Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01110 Comm Sub / Bill

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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 1110  
January Session, 2021 
LCO No. 7917 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT 
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 
 
 
Introduced by:  
(GAE)  
 
 
 
AN ACT AMENDING THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCEL S OF STATE 
LAND TO THE NEW HAVE N PORT AUTHORITY.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 6 of public act 18-154 is repealed and the following 1 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 Transportation shall convey to the New Haven Port 4 
Authority two parcels of land located in the city of New Haven, at a cost 5 
equal to the fair market value of the properties, as determined by the 6 
average of the appraisals of two independent appraisers selected by the 7 
commissioner, plus the administrative costs of making such 8 
conveyance, and minus the costs for investigating and remediating 9 
environmental contamination identified on said parcels. The first parcel 10 
of land has an area of approximately .55 acre and is identified as 135 11 
Fulton Terrace, at Lot 1200 in Block 955 on city of New Haven Assessor's 12 
Map 69. The second parcel of land has an area of approximately .14 acre 13 
and is identified as 54 Edgemere Road, at Lot 1100 in Block 955 on city 14  Raised Bill No. 1110 
 
 
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of New Haven Assessor's Map 69. Both parcels are further identified as 15 
the parcels of land described in Department of Transportation File 16 
Number 92-932-37A. The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of 17 
the State Properties Review Board. 18 
(b) The New Haven Port Authority shall use said parcels of land for 19 
economic development purposes. If the New Haven Port Authority: 20 
(1) Does not use either of said parcels for said purposes; 21 
(2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcels; or 22 
(3) Leases all or any portion of said parcels, except for a lease for 23 
economic development purposes, 24 
the parcels shall revert to the state of Connecticut. 25 
[(b)] (c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review 26 
of the conveyance of said parcels of land not later than thirty days after 27 
it receives a proposed agreement from the Department of 28 
Transportation. The land shall remain under the care and control of said 29 
department until a conveyance is made in accordance with the 30 
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver 31 
any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, 32 
which deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the 33 
purposes of subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of 34 
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents 35 
of such conveyance. 36 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 from passage PA 18-154, Sec. 6 
 
GAE Joint Favorable