowment fund state grant maximum commitment" means an amount not exceeding ten million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, seven million five hundred thousand dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, June 30, 2002, June 30, 2003, June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, and five million dollars for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2001, June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007.
(9) "Finance committee" means the budget and finance committee of the board of trustees.
(10) "Financing documents" means any securities, loan agreements, credit agreements, financing leases, lease-purchase agreements, trust agreements, indentures, resolutions, security agreements, pledge agreements or other contracts, agreements or documents executed and delivered by the university in connection with a financing transaction proceeding.
(11) "Financing transaction proceedings" means the proceedings of the university authorizing the issuance of securities under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, the provisions of any indenture of trust or resolution securing securities, which provisions are incorporated into such proceedings, the provisions of any financing or other documents or agreements which are incorporated into such proceedings, and a certificate of determination executed and filed by the Treasurer in accordance with subsection (e) or (f) of section 10a-109g.
(12) "Governor" means the Governor of the state.
(13) "Holder" or "owner" when used with reference to securities means any person or party who is the registered owner of any outstanding security.
(14) "State debt service commitment" means, with respect to securities issued as general obligations of the university pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-109g for UConn 2000 in a principal amount not exceeding nine hundred eighty million dollars, an annual amount, commencing in the state fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and any fiscal year thereafter for any special debt service requirements when due and payable.
(15) "Minimum state operating provision" means the commitment of the state to appropriate, annually, an amount for the university for operations after receiving a request from the university therefor and consideration of other amounts available to the university for its operations which amount so appropriated shall be consistent with the university continuing to operate in furtherance and pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of article eighth of the Constitution of the state and applicable law as an institution dedicated to the excellence in higher education, including the operation of the components of UConn 2000 at Storrs and elsewhere in the state pursuant to section 10a-109e; provided, however, nothing in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, shall be construed to preclude the state from appropriating a lower or higher amount than the amount appropriated in the previous fiscal year so long as the Appropriation Act provides and determines that the university can continue to operate as an institution dedicated to excellence in higher education and such amount so appropriated shall then constitute the minimum state operating provision.
(16) "Project" means any structure designed for use as a dormitory or other housing facility, dining facility, student union, academic building, administrative facility, library, classroom building, research facility, faculty facility, office facility, athletic facility, health care facility, laboratory, maintenance, storage or utility facility or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful for instruction in a program of education provided by the university; or any multipurpose structure designed to combine two or more of the functions performed by the types of structures enumerated in this subsection, including, without limitation, improvements, reconstruction, replacements, additions and equipment acquired in connection with a project or in connection with operation of any facilities of the university existing on June 7, 1995. "Project" includes all real and personal property, lands, improvements, driveways, roads, approaches, pedestrian access roads, parking lots, parking facilities, rights-of-way, utilities, easements and other interests in land, machinery and equipment, and all appurtenances and facilities either on, above or under the ground that are used or usable in connection with any of the structures mentioned in this subsection. "Project" also includes landscaping, site preparation, furniture, machinery, equipment and other similar items necessary or convenient for the operation of a particular facility or structure in the manner for which its use is intended, but does not include items that are customarily under applicable accounting principles considered as a current operating charge, unless the category and maximum amount thereof is specifically included by a determination of the board of trustees in the financing transaction proceedings and by percentage or otherwise as may be limited pursuant to such proceedings in order to preserve the excludability of the interest on the securities issued therefor from federal taxation under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States as from time to time amended.
(17) "Project revenues" means revenues received from projects existing on June 7, 1995, from projects under construction or from projects the acquisition, construction or accomplishment of which the university has entered into a binding commitment, anticipated by the board of trustees to produce annual revenues in an amount not less than the anticipated annual cost of operation, maintenance and repair of such project, and annual debt service payments on any financing transaction proceedings for the project during the term of any such proceedings effected under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, for the project, as determined by the board of trustees.
(18) "Securities" means any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or borrowing of the university issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
(19) "Special debt service requirements" means, for any period, and with respect to securities, subject to the financing transaction proceedings authorizing the issuance of the securities, the sum of (A) the principal on serial bonds or sinking fund installment on term bonds and interest accruing and coming due during such period, (B) the amounts, if any, required, with respect to interest rate fluctuations on variable rate debt, or with respect to securities not secured by the state debt service commitment during such period to establish or maintain reserves, sinking funds or other funds or accounts at the respective levels required to be established or maintained therein in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of securities, (C) annual expenses of issuance and administration with respect to securities, (D) the amounts, if any, becoming due and payable under a reimbursement agreement or similar agreement entered into pursuant to authority granted under the proceedings authorizing the issuance of securities, (E) net amounts owing under interest rate agreements authorized and effective under section 10a-109j, (F) arbitrage rebate requirements pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10a- 109q on securities secured by the state debt service commitment and (G) any other annual costs or expenses necessary or proper to be paid in connection with the securities, including, without limitation, the annual cost of any credit facility, including but not limited to a letter of credit or policy of bond insurance, issued by a financial institution pursuant to an agreement approved in the financing transaction proceedings.
(20) "Special eligible gift" means a gift to or for the benefit of the university of cash or assets which may be reduced to cash by the university which the donor has specifically designated as a donation for use by the university in furtherance of UConn 2000 or which explicitly or implicitly by the terms of the gift the university may use for UConn 2000 and which the university determines to so use for such purpose pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-109i.
(21) "Special External Gift Fund" means the fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-109i.
(22) "State" means the state of Connecticut.
(23) "State Bond Commission" means the commission established and existing pursuant to subsection (c) of section 3-20, as the same may from time to time be amended, or any successor to said commission.
(24) "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the state or his deputy appointed pursuant to section 3-12.
(25) "UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program" or "UConn 2000" means the projects identified or referenced in section 10a-109e, as same may be modified from time to time in accordance with said section 10a-109e and, in bundle, constitutes the special capital improvement program proposed by the university, approved by the state and identified in said section 10a-109e as necessary at this time to modernize, rehabilitate, renew, expand and otherwise stabilize the physical plant of the university so as to provide the Connecticut community with confidence that a concentrated, accelerated and cooperative effort is being made for the benefit of the educational and economic development needs of the state and university and in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner and to assure that the university can continue to properly and proudly compete successfully for students, faculty, staff and external grant support.
(26) "University" means The University of Connecticut, a constituent unit of the state system of public higher education, including The University of Connecticut Health Center.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 3, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 7, 26.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 amended Subdivs. (6) and (20) to add gifts for the benefit of the university, amended Subdiv. (7) to substitute transferred by the Department of Higher Education pursuant to Sec. 10a- 8b for "appropriated or financed by the state" and to change the cap provision, inserted the definition of "endowment fund state grant maximum commitment" as Subdiv. (8) and renumbered existing Subdivs. (8) to (25) as (9) to (26), respectively and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; (Revisor's note: In 1999, a reference in Subdiv. (13) to Sec. "10-109g" was changed editorially to Sec. "10a-109g" to correct a clerical error).

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Sec. 10a-109d. Powers of the university for UConn 2000. (a) In order for the university to construct and issue securities for UConn 2000 and to otherwise carry out its responsibilities and requirements under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, the university shall have the following powers, which powers shall be independent of and in addition to any other powers of the university under state law:
(1) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and an instrumentality and agency of the state pursuant to section 10a-109v;
(2) To adopt and have an official seal and alter it at pleasure;
(3) To contract and be contracted with, sue, be indemnified, insure its assets, activities or actions or be a self-insurer and institute, prosecute, maintain and defend any action or proceeding in any court or before any agency or tribunal of competent jurisdiction;
(4) To indemnify and be sued, solely pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10a-109o;
(5) To retain by contract or employ architects, accountants, engineers, legal and securities counsel in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (F) of subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 10a-109n, and other professional and technical consultants and advisers; provided the university shall continue to be subject to audit, including its operations under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, pursuant to section 2-90, and provided further, financial advisers, underwriters, counsel, trustee, if any, and other financial consultants retained in connection with the offering and sale of securities shall be selected in consultation with the university, in the same manner as for state general obligation bonds;
(6) To plan, design, acquire, construct, build, enlarge, alter, reconstruct, renovate, improve, equip, own, operate, maintain, dispose of and demolish any project or projects, or any combination of projects, including without limitation any contract in furtherance of UConn 2000, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10a-9 and subsections (b) and (c) of 10a-105 or any other provisions of the general statutes regarding the powers of the university to undertake capital projects and purchase personal property;
(7) To acquire by purchase, contract, lease, long-term lease or gift, and hold or dispose of, real or personal property or rights or interests in any such property and to hold, sell, assign, lease, rent, encumber, other than by mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property, or any interest therein, owned by the university or in its control, custody or possession in accordance with section 10a-109n;
(8) To receive and accept grants, subsidies or loans of money from the federal government or a federal agency or instrumentality, the state or others, upon such terms and conditions as may be imposed, and to pledge the proceeds of grants, subsidies or loans of money received or to be received from the federal government or any federal agency or instrumentality, the state or others, pursuant to agreements entered into between the university and the federal government or any federal agency or instrumentality, the state or others, provided (A) such property shall be deemed property of the state for purposes of sections 4a-19 and 4a-20 and (B) the university may insure its property independent of the state;
(9) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-150, to receive and accept aid or contributions, from any source, of money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied to carry out the purposes of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, subject to the conditions upon which such aid or contributions may be made, including, but not limited to, gifts or grants from any department or agency of the United States or the state for any purpose consistent with said sections; provided however, the university shall disclose gifts from foreign sources as provided by sections 10a-150a to 10a-150d, inclusive;
(10) To borrow money and issue securities to finance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement or equipping of any one project, or more than one, or any combination of projects, or to refund securities issued after June 7, 1995, or to refund any such refunding securities or for any one, or more than one, or all of those purposes, or any combination of those purposes, and to provide for the security and payment of those securities and for the rights of the holders of them, except that the amount of any such borrowing, the special debt service requirements for which are secured by the state debt service commitment, exclusive of the amount of borrowing to refund securities, or to fund issuance costs or necessary reserves, may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of (A) nine hundred eighty million dollars and (B) such additional amount or amounts: (i) Required from time to time to fund any special capital reserve fund or other debt service reserve fund in accordance with the financing transaction proceedings, and (ii) to pay or provide for the costs of issuance and capitalized interest, if any; the aggregate amounts of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision are established as the authorized funding amount, and no borrowing within the authorized funding amount for a project or projects may be effected unless the project or projects are included in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10a-109e;
(11) To make, enter into, execute, deliver and amend any and all contracts, agreements, leases, instruments and documents and perform all acts and do all things necessary or convenient to plan, design, acquire, construct, build, enlarge, alter, reconstruct, renovate, improve, equip, finance, maintain and operate projects and to carry out the powers granted by sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, or reasonably implied from those powers;
(12) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, including without limitation subsection (a) of section 10a-105, to fix and collect fees, tuition, charges, rentals and other charges for enrollment and attendance at the university and for the use of projects or any part thereof; to provide for the promulgation of such reasonable and proper policies and procedures as may be necessary to assure the maximum use of the facilities of any projects at all times; and
(13) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10a-105, to provide for or confirm the establishment of various funds and accounts respecting university operations, bond proceeds and special debt service requirements for securities issued, renewal and replacement and insurance, special capital reserve and operating reserve, special external gifts, pending receipts, assured revenues, project revenues to the extent not otherwise pledged and securing outstanding general obligation bonds of the state or other revenues and other funds or accounts as may be more particularly required under this subdivision and the indentures of trust or resolutions authorizing securities and to provide, subject to section 10a-109q and the provisions of such indentures or resolutions for the following to be deposited therein, as follows:
(A) All proceeds received from the sale of all securities;
(B) All fees, tuition, rentals and other charges from students, faculty, staff members and others using or being served by, or having the right to use or the right to be served by the university or any project;
(C) All fees for student activities, student services and all other fees, tuition and charges collected from students matriculated, registered or otherwise enrolled at and attending the university, pledged under the terms of financing transaction proceedings;
(D) All rentals from any facility or building leased to the federal government or any other third party;
(E) Federal and state grants, gifts, state appropriations and special external gift funds;
(F) All other assured revenues; and
(G) Project revenues.
(b) Any and all powers granted to the university in subdivision (a) of this section may be exercised by majority vote of the board of trustees which, except as specifically required under sections 10a-109e and 10a-109f, by majority vote of the board of trustees, subject to retaining overall control, responsibility and supervision, may be delegated to the finance committee or any officer, official or trustee of the finance committee or other authorized officer or employee of the university.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 4, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109e. UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program. (a) The university may administer, manage, schedule, finance, further design and construct UConn 2000, to operate and maintain the components thereof in a prudent and economical manner and to reserve for and make renewals and replacements thereof when appropriate, it being hereby determined and found to be in the best interest of the state and the university to provide this independent authority to the university along with providing assured revenues therefor as the efficient and cost effective course to achieve the objective of avoiding further decline in the physical infrastructure of the university and to renew, modernize, enhance and maintain such infrastructure, the particular project or projects, each being hereby approved as a project of UConn 2000, and the presently estimated cost thereof being as follows:

