LCO No. 7169 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7420 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 7169 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: (GAE) AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND ON PERCIVAL AVE NUE IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision 1 of the general statutes, on or before July 1, 2019, the Commissioner of 2 Transportation shall solicit competitive bids to sell a parcel of land 3 located in the town of Berlin. Said parcel of land is .045 acre and is 4 identified as the parcel of land adjacent to the Kensington 5 Congregational Church located at 312 Percival Avenue in the town of 6 Berlin, and is further identified as the parcel described in Department 7 of Transportation File No. 7-000-65. Notwithstanding any provision of 8 the general statutes, the Department of Transportation shall use an 9 expedited process to sell said parcel to the highest bidder and said sale 10 shall not be subject to the approval of the State Properties Review 11 Board. 12 (b) The parcel shall remain under the care and control of the 13 Department of Transportation until a sale is made in accordance with 14 Raised Bill No. 7420 LCO No. 7169 2 of 2 the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and 15 deliver any deed or instrument necessary for said sale. The 16 Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole responsibility for 17 all other incidents of said sale. 18 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioner of Transportation to invite bids for the sale of a parcel of state land in the town of Berlin. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]