CHAPTER 266a
BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCING

      Sec. 15-101k. Legislative finding and determination. It is found and determined that the acquisition and construction of a modern and improved Bradley International Airport, including, but not limited to renovation and expansion of passenger terminal facilities, improvements to sewer and water delivery systems, installation of enplaning and deplaning devices, construction of new auto parking structures, improvements to the runway and taxiway system, expansion of the aircraft apron area adjacent to the passenger terminal and construction, renovation and expansion of any self-sustaining special facilities appurtenant thereto, including facilities for the provision of cargo, aircraft maintenance, hotel, and other aviation-related functions, are an important inducement for industrial and commercial enterprises to remain or locate in this state and therefore for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, the necessity in the public interest of providing such improved facilities is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.

      (P.A. 81-406, S. 3, 10; P.A. 87-396, S. 1; P.A. 93-413, S. 14, 16.)

      History: P.A. 87-396 changed word "structure" to "structures"; P.A. 93-413 added provisions re construction, renovation and expansion of self-sustaining special facilities, effective July 1, 1993.

      Sec. 15-101l. Bonds. (a) Bond authorization. The State Bond Commission may authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive. Such bonds shall be payable from all or a portion of the revenues of Bradley International Airport, as may be specified in the proceedings authorizing such bonds, and may include, among other types of bonds, special purpose revenue bonds payable solely from revenues derived from special purpose facilities, bonds payable from particular sources of revenues and bonds payable in whole or in part from passenger facility charges to the extent permitted under applicable federal law. The Commissioner of Transportation shall evidence a request to issue bonds by filing with the Treasurer a resolution duly adopted by the board identifying the projects or other improvements to be acquired, constructed and installed at Bradley International Airport and requesting issuance by the state of bonds to finance such projects and other improvements; the Treasurer thereupon shall file a request for the issuance of such bonds with the secretary of the State Bond Commission. The board of directors may appoint a finance or other committee of the board of one or more officers or employees to serve as the board's authorized delegate in connection with the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section.

      (b) Special obligations of state. Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be special obligations of the state and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, nor shall the state or any political subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to the extent of such pledged revenues. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The bonds shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. Bonds issued pursuant to sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and such bonds, 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.

      (c) Execution of bonds, maturity, terms and conditions. The bonds referred to in this section may be executed and delivered at such time or times, shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable rates to be determined in such manner as set forth in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds, provide for payment of interest on such dates, whether before or at maturity, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their date, have such rank or priority, be payable in such medium of payment, be issued in coupon, registered or book entry form, carry such registration and transfer privileges and be subject to purchase or redemption before maturity at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions, including the condition that such bonds be subject to purchase or redemption on the demand of the owner thereof, all as may be determined by the State Bond Commission. The State Bond Commission shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, the manner of execution of the bonds, the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the State Bond Commission may, under like restrictions, provide for the issuance of interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. If any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons cease to be officers before the delivery of any such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until delivery.

      (d) Sale of bonds. Any bonds issued under the authority of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, may be sold at public sale on sealed proposals or by negotiation in such manner, at such price and at such time or times as may be determined by the Treasurer to be most advantageous, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission. The state may pay from the proceeds of the bonds all costs and expenses which the Treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof, including the cost of interest on any short-term financing authorized under subsection (b) of section 15-101n.

      (e) Bonds secured by pledge of revenues. The principal of and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable. They may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived or by a pledge of one or more leases, sale contracts or loan agreements with respect to such project or by a pledge of one or more notes, debentures, bonds or other secured or unsecured debt obligations of any lessee or contracting party under a loan agreement or sale contract or by a pledge of reserve and sinking funds established pursuant to the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and any other funds and accounts, including proceeds from investment of any of the foregoing, established pursuant to this chapter or the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and by moneys paid under a 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 authorized by such proceedings.