UConn 2000 Project	Phase I Fiscal Years 1996−1999	Phase II Fiscal Years 2000−2005
Agricultural Biotechnology Facility	9,400,000
Agriculture Biotechnology Facility Completion		10,000,000
Alumni Quadrant Renovations		14,338,000
Avery Point Marine Science Research Center−Phase I	34,000,000
Avery Point Marine Science Research Center−Phase II		16,682,000
Avery Point Renovation		5,600,000
Babbidge Library	0
Balancing Contingency		5,506,834
Beach Hall Renovations	994,000
Beach Hall Renovation Completion		7,758,000
Benton State Art Museum Addition	3,665,000
Benton State Art Museum Completion		1,400,000
Budds Building Renovation		2,805,000
Business School Renovation		4,803,000
Chemistry Building	53,700,000
Deferred Maintenance & Renovation Lump Sum	39,332,000
Deferred Maintenance & Renovation Lump Sum Balance		104,668,000
East Campus North Renovations		11,820,000
Equine Center		1,000,000
Equipment, Library Collections & Telecommunications	60,500,000
Equipment, Library Collections & Telecommunications Completion		182,118,146
Gant Plaza Deck		0
Gentry Renovation		9,299,000
Grad Dorm Renovations		7,548,000
Gulley Hall Renovation		1,416,000
Hartford Relocation Acquisition/Renovation		56,762,020
Hartford Relocation Design	1,500,000
Hartford Relocation Feasibility Study	500,000
Heating Plant Upgrade	10,000,000
Hilltop Dormitory New		30,000,000
Hilltop Dormitory Renovations		3,141,000
Ice Rink Enclosure	2,616,000
International House Conversion		800,000
Litchfield Agricultural Center−Phase I	1,000,000
Litchfield Agricultural Center−Phase II		700,000
Manchester & DRM Hall Renovation		7,472,000
Mansfield Apartments Renovation	2,612,000
Mansfield Training School Improvements		27,614,000
Monteith Renovation		8,234,000
North Campus Renovation	2,654,000
North Campus Renovation Completion		21,049,000
North Superblock Site & Utilities	8,000,000
Northwest Quadrant Renovation	2,001,000
Northwest Quadrant Renovation		15,874,000
Parking Garage−North	10,000,000
Parking Garage−South		15,000,000
Pedestrian Spinepath		2,556,000
Pedestrian Walkways		3,233,000
Roadways		10,000,000
School of Business	20,000,000
School of Pharmacy	3,856,000
School of Pharmacy Completion		37,594,000
Shippee/Buckley Renovations		6,156,000
Social Science K Building		20,964,000
South Campus Complex	13,127,000
Stamford Downtown Relocation−Phase I	41,000,000
Stamford Downtown Relocation−Phase II		17,392,000
Student Union Addition		23,000,000
Technology Quadrant−Phase 1A	38,000,000
Technology Quadrant−Phase IB		16,611,000
Technology Quadrant−Phase II		72,000,000
Technology Quadrant−Phase III		15,000,000
Torrey Life Science Renovation		17,000,000
Towers Renovation		17,794,000
Undergraduate Education Center	650,000
Undergraduate Education Center		7,450,000
Underground Steam & Water Upgrade	3,500,000
Underground Steam & Water Upgrade Completion		9,000,000
University Programs Building−Phase I	8,750,000
University Programs Building−Phase II Visitors Center		300,000
Waring Building Conversion	7,888,000
Waterbury Property Purchase	325,000
West Campus Renovations		14,897,000
White Building Renovation	2,430,000
Wilbur Cross Building Renovation		3,645,000
TOTAL	382,000,000	868,000,000

(b) The plan of funding UConn 2000 shall be the proceeds of general obligation bonds of the state in an amount authorized before June 7, 1995, and the proceeds of securities subject to the authorized funding amount established in subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d and the proceeds of the Special External Gift Fund becoming available to the university pursuant to section 10a-109i.
(c) The amount of the state debt service commitment in each fiscal year shall be pledged by the university for the punctual payment of special debt service requirements as the same arise and shall become due and payable. As part of the contract of the state with the holders of the securities secured by the state debt service commitment and pursuant to section 10a-109u, appropriation of all amounts of the state debt service commitment is hereby made out of the resources of the General Fund and the Treasurer shall pay such amount in each fiscal year, to the paying agent on the securities secured by the state debt service commitment or otherwise as the Treasurer shall provide. The university shall be entitled to rely on the amount of the state debt service commitment and minimum state operating provision as and for assured revenues in any financing transaction proceeding, provided, to the extent any such proceeding includes reliance on such state debt service commitment and such minimum state operating provision, the university commits to a rate covenant and covenants, in substance, with the state and the holders of its securities to the effect that so long as any securities thereunder are outstanding that it has established and will charge, collect and increase, from time to time, and in time tuition fees and charges for its educational services, its auxiliary enterprises, including dormitory housing, food services and sale of textbooks and use of the physical university plant and for all other services and goods provided by the university, the amount of which, together with other assured revenues or other revenues otherwise available to the university including proceeds available from the Special External Gift Fund shall in each of its fiscal years be sufficient to pay when due, the special debt service requirements on outstanding securities and to permit the university to operate and maintain itself as an institution dedicated to excellence in higher education and to operate and maintain the physical university plant in sound operating condition and to otherwise permit the performance of all covenants included in the financing documents.
(d) With respect to UConn 2000 and within the authorized funding amount the university may, from time to time, and shall whenever appropriate or necessary, revise, delete and add a particular project or projects, provided (1) a formal approving vote of its board of trustees shall be needed for a material revision, deletion or addition dictated by a change in university planning as determined by its board of trustees or otherwise necessary because of reasons beyond the control of the university, (2) any material revision shall be subject only to such formal approval of the board of trustees so long as the board finds and determines that such revision is consistent with the intent or purpose of the original project, (3) a material addition or deletion shall be conditioned not only upon such formal approval of the board of trustees but also upon a request by the board of trustees for, and enactment of, a subsequent public or special act approving such addition or deletion, if such addition is to add a project not outlined in subsection (a) of this section or the deletion is the deletion of a project outlined in subsection (a) of this section and (4) no revision, addition or deletion shall reduce the amount of any state debt service commitment. Further, with respect to UConn 2000 and subject to the limitations in the authorized funding amount, the university may determine the sequencing and timing of such project or projects, revise estimates of cost and reallocate from any amounts estimated in subdivision (a) of this section, for one or more projects to one or more other projects then constituting a component of UConn 2000 so long as, at the time of such reallocation, it has found that any such project to which a reallocation is made has been revised or added in accordance with this section and such project from which a reallocation is made either has been so revised or added and can be completed within the amounts remaining allocated to it, or has been so deleted. University actions under this section shall be included in reports to the General Assembly under section 10a-109y.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 5, 45; P.A. 96-244, S. 39, 63.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 96-244 amended Subsec. (a) to change the estimated cost of the Business School renovation from $48,030,000 to $4,803,000, effective July 1, 1996.

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Sec. 10a-109f. Financing transactions. Submission of resolutions to the Governor. (a) The university may, when directed by vote of its board of trustees and subject to the limitations in the authorized funding amount, borrow money and enter into financing transactions proceedings in anticipation of assured revenues or project revenues in the name of the university, on behalf of the state, and issue securities in connection with such proceedings, as follows: (1) To finance the cost of UConn 2000 or any one project thereof, or more than one, or any combination of projects thereof; (2) to finance any temporary cash flow deficit or temporary operating deficit that the board of trustees anticipate will be fully paid with the proceeds of assured revenues or the proceeds of securities dedicated to that purpose; (3) to refund securities issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive; (4) to refund any such refunding borrowings. All securities issued in connection with assured revenues or project revenues financing transaction proceedings entered into pursuant to this section shall be authorized by a resolution approved by not less than a majority vote of its board of trustees.
(b) The board of trustees shall submit each resolution for the issuance of securities approved pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to the Governor accompanied by a summary report of the estimated total completion costs of projects that will not be completed within the issuance which is the subject of the resolution. The Governor may, not later than thirty days after such submission, disapprove such resolution by notifying the board in writing of his disapproval and the reasons for it. If the Governor does not act within such thirty-day period, the resolution is deemed approved.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 6, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109g. Terms of financing transactions. (a) (1) The university is authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance and sale of securities, in its own name on behalf of the state, pursuant to section 10a-109f. The board of trustees of the university is hereby authorized by such resolution to delegate to its finance committee such matters as it may determine appropriate other than the authorization and maximum amount of the securities to be issued, the nature of the obligation of the securities as established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and the projects for which the proceeds are to be used. The finance committee may act on such matters unless and until the board of trustees elects to reassume the same. The amount of securities the special debt service requirements which are secured by the state debt service commitment that the board of trustees is authorized to provide for the issuance and sale in accordance with this subsection shall be capped in each fiscal year in the following amounts provided, to the extent the board of trustees does not provide for the issuance of all or a portion of such amount in a fiscal year, all or such portion, as the case may be, may be carried forward to any succeeding fiscal year and provided further, the actual amount for funding, paying or providing for the items described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d may be added to the capped amount in each fiscal year:

Fiscal Year	Amount
1996	$112,542,000
1997	112,001,000
1998	93,146,000
1999	64,311,000
2000	130,000,000
2001	100,000,000
2002	100,000,000
2003	100,000,000
2004	100,000,000
2005	50,000,000

