HB 5582

General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 5582
   February Session, 2026
 AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE TO CONVEY AN
 ADDITIONAL PORTION OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE
 TOWN OF STRATFORD.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Section 4 of public act 18-154 is amended to read as follows
2    (Effective from passage):
3      (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the
4   Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, on behalf of the
5   Commissioner of Developmental Services, convey to the town of
6   Stratford a parcel of land located in the town of Stratford, at a cost equal
7   to the administrative costs of making such conveyance. Said parcel of
8   land is identified as a portion of Lot 4 in Block 11 on town of Stratford's
9   Assessor's Map 30-16 and is located at 300 Armory Road. The
10   Department of Developmental Services shall retain a portion of the
11   parcel for administrative offices and parking, until conveyed pursuant
12   to subdivision (2) of this subsection. The Commissioner of
13   Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of
14   Developmental Services, shall identify the metes and bounds of said
15   parcel, including any necessary easements, after a survey of said parcel
16   has been completed and paid for by the town of Stratford. The
17   Department of Developmental Services, Department of Administrative
18   Services and the town of Stratford shall enter into a written agreement
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19 concerning the continuing operation and maintenance of the conveyed
20 parcel and the portion retained by the Department of Developmental
21 Services until a conveyance is made pursuant to subdivision (2) of this
22 subsection. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall not
23 convey said parcel prior to the execution of such agreement. The
24 conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties
25 Review Board.
26     (2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, on behalf of
27 the Commissioner of Developmental Services, convey to the town of
28 Stratford the portion of the parcel that was retained by the state under
29 subdivision (1) of this subsection prior to the effective date of this section
30 and any improvements on said parcel, at a cost equal to the
31 administrative costs of making such conveyance. Such conveyance shall
32 be subject to the Department of Developmental Services entering into a
33 written agreement with the town of Stratford for the department to
34 continue to access and use said portion and improvements for
35 administrative offices and parking at no cost. Once said portion is
36 conveyed under this section, the reconstituted parcel shall include both
37 "Proposed Lot to be Retained by State of Connecticut 48,741 S.F. ± 1.12
38 Acres ±" and "Proposed Lot to be Conveyed to the Town of Stratford
39 752,724 S.F. ± 17.280 Acres ±" on a map entitled "Proposed Lot Split of
40 Parcel MBL 30/16 11/4 Land of the State of Connecticut #300 Armory
41 Road Stratford, Connecticut Scale: 1"=40', Date: 2024-11-22, certified
42 substantially correct by Martin Surveying Associates". Said map is on
43 file in the office of the Town Clerk of Stratford as Map No. 4131.
44    (b) [The] Other than the portion of the parcel and improvements to
45 be continued to be used by the Department of Developmental Services
46 for administrative offices and parking, the town of Stratford shall use
47 said reconstituted parcel of land for municipal and affordable housing
48 purposes. If the town of Stratford:
49   (1) Does not use said parcel for any of said purposes;
50   (2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcel; [, other than the
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51 portion retained by the Department of Developmental Services;] or
52    (3) Leases all or any portion of said parcel, other than a lease to a
53 nonprofit organization or public housing authority for affordable
54 housing purposes, [or] any agreement for short-term use of the parcel
55 for recreational purposes by the public or the written agreement entered
56 into with the Department of Developmental Services under subdivision
57 (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the parcel and improvements shall
58 revert to the state of Connecticut.
59    (c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the
60 conveyance of said reconstituted parcel of land and improvements not
61 later than thirty days after it receives a proposed agreement from the
62 Department of Administrative Services pursuant to subdivision (2) of
63 subsection (a) of this section. The land and improvements shall remain
64 under the care and control of the Department of Developmental Services
65 until a conveyance is made in accordance with the provisions of this
66 section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver any deed or
67 instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, which deed
68 or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of this
69 section. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have the
70 sole responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      from passage  PA 18-154, Sec. 4
 Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
 In Subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(3), references to "improvements" were added
 for consistency.
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