AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A YOUTH CENTER IN THE FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY OF NEW HAVEN.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not define general terms like bonds or grants, so those definitions were removed per instructions.

State Bonds to Fund a Youth Center in New Haven

This bill allows the state to issue up to $2,500,000 in bonds to give money to New Haven for developing a youth center.

What This Bill Does

• Empowers the State Bond Commission to authorize new state bonds.
• Limits the total amount of these bonds to two million five hundred dollars.
• Requires that bond proceeds go to the Department of Economic and Community Development.
• Directs funds as a grant-in-aid to the city of New Haven.
• Specifies that money must be used for developing a youth center in Fair Haven.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Bond Commission
• The Department of Economic and Community Development
• The City of New Haven

Limits and Unknowns

• No effective date is provided in this document to show when the law starts.

Official Summary Text

To provide funding for the development of a youth center in the Fair Haven community of New Haven.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 747 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5135
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 747

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
REP. CANDELARIA J., 95th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR A YOUTH
CENTER IN THE FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY OF NEW HAVEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the State Bond Commission be empowered to authorize the 1
issuance of bonds of the state in accordance with section 3 -20 of the 2
general statutes, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate 3
two million five hundred dollars, the proceeds of which shall be used 4
by the Department of Economic and Community Development for the 5
purpose of providing a grant -in-aid to the city of New Haven for the 6
development of a youth center in the Fair Haven community of said city. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To provide funding for the development of a youth center in the Fair
Haven community of New Haven.