(2) Subject to amount limitations of such capping provisions in subdivision (1) of this subsection and following approval of such resolution as provided in subsection (b) of section 10a-109f, the principal amount of the securities authorized therein for such project or projects shall be deemed to be an appropriation and allocation of such amount for such project or projects, respectively, and such approval by the Governor of such resolution shall be deemed the allotment by the Governor of such capital outlays within the meaning of section 4-85 and the university (A) may award a contract or contracts and incur an obligation or obligations with respect to each such project or projects authorized pursuant to and within the amount authorized in such resolution, notwithstanding that such contract or obligation may at any particular time exceed the amount of the proceeds from the sale of securities theretofore received by the university and (B) may issue and sell securities respecting such contracts or obligations referred to in subparagraph (A) only at such time or times as shall be needed to have the proceeds thereof available to pay requisitions expected thereunder within the year following issuance of such securities and to provide for costs of UConn 2000 of not more than twenty per cent in excess and regardless of such anticipated cash expenditure requirements but subject to section 10a-109q, provided the amount needed for funding, paying or providing for the items described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d may be added to the amount of securities so issued.
(b) After issuance, all securities of the university shall be conclusively presumed to be fully and duly authorized and issued under the laws of the state, and any person or governmental unit shall be estopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution or delivery by the university.
(c) Securities issued by the university may be issued under an indenture of trust or bond resolution, shall be general obligations of the university, for which its full faith and credit shall be pledged, payable out of any revenues or other assets, receipts, funds or moneys of the university and may be additionally secured by a pledge of revenues to be derived from the operation of a project, by assured revenues and by other assets other than a mortgage, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular securities pledging any particular assets, revenues, receipts, funds or moneys, unless the university shall otherwise expressly provide by the indenture or resolution that such securities shall be special obligations of the university payable solely from any revenues or other assets, including project revenues, such assured revenues that may be restricted by the terms of receipt thereof to a particular project or projects to be financed by such special obligations subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular securities pledging any particular assets, revenues, receipts, funds or moneys. The form of the master resolution or indenture for securities, the special debt service requirements for which, are secured by the state debt service commitment and containing the state covenant pursuant to section 10a-109u shall be approved by the State Bond Commission prior to the first issue of such securities and any substantive amendment thereof shall also be approved by the State Bond Commission. At such time as the master resolution or indenture is submitted to the State Bond Commission the university shall file with the State Bond Commission the list of projects to be financed by securities secured by the state debt service commitment for the second phase of UConn 2000.
(d) The resolution or indenture pursuant to which securities are issued shall provide for the dates of the securities, the maturity dates, which in the case of securities issued to finance equipment and collections, shall not exceed five years and, in the case of securities issued for any other purpose shall not exceed thirty years from their dated dates, the special debt service requirements and dates thereof, the rate or rates of interest or the manner of varying or determining such rate or rates, the cash flow requirements to cover the cost of UConn 2000 or components thereof to be funded from the proceeds of such securities, and by whom, on behalf of the university, such securities shall be delivered, signed or countersigned, and by whom, on behalf of the university, disbursements and investments may be made and all other particulars thereof and may contain for the benefit of holders, from time to time and as a contract therewith, any agreements and the provisions deemed necessary or appropriate by the university in connection with the issuance of such securities and may provide for the terms and security thereof, including, without limitation, (1) terms and pledges respecting assured revenues or project revenues and respecting the fixing and collection of other revenues of the university or from any project covered by such resolution or indenture provisions, if any; (2) provisions respecting custody of the proceeds from the sale of such securities; (3) provisions for the investment and reinvestment of proceeds of the securities until used to pay costs of a project and for the disposition of any excess proceeds of the securities or investment earnings thereon; (4) provisions for the execution of reimbursement agreements or similar agreements in connection with credit facilities, including, but not limited to, letters of credit or policies of bond insurance, remarketing agreements and, subject to the approval of the State Treasurer under section 10a-109j, agreements for the purpose of moderating interest rate fluctuations, and of such other agreements entered into pursuant to section 3-20a; (5) provisions for the collection, custody, investment, reinvestment and use of revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor; (6) provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance of reserves, sinking funds and any other funds and accounts as shall be approved by the university in such amounts as the university may establish and the requirements, investments and application thereof; (7) covenants for the establishment of pledged revenue coverage requirements for such securities; (8) covenants for the establishment of maintenance and insurance requirements with respect to a project or projects; (9) provision for the issuance of additional securities on a parity with securities theretofore issued, including establishment of coverage requirements with respect thereto; (10) the terms to be incorporated in any loan of the proceeds of such securities, and in any lease of a project or projects; (11) the creation and maintenance of special funds from the revenues of a project or projects; (12) the rights and remedies available to the holder or holders of securities in the event of default, the vesting in a trustee or trustees of such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the university may determine, which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of any trustee appointed by the holders of any securities and limiting or abrogating the right of the holders of any securities of the university to appoint a trustee under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, or limiting the rights, powers and duties of such trustee; (13) provision for a trust indenture by and between the university and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state, which agreement may provide for the pledging or assigning of any revenues, assets or income from assets to which or in which the university has any rights or interest, and may further provide for such other rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee as may be proper for the protection of the holders of any securities and not otherwise in violation of law, and such agreement may provide for the restriction of the rights of any individual holder of securities of the university and may contain any further provisions which are reasonable to delineate further the respective rights, duties, safeguards, responsibilities and liabilities of the university, persons and collective holders of securities of the university and the trustee; (14) covenants to do or refrain from doing such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to better secure any securities of the university or to maintain the federal or state tax exemption thereon, or which, in the discretion of the university, will tend to make any securities to be issued more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated above; (15) and any other matters of like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the securities of the university, all as the university shall deem advisable and not in conflict with the provisions of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
(e) Securities issued under authority of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, shall be sold by the Treasurer of the state, on behalf of the university, subject in all respects to the indenture of trust or bond resolution approved by the university respecting the securities to be sold, at public or private sale at such price, whether par, premium or discount, and at such time or times, subject in each fiscal year to the cash flow requirements of the university to cover the cost of UConn 2000, as may be determined in the best interest of the state and university by the Treasurer and evidenced by his execution of a certificate of determination to be filed with the university and the secretary of the State Bond Commission upon completion of the sale pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. All costs of issuance in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the securities, including interest during construction of any projects being financed with the proceeds thereof, costs and expenses of financial advisers, underwriters, counsel, initial trustee, interest rate protection, credit enhancement, liquidity, letter of credit, and ratings, if any, shall be paid from the proceeds and accrued interest of the securities unless the university determines to pay any of such costs and expenses out of other funds available to it.
(f) The Treasurer shall set the terms and provisions of the sale of any securities, receive bids or proposals, award and sell any securities, and take all other action appropriate or necessary in connection therewith including rejecting any bid or proposal not meeting the sale requirements, in conjunction with the board of trustees of the university which is hereby authorized by a majority vote to delegate such matters to its finance committee or to any officer, official or trustee serving on such finance committee.
(g) The proceeds of the securities of each issue shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which such securities shall have been authorized, and shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as the university may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such securities or in the indenture or resolution securing the same. The university shall not lease or finance or lease-finance any land or building outside the Storrs campus through any other state agency or quasi-public agency other than those leases, financings or lease purchases in the ordinary course of its activities and provided the annual expenditure thereof during the period of agreements related thereto whether expressed as rent, debt service, lease purchase payments or the like does not exceed for each item which is the subject matter of the lease, finance or lease-finance agreement, fifty thousand dollars in any year and such limitation shall apply so long as the university is authorized in accordance with subsection (a) of this section to issue securities under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive. The resolution providing for the issuance of securities, and any indenture or resolution securing such securities, may contain such limitations upon the issuance of additional securities as the university may deem proper, and such additional securities shall be issued under such restrictions and limitations as may be prescribed by such indenture or resolution provided, no such resolution or indenture shall include a covenant committing the university to the issuance of additional securities secured by a pledge of the state debt service commitment. The university may provide for the replacement of any securities which become mutilated, or are destroyed, stolen or lost. Securities may be issued under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
(h) Money borrowed and securities issued and delivered by the university shall not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any municipality or any political subdivision of the state, but shall be payable solely from the resources of the university described in and pursuant to the indenture of trust or resolution under which they are issued, and all such securities shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. The borrowing of money and the issuance of securities by the university shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any municipality or political subdivision to levy or to pledge any form of taxation and such securities shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction and accordingly, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and such securities, when issued, shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to the extent of any such limitation, except that the amount of securities in each fiscal year in which the General Assembly has authorized the board of trustees to provide for the issuance and sale of securities pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for purposes of section 3-21, but subject to the exclusions or deductions provided in said section 3-21, shall be deemed to be indebtedness of the state until deemed paid or retired. For any years for which there is not an estimate of net tax revenues, the Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates projection of consumer price index growth shall be applied to the most recently adopted state revenue estimate and shall be deemed to satisfy the provisions of subsection (d) of said section 3-21.
(i) In connection with the issuance of securities, the university may create and establish one or more reserve funds to be known as special capital reserve funds and may pay into such special capital reserve funds (1) any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes of such funds, (2) any proceeds of sale of securities, to the extent provided in the resolution of the university authorizing the issuance thereof, and (3) any other moneys which may be made available to the university for the purpose of such funds from any other source or sources. The moneys held in or credited to any special capital reserve fund established under this subsection, except as provided in this subsection, shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of special obligation securities of the university secured by such special capital reserve fund as the same become due, the purchase of such special obligation securities of the university, the payment of interest on such special obligation securities of the university or the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid when such special obligation securities are redeemed prior to maturity; provided the university may provide that moneys in any such fund shall not be withdrawn therefrom at any time in such amount as would reduce the amount of such funds to less than the maximum amount of principal and interest becoming due by reason of maturity or a required sinking fund installment in the succeeding calendar year on the special obligation securities of the university then outstanding and secured by such special capital reserve fund or such lesser amount specified by the university in its resolution authorizing the issuance of any such special obligation securities, such amount being referred to in this subsection as the "required minimum capital reserve", except for the purpose of paying such principal of, redemption premium and interest on such special obligation securities of the university secured by such special capital reserve becoming due and for the payment of which other moneys of the university are not available. The university may provide that it shall not issue special obligation securities at any time if the required minimum capital reserve on the special obligation securities outstanding and the special obligation securities then to be issued and secured by a special capital reserve fund will exceed the amount of such special capital reserve fund at the time of issuance, unless the university, at the time of the issuance of such special obligation securities, shall deposit in such special capital reserve fund from the proceeds of the special obligation securities so to be issued, or otherwise, an amount which, together with the amount then in such special capital reserve fund, will be not less than the required minimum capital reserve. On or before December first, annually, there is deemed to be appropriated from the state General Fund such sums, if any, as shall be certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and Treasurer of the state, as necessary to restore each such special capital reserve fund to the amount equal to the required minimum capital reserve of such fund, and such amounts shall be allotted and paid to the university for deposit therein. For the purpose of evaluation of any such special capital reserve fund, obligations acquired as an investment for any such fund shall be valued at amortized costs. Nothing contained in this section or section 10a-105 shall preclude the university from establishing and creating other debt service reserve funds in connection with the issuance of securities of the university. Subject to any agreement or agreements with holders of outstanding special obligation securities of the university, any amount or amounts allotted and paid to the university by the state pursuant to this section shall be repaid to the state from moneys of the university at such time as such moneys are not required for any other of its corporate purposes and in any event shall be repaid to the state on the date one year after all special obligation securities of the university theretofore issued on the date or dates such amount or amounts are allotted and paid to the university or thereafter issued, together with interest on such special obligation securities, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders thereof, are fully met and discharged. A special capital reserve fund shall not be created, established or applicable or available pursuant to this subsection unless the board of trustees of the university is of the opinion and determines its self-sufficiency in that (A) project revenues or assured revenues, other than those to be derived from the state debt service commitment and the minimum state operating provision, and as a result of the implementation of its rate covenant, are estimated and expected, assuming continued compliance by the state and the university with the provisions of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, be sufficient (i) to pay the applicable special debt service requirements on special obligation securities, (ii) to establish, increase and maintain any reserves deemed by the university to be advisable to secure the payment of the special debt service requirements on such special obligation securities and to maintain its renewal and replacement fund and (iii) to operate and maintain in a prudent and economical manner the physical infrastructure of the university and (B) the university has recently reviewed and resolved that it is in compliance with its rate covenant referred to in section 10a-109e. Prior to the issuance of special obligation securities, the security for which is to be enhanced by such a special capital reserve fund, the aforementioned self-sufficiency finding by the university shall be submitted to and confirmed as not unreasonable or arbitrary in the certificate of determination referred to in subsection (e) of this section by the Treasurer of the state. In addition, a special capital reserve fund shall be used only if such use improves or is essential to the rating of the securities or provides interest savings as determined by the Treasurer of the state. The provisions of this subsection respecting the creation, establishment and enhancement of a special capital reserve fund shall not be available or applicable to any general obligation securities issued by the university pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 7, 45; P.A. 96-180, S. 134, 166; P.A. 98-124, S. 6, 12.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (g), the phrase "securities which become mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "securities which become mutilated, or are destroyed, stolen or lost" for grammatical accuracy); P.A. 96-180 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(1), effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 98-124 modified Subdiv. (4) to include agreements entered into pursuant to Sec. 3-20a, effective May 27, 1998.

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Sec. 10a-109h. Security for indebtedness; indenture. (a) Any pledge made by the university pursuant to section 10a-109g is and shall be deemed a statutory lien as provided in subsection (2) of section 42a-9-102. Such lien shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the university, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the claims. Notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code to the contrary, neither sections 10a- 109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, the indenture or resolution, nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded. Any revenues or other receipts, funds, moneys, personal property of fixtures so pledged and thereafter received by the university shall be subject immediately to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act and such lien shall have priority over all other liens, including without limitation the liens of persons who, in the ordinary course of business, furnish services or materials in respect of such assets.
(b) All expenses incurred in carrying out the indenture, any financing document or resolution may be treated as a part of operating expenses of the university unless otherwise paid as part of the special debt service requirements in accordance with the financing transaction proceedings.
(c) Whether or not any securities issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, are of the form and character to qualify as negotiable instruments under the terms of title 42a, the securities are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of said title 42a, subject only to the provisions of the securities.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 8, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109i. Special External Gift Fund. Endowment Fund for The University of Connecticut. Endowment fund state grant. (a)(1) There is hereby created a Special External Gift Fund to encourage special eligible gifts from the private sector, to be used by the university in furtherance of UConn 2000 pursuant to sections 10a- 109a to 10a-109y, inclusive. The fund shall be administered by the board of trustees, or by the finance committee if so delegated by the board of trustees. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10a-105 or any other provision of the general statutes, there shall be deposited into the fund: (A) Special eligible external gift fund moneys in an amount equal to the special eligible gifts, and (B) interest or other income earned on the investment of moneys in the Special External Gift Fund pending transfer or use of such moneys pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
(2) Moneys in the Special External Gift Fund may be used to pay costs in connection with any UConn 2000 project or projects and may be added to state or other moneys available or becoming available for any such project; any moneys in the Special External Gift Fund not used to pay costs in connection with any such project or projects may be used to meet special debt service requirements on outstanding securities or for purchase or redemption and cancellation of such securities or by payment thereof at maturity.
(3) The board of trustees shall adopt guidelines with respect to the solicitation of special eligible gifts from private donors. The adoption of such guidelines shall not constitute regulation making as defined in and prescribed by chapter 54.
(b) (1) A permanent Endowment Fund for The University of Connecticut shall be confirmed, established or created to encourage donations from the private sector, with an incentive in the form of an endowment fund state grant, which shall be deposited in the university or in a foundation operating pursuant to sections 4-37e and 4-37f consistent with the deposit of endowment fund eligible gifts, and the net earnings on the principal of which are to be dedicated and made available to the university for endowed professorships, scholarships and programmatic enhancements. The fund shall be administered by the board of trustees, or by a nonprofit entity entrusted for such purpose and created or to be created and qualified as a Section 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and preferably constituted and controlled independent of the state and university so as to qualify the interest on state bonds the proceeds of which have been granted for deposit in the endowment fund as excludable from federal taxation under such code and shall, in any event, be held in a trust fund with a bank or trust company separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the state and university. There shall be deposited into the fund: (A) Endowment fund eligible gifts, (B) endowment fund state grants and (C) interest or other income earned on the investment of moneys in the endowment fund pending application or transfer or use of earnings on the principal thereof for the purposes identified in this subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section.
(2) For each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1999, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, as part of the state contract with donors of endowment fund eligible gifts, the Department of Higher Education, in accordance with section 10a-8b shall deposit in the endowment fund for the university a grant in an amount equal to half of the total amount of endowment fund eligible gifts, except as provided in this subparagraph, received by the university or for the benefit of the university for the calendar year ending the December thirty- first preceding the commencement of such fiscal year, as certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees by February fifteenth to (i) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, (ii) the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, and (iii) the Commissioner of Higher Education, provided such sums do not exceed the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment for the fiscal year in which the grant is made. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, the Department of Higher Education shall deposit in the endowment fund for the university grants in total amounts which shall not exceed the endowment fund state grant, as defined in subdivision (7) of section 10a-109c of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1997, and which shall be equal to the amounts certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees for each such fiscal year of endowment fund eligible gifts received by the university or for the benefit of the university and for which written commitments were made prior to July 1, 1997. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, the funds required to be deposited in the endowment fund pursuant to this subparagraph shall be appropriated to the university for such purpose and not appropriated to the fund established pursuant to section 10a-8b. In any such fiscal year in which the eligible gifts received by the university exceed the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment for such fiscal year the amount in excess of such endowment fund state grant maximum commitment for such fiscal year, shall be carried forward and be eligible for a matching state grant in any succeeding fiscal year from the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, inclusive, subject to the endowment fund state grant maximum commitment for such fiscal year. Any endowment fund eligible gifts that are not included in the total amount of endowment fund eligible gifts certified by the chairperson of the board of trustees pursuant to this subparagraph may be carried forward and be eligible for a matching state grant in any succeeding fiscal year from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, inclusive, subject to the endowment fund state matching grant maximum commitment for such fiscal year.
(3) Moneys in the endowment fund shall be invested pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10a-109i in such obligations as are eligible for investment of pension funds by the Treasurer provided any deposit in a bank or money market or other banking or money market arrangement, such as repurchase agreement, shall be fully secured unless otherwise insured by a federal corporation and the net earnings of the endowment fund shall be used solely for the purposes for which the fund has been established. There shall be no commingling of the investments of the endowment fund with any other fund or account of the state or the university.
(4) The board of trustees shall adopt guidelines with respect to the solicitation of endowment fund eligible gifts from private donors. Private donations shall not be construed to include proceeds of federal grants but may include proceeds of municipal grants.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 9, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 8, 26; P.A. 98-252, S. 28, 52, 80; 98-259, S. 8, 17.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 amended Subpara. (A) of subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (b) to add provisions re deposit of funds by the Department of Higher Education, to delete provisions concerning state appropriations and bonding, to change the match from one hundred to fifty per cent of the total amount of eligible gifts except as provided in the Subpara. for fiscal years ending June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, to add subclauses (ii) and (iii), to substitute cap of the Endowment Fund state grant maximum commitment for specific dollar amounts and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (b) to provide for the deposit in the university or a foundation operating pursuant to Secs. 4-37e and 4-37f and to make a technical change and amended Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (b) to allow gifts not included in the amount certified by the chairperson to be carried forward and be eligible for a matching state grant in a succeeding fiscal year, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-259 amended Subsec. (b) to delete Subparas. (B) to (D) of Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 1998.

