2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 13a-80. Sale or lease of land by commissioner. Appraisals. Offer to agencies and abutting landowners.
Sec. 13a-80. Sale or lease of land by commissioner. Appraisals. Offer to agencies and abutting landowners. (a) The commissioner, with the advice and consent of
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Properties Review
Board may sell, lease and convey, in the name of the state, or otherwise dispose of, or
enter into agreements concerning, any land and buildings owned by the state and obtained for or in connection with highway purposes or for the efficient accomplishment
of the foregoing purposes or formerly used for highway purposes, which real property
is not necessary for such purposes. The commissioner shall notify the state representative
and the state senator representing the municipality in which said property is located
within one year of the date a determination is made that the property is not necessary
for highway purposes and that the department intends to dispose of the property.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3-14b and 4b-21 to the contrary, no residential property upon which a single-family dwelling is situated at the time it is obtained by the department for highway purposes may be sold or transferred pursuant to this section within twenty-five years of the date of its acquisition without the department first offering the owner or owners of the property at the time of its acquisition a right of first refusal to purchase the property at the amount of its appraised value as determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, except for property offered for sale to municipalities prior to July 1, 1988. Notice of such offer shall be sent to each such owner by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, within one year of the date a determination is made that such property is not necessary for highway purposes. Any such offer shall be terminated by the department if it has not received written notice of the owner's acceptance of the offer within sixty days of the date it was mailed. Whenever the offer is not so accepted, the department shall offer parcels which meet local zoning requirements for residential or commercial use to other state agencies and shall offer parcels which do not meet local zoning requirements for residential or commercial use to all abutting landowners in accordance with department regulations. The Commissioner of Transportation shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing procedures for the disposition of excess property pursuant to the provisions of this subsection in the event such property is owned by more than one person.
(d) Where the department has in good faith and with reasonable diligence attempted to ascertain the identity of persons entitled to notice under subsection (c) of this section and mailed notice to the last known address of record of those ascertained, the failure to in fact notify those persons entitled thereto shall not invalidate any subsequent disposition of property pursuant to this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 2226; 1958 Rev., S. 13-105; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 80; P.A. 75-425, S. 48, 57; P.A. 76-253, S. 5, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 86-228, S. 2; P.A. 88-283, S. 1, 3; P.A. 03-115, S. 28.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 75-425 required consent of public works commissioner and properties review board in addition to that of commissioner of finance and control for disposal of land or buildings or agreements concerning land or buildings; P.A. 76-253 deleted reference to public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management for commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 86-228 editorially added Subsec. (b) concerning appraisal requirements for sale of certain excess property and requiring department to offer parcels meeting local zoning requirements to other state agencies and to offer parcels which do not meet such requirements to all abutting landowners; P.A. 88-283 (1) amended Subsec. (b) to require department to obtain full appraisal on all excess property, regardless of value and to make necessary technical changes and (2) added Subsec. (c), requiring department to offer owner of residential property obtained for highway purposes a right of first refusal to purchase the property at amount of its appraised value, and requiring commissioner to adopt regulations, and (3) added Subsec. (d) re notification of owner; P.A. 03-115 amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to notify the state representative and senator representing the municipality in which property is located within one year of the date of the determination that property is not necessary for highway purposes and that department intends to dispose of it.
Cited. 150 C. 526, 528.
Cited. 9 CA 514, 515, 517-519.
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