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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6677
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 7951
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT AMENDING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PARC EL OF STATE
LAND IN THE CITY OF HARTFORD AT 75 ELM STREET.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 8 of public act 18-154 is repealed and the following 1
is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the 3
Commissioner of Administrative Services, on behalf of the Chief Court 4
Administrator of the judicial branch, shall convey to the Capital Region 5
Development Authority a parcel of land located in the city of Hartford, 6
at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such conveyance. 7
Said parcel of land is identified as a portion of Lot 26 in Block 446 of city 8
of Hartford Tax Assessor's Map 247, located at 75 Elm Street and West 9
Street and designated as Judicial Branch Parcel C, on a map entitled 10
"State of Connecticut Department of Administrative Services, 11
Conveyance of Judicial Branch Parcel C, West Street, Hartford, CT 12
06106, to be conveyed to Capital Region Development Authority, dated 13
04/27/2018, CAD no. 2015-1004b Judicial, prepared by Freeman 14
Companies, 36 John Street, Hartford, CT 06106". 15 Raised Bill No. 6677
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(b) The commissioner shall convey said parcel not later than ninety 16
days after funding is allocated to the Capital Region Development 17
Authority for the design and construction of a new parking garage at 10 18
Clinton Street and West Street. Such garage shall have at least forty 19
reserved parking spaces for the use of staff of the judicial branch at no 20
cost, until such time that the Chief Court Administrator determines that 21
some or all of such parking spaces are no longer required for use by the 22
judicial branch. Until the construction of such garage is completed and 23
such parking spaces are available for use by the judicial branch, the 24
Capital Region Development Authority shall provide and pay for 25
temporary parking in close proximity to the conveyed parcel and that 26
the judicial branch determines to be a reasonable alternative for parking 27
for any staff of the judicial branch displaced from parking on the 28
conveyed parcel during the construction of the garage. 29
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this section, the 30
Capital Region Development Authority shall use said parcel of land for 31
the construction of a parking garage and for housing and economic 32
development purposes. The authority may begin the process of 33
permitting said parcel on the effective date of [this section] section 8 of 34
public act 18-154. If the authority does not develop said parcel with a 35
garage within ten years after the conveyance, the parcel shall revert to 36
the judicial branch. Additionally, should the parcel ever cease to be used 37
as a parking garage and for housing and economic development 38
purposes or such garage be demolished at any time, the parcel shall 39
revert to the judicial branch. 40
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage PA 18-154, Sec. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To amend a prior conveyance of a parcel of state land to the Capital
Region Development Authority to permit the parcel to also be used for
housing and economic development purposes. Raised Bill No. 6677
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]