      (f) Agreements and provisions in instruments securing bonds. The proceedings under which the bonds are authorized to be issued pursuant to this section, and any mortgage given to secure the same, may, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, but not limited to: (1) Provisions respecting custody of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, including their investment and reinvestment until used for the cost of the project; (2) provisions respecting the fixing and collection of rents or payments with respect to the facilities of Bradley International Airport and the application and use of passenger facility charges; (3) the terms to be incorporated in the lease, sale contract or loan agreement with respect to the project; (4) the maintenance and insurance of the project; (5) the creation, maintenance, custody, investment and reinvestment and use of the revenues derived from the operation of Bradley International Airport; (6) establishment of reserves or sinking funds, and such accounts thereunder as may be established by the State Bond Commission, and the regulation and disposition thereof; (7) the rights and remedies available in case of a default to the bondholders or to any trustee under any lease, sale contract, loan agreement, mortgage or trust indenture; (8) reimbursement agreements remarketing agreements, standby bond purchase agreements or similar agreements in connection with obtaining any credit or liquidity facilities including, but not limited to, letters of credit or policies of bond insurance and such other agreements entered into pursuant to section 3-20a; (9) provisions for the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore issued, including establishment of coverage requirements with respect thereto; (10) covenants to do or to refrain from doing such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to better secure any bonds or to maintain any federal or state exemption from tax of the interest on such bonds; and (11) provisions or covenants of like or different character from the foregoing which are consistent with the provisions of this chapter and which the State Bond Commission determines in such proceedings are necessary, convenient or desirable in order to better secure the bonds or bond anticipation notes, or will tend to make the bonds or bond anticipation notes more marketable, and which are in the best interests of the state. The proceedings under which the bonds are authorized, and any mortgage given to secure the same, may further provide that any cash balances not necessary (A) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley International Airport, (B) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same shall become due and payable, and (C) to create and maintain reserve and sinking funds as provided in any authorizing resolution, or other proceedings shall be deposited into a Bradley International Airport working fund to be held in trust by the treasurer and applied to future debt service requirements or other general airport purposes.

      (g) Trust indenture. In the discretion of the State Bond Commission, bonds issued pursuant to this section may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the state and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the state in relation to the exercise of its powers pursuant to sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys. The state may provide by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenues from the operation of Bradley International Airport to the trustee under such trust indenture or other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the operating expenses of the project. If the bonds shall be secured by a trust indenture, the bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.

      (h) Validity of pledge. Any pledge made by the state shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and the revenues or property so pledged and thereafter received by the state shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the state, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.

      (i) Treasurer may purchase bonds or notes. The Treasurer shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase bonds or notes of the state issued pursuant to this section and section 15-101n. The Treasurer may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders.

      (j) Negotiable instruments. Whether or not the notes and bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code, the notes and bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to the provisions of the notes and bonds for registration.

      (k) Investment of moneys. Any moneys held by the Treasurer with respect to Bradley International Airport, or by a trustee pursuant to a trust indenture, subject to the provisions of such indenture, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds and notes, and revenues, receipts and income from the operation of Bradley International Airport may be invested and reinvested in such obligations, securities, and other investments, including without limitation participation certificates in the Short Term Investment Fund created in section 3-27a, or deposited or redeposited in such bank or banks, all as shall be authorized by the State Bond Commission in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds and notes.

      (l) Costs payable out of proceeds. For the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, the costs of the project payable out of the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this section shall include: (i) Expenses and obligations incurred for labor and materials in connection with the construction of the project; (ii) the cost of acquiring by purchase, if such purchase shall be deemed expedient, and the amount of any award or final judgment in any proceedings to acquire by condemnation, such land, property rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other interests in land as may be deemed necessary or convenient in connection with such construction or with the operation of the project, and the amount of any damages incident thereto; (iii) the costs of all machinery and equipment acquired in connection with the project; (iv) reserves for the payment of the principal of and interest on any notes and bonds issued pursuant to this section and section 15-101n, and interest accruing on any such notes, during construction of the project and for six months after completion of such construction; (v) initial working capital, expenses of administration properly chargeable to the construction or acquisition of the project, legal, architectural and engineering expenses and fees, costs of audits, costs of preparing and issuing any notes and bonds pursuant to this section and section 15-101n; and (vi) all other items of expense not elsewhere specified incident to the planning, acquisition and construction of the project or of the placing of the same in operation.

      (m) Request for authorization by secretary. None of the bonds authorized pursuant to this section shall be issued and sold except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or on said secretary's behalf and stating such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require.

      (n) Definition of "project". For purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, the term "project" shall refer to the renovations and improvements to be acquired and constructed at Bradley International Airport as may be specified from time to time by the board in a resolution as contemplated by subsection (a) of this section.