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Sec. 10a-109j. Interest rate agreements. The university may enter into any investment or program of investment or contract which the university by resolution of its board of trustees adopting a statement of policy to moderate interest rate fluctuations determines to be necessary or appropriate to place the securities or investments of the university, on the interest rate, currency, cash flow, or other basis identified therein, including, but not limited to, contracts commonly known as interest rate swap agreements or currency swap agreements; provided, however, that any determination by the university to exercise such power to moderate interest rate fluctuations or enter into any investment or program of investment or contract respecting interest rates, currency, cash flow or other similar agreement, including, but not limited to, interest rate or currency swap agreements, shall not be effective until and unless the Treasurer of the state or his deputy appointed pursuant to section 3-12 has approved such agreement or agreements. The approval of the State Treasurer or his deputy shall be based on documentation provided by the university that it has sufficient assured revenues or project revenues, as applicable to meet the financial obligation associated with such agreements.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 10, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109k. Trust funds. (a) All money received by the university pursuant to the authority of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, except endowment fund state grants that match endowment fund eligible gifts received on or after January 1, 1996, shall be construed, with the approval of the Treasurer, to be state funds held by the State Treasurer or, within the meaning of section 3-13c, trust funds and shall be held and applied solely as provided in said section 10a-109i or in the indenture of trust or resolution of the board of trustees authorizing the financing document. Any officer to whom, or any bank, trust company or other fiscal agent or trustee to which any money shall be paid shall act as trustee of that money and shall hold and apply the money for that purpose, subject to section 10a-109i or such regulations as the resolution or indenture may provide.
(b) Interest earnings on the proceeds of any securities secured by a state debt service commitment, including any accrued interest remaining after all costs of issuance have been paid, shall be credited to the General Fund.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 11, 45; P.A. 98-252, S. 29, 80.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 98-252 added the exception for certain endowment funds state grants for purposes of construing money received by the university as state funds, effective July 1, 1998.

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Sec. 10a-109l. Remedies. Any holder of securities, and the trustee under any resolution or indenture, except to the extent the rights given may be restricted by the resolution authorizing the issuance of securities or an indenture or applicable financing document, may, by action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, or under the resolution, financing documents or indenture, including the appointment of a receiver of pledged amounts or a project, and may enforce and compel the performance of any duty required by said sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, or by the resolution, financing document or indenture to be performed by any officer mentioned in said sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, or by the university, including the collecting of assured revenues, project revenues, rates, fees and charges. Any such suit, action or proceeding shall be brought for the benefit of all the holders of securities.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 12, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109m. Refunding indebtedness. Pursuant to sections 10a-109f and 10a- 109g, the university may enter into financing documents and issue securities for the purpose of refinancing securities, including the payment of any redemption premium on the securities or any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of those obligations, and if deemed advisable by the university for the additional purpose of construction or enabling the construction of improvements, extensions, enlargements or additions of the project or projects in connection with which the securities to be refunded have been issued. The university may also borrow and issue securities for the combined purpose of refunding any securities then outstanding or if authorized by law, refunding general obligation debt of the state, including the payment of any redemption premiums on the securities or general obligation debts of the state, and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of those obligations, and paying all or any part of the cost of acquiring or constructing or enabling the acquisition or construction of any additional project or projects or part of a project, or any improvements, extensions, enlargements or additions of any project or projects. The incurring of indebtedness for refunding purposes and the issuance of securities in connection with the indebtedness, the maturities and other details, the rights and remedies of the holders and the rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations of the university with respect to the indebtedness are governed by sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, insofar as the same may be applicable. In the event the university refunds general obligation debt of the state not previously issued to finance any project or projects, the Treasurer of the state is authorized to discharge the university from an amount of its obligations to reimburse the state for debt service on general obligation debt of the state issued to finance any project or projects that is equivalent to the general obligation debt of the state actually being refunded by the issuance of bonds under sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive. Equivalent amounts must be determined on the basis of the discounted present value of all such obligations. Any refunding of securities secured by the state debt service commitment shall be conditioned upon a certification of the Treasurer that the refunding is reasonably expected as of the date of the certification to achieve, as a result of the sale of such refunding securities and the investment and application of the proceeds of such sale, net debt service savings.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 13, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109n. Construction by the university of capital improvements. (a) At the request of the university, filed with the Commissioner of Public Works, the university may assume, and thereafter shall, have charge and supervision of the design, planning, acquisition, remodeling, alteration, repair, enlargement, demolition of any real asset or any other project, which is authorized and underway as of June 7, 1995.
(b) (1) The university shall cause to be prepared, proposed construction standards for all projects. The proposed standards shall, subject to applicable law, include, among other things, provisions relating to the quality and type of materials to be used, provisions for safety, fire protection, health and sanitation, provisions for the installation of fixtures, furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus, and construction features.
(2) Pursuant to such construction standards in effect at such time, the university shall cause to be prepared, within the costs available therefor, the detailed plans and specifications for each project. The university may from time to time modify, or authorize modifications to, such detailed plans and specifications, provided the plans and specifications as so modified shall comply with the construction standards, if any, adopted pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, and in effect at the time of the modifications, and the provisions of section 10a-109e are complied with.
(3) The university shall identify the scope of work and hire, and contract with persons with the necessary experience and capability to perform such scope of work.
(4) The university may contract with a design professional for the design of any project, with a general contractor for the construction of any project; and with one or more prime trade contractors with respect to such construction work if the university determines that to do so will be in the public interest of the state.
(c) (1) Any construction contract to which the university is a party may include a provision that the design professional who designed the project, or an architect or professional engineer or construction manager retained or employed specifically for the purpose of supervision, may supervise the work to be performed through to completion and ensure that the materials furnished and the work performed are in accordance with the drawings, plans, specifications and contracts therefor.
(2) With respect to any construction contract that is to be publicly let, the university shall identify a list of potentially responsible qualified bidders for the particular contract. Thereafter, the university shall give notice to those on the list of the work required and of the invitation to prequalify. The invitation to prequalify shall contain such information as the university shall deem appropriate and a statement of the time and place where the responses shall be received. Upon receipt of such responses, the university shall select each bidder which has shown itself able to post surety bonds required by such contract and has demonstrated that it possesses the financial, managerial and technical ability and the integrity necessary and without conflict of interest for faithful and efficient performance of the work provided for therein. The university shall evaluate whether a bidder is responsible and qualified based on its experience with projects similar to that for which the bid is to be submitted and based on objective written criteria and included in the request for prequalification with respect to such contract.
(3) The university shall thereafter give notice to those so prequalified of the time and place where the public letting shall occur and shall include in such notice such information of the work required as appropriate. Each bid shall be kept sealed until opened publicly at the time and place as set forth in the notice soliciting such bid. The university shall not award any construction contract after public letting, except to the responsible qualified bidder, submitting the lowest bid in compliance with the bid requirements. The university may, however, waive any informality in a bid, and may either reject all bids and again advertise for bids or interview at least three responsible qualified bidders and negotiate and enter into with any one of such bidders that construction contract which is both fair and reasonable to the university.
(4) The invitation to bid and the construction contract awarded by the university shall contain such other terms and conditions, and such provisions for penalties as the university may deem appropriate.
(5) No payments shall be made by the university on account of any contract for the project awarded by or for the university until the bills or estimates presented for such payment shall have been duly certified to be correct by the university. No payments shall be made from any other fund on account of any contract for any project awarded by or for the university until the bills or estimates presented for such payment shall have been duly certified to be correct by the university.
(6) Provision shall be made in each contract to the effect that payment is limited to the amount provided therein and that no liability of the university or state shall and may be incurred beyond such amount.
(7) The university shall require, for the protection of the state and the university, such deposits, bonds and security in connection with the submission of bids, the award of construction contracts and the performance of work as the university shall determine to be appropriate and in the public interest of the state.
(8) Any contract awarded by the university shall be a contract with the state acting through the university.
(d) For the purposes of part III of chapter 557, a project undertaken by the university shall be deemed to be a state public works project and consist of public buildings.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, any license, permit, and approval required or permitted to be issued and any administrative action required or permitted to be taken pursuant to the general statutes in connection with any project by the university shall be issued or taken upon application to the particular commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over such license, permit, approval or other administrative action or such other state official as such commissioner shall designate. As used in this section, the term commissioner shall mean commissioners if more than one commissioner has jurisdiction over the subject matter and their designee, if any. No agency, commission, council, committee, panel or other body whatsoever other than such commissioner shall have jurisdiction over or cognizance of any licenses, permits, approvals or administrative actions concerning any project and no notice of any tentative determination or any final determination regarding any such license, permit, approval or administrative action and no notice of any such license, permit, approval or administrative action shall be required except as expressly provided pursuant to this subsection. For purposes of sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, a capital project is a state facility and accordingly, no ordinance, law or regulation promulgated by or any authority granted to any municipality or any other political subdivision of the state shall apply to a capital project. The State Properties Review Board shall have jurisdiction over any project in the same manner as provided in chapter 60 for a priority higher education facility project. Such commissioner may issue licenses and permits, give such approval and take such administrative action as shall be necessary or desirable.
(2) All applications, supporting documentation and other records submitted to the commissioner and pertaining to any application for any license, permit, approval or other administrative action, together with all records of the proceedings of the commissioner relating to any license, permit, approval or administrative action shall be a public record and shall be made, maintained and disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.
(3) All applications for licenses, permits, approvals and other administrative action required by any applicable provision of the general statutes shall be submitted to the commissioner as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection. The commissioner shall adopt a master process to consider multiple licenses, permits, approvals and administrative actions to the extent practicable. Each license or permit shall be issued, approval shall be granted and administrative action shall be taken not later than ten business days after the date of submission of any application for such license, permit, approval or administrative action to the commissioner. Each application for a license or permit shall be deemed to have been issued, approval shall be deemed to have been granted and administrative action shall be deemed to have been taken as requested unless such application has been denied, or conditionally issued prior to the close of business on the tenth business day after either the date of submission of such application, or a hearing is held on such application pursuant to this section.
(4) (A) Any hearing regarding all or any part of any project, provided for by this section, shall be conducted by the particular commissioner having jurisdiction over the applicable license, permit, approval or other administrative action. Legal notice of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in an area which includes the municipality in which the particular part of such project is proposed to be built or is being built not more than ten nor less than five days in advance of such hearing.
(B) In rendering any decision in connection with any project, the commissioner shall weigh all competent material and substantial evidence presented by the applicant and the public in accordance with the applicable statute. The commissioner shall issue written findings and determinations upon which its decision is based. Such findings and determinations shall consist of evidence presented including such matters as the commissioner deems appropriate, provided such matters, to the extent applicable to the particular permit, shall include the nature of any major adverse health and environmental impact of any project. The commissioner may reverse or modify any order or action at any time on the commissioner's own motion. The procedure for such reversal or modification shall be the same as the procedure for the original proceeding.
(C) Any administrative action taken by any commissioner in connection with any project may be appealed by an aggrieved party to the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except as otherwise provided in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive. Such appeal shall be brought within ten days of the date of mailing to the parties to the proceeding of a notice of such order, decision or action by certified mail, return receipt requested, and the appellant shall serve a copy of the appeal on each party listed in the final decision at the address shown in such decision. Failure to make such service within such ten days on parties other then the commissioner who rendered the final decision may not, in the discretion of the court, deprive the court of jurisdiction over such appeal. Within ten days after the service of such appeal, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court, the commissioner which rendered such decision shall cause any portion of the record that had not been transcribed to be transcribed and shall cause either the original or a certified copy of the entire record of the proceeding appealed from to be transmitted to the reviewing court. Such record shall include the commissioner's findings of fact and conclusions of law, separately stated. If more than one commissioner has jurisdiction over the matter, such commissioners shall issue joint findings of fact and conclusions of law. Such appeal shall state the reasons upon which it is predicated and, notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, shall not stay the development of any project. The commissioner which rendered such decision shall appear as the respondent. Such appeals to the superior court shall each be privileged matters and shall be heard as soon after the return date as practicable. A court shall render its decision not later than twenty-one days after the date that the entire record, with the transcript, is filed with the court by the commissioner who rendered the decision.
(D) The court shall not substitute its judgment for that of the commissioner as to the weight of the evidence presented on a question of fact. The court shall affirm the decision of the commissioner unless the court finds that substantial rights of the party appealing such decision have been materially prejudiced because the findings, inferences, conclusions or decisions of the commissioner are: (i) In violation of constitutional or statutory provisions, (ii) in excess of the statutory authority of the commissioner, (iii) made upon unlawful procedure, (iv) affected by an error of law, (v) clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative and substantial evidence on the whole record, or (vi) arbitrary, capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion.
(E) If the court finds material prejudice, it may sustain the appeal. Upon sustaining an appeal, the court may render a judgment which modifies the decision of the commissioner, orders particular action of the commissioner or orders the commissioner to take such action as may be necessary to effect a particular action and the commissioner may issue a permit consistent with such judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an applicant may file an amended application and the commissioner may, pursuant to the procedures set forth in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, consider an amended application for an order, permit or other administrative action following court action.
(F) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-125, in consultation with the Attorney General, the university is authorized and may use the legal services of any private attorney, in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of any project. The board of trustees shall determine the effective and efficient method or methods of legal services to accomplish the construction, operation and maintenance of all projects, taking into account the capacity, cost and expense of private counsel for such services and the capacity and direct and indirect cost and expense of and identified by the Attorney General for such services.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4−6; 95-230, S. 14, 45; P.A. 97-47, S. 31; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995 (Note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain", effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 97-47 amended Subsec. (e)(2) by substituting "the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in Sec. 1-18a" for "chapter 3"; P.A. 99-215 replaced "judicial district of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain" in Subsec. (e)(4)(C), effective June 29, 1999.

