HB 5576

General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 5576
  February Session, 2026
 AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF
 STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Special act 23-27 is amended to read as follows (Effective
2     from passage):
3(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Board
4    of Regents for Higher Education shall convey to the city of New Haven
5    two parcels of land located in the city of New Haven, at a cost equal to
6    the administrative costs of making such conveyance. The first parcel of
7    land has an area of approximately 5.23 acres and is identified as Lot 300
8    in Block 1304 on city of New Haven Tax Assessor's Map 234, in book
9    2548 at page 348 of the city of New Haven Tax Assessor's records, and
10    is further identified on a map entitled "State of Connecticut, Department
11    of Administrative Services, Bureau of Public Works, Site Construction
12    Plan, for South Central Community College, 60 Sargent Drive, New
13    Haven, CT, Project No. BI-RCO-106, Drawing No. 901, William Francis
14    Griffin & Associates, Milford, Connecticut, Scale 1"=30', Date: January
15    8, 1976 – AS BUILT". The second parcel of land has an area of
16    approximately 2 acres and is identified as Lot 403 in Block 314 on city of
17    New Haven Tax Assessor's Map 234, in book 3529 at page 14 of the city
18    of New Haven Tax Assessor's records. Said parcels together shall be
19    referred to in this section as the "subject parcels".
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20     (b) The city of New Haven shall use the subject parcels for economic
21 development, municipal, utility or institutional purposes and may sell
22 or lease a portion or all of the subject parcels for any of such purposes.
23 If, within three years after the conveyance, [(1)] the city of New Haven
24 does not use the subject parcels for such purposes or for the site
25 preparation of the subject parcels, [or (2) with respect to a memorandum
26 of understanding between the city of New Haven and APT Foundation,
27 Inc. entered into within sixty days after the effective date of this section,
28 the chairperson of the Board of Regents for Higher Education
29 determines that either such party has materially breached said
30 memorandum of understanding,] the subject parcels shall revert to the
31 state of Connecticut. Any sale of the subject parcels pursuant to this
32 section shall be made at a cost equal to the fair market value of the
33 subject parcels, as determined by the average of the appraisals of two
34 independent appraisers selected by the chairperson of the Board of
35 Regents for Higher Education. Any funds received by the city of New
36 Haven from a sale or lease in accordance with this subsection shall be
37 transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund.
38    (c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this
39 section, the conveyance of the subject parcels described in said
40 subsection shall be contingent upon:
41    (A) The conveyance of a separate parcel of land from the city of New
42 Haven, at a cost equal to the administrative costs of making such
43 conveyance, together with the city's reasonable costs associated with the
44 preparation of the subject parcels for other development not related to
45 a new facility for transportation and automotive education, as proposed
46 by the Board of Regents for Higher Education, provided the Board of
47 Regents for Higher Education accepts and approves such separate
48 parcel for development of such facility, which development shall not be
49 subject to the requirements of chapter 60 of the general statutes;
50   (B) The execution of an agreement accepted and approved by the
51 Board of Regents for Higher Education with the city of New Haven or
52 with a third party for a condominium or leasehold interest for
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53 development of a new facility for transportation and automotive
54 education, as proposed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education,
55 within the area of the city's Long Wharf Responsible Growth Plan,
56 which development shall not be subject to the requirements of chapter
57 60 of the general statutes; or
58   (C) The execution of any other agreement among the parties
59 described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision that provides for the
60 Board of Regents for Higher Education to invest in transportation and
61 automotive education, as envisioned in the Board of Regents for Higher
62 Education plan known as "CSCU 2030", which plan is a seven-year
63 proposal seeking investment in support for affordability, student
64 support services, innovative and expanded academic programs and
65 modernizing facilities.
66    (2) Not later than [two years after the effective date of this section]
67 June 28, 2025, conveyance of the subject parcels or execution of an
68 agreement described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subdivision (1) of this
69 subsection shall occur, except that the city of New Haven and the Board
70 of Regents for Higher Education may agree in writing to two extensions
71 of one year each.
72    (d) Not later than [sixty days after the effective date of this section]
73 August 27, 2023, the city of New Haven and the Board of Regents for
74 Higher Education shall prepare a schedule for the timely completion of
75 the conveyance or conveyances or agreement described in this section.
76    (e) The State Properties Review Board shall review and approve of
77 the conveyance of the subject parcels. The subject parcels shall remain
78 under the care and control of the Board of Regents for Higher Education
79 until a conveyance of the subject parcels is made in accordance with the
80 provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver
81 a quit claim deed or instrument for such conveyance, which quit claim
82 deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of
83 subsection (b) of this section. The chairperson of the Board of Regents
84 for Higher Education shall have the sole responsibility for all other
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85 incidents of such conveyance.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      from passage  SA 23-27
 Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
 In Subsec. (c)(2), "two years after the effective date of this section" was
 changed to "[two years after the effective date of this section] June 28,
 2025", and in Subsec. (d), "sixty days after the effective date of this
 section" was changed to "[sixty days after the effective date of this
 section] August 27, 2023", for clarity; and in Subsec. (e), ", which quit
 claim deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the
 purposes of subsection (b) of this section" was added for accuracy and
 consistency with standard drafting conventions.
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