Sections 32-650 to 32-667, inclusive, and section 39 of public act 98-1 of the December special session*, as amended by public act 99-241** and public act 00-140**, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed, so as to effect their purposes. In connection with the overall project and stadium facility operations, the secretary, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the authority, the project manager, the prime construction contractor, the stadium facility manager and all other persons shall be governed by public act 99-241**, as amended by public act 00-140**, and chapter 588x, which shall control in the event of any inconsistency between public act 99-241**, as amended by public act 00-140** and chapter 588x and any other public or special act of the state or any agreement.

(P.A. 99-241, S. 46, 66; P.A. 00-140, S. 21, 40.)

*Note: Section 39 of public act 98-1 of the December special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

**Note: Public act 99-241 is entitled “An Act Increasing Certain Bond Authorizations for Capital Improvements, the Capital City Economic Development Authority, and the Convention Center and Sportsplex in Hartford and Associated Development Activities” and public act 00-140 is entitled “An Act Implementing the Master Development Plan for the Adriaen's Landing Project and the Stadium at Rentschler Field Project”. (See Reference Tables captioned “Public Acts of 1999” and “Public Acts of 2000”, respectively, in Volume 16 which list the sections amended, created or repealed by the acts.)

History: P.A. 99-241 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-140 revised section to account for termination of former Hartford Sportsplex project and establishment of the Adriaen's Landing and Rentschler Field stadium projects, effective May 2, 2000.