§ 15-120ii — Rates, rents, fees and charges. Annual operating budget.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary and subject to any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds pursuant to section 15-120ff, the authority is authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect rates, rents, fees and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by the facilities of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports and to contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation, or other body, public or private, in respect thereof. Such rates, rents, fees and charges shall be fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of rates, rents, fees and charges from the operation of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports so as to provide funds sufficient with other revenues or moneys available therefor, if any, (1) to pay the cost of maintaining, improving, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports and each and every portion thereof, to the extent that the payment of such cost has not otherwise been adequately provided for, (2) to pay the principal of and the interest on any outstanding revenue obligations of the authority, including obligations of the state that may be assumed by the authority, issued in respect of the project as the same shall become due and payable, and (3) to create and maintain reserves and sinking funds required, permitted or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing, such obligations. A sufficient amount of the revenues as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair and operation and to provide reserves and for renewals, replacements, extensions, enlargements and improvements, as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, shall be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in such resolution or trust agreement in a reserve, sinking or other similar fund. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such reserve, sinking or other similar fund shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust agreement. (b) The authority shall designate the beginning and ending dates of the fiscal year for the operation of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports. The authority shall approve an annual operating budget for Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports for each such fiscal year, providing for (1) payment of the costs of maintaining, repairing and operating the facilities of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports and each and every portion thereof during such fiscal year, to the extent that the payment of such costs has not otherwise been adequately provided for, (2) the payment of the principal of and interest on any outstanding revenue obligations of the authority, including obligations of the state that may be assumed by the authority, becoming due and payable in such fiscal year, and (3) the creation and maintenance of reserves and sinking funds, and compliance with rate covenants, required, permitted or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing, such obligations. Such annual operating budget shall include an estimate of revenues from the rates, rents, fees and charges fixed by the authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and from any and all other sources, to meet the estimated expenditures of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports for such fiscal year. The annual operating budget of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports as so approved shall take effect as of the date of its approval. On or before the twentieth day of each month, including the month next preceding the first month of the fiscal year to which the annual operating budget applies, the authority or the trustee under any trust indenture securing the bonds issued under section 15-120ff , at the direction of the authority, shall transfer to operating advance accounts established by the authority from the funds available for such purpose such amount as may be necessary to make the amount then held within such accounts for the payment of operating expenses of Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports equal to such amount as shall be necessary for the payment of such operating expenses during the next ensuing two months, as shown by the annual operating budget for such fiscal year. Except as otherwise provided in sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo , inclusive, either expressly or by implication, all provisions of the general statutes governing state employees and state property, and all other provisions of the general statutes applicable to Bradley, the general aviation airports and any other airports, shall continue in effect. All pension, retirement or other similar benefits vested or acquired at any time before or after July 1, 1981, with respect to any state employees shall continue unaffected and as if the salaries and wages of such employees continued to be paid out of the general funds of the state.

Legislative History

(P.A. 11-84, S. 9; P.A. 23-135, S. 28.) History: P.A. 11-84 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 23-135 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting deadline to approve annual operating budget, effective July 1, 2023.