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Sec. 10a-109o. Jurisdiction of Superior Court. Performance of governmental function. (a) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enter judgment against the university founded upon any express contract, including any indemnification provision thereof, between the university and the purchasers and subsequent owners and transferees of securities issued or contracted to be issued by the university, or between the university and any other parties to any financing documents entered into, pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive. Any action brought under this section shall be brought in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. The jurisdiction conferred upon the Superior Court by this section includes any set-off, claim or demand whatever on the part of the university against any plaintiff commencing an action under this section. Such action shall be tried to the court without a jury. All legal defenses except governmental immunity shall be reserved to the university. Any action brought under this section shall be privileged in respect to assignment for trial upon motion of either party.
(b) The carrying out by the university of the powers and duties conferred upon it by sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, shall be deemed to be the performance of an essential governmental function. Sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, shall in no way limit or restrict the power and authority of the state to borrow money for the benefit of the university.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4−6; 95-230, S. 15, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995 (Note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain", effective September 1, 1998).

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Sec. 10a-109p. Liberal construction. Sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 16, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109q. Tax exemption; investment of proceeds. (a) Securities, their transfer and the income therefrom, including revenues derived from the sale thereof shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate and gift taxes imposed by the state or any political subdivision thereof but the interest on such securities shall be included in the computation of any excise or franchise tax.
(b) Provision may be made in the financing documents or in the financing transaction proceedings for the establishment of a rebate fund and the monitoring thereof and for the execution of a tax regulatory agreement and covenants with respect thereof in order for the interest on the securities to be and to continue to be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, to the extent permitted and provided for by such code. The State Treasurer may establish such requirements for compliance with said internal revenue code on securities secured by the state debt service commitment.
(c) Pending the use and application of any proceeds from the sale of any securities issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, such proceeds may be deposited or invested in obligations permitted for state general obligation bonds pursuant to subsection (f) of section 3-20 and subject to the more particular provisions of the financing transaction proceedings.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 17, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995

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Sec. 10a-109r. Securities as legal investment. The securities of the university shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, board of trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may be authorized to invest in securities of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control, or belonging to them. Those securities are also made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of securities of the state is now or may be authorized by law.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 18, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109s. Applicability of indemnification and immunity statutes. The provisions of sections 4-165 and 5-141d shall apply to any employee or official of the university or other state agency who is discharging his duties or acting within the scope of his employment in furtherance of the UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 10a-109c.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 19, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 23, 26.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 made a technical change, effective July 1, 1997.

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Sec. 10a-109t. Validity of securities. Securities bearing duly authorized signatures of officers or officials holding office on the date of signing shall be valid and binding obligations, notwithstanding that before the delivery of and payment for the obligation any or all persons whose signatures appear on the securities shall have ceased to be such officers or officials. The validity of securities shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings to acquire any project financed with the proceeds of securities.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 20, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109u. Covenants. The state covenants with the purchasers and all other subsequent owners and transferees of securities issued by the university, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the securities, until the securities, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installment of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding on behalf of the owners, are fully met and discharged or unless expressly permitted or otherwise authorized by the terms of each contract and agreement made or entered into by or on behalf of the university with or for the benefit of such owners, that the state: (1) Will not create or cause to be created any lien or charge on the assets or revenues pledged to secure such securities, other than a lien or pledge created thereon pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive; (2) will not in any way impair the rights, exemptions or remedies of the owners; and (3) will not limit, modify, rescind, repeal or otherwise alter the rights or obligations of the university to take such action as may be necessary to fulfill the terms of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the securities; provided nothing in sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive, shall preclude the state from exercising its power, through a change in law, to limit, modify, rescind, repeal or otherwise alter said sections if and when adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of the holders of outstanding securities, pursuant to the resolution or indenture under which the securities are issued. The university is authorized to include this covenant of the state, as a contract of the state, in any agreement with the owners of any securities, in any credit facility or reimbursement agreement with respect to the securities and in any agreement authorized by sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y, inclusive.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 21, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109v. Perpetual succession. The university shall have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and an instrumentality and agency of the state. Such succession shall continue until the existence of the university is terminated by law, but no such law shall take effect so long as the university shall have securities and contracts outstanding unless adequate provision by law is made for the discharge of the obligations of the university to the holders of such securities and for the protection of those entering into contracts with the university. Upon termination or dissolution of the university pursuant to law all of its rights and properties shall pass to and be vested in its successor entity and if there is no successor entity, in the state.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 22, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109w. Authorization for relocation of West Hartford branch. Branch campus projects under UConn 2000. (a) Prior to any authorization pursuant to section 10a-109f to implement the relocation of The University of Connecticut, West Hartford branch to a location in the city of Hartford or to any other location, the board of trustees of the university shall authorize such relocation by a resolution approved by a majority vote of the board. Such resolution shall be in addition to any decision of the board pursuant to said section 10a-109f. No funds shall be authorized for such relocation until the board has approved the resolution, except that the board may expend funds for the Hartford relocation feasibility study prior to the approval of the resolution. The feasibility study required pursuant to this section shall include consideration, in consultation with officials of the town of West Hartford, of alternative uses for facilities and land of the West Hartford campus, provided such uses do not include correctional facilities, juvenile detention facilities, state agency residential facilities or community residential facilities of any kind. If the board authorizes the relocation of the West Hartford branch, the university, in concurrence with officials of the state and the town of West Hartford, shall make recommendations to the Office of Policy and Management for alternative uses for the facilities and land of the existing West Hartford campus.
(b) With regard to any authorization by the board of trustees of the university, pursuant to said section 10a-109f, to issue securities for a branch campus project or to initiate or expand academic programs at any branch campus of the university under the UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program, the board shall find and determine that the university has considered (1) whether there are opportunities to coordinate programs and services between the university and other state public and independent institutions of higher education and (2) whether there are opportunities to share programs and facilities with other public and independent institutions of higher education in conjunction with the projects being considered by the university. The findings and determinations of the board shall be included in the reports required pursuant to sections 10a-109x and 10a-109y.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 23, 45; 95-270, S. 10, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 95-270 added feasibility study requirements, required concurrence, instead of consultation with state and town officials and added land to the considerations for alternative uses for the campus, effective June 22, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-109x. Semiannual report to General Assembly on the status and progress of UConn 2000. (a) Not later than October 1, 1995, and semiannually thereafter, the university shall report to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Education, to finance, revenue and bonding, and to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the status and progress of UConn 2000. Each report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Information on the number of projects and securities authorized, approved and issued hereunder including, relative to such projects, project costs, timeliness of completion and any problems which have developed in implementation, and a schedule of projects remaining and their expected costs; (2) the amount of revenue available from all sources for such remaining projects and expected receipts for such remaining projects for the succeeding four quarters; (3) the amount of money raised from private sources for the capital and endowment programs and the progress made in the development and implementation of the fund-raising program and (4) any cooperative activities with other public and independent institutions of higher education commenced in the preceding six months. Each such report shall, for the preceding six-month period, (A) specify the moneys credited to such fund on account of, or derived from, each source of state and federal revenue, (B) specify the amount of investment earnings from the fund, (C) specify the moneys from such fund applied and expended for (i) the payment of debt service requirements, (ii) the payment of the principal of and interest on securities issued hereunder and general obligation bonds of the state issued for university capital improvement purposes, and (iii) each budgeted account under the annual budget appropriation made to the university.
(b) Commencing January 1, 2000, the first semiannual report in each year submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section shall include such information as requested by the bonding subcommittee of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding, including but not limited to: (1) The use of bond funds in the current fiscal year, (2) projected use of bond funds for the next succeeding fiscal year, (3) an updated master plan for the balance of the project, and (4) the use of Connecticut-owned businesses, including businesses owned by women and minorities.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 24, 45; P.A. 99-241, S. 9, 66.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 99-241 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) requiring additional information in reports commencing January 1, 2000, effective July 1, 1999.

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Sec. 10a-109y. Four-year performance review report to General Assembly. On January 15, 1999, the university shall submit to the Governor and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and finance, revenue and bonding, a four-year UConn 2000 performance review report detailing for each project undertaken to date under the program the progress made and the actual expenditures compared to original estimated costs. In addition, the report shall include a summary of programs, services and facilities which the university coordinates with other public and independent institutions of higher education. Not later than sixty calendar days after receipt of said report, such joint committees shall consider the report and determine whether there has been insufficient progress in implementation of UConn 2000 or whether there has been significant cost increases over original estimates as a result of actions taken by the university. If so, the committees may make recommendations for appropriate action to the university and to the General Assembly.
(P.A. 95-230, S. 25, 45.)
History: P.A. 95-230 effective June 7, 1995.

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Sec. 10a-110. (Formerly Sec. 10-124). Research foundation. Definitions. As used in sections 10a-110a to 10a-110g, inclusive, "university" means The University of Connecticut; "board" means the board of trustees of the university; "foundation" means the research foundation established in accordance with section 10a-110a; "employee" means any member of the faculty or staff of the university or the foundation, or any other employee thereof; "invention" means any invention or discovery and shall be divided into the following categories: A. Any invention conceived by one employee solely, or by employees jointly; B. any invention conceived by one or more employees jointly with one or more other persons; C. any invention conceived by one or more persons not employees.
(1949 Rev., S. 3278.)
History: Sec. 10-124 transferred to Sec. 10a-110 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-110a. (Formerly Sec. 10-125). Establishment and management of foundation. The board is authorized to establish and manage the foundation as provided herein. The foundation may, subject to direction, regulation and authorization or ratification by the board: (1) Receive, solicit, contract for and collect, and hold in separate custody for purposes herein expressed or implied, endowments, donations, compensation and reimbursement, in the form of money paid or promised, services, materials, equipment or any other things tangible or intangible that may be acceptable to the foundation; (2) disburse funds acquired by the foundation from any source, for purposes of instruction, research, invention, discovery, development or engineering, for the dissemination of information related to such activities, and for other purposes approved by the board and consistent with sections 10a-110 to 10a-110g, inclusive; (3) file and prosecute patent applications and obtain patents, relating to inventions or discoveries which the university may be justly entitled to own or control, wholly or partly, under circumstances hereinafter defined; and receive and hold in separate custody, assignments, grants, licenses and other rights in respect to such inventions, discoveries, patent applications and patents; (4) make assignments, grants, licenses or other disposal, equitably in the public interest, of any rights owned, acquired or controlled by the foundation, in or to inventions, discoveries, patent applications and patents; and to charge therefor and collect, and to incorporate in funds in the custody of the foundation, reasonable compensation in such form and measure as the board authorizes or ratifies; and (5) execute contracts with employees or others for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 10a-110 to 10a-110g, inclusive. All property and rights of every character, tangible and intangible, placed in the custody of the foundation in accordance with said sections shall be held by the foundation in trust for the uses of the university. The entire beneficial ownership thereof shall vest in the university and the board shall exercise complete control thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 3279.)
History: Sec. 10-125 transferred to Sec. 10a-110a in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See Sec. 4-73a re determination of actual rate for fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education.

