AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE STATION IN THE CITY OF NORWICH.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact percentage of the remaining thirty-three percent of funding or what happens if bonds are not issued as planned.

Act Allowing State Bonds for Police Station Construction

This act allows the state to issue bonds up to $33.5 million to fund sixty-seven percent of a new police station's construction costs in Norwich.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the state to issue up to $33.5 million in bonds.
• The money from these bonds will be used as a grant for building a police station in Norwich.

Who It Names or Affects

• The city of Norwich
• State Bond Commission

Terms To Know

Bonds

Money borrowed by a government that needs to be paid back with interest.

Grant-in-aid

Financial help given by the state to another organization or city for specific projects.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the remaining thirty-three percent of funding will be covered.
• It is unclear what happens if the bonds are not issued as planned.

Official Summary Text

To provide sixty-seven per cent of the funding necessary for the construction of a police station in the city of Norwich.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 863 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 177
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 863

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
REP. PEMBERTON, 139th Dist.
REP. WILSON, 46th Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE STATION IN THE CITY OF NORWICH.
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
thirty-three million five hundred thousand dollars, the proceeds of 4
which shall be used by the Department of Emergency Services and 5
Public Protection for the purpose of providing a grant-in-aid to the city 6
of Norwich for the construction of a police station. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To provide sixty -seven per cent of the funding necessary for the
construction of a police station in the city of Norwich.