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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7422
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONVEYANCE OF A ST ATE RIGHT-OF-
WAY ON MILL STREET 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 the Department of 3
Transportation's right-of-way over a parcel of land located in the town 4
of Berlin. Said parcel of land is .124 acre and is identified as the parcel 5
of land located at 161 Mill Street in the town of Berlin, and is further 6
identified as Lot 4 in Block 83BB of town of Berlin Tax Assessor's Map 7
10-3. The right-of-way extends approximately 50 feet from Mill Street 8
and ends approximately four feet from the building located at 161 Mill 9
Street. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the 10
Department of Transportation shall use an expedited process to sell 11
such right-of-way to the highest bidder and said sale shall be subject to 12
the approval of the State Properties Review Board. 13
(b) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of 14
the conveyance of said right-of-way not later than thirty days after it 15
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of 16
Transportation. The right-of-way shall remain under the care and 17
control of the Department of Transportation until a sale is made in 18
accordance with the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer 19 Substitute Bill No. 7422
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shall execute and deliver any deed or instrument necessary for said 20
sale. The Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole 21
responsibility for all other incidents of said sale. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
GAE Joint Favorable Subst.