Substitute House Bill No. 6684
Special Act No. 21-29
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF
STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF WILTON.
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 town of Wilton a parcel of land located in the town of Wilton, at
a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such conveyance. Said
parcel of land has an area of approximately 3.15 acres and is identified
as the parcel shown as "RELEASE AREA" on a map entitled
"Compilation Plan, Town of Wilton, Map Showing Land Released to
____ by the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation,
Danbury Road (U.S. Route 7), scale 1"=40', October 2019, Mark D. Rolfe,
P.E., Chief Engineer-Bureau of Engineering and Construction". The
conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties
Review Board.
(b) The town of Wilton shall use said parcel of land for purposes of a
landscaping business. If the town:
(1) Does not use said parcel for said purposes;
(2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcel, other than a sale
for said purposes; or Substitute House Bill No. 6684
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(3) Leases all or any portion of said parcel, other than a lease for said
purposes,
the parcel shall revert to the state of Connecticut. Any sale of said parcel
shall be at a cost equal to the fair market value of the property, as
determined by the average of the appraisals of two independent
appraisers selected by the Commissioner of Transportation. Any funds
received by the town from a sale of said parcel in accordance with this
section shall be transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit in the
Special Transportation Fund.
(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.