(a) The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority is constituted as a subsidiary of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall be deemed a quasi-public agency for purposes of chapter 12 and for the purpose of assisting borrowers, as defined in section 10a-223, and Connecticut institutions for higher education, as defined in said section 10a-223, in the financing and refinancing of the cost of higher education. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall have all the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other exemptions of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority and may exercise the powers granted pursuant to chapter 187b, which shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential public and government function. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall be subject to suit and liability solely from the assets, revenues and resources of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority and without recourse to the general funds, revenues, resources or any other assets of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority is authorized, for the purposes set forth in chapter 187b, to mortgage, convey or dispose of its assets and pledge its revenues in order to secure any borrowing, provided each such borrowing or mortgage shall be a special obligation of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, which obligation may be in the form of bonds, bond anticipation notes or other obligations which evidence an indebtedness to the extent permitted under chapter 187b to fund, refinance and refund such borrowing and provide for the rights of holders of such bonds, bond anticipation notes or other obligation, and to secure such bonds, bond anticipation notes or other obligation by pledge of revenues, notes and mortgages of others, and which shall be payable solely from the assets, revenues and other resources of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall have the purposes which shall be consistent with chapter 187b.

(b) The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of the following nine members: (1) The State Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, who shall serve as an ex-officio voting member; (2) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as an ex-officio voting member; (3) the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or the president's designee, who shall serve as an ex-officio voting member; (4) the chairperson of the board of directors of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority; (5) the executive director of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority; (6) two residents of the state, each of whom is an active or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of a Connecticut institution for higher education, appointed by the board of directors of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority; (7) a resident of this state with a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge and experience in the higher education loan field, appointed by the board of directors of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority; and (8) a resident of this state with a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge and experience in either the higher education loan field or in state and municipal finance, appointed by the board of directors of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority. Of the four appointed members, not more than two may be members of the same political party. One appointed member shall serve until the earlier of July 1, 2017, or, if such person was a member of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board on June 30, 2012, the date on which such member's then current term was originally scheduled to end. One appointed member shall serve until the earlier of July 1, 2018, or, if such person was a member of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board on June 30, 2012, the date on which such member's then current term was originally scheduled to end. Except as provided in this subsection and notwithstanding the original date of expiration of the term of any person who is an appointed member of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board on June 30, 2012, the term of all such persons shall expire on July 1, 2012. The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority board shall appoint a member or members each for a term of six years or until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified to succeed the members whose terms expire. Said authority board shall fill any vacancy for the unexpired term. A member of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board shall be eligible for reappointment. Any member of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board may be removed by the appointing authority for misfeasance, malfeasance or wilful neglect of duty. Each member of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board before entering upon his or her duties shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by section 1 of article eleventh of the State Constitution. A record of each such oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State.

(c) The chairperson of the board of the directors of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority shall serve as chairperson of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board shall annually elect one of its members as vice-chairman. The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board may appoint an executive director, who shall be an employee of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority board.

(d) To the extent necessary or appropriate to assure that the interest on any of its bonds, notes or other obligations are or continue to be excluded from the gross income of the recipients for federal income tax purposes, the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority or the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall take such actions to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, if necessary, to qualify and maintain such subsidiary as a corporation exempt from taxation under said Internal Revenue Code.

(e) The provisions of section 1-125, subsection (e) of section 10a-185 and this subsection shall apply to any officer, director, designee or employee appointed as a member, director or officer of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority. Any such persons so appointed shall not be personally liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority as provided in said section 1-125. The subsidiary shall and the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority may provide for the indemnification to protect, save harmless and indemnify such officer, director, designee or employee as provided by said section 1-125.

(f) The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority or the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority may take such actions as are necessary to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, to qualify and maintain any such subsidiary as a corporation exempt from taxation under said Internal Revenue Code.

(P.A. 12-149, S. 3; P.A. 15-200, S. 4; P.A. 16-15, S. 34.)

History: P.A. 12-149 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 15-200 amended Subsec. (b) to revise the membership criteria for two members of the board of directors and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016.