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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6938
January Session, 2023
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF STATE
LAND TO THE TOWN OF BEACON FALLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision 1
of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 2
Public Protection, on behalf of the Commission on Fire Prevention and 3
Control, shall convey to the town of Beacon Falls four parcels of land 4
located in the town of Beacon Falls, and any improvements on said 5
parcels, at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such 6
conveyance. The first parcel of land has an area of approximately 2.2 7
acres and is identified as 20 Lancaster Drive, and Lot 1 in Block 4 on 8
town of Beacon Falls Tax Assessor's Map 3. The second parcel of land 9
has an area of approximately 2.6 acres and is identified as 24 Lancaster 10
Drive, and Lot 2 in Block 4 on town of Beacon Falls Tax Assessor's Map 11
3. The third parcel of land has an area of approximately 3.2 acres and is 12
identified as 28 Lancaster Drive, and Lot 3 in Block 4 on town of Beacon 13
Falls Tax Assessor's Map 3. The fourth parcel of land has an area of 14
approximately 2.9 acres and is identified as 32 Lancaster Drive, and Lot 15 Raised Bill No. 6938
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5 in Block 4 on town of Beacon Falls Tax Assessor's Map 3. The parcels 16
are further described as follows: All that certain real property, together 17
with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the town of 18
Beacon Falls, County of New Haven and state of Connecticut, being 19
more particularly shown and designated as Lot Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5, 20
Lancaster Drive, on a certain map entitled "Subdivision Map of Pines 21
Bridge Industrial Park Beacon Falls, CT Sheet 1 of 2 dated May 31, 1989, 22
revised June 9, 1989 and July 18, 1989, Scale 1" = 100' ", certified 23
substantially correct and prepared by Arthur W. Miller, Jr., which map 24
is on file in the town of Beacon Falls land records in Map Volume 13 at 25
Page 19. The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State 26
Properties Review Board. 27
(b) The town of Beacon Falls shall use said parcels of land and 28
improvements for economic development purposes and may sell or 29
lease a portion or all of said parcels and improvements for economic 30
development purposes. If the town of Beacon Falls: 31
(1) Does not use said parcels and improvements for said purposes; 32
(2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcels and 33
improvements, other than a sale for economic development purposes; 34
or 35
(3) Leases all or any portion of said parcels and improvements, other 36
than a lease for economic development purposes, 37
the parcels and improvements shall revert to the state of Connecticut. 38
Any sale of said parcel or improvements pursuant to this section shall 39
be made at a cost equal to the fair market value of said parcel, as 40
determined by the average of the appraisals of two independent 41
appraisers selected by the commissioner. Any funds received by the 42
town of Beacon Falls from a sale or lease in accordance with this 43
subsection shall be transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit in the 44
General Fund. 45
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the 46 Raised Bill No. 6938
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conveyance of said parcels of land not later than thirty days after it 47
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of Emergency 48
Services and Public Protection. The land shall remain under the care and 49
control of said department until a conveyance is made in accordance 50
with the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and 51
deliver any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this 52
section, which deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out 53
the purposes of subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of 54
Emergency Services and Public Protection shall have the sole 55
responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance. 56
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To convey parcels of state land to the town of Beacon Falls for economic
development purposes.
[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.]