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Sec. 10a-110b. (Formerly Sec. 10-126). Ownership of inventions. The university shall be entitled to own, or to participate in the ownership of, and to place in the custody of the foundation to the extent of such ownership, any invention, on the following conditions: (a) The university shall be entitled to own the entire right, title and interest in and to any invention in category A, in any instance in which such invention is conceived in the course of performance of customary or assigned duties of the employee inventor or inventors, or in which the invention emerges from any research, development or other program of the university, or is conceived or developed wholly or partly at the expense of the university, or with the aid of its equipment, facilities or personnel. In each such instance, the employee inventor shall be deemed to be obligated, by reason of his employment by the university, to disclose his invention fully and promptly to an authorized executive of the university; to assign to the university the entire right, title and interest in and to each invention in category A; to execute instruments of assignment to that effect; to execute such proper patent applications on such invention as may be requested by an authorized executive of the university, and to give all reasonable aid in the prosecution of such patent applications and the procurement of patents thereon; (b) the university shall have the rights defined in subsection (a) of this section with respect to inventions in category B, to the extent to which an employee has or employees have disposable interests therein; and to the same extent the employee or employees shall be obligated as defined in said subsection (a); (c) the university shall have no right to inventions in category C, except as may be otherwise provided in contracts, express or implied, between the university or the foundation and those entitled to the control of inventions in category C.
(1949 Rev., S. 3280.)
History: Sec. 10-126 transferred to Sec. 10a-110b in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-110c. (Formerly Sec. 10-127). Employees to share in proceeds. Each employee who conceives any invention and discharges his obligations to the university as hereinbefore provided shall be entitled to share in any net proceeds that may be derived from the assignment, grant, license or other disposal of such invention. The amount of such net proceeds shall be computed by, or with the approval of, the board, with reasonable promptness after collection thereof, and after deducting from gross proceeds such costs and expenses as may be reasonably allocated to the particular invention or discovery. A minimum of twenty per cent of the amount of such net proceeds shall be paid to an employee who solely conceived or made the invention, and shall be paid in shares to two or more employees who jointly made the invention in such respective proportions as the board may determine. The board in its discretion may increase the amount by which any employee or employees may participate in such net proceeds.
(1949 Rev., S. 3281.)
History: Sec. 10-127 transferred to Sec. 10a-110c in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-110d. (Formerly Sec. 10-128). Disagreements; procedure. Disagreements as to the allocation of any invention to one of said categories, or as to the obligations of any employee or due performance thereof, or as to participation of any employee in net proceeds, or as to rights or obligations with reference to inventions in any category, shall be disposed of as follows: (a) By voluntary arbitration of all relevant issues, if the disagreeing parties approve and agree to be bound by the decision upon such arbitration; (b) by compulsory arbitration if that is provided for in any applicable contract between the disagreeing parties; (c) by recourse to courts of appropriate jurisdiction within the state if arbitration cannot be resorted to under either subsection (a) or (b) of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 3282.)
History: Sec. 10-128 transferred to Sec. 10a-110d in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-110e. (Formerly Sec. 10-129). Regulations for arbitration. The board is authorized to establish and regulate, equitably in the public interest, such measures as the board deems necessary for the purposes of such arbitration, and to make contracts for compulsory arbitration, in the name of the university or of the foundation.
(1949 Rev., S. 3283.)
History: Sec. 10-129 transferred to Sec. 10a-110e in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-110f. (Formerly Sec. 10-130). Enforcement of regulations. The board is authorized to make and enforce regulations to govern the operations of the university and the foundation in accordance with the provisions of sections 10a-110 to 10a-110g, inclusive.
(1949 Rev., S. 3284.)
History: Sec. 10-130 transferred to Sec. 10a-110f in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-110g. (Formerly Sec. 10-131). Rights as to products of authorship. The provisions of sections 10a-110 to 10a-110g, inclusive, shall not entitle the university or the foundation to claim any literary, artistic, musical or other product of authorship covered by actual or potential copyright under the laws of the United States; but the university and the foundation shall each be authorized to make and enforce any contract, express or implied, which it may make with reference to any such subject matter.
(1949 Rev., S. 3285.)
History: Sec. 10-131 transferred to Sec. 10a-110g in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-111. (Formerly Sec. 10-132). State Ornithologist. Said trustees shall appoint a member of the faculty of said university as a State Ornithologist, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and shall serve without compensation. He shall investigate the food supply of the birds of this state and determine, so far as possible, the effect of birds upon insects or other sources of damage to fruits and vegetation, experiment with a view to discovering the best methods for the protection of fruits and crops from birds, insects or other sources of destruction thereof, act in an advisory capacity as to legislation concerning such matters and issue such reports and bulletins as he thinks expedient.
(1949 Rev., S. 3286.)
History: Sec. 10-132 transferred to Sec. 10a-111 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See Sec. 22-8 re duties of Commissioner of Agriculture with regard to avian ecology.

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Sec. 10a-112. (Formerly Sec. 10-132a). State Archaeologist. Duties. (a) Until such time as a State Archaeologist is appointed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the trustees of The University of Connecticut shall designate a member of the faculty of said university to serve as State Archaeologist, who shall serve without additional compensation. He shall conduct research in the ethnohistory of the Indians of this region and of their archaeology, and shall cooperate with agencies of this state and of the federal government and with private individuals and corporations in an effort to protect and preserve archaeological remains which are threatened with destruction or loss by the construction of dams or highways or otherwise.
(b) On or after October 1, 1987, the board of directors of the State Museum of Natural History shall appoint a State Archaeologist and staff for the Office of Archaeology established pursuant to section 10a-112a. The State Archaeologist shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To supervise the care and study of the archaeological collection of the State Museum of Natural History; (2) to coordinate the (A) archaeological salvage of properties threatened with destruction, (B) public and private archaeological research and the encouragement of the highest possible standards in archaeological investigations and (C) preservation of native American and other human osteological remains and cemeteries with the Connecticut Historical Commission, the Office of the State Medical Examiner, the Indian Affairs Council and other state agencies; (3) to conduct research on the state's prehistory and history and disseminate the results of such research through publications and other means; (4) to educate the public about the significance and fragility of archaeological resources; (5) to respond to inquiries about the state's archaeological resources; and (6) to maintain comprehensive site files and maps.
(1963, P.A. 304; P.A. 87-466, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 10-132a transferred to Sec. 10a-112 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 87-466 added Subsec. (b) which specified the duties of the state archaeologist and designated museum of natural history board of directors as appointing authority on and after October 1, 1987.

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Sec. 10a-112a. State Museum of Natural History, Office of Archaeology. The museum of natural history at The University of Connecticut shall be the State Museum of Natural History. The museum shall (1) acquire, collect, preserve, research and interpret living, extinct and fossil organisms, anthropological and archaeological specimens, rocks and minerals, with preference to those native to this state; (2) preserve related scientific equipment, instruments and data; and (3) prepare public exhibits at the museum and educational exhibits and programs that may be used by colleges, universities, schools, libraries, institutions, appropriate state agencies or other public organizations. There shall be an Office of Archaeology at the museum. The museum shall be within The University of Connecticut.
(P.A. 85-563, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-466, S. 2; P.A. 89-271, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 87-466 required establishment of an office of archaeology; P.A. 89-271 replaced provision establishing museum as an independent entity within The University of Connecticut for administrative purposes only with provision establishing museum within The University of Connecticut.
See Sec. 10-383 re designation of museum as repository for artifacts found and data gathered during archaeological investigations on state lands.

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Sec. 10a-112b. Board of directors of the Museum of Natural History. (a) The board of directors of the Museum of Natural History shall consist of the following: The Commissioners of Education, Environmental Protection and Agriculture or their designees, the director of the State Historical Commission or his designee and not more than eleven members appointed by the president of The University of Connecticut, of which seven shall be professors, at least one from each of the following fields: Anthropology or archaeology, geology, vertebrate biology, invertebrate biology, botany, systematic biology and any other field the president deems appropriate. The terms of one- third of the initial appointments shall expire one year after the date of such appointment; the terms of one-third shall expire two years after the date of such appointment and the terms of one-third shall expire three years after the date of such appointment. The president shall appoint members to succeed members whose terms expire. Such members shall serve for a term of three years. Members shall be eligible for reappointment.
(b) The board shall annually elect a chairman and other officers.
(P.A. 85-563, S. 2, 4.)
See Sec. 10-383 re establishment of collections policy.

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Sec. 10a-112c. Duties of board of directors. Director. The board of directors shall be responsible for the planning and establishment of the State Museum of Natural History and shall recommend a director who shall be appointed by the president of The University of Connecticut.
(P.A. 85-563, S. 3, 4.)

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Secs. 10a-112d to 10a-112f. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 10a-112g. State Museum of Art. Advisory committee. (a) The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut shall be the State Museum of Art. The museum shall collect, preserve and research works of art and prepare public exhibits at the museum and educational exhibits and programs that may be used by colleges, universities, schools, libraries, institutions, appropriate state agencies or other public organizations.
(b) There is established an advisory committee to advise the president of The University of Connecticut with respect to the policies, collections, programs, activities and operations of the State Museum of Art. The advisory committee shall consist of eleven members as follows: The Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Higher Education, or their designees; two members of the State Commission on the Arts, appointed by said commission; and seven persons nominated by the president of The University of Connecticut and appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a member of the board of trustees of the university, one of whom shall be an alumnus of the university and five of whom shall be private citizens representing various geographic areas of the state and widely known for their knowledge, competence and experience in connection with the visual arts. The advisory committee shall elect a member who is a private citizen as its chairperson.
(P.A. 87-188, S. 1, 2.)

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Sec. 10a-113. (Formerly Sec. 10-133). Encouragement of sheep industry. Said trustees may supervise and establish such distribution of demonstration flocks of sheep throughout the state and conduct such experiments and investigations as seem to them most conducive to the encouragement of the sheep industry throughout the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 3288; 1959, P.A. 300, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act made this section discretionary rather than mandatory and deleted provision for expenditures from the dog license funds for this purpose; Sec. 10-133 transferred to Sec. 10a-113 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-114. (Formerly Sec. 10-134). Loans for construction of housing for students and financing by the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority for dormitories. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to accept, on behalf of said university, the use of money, without interest charges, for the construction, upon lands owned by said university, of houses which shall serve as living quarters for student groups, such houses to be under the administrative control of said trustees. Said trustees shall enter into an agreement providing for amortization, without interest, of the principal of each such loan through payment from rents and the terms of each such agreement shall be subject to approval by the Attorney General. Any construction of housing, however, shall be subject to the provisions of section 4b-23. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, said trustees are authorized to approve the execution of loan agreements with the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority in connection with the issuance of bonds by said authority pursuant to the provisions of chapter 187 to finance dormitories for students on such terms and conditions as said board shall determine are necessary or appropriate to effect said financing.
(1949 Rev., S. 3289; P.A. 75-425, S. 30, 57; P.A. 92-261, S. 14, 17.)
History: P.A. 75-425 made housing construction subject to provisions of Sec. 4-26b; Sec. 10-134 transferred to Sec. 10a- 114 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 92-261 provided for the financing of dormitories by the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

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Sec. 10a-115. (Formerly Sec. 10-135). Agricultural College Fund. The Agricultural College Fund of the state, constituted by virtue of a grant to the state under an Act of the Congress of the United States, approved July 2, 1862, which grant was accepted upon the terms, conditions and restrictions contained in said Act of Congress, as evidenced by an act of the General Assembly passed at a special session December, 1862, shall remain in the custody of the State Treasurer. Said Treasurer shall pay to The University of Connecticut the net income earned by said fund. Said net income shall be computed by deducting from the gross income of said fund all expenses incurred for the conservation and physical maintenance of the assets held in said fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 3290.)
History: Sec. 10-135 transferred to Sec. 10a-115 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See part II of chapter 32 re Agricultural College Fund generally.

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Sec. 10a-116. (Formerly Sec. 10-136). Money received under Act of Congress of August 30, 1890. The State Treasurer is directed to pay to the treasurer of The University of Connecticut all moneys received by virtue of an Act of Congress for the endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, approved August 30, 1890, the provisions of which act were accepted by this state by an act approved June 11, 1903. The trustees of said university shall annually make and distribute the reports called for by said Act of Congress.
(1949 Rev., S. 3291.)
History: Sec. 10-136 transferred to Sec. 10a-116 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Secs. 10a-117 and 10a-118. (Formerly Secs. 10-137 and 10-138). The University of Connecticut Auxiliary Services Fund. The University of Connecticut Educational Extension Fund. Sections 10a-117 and 10a-118 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3292, 3293; 1957, P.A. 423, S. 1; 495, S. 1; P.A. 75-582, S. 5, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 78-57; P.A. 81-275, S. 3; 81-442, S. 7−9; P.A. 82-218, S. 23, 24, 46; 82-314, S. 27, 28, 63; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-37, S. 7, 8; P.A. 87-496, S. 62, 63, 110; 87-529, S. 12, 13; P.A. 88-136, S. 31, 32, 37; P.A. 91-256, S. 68, 69.)

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Sec. 10a-119. (Formerly Sec. 10-139). Trust funds for course in agriculture. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to enter into any agreement for the acceptance and disbursement of trust funds for the establishment of a two-year course in agriculture. Said board is authorized to accept money and income from such trusts for the construction and maintenance of buildings and for scholarships and instruction in said course.
(1949 Rev., S. 3295.)
History: Sec. 10-139 transferred to Sec. 10a-119 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-119a. Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service; grants. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to make grants, within available appropriations, to the Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service. The grants shall be used: (1) To provide technical education to the Connecticut marine industry including fin fisherman, shell fishermen, lobstermen, marine operators, the marine recreational industry, town commissions and other citizens of Connecticut; (2) to coordinate marine advisory service educational programs with marine advisory services in other states; and (3) to encourage the development of the marine industry.
(P.A. 84-269, S. 1, 3.)

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Secs. 10a-119b to 10a-119d. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 10a-119e. Water and land resource management education and training programs. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of The University of Connecticut, through the cooperative extension service, may, in consultation and cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, design and implement comprehensive education and training programs concerning water and land resource management.
(P.A. 87-493, S. 3, 4.)

