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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 526 of 739

regional board of education and the inclusion as an addendum to the priority list those towns requesting forgiveness of a refund to the state for the unamortized balance of the state grant remaining as of the date of the abandonment, sale, lease, demolition or redirection of a school building project to other than a public school use during such amortization period, the state shall grant forgiveness to the town of New Fairfield for projects accepted as complete by the local board of education for the town at meetings held on October 19, 2017, May 2, 2019, and June 6, 2019. Sec. 392. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-283 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section concerning ineligible costs, the town of Seymour shall be eligible to receive reimbursement and release of final retainage for certain ineligible costs associated with ineligible panels for the roof replacement and energy conservation project at Seymour High School (Project Number 124-0055 RR/EC). (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-292 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services requiring that a bid not be let out until plans and specifications have been approved by the Department of Administrative Services, the town of Seymour may let out for bid on and commence a project for roof replacement and energy conservation at Seymour High School and shall be eligible to subsequently be considered for a grant commitment from the state, provided plans and specifications have been approved by the Department of Administrative Services. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-286 of the general statutes or any regulation adopted by the State Board of Education or the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to said section concerning the calculation of grants using the state standard space