      (P.A. 81-406, S. 4, 10; P.A. 87-396, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4, S. 14, 25; P.A. 93-307, S. 29, 34; 93-413, S. 15, 16; P.A. 98-124, S. 8, 12; 98-259, S. 9, 17; P.A. 99-191, S. 18, 19; P.A. 00-167, S. 62, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 12, 18.)

      History: P.A. 87-396 amended Subsec. (a) by changing the limit in the amount of bonds authorized from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000; amended Subsec. (c) by removing archaic language, providing for the inclusion of variable rates of interest, providing for the issuance in such entry form, providing that bonds be subject to purchase or redemption and providing for the condition that such bonds be subject to purchase or redemption on the demand of the owner thereof; amended Subsec. (e) by providing that bonds may be secured by proceeds from the investment in any instruments in the section and by moneys paid under a credit facility, including, but not limited to, a letter of credit or policy of bond insurance; amended Subsec. (f) by allowing bond proceedings or mortgage given to secure the same to include reimbursement agreements in connection with credit facilities, provisions for the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore issued and provisions approved by the state bond commission which are desirable in order to better secure the bonds or make them more marketable and made technical amendments to Subsec. (k); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-4 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease the bond authorization from $200,000,000 to $104,000,000; P.A. 93-307 and 93-413 both amended Subsec. (a) to exclude special obligation bonds issued to finance self-sustaining special facilities from calculation of maximum aggregate amount of bonds that may be issued, effective July 1, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1997 the Revisors editorially changed a reference in Subsec. (i) from "section 14-101n" to "section 15-101n", thereby correcting a clerical error in the codification of P.A. 81-406, S. 4); P.A. 98-124 amended Subsec. (f)(9) to add agreements entered into pursuant to Sec. 3-20a, effective May 27, 1998; P.A. 98-259 amended Subsec. (a) to increase authorization from $104,000,000 to $234,000,000, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-191 amended Subsec. (a) to change authorization to $254,000,000, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-167 amended Subsec. (a) to change authorization to $294,000,000, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re aggregate amount of bonds and adding provisions re authorized types of bonds, sources of payment, procedures re issuance and duties of the Bradley Board of Directors, made conforming and technical amendments in Subsecs. (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (l), (m) and (n), amended Subsec. (f) by adding provisions re passenger facility charges, covenants, liquidity facilities and standby bond purchase agreements and amended Subsec. (n) by deleting reference to Sec. 15-101k and adding provision re board resolution, effective July 2, 2001.

      Sec. 15-101m. Management of airport. (a) Commissioner to establish rates, rents, fees and charges. Exception. Subject to the provisions of the general statutes and resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds pursuant to subsection (a) of section 15-101l, the Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by the facilities of Bradley International Airport and to contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation, or other body, public or private, in respect thereof except that, the commissioner shall not impose any fee, charge or commission on the gross revenues of off-airport parking operators for the right to access said airport that exceeds five per cent of such gross revenues for calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 1997, and prior to July 1, 1998, and four per cent of such gross revenues for calendar quarters commencing on or after July 1, 1998. Such rates, rents, fees and charges shall be fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of rates, rents, fees and charges from the operation of Bradley International Airport so as to provide funds sufficient with other revenues or moneys available therefor, if any, (1) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley International Airport and each and every portion thereof, to the extent that the payment of such cost has not otherwise been adequately provided for, (2) to pay the principal of and the interest on any outstanding revenue obligations of the state issued in respect of the project as the same shall become due and payable and (3) to create and maintain reserves and sinking funds required or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing, such bonds. A sufficient amount of the revenues as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair and operation and to provide reserves and for renewals, replacements, extensions, enlargements and improvements as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, shall be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in such resolution or trust agreement in a reserve, sinking or other similar fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as the same shall become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such reserve, sinking or other similar fund shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust agreement.

