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General Assembly Bill No. 1204
July Special Session, 2019
LCO No. 11150
Referred to Committee on No Committee
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11
th
Dist.
REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30
th
Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONVEYANCE OF CERT AIN PARCELS
OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE.
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, the Commissioner of Transportation shall 2
convey to the town of Cheshire three parcels of land located in the 3
town of Cheshire at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making 4
such conveyance. The first parcel of land has an area of approximately 5
3.59 acres and is identified as Lot 31 on town of Cheshire Tax 6
Assessor's Map 4. The second parcel of land has an area of 7
approximately 0.88 acre and is identified as Lot 32 on town of Cheshire 8
Tax Assessor's Map 4. The third parcel of land has an area of 9
approximately 43.6 acres and is identified as Lot 33 on town of 10
Cheshire Tax Assessor's Map 4. The precise size and area of said 11
parcels to be conveyed shall be determined by the commissioner. The 12
conveyance of said parcels shall be subject to the approval of the State 13
Properties Review Board. 14
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(b) The town of Cheshire shall sell said parcels of land for economic 15
development purposes. If the town does not sell said parcels for 16
economic development purposes within five years after the 17
conveyance, the parcels shall revert to the state of Connecticut. Any 18
sale of said parcels shall be made at a cost equal to the fair market 19
value of said parcels, as determined by the average of the appraisals of 20
two independent appraisers selected by the commissioner. Such 21
appraisals shall be completed not later than six months after such 22
conveyance and shall be updated as necessary. Any funds received by 23
the town of Cheshire from a sale in accordance with this subsection 24
shall be transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Special 25
Transportation Fund. 26
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of 27
the conveyance of said parcels of land not later than thirty days after it 28
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of 29
Transportation. The land shall remain under the care and control of 30
said department until a conveyance is made in accordance with the 31
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver 32
any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, 33
which deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the 34
purposes of subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner shall have 35
the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section