Senate Bill No. 1209
July Special Session, Special Act No. 19-9
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONVEYANCE OF A PA RCEL OF
STATE LAND IN THE CITY OF WATERBURY.
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 Transportation shall
convey to the city of Waterbury a parcel of land located in the city of
Waterbury at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such
conveyance. Said parcel of land has an area of approximately .11 acre
and is located at 140 Brookdale Lane in the city of Waterbury and is
identified as Lot 8 in Block 114 of city of Waterbury Tax Assessor's
Map 420. The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State
Properties Review Board.
(b) The city of Waterbury shall use said parcel of land for
community garden purposes, to be managed by a neighborhood
association. If the city of Waterbury:
(1) Does not use said parcel for said purposes;
(2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcel; or
(3) Leases all or any portion of said parcel, Senate Bill No. 1209
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the parcel shall revert to the state of Connecticut.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of
the conveyance of said parcel of land not later than thirty days after it
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of
Transportation. The land shall remain under the care and control of
said department until a conveyance is made in accordance with the
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver
any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the
purposes of subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents
of such conveyance.
Approved July 23, 2019