      (b) Designation of fiscal year. Annual operating budget. Personnel. The Department of Transportation shall designate the beginning and ending dates of the fiscal year for the operation of Bradley International Airport. Each year, within ninety days prior to the beginning of the next ensuing fiscal year, the Department of Transportation shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management an annual operating budget for Bradley International Airport for such fiscal year, providing for (1) payment of the costs of maintaining, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley International Airport and each and every portion thereof during such fiscal year, to the extent that the payment of such costs has not otherwise been adequately provided for, (2) the payment of the principal of and interest on any outstanding revenue obligations of the state issued in respect of the project and becoming due and payable in such fiscal year and (3) the creation and maintenance of reserves and sinking funds required or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing, such bonds. Such annual operating budget shall include an estimate of revenues from the rates, rents, fees and charges fixed by the Department of Transportation pursuant to subsection (a), and from any and all other sources, to meet the estimated expenditures of Bradley International Airport for such fiscal year. Within thirty days prior to the first day of such fiscal year the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall approve said annual operating budget, with such changes, amendments, additions and deletions as shall be agreed upon prior to that date by the Department of Transportation and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The annual operating budget of Bradley International Airport as so approved shall take effect as of the date of its approval. On or before the twentieth day of each month, including the month next preceding the first month of the fiscal year to which the annual operating budget applies, the Treasurer or the trustee under any trust indenture securing the bonds issued under subsection (a) of section 15-101l shall pay to the Department of Transportation out of the funds available for such purpose such amount as may be necessary to make the amount then held by said department for the payment of operating expenses of Bradley International Airport equal to such amount as shall be necessary for the payment of such operating expenses during the next ensuing two months, as shown by the annual operating budget for such fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided in sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, either expressly or by implication, all provisions of the general statutes governing state employees and state property, and all other provisions of the general statutes applicable to Bradley International Airport, shall continue in effect. All pension, retirement or other similar benefits vested or acquired at any time before or after July 1, 1981, with respect to any state employees shall continue unaffected and as if the salaries and wages of such employees continued to be paid out of the general funds of the state.

      (c) Operating budget submitted to General Assembly committee. On the day the Department of Transportation submits an annual operating budget for Bradley International Airport to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the department shall submit a copy of such budget to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis. Upon the approval of the annual operating budget, the department shall submit a copy of the budget as so approved to said joint standing committee, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

      (P.A. 81-406, S. 5, 10; P.A. 91-334, S. 1, 3; P.A. 97-269, S. 1, 2.)

      History: Section effective from date of first issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to Sec. 15-101l or 15-101n; P.A. 91-334 added Subsec. (c) re submittal of airport's annual operating budget to general assembly committee, through office of fiscal analysis; P.A. 97-269 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception re access fees for off-airport parking operators at Bradley International Airport, effective July 1, 1997.

      Sec. 15-101n. Refunding bonds. Bond anticipation notes. (a) Any bonds issued under the provisions of section 15-101l or to refund any such bonds issued under such section, and at any time outstanding may at any time from time to time be refunded by the state by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amounts as the State Bond Commission may deem necessary, but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds to be so refunded, any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith and to pay costs and expenses which the Treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of refunding bonds. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have matured or shall thereafter mature. All refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable and shall be subject to and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of section 15-101l.

      (b) Whenever the State Bond Commission has adopted a resolution authorizing bonds pursuant to section 15-101l, the Treasurer may, pending the issue of such bonds, issue, in the name of the state, temporary notes and any renewals thereof in anticipation of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, which notes and any renewals thereof shall be designated "Bond Anticipation Notes". Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds as may be so required shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on any such bond anticipation notes which have been issued. The principal of and interest on any bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be repaid from pledged revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged to the repayment of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are issued, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of renewals thereof or of the bonds.

      (P.A. 81-406, S. 6, 10; P.A. 87-396, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 13, 18.)

      History: P.A. 87-396 amended Subsec. (a) by authorizing the payment of costs and expenses which the treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous and amended Subsec. (b) by authorizing the payment of the principal and interest on any bond anticipation notes from pledged revenue or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged to the repayment of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are issued, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of renewals thereof or of the bonds; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 changed references to Sec. 15-101l(a) to Sec. 15-101l in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re refunds of any bonds issued under Sec. 15-101l and deleting provision requiring that refunding bonds be payable "solely from the revenues out of which the bonds to be refunded thereby are payable", effective June 2, 2001.

