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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 480 of 739

accordance with section 3-20 of the general statutes and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due. (e) Not later than July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Office of Community Economic Development Assistance shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, planning and development and finance, revenue and bonding. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the activities undertaken by the office in the preceding fiscal year, the number of community development corporations established and certified in the preceding fiscal year, the number and amounts of grants awarded to certified community development corporations in the preceding fiscal year and a description and the locations of the projects undertaken by certified community development corporations in the preceding fiscal year. Sec. 362. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative