Connecticut HB 5580: AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF STRATFORD TO PERMIT THE PARCEL TO BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR LEASED.

Bill Text

Substitute House Bill No. 5580 
 
Special Act No. 26-21 
 
 
AN  ACT  AMENDING  A  PRIOR  CONVEYANCE  OF  A  PARCEL  OF 
STATE  LAND  TO  THE  TOWN  OF  STRATFORD  TO  PERMIT  THE 
PARCEL TO BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR LEASED. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 2 of public act 18-154 is amended to read as follows 
(Effective from passage): 
(a) Notwithstanding [a] certain [restriction] restrictions contained in 
a   Quit   Claim   Deed   from   the   State   of   Connecticut,   Highway 
Commissioner  to  the  town  of  Stratford,  dated  August,  1968,  and 
recorded in the Town of Stratford Land Records in Volume 445, pages 
670 to 672, inclusive, that the parcel of land described in said deed shall 
be used for "school purposes only" and is not to be sold, said [restriction 
is] restrictions are released, relinquished and [has] have no further force 
and  effect.  The  town  of  Stratford  may  use  said  parcel  for [municipal] 
parking  purposes  only,  and  may  sell,  transfer  or  lease  said  parcel  for 
parking purposes. If at any time the parcel is used for any other purpose, 
the  parcel  shall  revert to  the  state of  Connecticut. Any  sale  or  lease  of 
said parcels shall be made at a cost equal to the fair market value of said 
parcels,  as  approved  by  Commissioner  of  Transportation  prior  to  the 
actual sale or lease. Any moneys received by the town of Stratford from 
any such sale, transfer or lease of said parcel shall be paid promptly to 

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the State Treasurer and deposited in the Special Transportation Fund. 
(b)  The  State  Treasurer  shall  execute  and  deliver  any  deed  or 
instrument necessary to implement the provisions of this section, which 
deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of 
subsection (a) of this section. The Commissioner of Transportation shall 
have  the  sole responsibility  for  all  other  incidents  of  the  release of  the 
restrictions under this section. 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved June 4, 2026