      Sec. 15-101o. Notes and bonds to be tax-exempt. Legal securities. (a) It is hereby determined that the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, are public purposes and that the state will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it hereunder. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the state pursuant to sections 15-101l and 15-101n, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds, that the principal and interest of such notes and bonds shall at all times be free from taxation, except for estate and gift taxes, imposed by the state or by any political subdivision thereof but the interest on such notes and bonds shall be included in the computation of any excise or franchise tax. The Treasurer is authorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with the holder of such notes or bonds. Any notes or bonds issued by the state pursuant to sections 15-101l and 15-101n may be issued on a basis that provides that the interest thereon is intended to be exempt or not to be exempt from federal income taxation, as may be determined by the Treasurer.

      (b) Bonds issued under the authority of section 15-101l are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter, be authorized by law.

      (P.A. 81-406, S. 7, 10; P.A. 89-331, S. 14, 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 14, 18.)

      History: P.A. 89-331 clarified the exemption from taxation of the principal and interest of the bonds; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re interest on notes and bonds to be included in the computation of excise or franchise tax and adding provision re notes and bonds issued by the state pursuant to Secs. 15-101l and 15-101n, and amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference to Sec. 15-101l(a) to Sec. 15-101l, effective July 2, 2001.

      Sec. 15-101p. (Formerly Sec. 15-101). Airport revenues held in trust. Separate account. Contract with holders of notes or bonds. All revenue from the operation of Bradley International Airport shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be held in trust, and the Treasurer shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts in banks or trust companies organized under the law of the state or in national banking associations doing business in the state, provided that the Treasurer shall have power to contract with the holders of any notes or bonds issued pursuant to section 15-101l or 15-101n, or with a trustee acting pursuant to a trust indenture for the benefit of such holders, as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and application of the proceeds of such notes and bonds and of the revenue from the operation of Bradley International Airport, and to carry out such contracts. Such account or accounts shall constitute a separate nonlapsing enterprise fund to be known as the "Bradley Enterprise Fund".

      (1949 Rev., S. 4844; 1949, S. 2430d; P.A. 81-406, S. 8, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 15, 18.)

      History: P.A. 81-406 provided that all funds derived from the operation of the airport are to be held in trust and deposited in a separate account and authorized the treasurer to contract with the holders of any notes or bonds issued pursuant to this chapter where previous provisions required payment of all revenues into general fund and required payment of principal and interest on bonds from general fund effective from date of first issuance of bonds or note pursuant to Sec. 15-101l or 15-101n; Sec. 15-101 transferred to Sec. 15-101p in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 added provision re account or accounts to constitute a separate nonlapsing enterprise fund to be known as the Bradley Enterprise Fund, effective July 2, 2001.

      Annotation to former section 15-101:

      Bradley Field is state property and suits against it are subject to governmental immunity. 18 CS 373.

      Sec. 15-101q. Transferred to Chapter 266c, Sec. 15-101xx.

      Secs. 15-101r and 15-101s. Airport commission established; appointment of members; compensation and expenses; quorum; financial interest in airport prohibited. Powers and duties of commission; responsibilities of Commissioner of Transportation. Sections 15-101r and 15-101s are repealed, effective July 2, 2001.

      (P.A. 82-316, S. 1, 2, 6; P.A. 91-405, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 17, 18.)

      Sec. 15-101t. Bradley International Airport terminal improvement and renovation project. Solicitation of bids. Award of contract. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13a-95 and other statutes related to competitive bidding procedures, the Commissioner of Transportation may direct the construction manager for the Bradley International Airport terminal improvement and renovation project to solicit and prequalify responsible and qualified contractors. The list of prequalified contractors shall be approved by the commissioner. The construction manager shall obtain bids on the different construction elements of the project from the contractors on said list. The construction manager shall evaluate all such bids that are fair and reasonable with regard to the state's interest, from at least three prequalified contractors, and make a recommendation for selection to the commissioner. The commissioner shall make the final selection and the construction manager shall award the contract to the selected bidder. Any contractor awarded said contract pursuant to this section shall be subject to the same requirements concerning the furnishing of bonds as a contractor awarded a contract pursuant to section 13a-95.

      (P.A. 99-181, S. 35, 40.)

      History: P.A. 99-181 effective June 23, 1999.

      See Sec. 15-101k re scope of airport "project", as defined in Sec. 15-101l(n).

      Secs. 15-101u to 15-101z. Reserved for future use.