The State Treasurer shall issue bonds and notes of the state, in accordance with the provisions of section 3-20, in the sum of five million dollars to be denominated on the face thereof “Beach Erosion and Flood Control Bonds of the State of Connecticut”, or “Beach Erosion and Flood Control Notes of the State of Connecticut”, as the case may be. Four million dollars authorized under this section shall be allocated and expended exclusively for beach erosion control, and the remaining one million dollars thus authorized shall be allocated and expended exclusively for flood control. The full faith and credit of the state is pledged for the payment of the interest on and principal of such bonds. Such bonds shall be sold at not less than par and shall be issued so as to mature at a time or times set by the State Bond Commission. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds and notes shall be used to make the loans authorized in section 25-72, and to defray the share of the state in any beach erosion or flood control system. Payment of the share of such local authority shall be made by the State Treasurer on certification of the commission in accordance with the contract of financial assistance between the state and such local authority. All payments by the local authority shall be paid to the State Treasurer. The principal of, and interest on, such bonds and notes shall first be paid from sums received from such local authorities and then from any sums received from the federal government as reimbursement under section 25-74. If, in any year, said sums are not sufficient, such deficit shall be paid from the General Fund; and if in any year said sums are more than sufficient to meet the principal of the bonds and notes maturing in such year, with interest thereon, the balance shall be applied to the payment of, and principal on, the bonds or notes maturing in any succeeding year or years. The State Treasurer is authorized to invest in direct obligations of the United States of America such moneys as he deems available for such purpose.

(1955, S. 2403d; November, 1955, S. N211; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 31; 645, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 16, S. 6.)