Connecticut SB 519: AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND TO THE BRIDGEPORT PORT AUTHORITY.

Bill Text

Substitute Senate Bill No. 519 
 
Special Act No. 26-2 
 
 
AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND TO 
THE BRIDGEPORT PORT AUTHORITY. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 15 of special act 07-11, as amended by section 4 of 
public act 10-1 of the  June special session and section 10 of special  act 
15-1 of the June special session, is amended to read as follows (Effective 
from passage): 
(a)   Notwithstanding   any   provision   of   the   general   statutes,   the 
Commissioner  of  Transportation  shall  convey  to  the  Bridgeport  Port 
Authority  a  parcel  of  land  located  in  the  city  of  Bridgeport,  at  a  cost 
equal  to  the  administrative  costs  of  making  such  conveyance.  Said 
parcel of land has an area of approximately 1.008 acres and is identified 
as a certain parcel of land situated in the city of Bridgeport, county of 
Fairfield,  and  state  of  Connecticut,  being  more  particularly  bounded 
and described as follows: 
"Beginning  at  a  point,  said  point  being  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
intersection   of   Seaview   Avenue   and   the   eastbound   off-ramp   of 
Interchange 29, Interstate 95; 
Thence  running  southwesterly  along  land  of  the  Bridgeport  Port 
Authority, 620', more or less; 

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Thence   running   northerly   along   the   easterly   highway   line   of 
Stratford Avenue, along a curved line concave to the west, 370' more or 
less; 
Thence  running  easterly  along  the  southerly  highway  line  of  said 
eastbound off-ramp of Interchange 29, Interstate Route 95, 440' more or 
less." 
The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties 
Review Board. 
(b) (1) The Bridgeport Port Authority shall use said parcel of land for 
economic development or waterfront related purposes and may sell or 
lease  all  or  any  portion  of  said  parcel  for  economic  development  or 
waterfront related purposes. If the Bridgeport Port Authority: 
(A) Does not use said parcel for said purposes; or 
(B) Sells or leases all or any portion of said parcel, except for a sale or 
lease of all or any portion of said parcel for economic development or 
waterfront related  purposes,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
subsection, the parcel shall revert to the state of Connecticut. Any sale 
or  lease  of  said  parcel  in  accordance  with  this  section  shall  be  for [the 
fair   market   value   of   the   property   or   lease   of   said   property,   as 
determined  by  the  average  of  the  appraisals  of  two  independent 
appraisers   selected by   the   commissioner] one   hundred   nineteen 
thousand dollars. Any funds received by the Bridgeport Port Authority 
from a sale or lease of said parcel in accordance with this section shall 
be   transferred   to   the   State   Treasurer   for   deposit   in   the   Special 
Transportation Fund. 
(2)   Notwithstanding   any   provision   of   the   general   statutes,   the 
Department of Transportation shall grant the Bridgeport Port Authority 
a right of way from Stratford Avenue, Connecticut Route 130, directly 
to and from said parcel, at a place to be determined by the department. 

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(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 Transportation. 
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 
subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of Transportation shall 
have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance. 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved May 11, 2026