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Sec. 10a-120. (Formerly Sec. 10-140). Instruction and degrees in pharmacy. The University of Connecticut is authorized to offer instruction in pharmacy as a part of the university's program and to grant suitable degrees. All assets transferred to it and all moneys received in connection with the program of instruction in pharmacy are made available to the trustees of said university for such instruction.
(1949 Rev., S. 3297.)
History: Sec. 10-140 transferred to Sec. 10a-120 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-121. (Formerly Sec. 10-140a). Connecticut Transportation Institute, location, program. The University of Connecticut with the cooperation of the Department of Transportation shall plan and develop a program for the establishment of a Connecticut Transportation Institute for education and training in transportation technology. Consideration shall be given to locating the institute in the southeastern branch of The University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton. The program shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas: (1) A description of undergraduate and graduate courses for transportation technology; (2) a budget projection for the first five years of operation, including personnel services, other expenses and equipment; (3) a description of a program for continuing education in transportation technology with emphasis on community involvement; and (4) recommendations for the encouragement of participation by other New England states with a view to establishing the institute as a New England Regional Transportation Institute. The Institute shall be operational for the fall semester of 1975.
(P.A. 74-323, S. 1.)
History; Sec. 10-140a transferred to Sec. 10a-121 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-122. (Formerly Sec. 10-141). Instruction in physical therapy. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to offer instruction in physical therapy as a part of the university program and to grant suitable degrees. All assets transferred to The University of Connecticut and all moneys received by The University of Connecticut from the New Haven School of Physical Therapy, Incorporated, made available through the termination of the New Haven School of Physical Therapy, Incorporated, are made available to the trustees of said university for such instruction. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to accept any funds made available by any branch of the federal government for such instruction.
(1951, S. 1777d.)
History: Sec. 10-141 transferred to Sec. 10a-122 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-123. (Formerly Sec. 10-141a). Center for real estate and urban economic studies. (a) There is established at The University of Connecticut within the school of business administration a center for real estate and urban economic studies.
(b) The purposes, objectives and duties of said center shall be as follows: (1) To conduct studies in real estate and urban economics and to publish and disseminate the findings and results of such studies; (2) to assist the teaching program in real estate offered by The University of Connecticut; (3) to supply material to the Connecticut Real Estate Commission for the preparation by it of examinations for real estate salespersons and brokers, if requested to do so by the commission; (4) to develop and from time to time revise and update materials for use in the extension courses in real estate offered by The University of Connecticut; (5) to assist the Connecticut Real Estate Commission in developing standards for the accreditation of vocational schools and other teaching agencies giving courses in the field of real estate and standards for the approval of courses in the field of real estate, as and when requested to do so by the commission.
(c) A report of the activities and accomplishments of the center shall be published annually.
(February, 1965, P.A. 621, S. 1, 3, 5; P.A. 96-200, S. 28.)
History: Sec. 10-141a transferred to Sec. 10a-123 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 96-200 substituted "salespersons" for "salesmen" in Subsec. (b).

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Sec. 10a-124. (Formerly Sec. 10-141b). Advisory committee. There is established an advisory committee for said center consisting of nine persons. The dean of the school of business administration of The University of Connecticut shall be a member of said committee, ex officio, with vote, and shall be the chairman of said committee. The other members of said committee shall be three members representing the real estate industry, all of whom shall be active, licensed Connecticut real estate brokers, two members representing the government of the state and three members representing The University of Connecticut. The members representing the real estate industry and the members representing the government of the state shall be appointed by the Governor on recommendation of the Connecticut Real Estate Commission. The members representing The University of Connecticut shall be appointed by the board of trustees of said university upon nominations made by the president thereof. The initial terms of the appointed members of said advisory committee shall be as follows: Four members for terms of two years from October 1, 1965, and four members for terms of four years from October 1, 1965, provided, at least one member representing the real estate industry, at least one member representing the government of the state and at least one member representing The University of Connecticut shall be initially appointed for a two-year term. All subsequent appointments shall be for four-year terms commencing on October first of the year of appointment and shall be made not later than the first day of September of the year of appointment.
(February, 1965, P.A. 621, S. 2.)
History: Sec. 10-141b transferred to Sec. 10a-124 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-125. (Formerly Sec. 10-141c). Support of program by license fees. Publications. Receipt of gifts. From each fee received by the Connecticut Real Estate Commission for the issuance or renewal of licenses to real estate brokers for any period subsequent to September 30, 1965, and to salesmen for any period subsequent to September 30, 1971, there shall be paid over by the State Treasurer to The University of Connecticut for the support, maintenance and use of the center for real estate and urban economic studies an amount equal to eight and three-quarters per cent of each broker's license fee and each salesmen's license fee, which amounts shall be irrevocably dedicated to the support, maintenance and use of said center. Said center is authorized, within the limits of the funds received by it, to publish and disseminate its studies and findings and to make a charge therefor and is authorized to receive gifts and grants from foundations, individuals and other sources.
(February, 1965, P.A. 621, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 93; P.A. 73-118; P.A. 85-454.)
History: 1971 act included real estate salesmen's licenses under provisions of section and replaced deduction of twenty- five per cent of each fee for purposes of real estate and urban economics study center with deduction of seventeen dollars and fifty cents from brokers' fees and five dollars from salesmen's fees; P.A. 73-118 changed initial date for payments from salesmen's fees from September 30, 1965, to September 30, 1971, and reduced amount of payments to eight dollars and seventy-five cents from brokers' fees and to two dollars and fifty cents from salesmen's fees; Sec. 10-141c transferred to Sec. 10a-125 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 85-454 provided that the center would receive eight and three-quarters per cent of each license fee, rather than eight dollars and seventy-five cents from each broker's license fee and two dollars and fifty cents from each salesmen's license fee.

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Sec. 10a-126. (Formerly Sec. 10-141d). Operation of McCook Hospital. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to operate and control McCook Hospital in accordance with terms of an agreement to be made between the university and the city of Hartford. As used in this section and section 5-268d, McCook Hospital includes the following: (a) McCook Hospital building, (b) Jones Home Infirmary, (c) Jones Home psychiatric in and outpatient facilities, (d) staff house, (e) laundry, (f) outpatient building, (g) space for outpatient facilities to be constructed in the Burgdorf Health Center.
(1967, P.A. 424, S. 1.)
History; Sec. 10-141d transferred to Sec. 10a-126 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-127. (Formerly Sec. 10-141e). Operation of hospital facilities. Uncas- on-Thames Hospital Fund. (a) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to establish and administer a fund, to be known as the Hospital Fund, for the operation of hospital facilities, clinics and programs, including, on and after July 1, 1995, the facilities, clinics and programs of the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital. Revenues received from and in connection with such operations, including moneys received from federal, state, municipal and private sources, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of said fund. The resources of the fund are to be used to pay the direct expenses of operation and maintenance of such facilities and programs and to purchase equipment or otherwise improve facilities. Such payments shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the State Comptroller, upon the order of authorized officers of the university. To provide working capital for the fund, moneys may be transferred from The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund established under the provisions of section 10a-105, and not more than five hundred thousand dollars may be transferred from the resources of the General Fund upon the recommendation of the Governor and the approval of the Finance Advisory Committee.
(b) For the period beginning on July 1, 1989, and ending on June 30, 1995, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to establish and administer a fund, to be known as the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund, for the operation of the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital facilities, clinics and programs. All balance sheet accounts, including assets, liabilities and fund balance, of the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund on June 30, 1995, shall be transferred to the Hospital Fund on July 1, 1995, for the operation of the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital facilities, clinics and programs. Revenues received on and after July 1, 1995, from and in connection with such balance sheet accounts, including moneys received from federal, state, municipal and private sources, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Hospital Fund for purposes of maintaining operations at the Uncas-on-Thames campus. The sum of four hundred thousand dollars of the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund balance shall be reserved within the Hospital Fund for renovations in conjunction with the possible replacement of equipment at the Uncas-on-Thames Phelps Clinic. If a sum of less than four hundred thousand dollars is required for such renovations, the difference between the amount required for such renovations and four hundred thousand dollars shall be transferred to the General Fund at such time as such renovations have been completed, or a determination has been made that no renovations are necessary.
(c) For the period beginning on July 1, 1989, and ending on June 30, 1995, any revenue received by the state which is attributable to services provided by Uncas-on- Thames Hospital on and after July 1, 1989, and prior to July 1, 1995, shall be credited to the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund.
(1967, P.A. 424, S. 6; P.A. 85-424, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-268, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 91-256, S. 30, 69; P.A. 93-80, S. 43, 67; P.A. 96-158, S. 1, 3; P.A. 97-247, S. 22, 27.)
History: Sec. 10-141e transferred to Sec. 10a-127 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 85-424 added Subsec. (b) re disposition of revenue attributable to the operation of Uncas-on-Thames Hospital; P.A. 89- 268 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the fund not be for the operation of the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital and made a technical change, inserted new Subsec. (b) establishing the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund, relettered Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and provided that certain revenues be credited to the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund rather than the general fund in former Subsec. (b) now (c), and Sec. 2 of the act was designated editorially as a new Subsec. (d) re an evaluation of the fund, to be submitted to the general assembly; P.A. 91-256 changed a reference to the auxiliary services fund to the operating fund and made a technical change; P.A. 93-80 amended (1) Subsec. (b) to extend ending date for administration of hospital fund from June 30, 1993, to June 30, 1995, and to make corresponding changes in dates re reversion of any hospital fund balance to general fund and use of such balance, (2) Subsec. (c) to extend ending date for crediting of revenues to hospital fund from June 30, 1993, to June 30, 1995, and (3) Subsec. (d) to delete reference to evaluation submitted by January 6, 1993, and require evaluation to be submitted by January 4, 1995, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-158 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that Hospital Fund shall be used for operation of hospital facilities, clinics and programs of Uncas- on-Thames Hospital on and after July 1, 1995, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision that balance in Uncas-on- Thames Hospital Fund on June 30, 1995, shall revert to the General Fund and be credited to The University of Connecticut for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, for the operation of Uncas-on-Thames Hospital and to substitute provision that balance in Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund on June 30, 1995, shall be transferred to the Hospital Fund on July 1, 1995, for the operation of Uncas-on-Thames Hospital, and earmarked four hundred thousand dollars of such balance for possible renovations at the Uncas-on-Thames Phelps Clinic, effective May 31, 1996; P.A. 97-247 deleted obsolete Subsec. (d) re Uncas-on-Thames Hospital Fund, effective July 1, 1997.

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Sec. 10a-128. (Formerly Sec. 10-141f). John Dempsey Hospital, The University of Connecticut Health Center and Uncas-on-Thames Hospital, accounts receivable as expendable assets. (a) The University of Connecticut may record as assets, and spend not more than ninety per cent of, the book value of accounts receivable that are estimated by independent auditors as collectible at the John Dempsey Hospital and for its clinical programs at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. A report of book value shall be made by the university to the State Comptroller each quarter. The Comptroller shall record the value on the books of the state and approve expenditures against said value.
(b) The University of Connecticut may record as assets, and spend not more than seventy per cent of, the book value of accounts receivable that are estimated by independent auditors as collectible at the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital. A report of book value shall be made by the university to the State Comptroller each quarter. The Comptroller shall record the value on the books of the state and approve expenditures against said value.
(c) The University of Connecticut may record as assets, and spend not more than seventy per cent of, the book value of accounts receivable that are estimated by independent auditors as collectible at The University of Connecticut Health Center for its university physicians' clinical operations, provided no expenditures against said value shall be approved by the Comptroller unless and until the balance of funds held in the health center fund established under subsection (c) of section 10a-105 is zero or less than zero. The health center shall defray the cost to the state of any such expenditures by paying, at least quarterly, to the State Treasurer the state's cost of funds at an average rate of interest equivalent to the rate or rates of interest payable on the state's outstanding short term borrowings or, if there are no outstanding borrowings, the rate of interest for thirty- day state obligations of comparable security and quality as determined by the State Treasurer, or as determined by the State Treasurer based upon at least two quotations from dealers thereof. Any interest payments received by the State Treasurer from the health center pursuant to this subsection which have not been applied to pay debt service on the state's short term borrowings, if any, by the end of any fiscal year, shall be treated as revenue to the General Fund. A report of book value shall be made by the university to the State Comptroller each quarter. The Comptroller shall record the value on the books of the state and approve expenditures against said value.
(1969, P.A. 458, S. 1; P.A. 74-178, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-190, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-268, S. 3, 4; P.A. 91-178, S. 1, 2; 91-406, S. 23, 29.)
History: P.A. 74-178 amended Subsec. (a) to include book value of accounts receivable at Burgdorf Health Center and at the Farmington Health Center, as well as at McCook Hospital provided that only accounts deemed collectible by independent auditors may be recorded as assets and to require that financial accounts at Farmington Health Center be kept separately; Sec. 10-141f transferred to Sec. 10a-128 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 86-190 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to McCook Hospital and Burgdorf Health Center and substitute reference to John Dempsey Hospital, to require quarterly rather than monthly reports to comptroller, and to delete requirement that financial accounts of clinical activities at health center in Farmington be kept separately from those at McCook Hospital and Burgdorf Health Center and repealed Subsec. (b) which provided that comptroller shall reimburse The University of Connecticut auxiliary services fund for advances made prior to July 8, 1969, to provide working capital at McCook Hospital, and that reimbursement shall be in an amount of $800,000 and shall be made as provided in Subsec. (a); P.A. 89-268 added Subsec. (a) designation and new Subsec. (b) re percentage of accounts receivable at Uncas-on-Thames Hospital as expendable assets; P.A. 91-178 added Subsec. (c) re recording of as assets and spending of certain health center accounts receivable; P.A. 91-406 added "or less than zero" after "zero" in the phrase, "established under subsection (c) of section 10a-105 is zero" in Subsec. (c); (Revisor's note: The words "University of Connecticut" were inserted editorially by the Revisors in Subsec. (a) for consistency with other statutory references).
See chapter 187c (Secs. 10a-250−10a-263, inclusive,) re John Dempsey Hospital Finance Corporation, generally.

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Sec. 10a-129. (Formerly Sec. 10-141g). Health Center Auxiliary Services Fund. Section 10a-129 is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 208; P.A. 75-425, S. 46, 57; P.A. 82-218, S. 25, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 91-256, S. 68, 69.)

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Sec. 10a-130. (Formerly Sec. 10-141h). The University of Connecticut Health Center Research Fund. The University of Connecticut is authorized to establish and manage a fund to be known as The University of Connecticut Health Center Research Fund. The fund may be used, subject to direction, regulation and authorization by the board of trustees: (1) For deposit of the proceeds of grants and endowments, or other things tangible or intangible that may be acceptable to the fund; (2) for disbursements for operations or projects on the order of duly authorized officers of the health center; provided, however, that acquisitions of real estate shall be subject to the provisions of section 4b-23.
(1969, P.A. 207; P.A. 75-425, S. 47, 57.)
History: P.A. 75-425 made acquisition of real estate subject to Sec. 4-26; Sec. 10-141h transferred to Sec. 10a-130 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See Sec. 4-73a re determination of actual rate for fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education.
See chapter 187c (Secs. 10a-250−10a-263, inclusive,) re John Dempsey Hospital Finance Corporation, generally.

