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General Assembly File No. 659
February Session, 2026 Senate Bill No. 522
Senate, April 16, 2026
The Committee on Government Oversight reported through
SEN. GADKAR-WILCOX of the 22nd Dist., Chairperson of the
Committee on the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.
AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF
KILLINGWORTH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) (a) Notwithstanding any provision 1
of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 2
Protection shall convey to the town of Killingworth a parcel of land 3
located on Roast Meat Hill Road at a cost equal to the fair market value 4
of the property, as determined by the average of the appraisals of two 5
independent appraisers selected by the commissioner, plus the 6
administrative costs of making such conveyance. Said parcel of land has 7
an area of approximately ten acres, and is a portion of a parcel of land 8
depicted as Lot 50 on the Killingworth Tax Assessor Map 24 and 9
described in a warranty deed recorded September 28, 2001, in Book 170 10
at Page 272 of the Killingworth Land Records. The precise size and area 11
of the parcel to be conveyed shall be determined by the Commissioner 12
of Energy and Environmental Protection. If a survey of said parcel of 13
land for the purpose of the conveyance is deemed necessary by the 14
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commissioner, the town of Killingworth shall pay the costs of any such 15
survey. The conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State 16
Properties Review Board. 17
(b) The State Properties Review Board shall complete its review of the 18
conveyance of said parcel of land not later than thirty days after it 19
receives a proposed agreement from the Commissioner of Energy and 20
Environmental Protection. The land shall remain under the care and 21
control of said commissioner until a conveyance is made in accordance 22
with the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer shall execute and 23
deliver any deed or instrument necessary for a conveyance under this 24
section. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection 25
shall have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such 26
conveyance. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
GOS Joint Favorable
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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $
Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection
GF - Loss of
Asset
See Below See Below
Resources of the General Fund GF - Revenue
Gain
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $
Killingworth Cost See Below See Below
Killingworth Gain of
Asset
See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill conveys a specified parcel of land on Roast Meat Hill Road,
a part of Cockaponset State Forest totaling approximately 10 acres, from
the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to the town of
Killingworth. The state would lose use of the asset and gain revenues
equal to the fair market value of the property (most recently valued at
approximately $247,300). The town of Killingworth would gain use of
an asset and would pay fair market value of the property and the
administrative costs of th e conveyance , including survey costs if
necessary.
The land conveyance is subject to the review and approval of the State
Properties Review Board.
The Out Years
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The conveyance action is one time in nature. Control of the asset
would continue into the future as described above, subject to future
municipal decisions.
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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 522
AN ACT CONVEYING A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN
OF KILLINGWORTH.
SUMMARY
The Office of Legislative Research (OLR) does not analyze Special
Acts, but information on this conveyance and others reported favorably
by the Government Oversight Committee can be found in an annual
report prepared by OLR. For 2026, this is OLR Report 2026-R-0063.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Oversight Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 8 Nay 4 (04/06/2026)