(a) Any grant for a completed school building project approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of sections 10-282 and 10-286 shall include an amount equal to the percentage determined in section 10-285a of the site-acquisition costs related to such project which are determined to be eligible by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, provided the site of such project was approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and by the local board of education in such school district prior to the date of beginning of construction. Such site-acquisition grant shall be in addition to the amount granted pursuant to section 10-286. In the case of new school building projects the date of site acquisition shall have no bearing on approval of a site-acquisition grant.

(b) For purposes of determining the amount of grants pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for a priority school district under section 10-266p, the Department of Administrative Services shall allow the reasonable cost, as determined by the commissioner, of acquiring property adjacent to an existing school site as an eligible cost if the acreage of the existing school site is less than half of the number of the acres permitted under regulations adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to this chapter.

(c) For projects authorized, and sites selected for school use, on and after July 1, 2007, remediation costs of the site and site improvements eligible for grant assistance under this chapter shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the appraised value of the site with improvements unless the purchase price is such that the sum of the purchase price plus remediation costs of the site and site improvements does not exceed one hundred twenty-five per cent of the appraised value of the site and improvements.

(1967, P.A. 588, S. 4; P.A. 76-418, S. 6, 18; P.A. 78-352, S. 3; P.A. 82-22, S. 2, 4; P.A. 84-460, S. 10, 16; P.A. 87-499, S. 24, 34; P.A. 88-360, S. 32, 63; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-5, S. 37, 49; P.A. 99-239, S. 18, 32; P.A. 07-249, S. 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)

History: P.A. 76-418 required approval of state board of education as well as of local board of education for sites; P.A. 78-352 deleted reference to projects approved “after July 1, 1967”, making provisions generally applicable and allowed payment of site acquisition costs in amount equal to “percentage determined in section 10-285a” rather than one-half of cost; P.A. 82-22 removed reference to Sec. 10-286a, repealed by the same act; P.A. 84-460 deleted reference to Sec. 10-286c and substituted “eligible” for “necessary” re costs related to the project; P.A. 87-499 provided that the project site be approved by the commissioner rather than the state board of education; P.A. 88-360 substituted “commissioner” for “state board” of education; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-5 removed language which limited the site acquisition grant to additions to the site which are required by the project in the case of the extension of an existing school building or major alteration; P.A. 99-239 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re acquisition of property adjacent to an existing school site in a priority school district, effective June 28, 1999; P.A. 07-249 added Subsec. (c) re remediation costs and site improvements for projects authorized on and after July 1, 2007, effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Education” and “Department of Education” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013.