(a) There is hereby created as a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, which is empowered to carry out the purposes of the corporation, which are hereby determined to be public purposes for which public funds may be expended. Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, shall not be construed to be a department, institution or agency of the state.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 32-11a

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

(b) All notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the Connecticut Development Authority or the Connecticut Development Commission for the financing of any project or projects shall be in accordance with their terms of full force and effect and valid and binding upon Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, as the successor to the Connecticut Development Authority, and with respect to any resolution, contract, deed, trust agreement, mortgage, conditional sale or loan agreement, commitment, obligation or liability or other such document, public record, right, remedy, special act or public act, obligation, liability or responsibility pertaining thereto, the corporation shall be, and shall be deemed to be, the successor to the Connecticut Development Authority. All properties, rights in land, buildings and equipment and any funds, moneys, revenues and receipts or assets of the Connecticut Development Commission pledged or otherwise securing any such notes, bonds or other obligations shall belong to the corporation as successor to the Connecticut Development Authority, subject to such pledges and other security arrangements and to agreements with the holders of the outstanding notes, bonds or other obligations. Any resolution with respect to the issuance of bonds of the commission for the purposes of the act and any other action taken by the commission with respect to assisting in the financing of any project shall be, or shall be deemed to be, a resolution of the corporation or an action taken by the corporation subject only to any agreements with the holders of outstanding notes, bonds or other obligations of the commission.

(c)-(j) Repealed by June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 292.

(k) Repealed by P.A. 00-136, S. 9.

(l) Repealed by June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 292.