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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6936
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 6777
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONVEYING PARCELS OF STATE LAND TO THE NEW
HAVEN PORT AUTHORITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) (1) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation 2
shall convey to the New Haven Port Authority five parcels of land 3
located in the city of New Haven, at a cost equal to the fair market 4
value of the properties, as determined by the average of the appraisals 5
of two independent appraisers selected by the commissioner, plus the 6
administrative costs of making such conveyance. 7
(2) (A) The first parcel of land has an area of approximately 1.49 8
acres and is identified as "Release Area=6,032 ± m² (1.490 ± Acres)" on 9
a map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing 10
Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of 11
Connecticut Department of Transportation, Waterfront Street @ 12
Waterfront Connector, Scale 1:500, December 2016, Scott A. Hill, P.E., 13
Chief Engineer–Bureau of Engineering and Construction", revised 14
February 27, 2023. Said parcel shall be conveyed subject to (i) a 15 Bill No. 6936
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drainage right-of-way in favor of the state, (ii) an easement for the 16
purposes of inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation and future 17
construction of bridge structures and supporting tiers in favor of the 18
state, and (iii) a pipeline easement in favor of Magellan Terminal 19
Holdings, L.P., n/k/a Buckeye PT Terminals LP. 20
(B) The second parcel of land has an area of approximately .293 acre 21
and is identified as "Release Area=1184.9 ± m² (12,754 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a 22
map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing 23
Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of 24
Connecticut Department of Transportation, Waterfront Connector @ 25
Stiles Street, Scale 1:500, August 2015, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief 26
Engineer–Bureau of Engineering and Construction", revised June 8, 27
2016, and February 27, 2023. 28
(C) The third parcel of land has an area of approximately .898 acre 29
and is identified as "Release Area=3637.2 ± m² (39,152 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a 30
map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing 31
Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of 32
Connecticut Department of Transportation, Waterfront Connector (S.R. 33
921), Scale 1:500, August 2018, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer–34
Bureau of Engineering and Construction", revised February 27, 2023. 35
Said parcel shall be conveyed subject to a drainage right-of-way in 36
favor of the state. 37
(D) The fourth parcel of land has an area of approximately .111 acre 38
and is identified as "Release Area=447.3 ± m² (4,815 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a map 39
entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing Land 40
Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of Connecticut 41
Department of Transportation, Waterfront Connector (S.R. 921), Scale 42
1:500, February 2021, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer–Bureau of 43
Engineering and Construction", revised February 27, 2023. Said parcel 44
shall be conveyed subject to an easement for existing utilities in favor 45
of the state. 46
(E) The fifth parcel of land has an area of approximately .192 acre 47 Bill No. 6936
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and is identified as "Parcel B Release Area=777.9 ± m² (8,373 ± Sq. Ft.)" 48
on a map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map 49
Showing Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of 50
Connecticut Department of Transportation, Reconstruction of I-95 over 51
West River New Haven-West Haven, Scale 1:500, July 2021, Scott A. 52
Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer–Bureau of Engineering and Construction", 53
revised July 26, 2021, and March 1, 2023. Said parcel shall be conveyed 54
subject to (i) an easement for existing utilities in favor of the state, and 55
(ii) an easement for sewer lateral in favor of the state. 56
(3) The conveyance of the parcels described in subdivision (2) of this 57
subsection shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties 58
Review Board. 59
(b) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of 60
the conveyance of said parcels of land not later than thirty days after it 61
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of 62
Transportation. The land shall remain under the care and control of 63
said department until a conveyance is made in accordance with the 64
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver 65
any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, 66
which deed or instrument shall include provisions concerning 67
property rights retained by the state under subdivision (2) of 68
subsection (a) of this section. The Commissioner of Transportation 69
shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such 70
conveyance. 71
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
GAE Joint Favorable