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HB05575 • 2026

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF SHELTON.

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF SHELTON.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Government Oversight Committee
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide details about post-closure monitoring activities or DEEP's role in maintaining monitoring wells.

Act Giving State Land to Shelton

This act transfers a parcel of state land in Shelton to the city for $350,000 plus administrative costs.

What This Bill Does

  • Gives a parcel of state-owned land located at 784 River Road and identified as Lot 38 on Shelton's Tax Assessor's Map 12 to the city of Shelton.
  • Requires the city to pay $350,000 plus administrative costs for the land transfer.
  • Allows DEEP staff and consultants to maintain monitoring wells and conduct post-closure activities on the land.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The city of Shelton
  • State Properties Review Board
  • Department of Administrative Services
  • Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Terms To Know

Easement
A legal right to use another person's land for a specific purpose, like walking across it.
Post-closure monitoring activities
Checking and maintaining the safety of an area after something has been closed down, such as a landfill site.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact date when the land transfer will happen is not specified.
  • It's unclear what happens if the State Properties Review Board does not approve the conveyance within thirty days.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  2. 2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  3. 2026-05-20 LCO

    Special Act 26-17

  4. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  5. 2026-05-05 Connecticut General Assembly

    On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence

  6. 2026-05-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  7. 2026-05-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 507

  8. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  9. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    Immediate Transmittal to the Senate

  10. 2026-04-16 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  11. 2026-04-16 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  12. 2026-04-16 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 450

  13. 2026-04-16 LCO

    File Number 676

  14. 2026-04-10 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 5:00 PM

  15. 2026-04-07 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  16. 2026-04-06 GOS

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  17. 2026-03-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 04/01

  18. 2026-03-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight

Official Summary Text

To convey a parcel of state land to the city of Shelton for three hundred fifty thousand dollars.

Current Bill Text

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Substitute House Bill No. 5575

Special Act No. 26-17

AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE CITY OF
SHELTON.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision
of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Administrative Services
shall convey to the city of Shelton a parcel of land located in the city of
Shelton, at a cost equal to three hundred fifty thousand dollars, plus the
administrative costs of making such conveyance. Said parcel of land has
an area of approximately 6.49 acres, is identified as the parcel of land
located at 784 River Road and is further identif ied as Lot 38 on city of
Shelton Tax Assessor's Map 12 . The conveyance shall be subject to the
approval of the State Properties Review Board.
(b) The state shall retain an easement for purposes of allowing staff
and consultants of the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection to maintain monitoring wells on said parcel and conduct
post-closure monitoring activities pertaining to the adja cent closed
landfill.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the
conveyance of said parcel of land not later than thirty days after it
receives a proposed agreement from the Department of Administrative
Substitute House Bill No. 5575

Special Act No. 26-17 2 of 2

Services. The land shall remain under the care and control of said
department until a conveyance is made in accordance with the
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and deliver
any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance unde r this section,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions to carry out the
purposes of subsection (b) of this section. The Commissioner of
Administrative Services shall have the sole responsibility for all other
incidents of such conveyance.