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Sec. 10a-131. (Formerly Sec. 10-141i). Hospital of The University of Connecticut Health Center authorized to join Capital Area Health Consortium. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut is authorized to contract with the Capital Area Health Consortium for the hospital of The University of Connecticut Health Center to become a member of said consortium. Said board may enter into such long term contracts and other agreements as will further the purposes of the consortium as contained in said consortium's certificate of incorporation.
(P.A. 74-111, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 10-141i transferred to Sec. 10a-131 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See chapter 187c (Secs. 10a-250−10a-263, inclusive,) re John Dempsey Hospital Finance Corporation, generally.

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Sec. 10a-132. (Formerly Sec. 10-141k). The University of Connecticut Health Center to include Poison Information Center. Hospitals to report treatments of accidental poisonings. (a) The University of Connecticut Health Center, at Farmington, shall include a Poison Information Center for the collection, exchange and dissemination of information needed to minimize damage from potentially toxic substances. Said Poison Information Center shall: (1) Establish and maintain a file on the general composition of substances which, if ingested, inhaled or applied topically to any part of the body, would cause concern for possible toxic reactions; (2) establish and maintain a file on potentially toxic substances, including physiological effects of the toxic substance, the symptoms and signs of toxic reactions and specific antidotes, if any; (3) establish and maintain a file or library of reference material on toxicology; (4) operate twenty-four hours each day, every day of the year to provide such information upon request and (5) disseminate information contained in subdivisions (1) and (2) to hospitals in the state which establish regional information centers through duplicate index sets and periodic bulletins. Information in the indexes and reference material shall be provided on request according to policy established by said Poison Information Center and, if the requested information is not available in said center or in regional centers, appropriate steps shall be taken by said center to locate the information desired. Said Poison Information Center shall utilize its resources and information to reduce the incidence of accidental poisonings in the state. Said Poison Information Center may develop forms and methods for collecting additional information and require such reports as may be necessary for the discharge of the responsibilities of said center.
(b) Each hospital in the state shall report to the Poison Information Center each incident of accidental poisoning treated by such hospital. Said reports shall be submitted to the center not later than sixty days from the date of treatment on forms prescribed and provided by the Commissioner of Public Health and shall contain such information as the center requires.
(1957, P.A. 583, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-376, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-336, S. 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 76-376 deleted provisions giving health department and commissioner responsibilities for poison information center and required year-round, twenty-four hour operation; Sec. 19-23 was transferred to Sec. 10-141k in 1977; Sec. 10-141k transferred to Sec. 10a-132 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 84-336 added Subsec. (b) requiring a hospital to report each incident of accidental poisoning treated by it to the poison information center; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; the words "The health center of The University of Connecticut" in Subsec. (a) were changed editorially by the Revisors to "The University of Connecticut Health Center" for consistency with other statutory references; in 1995 the Revisors editorially substituted the numeric indicators (1), (2), (3) (4) and (5) for (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) in Subsec. (a) for consistency with statutory usage; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
See chapter 187c (Secs. 10a-250−10a-263, inclusive,) re John Dempsey Hospital Finance Corporation, generally.

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Sec. 10a-132a. Endowed chair in infectious diseases. The Board of Governors of Higher Education shall establish at The University of Connecticut Health Center an endowed chair in infectious diseases in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) of section 10a-20a. The purpose of this endowed chair will be to support a senior faculty member in the school of medicine who will direct programs in teaching, research and patient care in the area of infectious diseases. This chair will provide support for an investigator or investigators who will coordinate research activities into the microbiologic, immunologic and clinical aspects of infectious diseases, including acquired immune deficiency syndrome, at The University of Connecticut Health Center and its affiliated institutions. The investigators will provide a link between ongoing basic science research in infectious diseases and the clinical application of the new knowledge that is being generated. This position will be a focal point for infectious disease research in Connecticut.
(P.A. 87-527, S. 1, 7; P.A. 89-334, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 89-334 deleted former Subsec. (a) which established an endowed chair in law and medicine in The University of Connecticut Health Center and School of Law.

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Sec. 10a-132b. Transferred to Chapter 368a, Sec. 19a-56a.

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Sec. 10a-132c. Study of alternative methods for the surveillance of birth defects in Connecticut. Advisory committee. Section 10a-132c is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 88-286, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. 97-8, S. 87,88.)

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Sec. 10a-132d. Transferred to Chapter 368a, Sec. 19a-56b.

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Sec. 10a-133. (Formerly Sec. 10-141l). State aid for family practice residency programs. Regulations. Upon application to The University of Connecticut Health Center, any licensed community hospital in the state may receive annually from the state a grant for the improvement and expansion of existing family practice residency programs in such licensed community hospital.
(P.A. 75-433, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-434, S. 6, 12.)
History: P.A. 76-434 substituted University of Connecticut Health Center for state department of health, deleted references to university hospitals and deleted provision giving commissioner of health authority to make regulations; Sec. 19- 30c transferred to Sec. 10-141l in 1979; Sec. 10-141l transferred to Sec. 10a-133 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.
See chapter 187c (Secs. 10a-250−10a-263, inclusive,) re John Dempsey Hospital Finance Corporation, generally.

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Secs. 10a-134 and 10a-135. Pilot program concerning purchases by the health center. Pilot program concerning leasing procedures of the health center. Sections 10a-134 and 10a-135 are repealed.
(P.A. 81-374, S. 2−4; P.A. 82-314, S. 29, 30, 63; P.A. 87-496, S. 64, 110; P.A. 88-136, S. 36, 37.)

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Sec. 10a-136. (Formerly Sec. 10-142). Buildings for religious activities. The trustees of The University of Connecticut are authorized to convey land of the university for the purpose of providing sites for buildings to house religious activities for students attending the university. Such religious buildings shall be constructed by, and under the auspices of, religious organizations. Said university is authorized under conditions imposed by the board of trustees to permit such buildings to connect to the water and heat and waste disposal systems of said university, such water and waste disposal connections to be removed when facilities for such services have been provided by the town.
(1949 Rev., S. 3296.)
History: Sec. 10-142 transferred to Sec. 10a-136 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-137. (Formerly Sec. 10-142a). Use by public agencies of swimming pool at Avery Point branch. The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut may contract with public agencies for the use of the swimming pool at the university branch at Avery Point, provided such contract shall include provision for compensation to the university for all expenses incurred in connection with such use.
(1969, P.A. 238, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 10-142a transferred to Sec. 10a-137 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-138. (Formerly Sec. 10-143). Water and waste disposal service. The University of Connecticut is authorized to furnish, for compensation, running water and sewage, garbage and waste disposal service for any property owned or occupied by it or in which it has an interest by reason of a possibility of reverter or of a restriction on alienation in its favor.
(1949 Rev., S. 3294; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 5.)
History: 1967 act substituted "on" for "or" in phrase "restriction on alienation in its favor"; Sec. 10-143 transferred to Sec. 10a-138 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.

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Sec. 10a-139. (Formerly Sec. 10-144). Traffic regulations on grounds of The University of Connecticut and The University of Connecticut Health Center. Disposition of fines. (a) The trustees of The University of Connecticut, subject to the approval of the State Traffic Commission, may prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of vehicles, may determine speed limits, may restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic and may designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway upon the grounds controlled by The University of Connecticut, and may erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions. Any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction shall be fined. Violation of any provision of this subsection shall be an infraction.
(b) All fines imposed upon students attending the university, less an amount not to exceed the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations, shall be deposited to the scholarship account of the university operating fund or an account of said fund for the purpose of library services or acquisitions, except that all fines imposed upon students attending The University of Connecticut Health Center, at Farmington, shall be deposited in a scholarship account within The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund established pursuant to section 10a-105, or an account of said fund for the purpose of library services or acquisitions.
(c) All other fines imposed at The University of Connecticut Health Center, at Farmington, shall be deposited in The University of Connecticut Health Center Operating Fund for use by said health center.
(d) All parking fines imposed upon persons other than students attending the university collected by the university pursuant to this section prior to July 1, 2001, shall be remitted to the town of Mansfield and a share of such fines as determined under an agreement between the university and the town shall be returned to the university. On and after July 1, 2001, all parking fines imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the University of Connecticut Operating Fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 3298; 1957, P.A. 387, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 589; P.A. 79-350, S. 1; P.A. 82-223, S. 3; P.A. 83-577, S. 9; P.A. 86-333, S. 30, 32; P.A. 91-256, S. 31, 69; P.A. 98-252, S. 46, 80.)
History: 1969 act increased fine in Subsec. (a) from ten to twenty-five dollars, deleted from Subsec. (b) specific fine for parking violations by students and provision that disciplinary action be in lieu of proceeding in Subsec. (a), leaving only provision that student fines be deposited in scholarship account, and added Subsecs. (c) to (e) re remission of fines to towns; P.A. 79-350 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to provide exception for fines imposed at Farmington Health Center; P.A. 82-223 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that violation of the Subsec. constituted an infraction, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting the provision that all other fines belong to the town in which the violation occurred, deleted Subsec. (d) as obsolete and redesignated Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d) and clarified that parking fines imposed upon nonstudents are remitted to Mansfield; Sec. 10-144 transferred to Sec. 10a-139 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 83-577 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fine from "not more than twenty-five dollars" to thirty-five dollars; P.A. 86- 333 specified that fine shall not be "not more than" thirty-five dollars in Subsec. (a); P.A. 91-256 deleted provision that fines not exceed thirty-five dollars, specified fines be deposited in the operating funds, deleting references to auxiliary services fund and language on library services and acquisitions and made technical changes; the words "the health center of the university," were changed editorially by the Revisors in Subsecs. (b) and (c) to "The University of Connecticut Health Center," for consistency with other statutory references; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (d) to allow the university to receive a share of the fines collected prior to July 1, 2001 and to require that fines collected after said date be deposited in the university operating fund rather than remitted to the town of Mansfield, effective July 1, 1998.
Annotation to former section 10-144:
Cited. 30 CS 524.

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Secs. 10a-140 and 10a-141. (Formerly Secs. 10-144a and 10-144b). Lease of land to private developers for rental housing and commercial establishments; taxation. Lease of state-owned land by the university. Sections 10a-140 and 10a-141 are repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(1967, P.A. 575, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 564; P.A. 75-425, S. 31, 32, 57; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 19, 73, 610; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; 82-342, S. 2, 3; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-496, S. 65, 66, 110; P.A. 91-256, S. 32, 69; P.A. 92- 261, S. 15, 17; P.A. 95-230, S. 29, 45; P.A. 97-247, S. 26, 27.)

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Sec. 10a-142. (Formerly Sec. 10-144c). Special police forces. (a) There are established special police forces for The University of Connecticut at Storrs and its several branches, The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic and Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. The members of each special police force shall have the same duties, responsibilities and authority under sections 7-281, 14-8, 54-1f and 54-33a and title 53a as members of a duly organized local police department. The jurisdiction of said special police forces shall extend to the geographical limits of the property owned or under the control of the above institutions, and to property occupied by The University of Connecticut in the town of Mansfield, except as provided in subsection (b) of section 7-277a.
(b) Members of said special police forces shall continue to be state employees and shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 67, and parts III and IV of chapter 185b. The provisions of part V of chapter 104 and section 7-433c shall not apply to such members.
(c) Said special police forces shall have access to, and use of, the Connecticut On- Line Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing System without charge.
(d) The chief executive officer of any institution listed in subsection (a) of this section which maintains a special police force may enter into an agreement with one or more of said other institutions which maintain a special police force to furnish or receive police assistance under the same conditions and terms specified in subsection (a) of section 7-277a.
(1972, P.A. 119, S. 1; P.A. 76-178, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-350, S. 2; P.A. 82-391, S. 5, 6; P.A. 83-466, S. 2; P.A. 84-255, S. 16, 21; P.A. 89-376, S. 1; P.A. 91-256, S. 33, 69; P.A. 92-154, S. 12, 23; P.A. 96-66.)
History: P.A. 76-178 extended provisions to include Central, Southern, Eastern and Western Connecticut State Colleges and included reference to Ch. 164, Part VII in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-350 included University of Connecticut Health Center at Farmington in Subsec. (a); P.A. 82-391 revised college names to reflect change to university status pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-144c transferred to Sec. 10a-142 in 1983; P.A. 83-466 added exception re Subsec. (b) of Sec. 7-277a; P.A. 84-255 amended Subsec. (a) clarifying that the police force covers the branches of The University of Connecticut; P.A. 89-376 added Subsec. (c), allowing special police force to have free use of COLLECT system; P.A. 91-256 in Subsec. (a) extended the jurisdiction to property occupied by The University of Connecticut in the town of Mansfield and added Subsec. (d) concerning the purchase of public safety and emergency vehicles and equipment; P.A. 92-154 deleted Subsec. (d) concerning the purchase of public safety and emergency vehicles and equipment; P.A. 96-66 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c) and added Subsec. (d) allowing mutual aid agreements among institutions for police assistance.

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Secs. 10a-142a to 10a-142e. Reserved for future use.

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Sec. 10a-142f. Litchfield County Center for Higher Education. Section 10a- 142f is repealed.
(P.A. 85-555, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-259, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-303, S. 21, 22.)

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PART IV
BOARD FOR STATE ACADEMIC AWARDS