As used in this section, “school building project” means (1) the construction, purchase, extension, furnishing, equipping or major alteration of a building to be used for public school purposes, including the acquisition and improvement of land therefor, with the improvements thereon, if any, and (2) the construction, furnishing and equipping of any building which the towns of Norwich, Winchester and Woodstock may provide by lease or otherwise for use by the Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy, respectively, in furnishing education for public school pupils under the provisions of section 10-34. Any municipality upon approval by a vote of the members present at a regular or special meeting of its legislative body, shall have the power, without further authority from the General Assembly, to issue its bonds, or temporary notes related thereto, which shall be obligatory upon the inhabitants thereof, for the purpose of financing in whole or in part any school building project. School bonds, or temporary notes related thereto, authorized pursuant to this section or section 10-56, shall bear interest at such rate or rates as shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of resolutions authorizing such bonds or notes.

(November, 1949, 1953, June, 1955, S. 988d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 66; 593, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 695, S. 7; P.A. 74-114, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-418, S. 11, 18; P.A. 78-218, S. 197; P.A. 82-253, S. 3, 4.)

History: 1971 act included purchase of buildings in definition of “school building project” and included consolidated towns and cities and consolidated towns and boroughs in bonding authorization; P.A. 74-114 included in definition provisions re Norwich Free Academy, Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy; P.A. 76-418 added provision re interest on bonds; P.A. 78-218 substituted “municipality” for “town, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough”; P.A. 82-253 added references to temporary notes to be in conformance with provisions in Sec. 10-287 under which grant installment payments are related to payments on municipal bonds, including payments to retire temporary notes under certain conditions, effective July 1, 1982, and applicable to installment payments made on or after that date to retire temporary notes renewed for the third and subsequent years pursuant to Sec. 7-378a or 7-378e.

Acquisition of a school building site is not subject to Sec. 10-291 and is not within definition of a school building project. 168 C. 135. Cited. 220 C. 556.