Bill Text: CT HB05273 | 2014 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Restoring The Commissioner Of Economic And Community Development's Duty To Determine Whether Surplus State Property Can Be Used For Economic Development Purposes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [HB05273 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05273-Chaptered.html
AN ACT RESTORING THE COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S DUTY TO DETERMINE WHETHER SURPLUS STATE PROPERTY CAN BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 4b-21 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(c) Not later than thirty days after receipt of such notification from the secretary, the following agencies shall determine and notify the secretary in writing if the land, improvement or interest serves the following needs: (1) The Commissioner of [Housing] Economic and Community Development, whether it can be used or adapted for economic development or exchanged for property that can be used for economic development; [, used as an emergency shelter or transitional living facility for homeless persons, or used for the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of housing for persons and families of low and moderate income; ] (2) the Commissioner of Transportation, whether it can be used for transportation purposes; (3) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, whether it can be used for open space purposes or to otherwise support the department's mission; (4) the Commissioner of Agriculture, whether it can be used for farming or agricultural purposes; (5) the Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, whether it can be used for veterans' housing; (6) the Commissioner of Children and Families, whether it can be used to support the department's mission; (7) the Commissioner of Developmental Services, whether it can be used to support the department's mission; [and] (8) the Commissioner of Administrative Services, whether it can be used to house state agencies or can be leased; and (9) the Commissioner of Housing, whether it can be used as an emergency shelter or transitional living facility for homeless persons, or used for the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of housing for persons and families of low and moderate income. Not later than thirty days after receipt of such notification from the secretary, any state agency, department or institution that is interested in utilizing the land, improvement or interest shall submit a plan to the secretary that sets forth the proposed use for the land, improvement or interest and a budget and timetable for such use. If one or more agencies, departments or institutions submit a plan for such land, improvement or interest to the secretary within such thirty-day period, the secretary shall analyze such agency, department or institution plan or plans and determine whether custody and control of the land, improvement or interest shall be transferred to one of such agencies, departments or institutions, in which case the agency, department or institution having custody of the land, improvement or interest shall make such transfer.