Connecticut HB 5576: AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 5576  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF 
STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Special  act  23-27  is  amended  to  read  as  follows  (Effective 1 
from passage): 2 
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Board 3 
of Regents for Higher Education shall convey to the city of New Haven 4 
two parcels of land located in the city of New Haven, at a cost equal to 5 
the administrative costs of making such conveyance. The first parcel of 6 
land has an area of approximately 5.23 acres and is identified as Lot 300 7 
in  Block  1304  on  city  of  New  Haven  Tax  Assessor's  Map  234,  in  book 8 
2548 at page 348 of the city of New Haven Tax Assessor's records, and 9 
is further identified on a map entitled "State of Connecticut, Department 10 
of  Administrative  Services,  Bureau  of  Public  Works, Site  Construction 11 
Plan,  for  South  Central  Community  College,  60  Sargent  Drive,  New 12 
Haven, CT, Project No. BI-RCO-106, Drawing No. 901, William Francis 13 
Griffin  &  Associates,  Milford,  Connecticut, Scale  1"=30',  Date:  January 14 
8,  1976 – AS  BUILT".  The  second  parcel  of  land  has  an  area  of 15 
approximately 2 acres and is identified as Lot 403 in Block 314 on city of 16 
New Haven Tax Assessor's Map 234, in book 3529 at page 14 of the city 17 
of  New  Haven  Tax  Assessor's  records.  Said  parcels  together  shall  be 18 
referred to in this section as the "subject parcels". 19 

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(b) The city of New Haven shall use the subject parcels for economic 20 
development, municipal, utility or institutional purposes and may sell 21 
or lease a portion or all of the subject parcels for any of such purposes. 22 
If, within three years after the conveyance, [(1)] the city of New Haven 23 
does  not  use  the  subject  parcels  for  such  purposes  or  for  the  site 24 
preparation of the subject parcels, [or (2) with respect to a memorandum 25 
of understanding between the city of New Haven and APT Foundation, 26 
Inc. entered into within sixty days after the effective date of this section, 27 
the   chairperson   of   the   Board   of   Regents   for   Higher   Education 28 
determines   that   either   such   party   has   materially   breached   said 29 
memorandum of understanding,] the subject parcels shall revert to the 30 
state  of  Connecticut.  Any  sale  of  the  subject  parcels  pursuant  to  this 31 
section  shall  be  made  at  a  cost  equal  to  the  fair  market  value  of  the 32 
subject  parcels,  as  determined  by  the  average  of  the  appraisals  of  two 33 
independent  appraisers  selected  by  the  chairperson  of  the  Board  of 34 
Regents for Higher Education. Any funds received by the city of New 35 
Haven from a sale or lease in accordance with this subsection shall be 36 
transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund. 37 
(c)  (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subsection  (a)  of  this 38 
section,   the   conveyance   of   the   subject   parcels   described   in   said 39 
subsection shall be contingent upon: 40 
(A) The conveyance of a separate parcel of land from the city of New 41 
Haven,  at  a  cost  equal  to  the  administrative  costs  of  making  such 42 
conveyance, together with the city's reasonable costs associated with the 43 
preparation of the subject parcels for other development not related to 44 
a new facility for transportation and automotive education, as proposed 45 
by  the  Board  of  Regents  for  Higher  Education,  provided  the  Board  of 46 
Regents  for  Higher  Education  accepts  and  approves  such  separate 47 
parcel for development of such facility, which development shall not be 48 
subject to the requirements of chapter 60 of the general statutes; 49 
(B)  The  execution  of  an  agreement  accepted  and  approved  by  the 50 
Board of Regents for Higher Education with the city of New Haven or 51 
with   a   third   party   for   a   condominium   or   leasehold   interest   for 52 

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development  of  a  new  facility  for  transportation  and  automotive 53 
education, as proposed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, 54 
within  the  area  of  the  city's  Long  Wharf  Responsible  Growth  Plan, 55 
which development shall not be subject to the requirements of chapter 56 
60 of the general statutes; or 57 
(C)   The   execution   of   any   other   agreement   among   the   parties 58 
described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision that provides for the 59 
Board of Regents for Higher Education to invest in transportation and 60 
automotive education, as envisioned in the Board of Regents for Higher 61 
Education  plan  known  as  "CS