Senate Bill No. 1208
July Special Session, Special Act No. 19-8
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONVEYANCE OF AN E ASEMENT
OVER A PARCEL OF STA TE LAND IN THE TOWN OF
NEWINGTON.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision
of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Administrative Services
shall convey to the town of Newington a conservation and public
recreation easement over a portion of a parcel of land located in the
town of Newington at a cost equal to the administrative costs of
making such conveyance. Said parcel of land has an area of
approximately 18.2 acres and is identified as a portion of Lot 000 in
Block 010 on town of Newington Tax Assessor's Map 12, said portion
being the same parcel identified as the Preservation Parcel on a map
entitled "Potential Land Transfer Former Cedarcrest Hospital,
Newington and Wethersfield, dated 10/3/2013" on file with the
Department of Administrative Services. The conveyance of said
easement shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties
Review Board.
(b) The town of Newington shall only use said easement for open
space and passive recreational use. Fee simple ownership in said
parcel shall be retained by the state with all rights and privileges, Senate Bill No. 1208
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including use for any future zoning setback requirements, buffer areas
and density purposes as the state deems necessary.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of
the conveyance of said conservation and public recreation easement
not later than thirty days after it receives a proposed easement deed
from the Department of Administrative Services. The land shall remain
under the care and control of said department. The State Treasurer
shall execute and deliver any deed or instrument necessary for a
conveyance of the easement under this section, which deed or
instrument shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of Administrative
Services shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Approved July 23, 2019