Bill > SB00085

This bill authorizes and adjusts state bonds, concerning the UConn 2000 program, and establishes grant programs for supplemental graduate student loans, war or veterans' memorials, and aging-in-place, with a total appropriation of $76,500,000 for new projects and significant adjustments to existing bond authorizations. * **Department of Administrative Services:** $20,000,000 for site acquisition, planning, and construction to replace the Wethersfield fleet garage. * **Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection:** $1,500,000 for the purchase, construction, and maintenance of a new mesonet system. * **Department of Correction:** $10,000,000 for security upgrades and $10,000,000 for electronic health records systems. * **Department of Energy and Environmental Protection:** $5,000,000 for natural diversity data base mapping enhancements and IT resources to streamline permitting and environmental review processes. * **Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority:** $30,000,000 for the Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program. * **Department of Veterans Affairs:** $2,000,000 for grants to municipalities and nonprofit providers for capital projects related to war or veterans' memorials or monuments. * **Department of Aging and Disability Services:** $10,000 per eligible homeowner for accessibility modifications to enable aging-in-place, with a total grant amount not specified but capped per homeowner. * **School Building Projects:** An increase of $4,500,000 to the existing authorization, bringing the total to $15,012,160,000 for grants to school building projects addressing safety, health violations, and damage. * **University of Connecticut (UConn) 2000 Program:** Adjustments and additions to various project funding within the UConn 2000 program, including significant increases for equipment, library collections, telecommunications, and deferred maintenance at the Health Center. * **Department of Housing:** $38,000,000 to capitalize down payment assistance for the homeownership loan program. * **Office of the Chief Medical Examiner:** An increase of $34,600,000 to the existing authorization, bringing the total to $62,600,000 for facility design, alteration, renovation, and construction. * **Local and Regional Boards of Education and Municipalities:** $3,500,000 for the purchase and installation of water bottle filling stations and automated external defibrillators in schools and municipal buildings. * **New Windham Technical High School:** An increase of $150,000,000 to the existing authorization, bringing the total to $263,705,019 for design and construction. * **Data Center Equipment:** An increase of $32,000,000 to the existing authorization, bringing the total to $48,000,000 for a new data center. * **Transportation Projects:** The bill makes several adjustments to bond authorizations for transportation-related projects, including changes to federal program bond limits and allocations for town highway maintenance and public transportation services.