Connecticut2026Passed Legislature
HB05579
Amending Land Transfer Rules for Cheshire
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 6:19 AM
In one sentence
This law changes an earlier agreement to let the town of Cheshire sell three state-owned land parcels for specific uses and extends the deadline until July 1, 2031.
What it does
- Allows the Commissioner of Transportation to transfer three specific land parcels in Cheshire to the town at a cost equal only to administrative fees.
- Expands the list of allowed reasons for selling the land to include economic development, medical facilities, housing projects, or open space preservation.
- Extends the deadline for the town to sell the land until July 1, 2031.
- Requires that if the town does not sell the land by the new deadline, ownership returns to the state of Connecticut.
- Mandates that any sale price must equal the fair market value based on the average of two independent appraisals.
Who it affects
- The Town of Cheshire
- The Commissioner of Transportation
- The State Properties Review Board
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not specify an effective date other than stating it is effective from passage.
- The exact final size of each parcel will be determined by the Commissioner, though approximate sizes are listed in the bill.
- Any funds received from a sale must go to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Special Transportation Fund.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Conveyance
- The legal act of transferring ownership of land from one party to another.
- Revert
- To return property or rights back to the original owner, in this case, the state.
- Fair Market Value
- The price determined by averaging two independent appraisals of the land.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
To amend a prior conveyance of state land to the town of Cheshire to expand the permissible uses for which such land may be sold by the town and extend the deadline for such sale an additional five years.
Official activity
Bill history
- Signed by the Governor
- Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- Special Act 26-20LCO
- Senate Passed
- On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 504
- House Passed
- Immediate Transmittal to the Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- House Calendar Number 474
- File Number 688LCO
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/20/26 12:00 PMLCO
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
- Joint FavorableGOS
- Public Hearing 04/01
- Referred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight