Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01563 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 7548 1 of 3
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1563
6	6	January Session, 2025
7	7	LCO No. 7548
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10	10	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONVEYING PARCELS OF STATE LAND KNOWN AS CAMP
20	20	BROOK GREENWAY IN THE TOWN OF NORTH CANAAN.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision 1
25	25	of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation shall convey 2
26	26	to the town of North Canaan four parcels of land located in the town of 3
27	27	North Canaan, at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such 4
28	28	conveyance. Said parcels of land have an area of approximately 27.45 5
29	29	acres and are identified as "Release Area=27.45 Acres" on a map entitled 6
30	30	"Compilation Plan, Town of North Canaan, Map Showing Land 7
31	31	Released to , By The State of Connecticut, Department of 8
32	32	Transportation, U.S. Route 7 (Ashley Falls Road) & Granger Lane, Scale 9
33	33	1"-120', October 2021, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer Bureau of 10
34	34	Engineering and Construction" and are further identified as a portion of 11
35	35	Lots 041-0, 048-0 and 049-0 on town of North Canaan's Tax Assessor's 12
36	36	Map 29 and a portion of Lot 330-0 on town of North Canaan's Tax 13
37	37	Assessor's Map 22. The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of 14
38	38	the State Properties Review Board. 15
39	39	Raised Bill No. 1563
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43	43	LCO No. 7548 2 of 3
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45	45	(b) The town of North Canaan shall use said parcels of land for open 16
46	46	space or low impact nonmotorized passive public recreation purposes, 17
47	47	including, but not limited to, a greenway trail and disc golf. If the town 18
48	48	of North Canaan: 19
49	49	(1) Does not use said parcels for any of said purposes; 20
50	50	(2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcels, other than a 21
51	51	transfer or sale to a nonprofit entity to facilitate or manage said 22
52	52	purposes; or 23
53	53	(3) Leases all or any portion of said parcels, other than a lease to a 24
54	54	nonprofit entity to facilitate or manage said purposes, 25
55	55	the parcels shall revert to the state of Connecticut. Any funds received 26
56	56	by the town of North Canaan from a sale or lease of said parcels to a 27
57	57	nonprofit entity under this subsection shall be transferred to the State 28
58	58	Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund. 29
59	59	(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the 30
60	60	conveyance of said parcels of land not later than thirty days after it 31
61	61	receives a proposed agreement from the Department of Transportation. 32
62	62	The land shall remain under the care and control of said department 33
63	63	until a conveyance is made in accordance with the provisions of this 34
64	64	section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver any deed or 35
65	65	instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, which deed 36
66	66	or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of 37
67	67	subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of Transportation shall 38
68	68	have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance. 39
69	69	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
70	70	sections:
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72	72	Section 1 from passage New section
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74	74	Raised Bill No. 1563
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78	78	LCO No. 7548 3 of 3
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80	80	Statement of Purpose:
81	81	To convey parcels of state land known as Camp Brook Greenway in the
82	82	town of North Canaan to said town.
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84	84	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
85	85	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
86	86	underlined.]
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