Connecticut SB 523: AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF NORTH CANAAN.

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General Assembly  
Raised Bill No. 523  
February Session, 2026 
 
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(GOS)  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF 
NORTH CANAAN.  
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 Transportation shall convey 2 
to  the  town  of  North  Canaan  a  parcel  of  land  located  in  the  town  of 3 
North Canaan, at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such 4 
conveyance. Said parcel of land has an area of approximately 9.45 acres 5 
and is identified as the property depicted on a map of the Department 6 
of Transportation attached to a lease of said parcel to the town of North 7 
Canaan  dated  July  16,  1991,  that  is  recorded  in  the  town  of  North 8 
Canaan Land Records in Volume 70 at pages 524 to 530, inclusive, and 9 
is  further  described  in  deeds  recorded  in  the  town  of  North  Canaan 10 
Land Records in Volume 29 at page 613 and Volume 30 at page 114, as 11 
parcel #3. The precise size and area of the parcel to be conveyed shall be 12 
determined by the Commissioner of Transportation. If a survey of said 13 
parcel of land for the purpose of the conveyance is deemed necessary by 14 
the  Commissioner  of  Transportation,  the  town  of  North  Canaan  shall 15 
pay the costs of any such survey. The conveyance shall be subject to the 16 

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approval of the State Properties Review Board. 17 
(b) The town of North Canaan shall use said parcel of land for open 18 
space   or   low   impact   nonmotorized   public   recreation   purposes, 19 
including,  but  not  limited  to,  an  existing  greenway  trail,  except  for  a 20 
portion  of  said  parcel  to  be  used  for  an  emergency  services  facility  as 21 
provided in subsection (c) of this section. If the town of North Canaan: 22 
(1) Does not use said parcel for any of said purposes; 23 
(2)  Does  not  retain  ownership  of  all  of  said  parcel,  other  than  a 24 
transfer  of  the  management  of  a  portion  of  the  parcel  as  described  in 25 
subsection (c) of this section or a transfer to a nonprofit entity to facilitate 26 
or manage any of said purposes; or 27 
(3)  Leases  all  or  any  portion  of  said  parcel,  other  than  a  lease  to  a 28 
nonprofit entity to facilitate or manage any of said purposes, 29 
the  parcel  shall  revert to  the  state of  Connecticut.  Any  sale  or  lease  of 30 
said  parcel  to  a  nonprofit  entity  under this  subsection  shall  be  for  fair 31 
market value and any funds received by the town of North Canaan from 32 
such sale or lease shall be transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit 33 
in the Special Transportation Fund. 34 
(c) The town may use a portion not exceeding four acres of said parcel 35 
for the construction of a nonprofit fire and emergency services facility 36 
to be used and managed by the North Canaan Fire Company, provided 37 
the town retains ownership of said portion of the parcel. 38 
(d)  Said  parcel  shall  be  subject  to  an  easement  in  favor  of  the 39 
Housatonic Railroad Company for purposes of maintaining a railroad 40 
spur abutting the southerly boundary of the parcel. 41 
(e) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the 42 
conveyance  of  said  parcel  of  land  not  later  than  thirty  days  after  it 43 
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of Transportation. 44 
The  land  shall  remain  under  the  care  and  control  of  said  department 45 
until  a  conveyance  is  made  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 46 

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section.  The  State  Treasurer  shall  execute  and  deliver  any  deed  or 47 
instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, which deed 48 
or  instrument  shall  include  provisions  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of 49 
subsections  (b)  to  (d),  inclusive,  of  this  section.  The  Commissioner  of 50 
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents 51 
of such conveyance. 52 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
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New section 
 
GOS Joint Favorable