LCO No. 1059 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 285 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1059 Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES Introduced by: SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING CONVEYANCES OF PROPERTY OWNED BY A RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 17b-85 of the general statutes be amended to eliminate 1 the requirement that property owned by a recipient of public 2 assistance may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered or 3 otherwise disposed of without the consent of the Commissioner of 4 Social Services. 5 Statement of Purpose: To allow conveyances of property of a recipient of public assistance to be recorded in a timely fashion.