(a) The Commissioner of Children and Families after consultation with the Council on Children and Families is authorized to invest the donation fund of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School held by said institution in accordance with the provisions of the statutes relating to the investment of trust funds and, for such purpose, may accept, execute and deliver transfers and conveyances of real and personal property in the name of the state, for the use and benefit of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.

(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall certify to the State Bond Commission that the resources derived from any sale authorized by public act 99-26* in the donation fund of Long Lane School created by this section are eligible for use for the costs incurred in the relocation of Long Lane School, including environmental site remediation, and the development of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School and related training facilities and are in accordance with any deed restrictions for the construction of the project and are not in violation of any tax or other covenants made in respect of bonds originally issued to finance the Long Lane School and related properties. Upon the approval of the State Bond Commission, the Treasurer is authorized to transfer all or a portion of such resources to the bond fund to which the bond authorization in section 1 of public act 99-26** has been or will be assigned.

(1949 Rev., S. 2754; 1969, P.A. 664, S. 19; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-26, S. 20, 25, 39; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)

*Note: Public act 99-26 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Connecticut Juvenile Training School”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1999” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

**Note: Section 1 of public act 99-26 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: 1969 act authorized commissioner of children and youth services to invest donation fund rather than the directors of the school; Sec. 17-372 transferred to Sec. 17a-27 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families and council on children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services and council on children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: The words “the department of” in the phrase “commissioner of the department of children and youth services” were deleted editorially by the Revisors to conform with customary statutory usage); P.A. 99-26 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. to provide that property transfers and conveyances are for the use and benefit of “Long Lane School or the Connecticut Juvenile Training School” rather than “said school” and added Subsec. (b) re the use and transfer of resources in the donation fund derived from the sale of state land, effective May 7, 1999, and further amended Subsec. (a) to replace “the donation fund of Long Lane School” with “the donation fund of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School” and provide that property transfers and conveyances are for the benefit of “the Connecticut Juvenile Training School” rather than “Long Lane School or the Connecticut Juvenile Training School”, effective upon the filing with the Governor and the General Assembly of written certification by the Commissioner of Children and Families that the new Connecticut Juvenile Training School is operational (Revisor's note: Said written certification was filed with the Senate and House Clerks on September 20, 2001, and with the Governor on September 21, 2001); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2013.