2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4b-21. (Formerly Sec. 4-26). Purchase, sale or exchange of state land. Approval procedure. Exception.
Sec. 4b-21. (Formerly Sec. 4-26). Purchase, sale or exchange of state land. Approval procedure. Exception. (a) When the General Assembly is not in session, the
trustees of any state institution, the State Board of Education or the Commissioner of
Correction may, subject to the provisions of section 4b-23, purchase or acquire for the
state, through the Commissioner of Public Works, any land or interest therein if such
action seems advisable to protect the state's interest or to effect a needed economy, and
may, subject to the provisions of said section, contract through the Commissioner of
Public Works for the sale or exchange of any land or interest therein belonging to the
state except that The University of Connecticut may purchase or acquire for the state
and may dispose of or exchange any land or interest therein directly. When the General
Assembly is not in session, the Commissioner of Public Works, with the approval of
the State Properties Review Board, may give or obtain an option upon any land or interest
therein which is not under the control of the trustees of any state institution, the State
Board of Education or the Commissioner of Correction when such action seems advisable, and such option shall remain in force until the fifteenth day of August following
the next session of the General Assembly.
(c) If the secretary determines that such land, improvement, interest or part thereof may properly be treated as surplus, he shall notify the Commissioner of Public Works. If the secretary also determines that such land, improvement or interest or part thereof was purchased or improved with proceeds of tax exempt obligations issued or to be issued by the state, he shall also notify the Treasurer. The Commissioner of Public Works may sell, exchange or lease, or enter into agreements concerning, such land, improvement, interest or part thereof, after (1) notifying (A) the municipality or municipalities in which such land, improvement or interest is located and (B) the members of the General Assembly representing such municipality or municipalities, and (2) obtaining the approval of (A) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, (B) the State Properties Review Board and (C) the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to (i) state revenue and (ii) the purchase and sale of state property and facilities and (3) if such land, improvement, interest or part thereof was purchased or improved with proceeds of tax-exempt obligations issued or to be issued by the state, obtaining the approval of the Treasurer. The Treasurer may disapprove such a transaction only if the transaction would affect the tax-exempt status of such obligations and could not be modified to maintain such tax-exempt status. If a proposed agreement for such a conveyance has not been submitted to the State Properties Review Board within three years after the Commissioner of Public Works provides such notice to such municipality and such members of the General Assembly, or if the board does not approve the proposed agreement within five years after such notice, the Commissioner of Public Works may not convey such land, improvement or interest without again so notifying such municipality and such members of the General Assembly. In the case of a proposed lease of land, an improvement to land or an interest in land, or any part thereof, with a person, firm or corporation in the private sector, for a term of six months or more, the Commissioner of Public Works shall comply with such notice requirement by notifying in writing the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the land, improvement or interest is located and the members of the General Assembly representing such municipality, not less than two weeks before seeking the approval of said secretary, board and committees, concerning the proposed lease and the manner in which the lessee proposes to use the land, improvement or interest. Each agency, department or institution which informs the secretary that any land, improvement or interest in land is not needed shall retain responsibility for its security and maintenance until the Commissioner of Public Works receives custody and control of the property, if any. The Treasurer shall execute and deliver any deed or instrument necessary to convey the title to any property the sale or exchange of which or a contract for the sale or exchange of which is authorized by this section.
(d) Upon approval of the proposed action of the Commissioner of Public Works by said secretary and board, said commissioner shall request approval of such action by said joint standing committees. The committees shall approve or disapprove such action within fifteen days after receipt of the request. If a committee does not act on a request within that time the request shall be deemed to be approved by the committee.
(e) No provision of this section shall be construed to limit, supersede or repeal any other provision of law relating to the powers or duties of any state agency.
(f) The requirements of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section shall not apply to land which the Commissioner of Environmental Protection has acquired pursuant to 42 USC 9601 et seq., the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA).
(1949 Rev., S. 99; March, 1950, S. 31d; 1969, P.A. 356; 1971, P.A. 17; P.A. 75-425, S. 19, 57; P.A. 77-614, S. 277, 610; P.A. 79-360; P.A. 83-334, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-414, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-387, S. 1; 87-496, S. 19, 110; 87-589, S. 72, 87; P.A. 88-290, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-85; P.A. 92-91, S. 2; P.A. 95-230, S. 34, 45; 95-250, S. 1; 95-354, S. 2, 3; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-235, S. 3, 19; P.A. 97-71, S. 2, 4; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 4, 20.)
History: 1969 act added provision for exchange of property; 1971 act included council of correction among those empowered to acquire and sell land; P.A. 75-425 made section subject to Sec. 4-26b, interposed public works commissioner as agent for acquisition and sale of land and gave public works commissioner and state properties review board rather than governor the power to obtain options on land when general assembly is not in session; P.A. 77-614 replaced council of correction with commissioner of correction and public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-360 made option effective until August fifteenth following next session rather than until first Wednesday of March of next session; P.A. 83-334 established procedure for sale or exchange of state land by commissioner of administrative services subject to the approval of the secretary of the office of policy and management, properties review board and legislative committees; P.A. 86-414 added provisions in Subsec. (b) concerning use of property for emergency shelters or transitional living facilities; P.A. 87-387 added provisions in Subsec. (b) re compliance by commissioner of administrative services with municipal notice requirement; P.A. 87-496 substituted "public works" for "administrative services" commissioner; P.A. 87-589 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 88-290 added provisions in Subsec. (b) re transfer of land which can be utilized for low and moderate income housing to the department of housing; Sec. 4-26 transferred to Sec. 4b-21 in 1989; P.A. 89-85 amended Subsec. (b) to require commissioner of public works, before conveying or leasing state land, to notify general assembly members representing municipality or municipalities in which land is located and to require repeat notices to municipality and general assembly members if proposed conveyance not submitted to review board within three years of first notice or board does not approve within five years; P.A. 92-91 amended Subsec. (b) by specifying that real property can be exchanged for property that can be utilized for housing; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (a) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-354 divided Subsec. (b) into Subsecs. (b) and (c), amended Subsec. (b) to require agencies to notify Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, instead of Public Works and Housing Commissioners, of unneeded land, to require that custody of such land be transferred to Public Works Department, to provide for notification of all agencies of availability of such land, to modify procedure for Housing Commissioner to obtain custody of such land for housing purposes and to establish procedure for other agencies to obtain custody of such land, amended Subsec. (c) by inserting lettering and numbering, requiring Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to notify Public Works Commissioner of surplus land and, if land purchased or improved with state tax exempt obligations, to notify Treasurer, adding Subdiv. (3) re approval by Treasurer, and making other changes for consistency with Subsec. (b), added Subsec. (e) re disposition of proceeds from sale of land, and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-235 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring that entity transferring custody and control of land, improvement or interest to Department of Public Works also transfer adequate funding for maintenance of the same, effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 97-71 added Subsec. (g) re an exemption from procedures under this section for the transfer of land acquired by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, effective May 27, 1997; June 5 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 deleted Subsec. (e) re twenty per cent allocation to state agencies of funds received from sale of or improvement to land and relettered existing Subsecs. (f) and (g) as Subsecs. (e) and (f), effective July 31, 1997.
See Sec. 3-14 re management and sale of property by State Treasurer.
See Sec. 8-37y re powers of Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.
See Sec. 17a-283a re moratorium on sale, lease or transfer of state property used for residential purposes by persons with mental retardation or psychiatric disabilities.
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