Connecticut HB 5582: AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE TO CONVEY AN ADDITIONAL PORTION OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF STRATFORD.

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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: 
 
Section 1. Section 4 of public act 18-154 is amended to read as follows 1 
(Effective from passage): 2 
(a) (1) Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  the  general  statutes,  the 3 
Commissioner   of   Administrative   Services   shall,   on   behalf   of   the 4 
Commissioner  of  Developmental  Services,  convey  to  the  town  of 5 
Stratford a parcel of land located in the town of Stratford, at a cost equal 6 
to  the  administrative  costs  of  making  such  conveyance.  Said  parcel  of 7 
land is identified as a portion of Lot 4 in Block 11 on town of Stratford's 8 
Assessor's   Map   30-16 and   is   located   at   300   Armory   Road.   The 9 
Department  of  Developmental  Services  shall  retain  a  portion  of  the 10 
parcel for administrative offices and parking, until conveyed pursuant 11 
to    subdivision    (2)    of    this    subsection.    The    Commissioner    of 12 
Administrative  Services,  in  consultation  with  the  Commissioner  of 13 
Developmental  Services,  shall  identify  the  metes  and  bounds  of  said 14 
parcel, including any necessary easements, after a survey of said parcel 15 
has  been  completed  and  paid  for  by  the  town  of  Stratford.  The 16 
Department of Developmental Services, Department of Administrative 17 
Services and the town of Stratford shall enter into a written agreement 18 

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concerning the continuing operation and maintenance of the conveyed 19 
parcel  and  the  portion  retained  by  the  Department  of  Developmental 20 
Services until a conveyance is made pursuant to subdivision (2) of this 21 
subsection.  The  Commissioner  of  Administrative  Services  shall  not 22 
convey  said  parcel  prior  to  the  execution  of  such  agreement.  The 23 
conveyance  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  State  Properties 24 
Review Board. 25 
(2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, on behalf of 26 
the  Commissioner  of  Developmental  Services,  convey  to  the  town  of 27 
Stratford the portion of the parcel that was retained by the state under 28 
subdivision (1) of this subsection prior to the effective date of this section 29 
and   any   improvements   on   said   parcel,   at   a   cost   equal   to   the 30 
administrative costs of making such conveyance. Such conveyance shall 31 
be subject to the Department of Developmental Services entering into a 32 
written  agreement with  the  town  of  Stratford  for  the  department  to 33 
continue   to   access   and   use   said   portion and   improvements for 34 
administrative  offices  and  parking  at  no  cost.  Once  said  portion  is 35 
conveyed under this section, the reconstituted parcel shall include both 36 
"Proposed Lot to be Retained by State of Connecticut 48,741 S.F. ± 1.12 37 
Acres  ±"  and  "Proposed  Lot  to  be  Conveyed  to  the  Town  of  Stratford 38 
752,724 S.F. ± 17.280 Acres ±" on a map entitled "Proposed Lot Split of 39 
Parcel MBL 30/16 11/4 Land of the State of Connecticut #300 Armory 40 
Road  Stratford,  Connecticut  Scale:  1"=40',  Date:  2024-11-22,  certified 41 
substantially  correct  by  Martin  Surveying  Associates".  Said  map  is  on 42 
file in the office of the Town Clerk of Stratford as Map No. 4131. 43 
(b) [The] Other than the portion of the parcel and improvements to 44 
be continued to be used by the Department of Developmental Services 45 
for  administrative  offices  and  parking,  the town  of  Stratford  shall  use 46 
said reconstituted parcel of land for municipal and affordable housing 47 
purposes. If the town of Stratford: 48 
(1) Does not use said parcel for any of said purposes; 49 
(2)  Does  not  retain  ownership  of  all  of  said parcel; [,  other  than the 50 

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portion retained by the Department of Developmental Services;] or 51 
(3)  Leases  all  or  any  portion  of  said  parcel,  other  than  a  lease  to  a 52 
nonprofit   organization   or   public   housing   authority   for   affordable 53 
housing purposes, [or] any agreement for short-term use of the parcel 54 
for recreational purposes by the public or the written agreement entered 55 
into with the Department of Developmental Services under subdivision 56 
(2) of subsection (a) of this section, the parcel and improvements shall 57 
revert to the state of Connecticut. 58 
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the 59 
conveyance of said reconstituted parcel of land and improvements not 60 
later  than  thirty  days  after  it  receives  a  proposed  agreement  from  the 61 
Department  of  Admini