Connecticut SB 518: AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN.

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Substitute Senate Bill No. 518 
 
Special Act No. 26-28 
 
 
AN  ACT  AMENDING  A  CONVEYANCE  OF  A  PARCEL  OF  STATE 
LAND IN THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 17 of public act 05-279, as amended by special act 
24-11, is amended to read as follows (Effective July 1, 2026): 
(a) Whereas the parcel of land described in subsection (a) of section 2 
of special act 95-25, having an area of approximately ten acres and sold 
to  the Shiloh  Baptist  Community  Development  Corporation  in  a  deed 
recorded  on  the  city  of  Middletown  Land  Records  in  Volume  1278  at 
Page 942, has reverted to the state of Connecticut, notwithstanding any 
provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Administrative 
Services   shall   convey   said   parcel   of   land   to   the   Shiloh   Baptist 
Community   Development   Corporation,   at   a   cost   equal   to   the 
administrative costs of making such conveyance. The conveyance shall 
be subject to the approval of the State Properties Review Board. 
(b) Not  later  than June  30,  2029,  the  Shiloh  Baptist Community 
Development  Corporation shall use  the  parcel  for  moderate-income 
housing and recreational or community facilities open to the public. Such 
housing    and    facilities    shall    comply    with    all    nondiscrimination 
requirements concerning the occupancy of housing or the use of facilities, 

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which are developed in whole or in part with federal assistance, and said 
parcel  of  land  and  such  housing  and  facilities  shall  not  be  used  for  the 
teaching or practicing of religion. If (1) construction is not commenced on 
said parcel of land [is not used] or a loan signed to be used for financing 
such construction for the development of such housing and facilities by 
June  30,  2029,  or (2) such  housing  or  facilities  do  not  comply  with  such 
requirements at any time after the conveyance of the parcel occurring on 
or  after  July  1,  2024,  the  parcel  of  land  shall  revert  to  the  state  of 
Connecticut.  The  reverter  provisions  of  this  subsection  in  effect  on  and 
after   July   1,   2024,   shall   replace   and   extinguish   any   prior   reverter 
provisions recorded on the city of Middletown Land Records, including 
in the deed recorded in Volume 1278 at Page 942 of said land records. 
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the 
conveyance  of  said  parcel  of  land  not  later  than  thirty  days  after  it 
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of Administrative 
Services.  The  land  shall  remain  under  the  care  and  control  of  said 
department   until   a   conveyance   is   made   in   accordance   with   the 
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver 
any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this section, 
which  deed  or  instrument  shall include  provisions  to  carry  out  the 
purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. The Commissioner of 
Administrative  Services shall  have  the  sole  responsibility  for  all  other 
incidents of such conveyance. 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved June 4, 2026