Sec. 32-228. Sale, exchange or lease of real property under custody and control of the Department of Economic and Community Development. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 32-228. Sale, exchange or lease of real property under custody and control of the Department of Economic and Community Development. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Works, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Properties Review Board, sell, exchange, lease or enter into agreements concerning any real property belonging to the state and transferred to the custody and control of the Department of Economic and Community Development. The commissioner shall require, as a condition of any sale, exchange, lease or agreement entered into pursuant to this section, that such real property be used primarily for manufacturing or economic base businesses or for business support services. Prior to any such sale, exchange, lease or agreement, the commissioner shall consult with each municipality in which the land, improvement or interest is located.

      (b) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Works, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Properties Review Board, may: (1) Enter into a contract to purchase, lease or hold any surplus real property made available by the federal government if the commissioner determines that such real property can be utilized for manufacturing or other economic base businesses or for business support services and (2) sell, exchange, lease or enter into an agreement concerning any real property acquired by the commissioner under subdivision (1) of this subsection. The commissioner shall require, as a condition of any sale, exchange, lease or agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, that such real property be used primarily for manufacturing or other economic base businesses or for business support services. No such land may be sold, exchanged or leased by the commissioner under subdivision (2) of this subsection without prior consultation with each municipality in which such land is located.

      (c) The use of any land sold, exchanged or leased under this section shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances or regulations of the municipality in which such land is located.

      (d) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may, with the approval of the Commissioner of Public Works, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Properties Review Board: (1) Enter into a contract to purchase, lease or hold any real property, other than property owned by the state or made available by the federal government, if the commissioner has entered into a contract to sell, exchange or lease such property to another person who will utilize such property for manufacturing or other economic base business or for business support services provided such sale or lease shall close not later than one week after the commissioner purchases, leases, holds or otherwise acquires such property and further provided such contract shall provide that the transferor shall be liable for any costs associated with remediation of environmental contamination of such real property; and (2) sell, exchange or lease any real property acquired by the commissioner under subdivision (1) of this subsection. The commissioner shall require, as a condition of any sale, exchange, lease or agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, that such real property be used primarily for manufacturing or other economic base business or for business support services. No such land may be sold, exchanged or leased by the commissioner under subdivision (2) of this subsection without prior consultation with each municipality in which such real property is located provided any person who leases such property from the commissioner under this subsection shall be liable to the municipality for any tax due under chapter 203 as if such lessee were the owner of such property. The transferor shall be liable for any costs associated with remediation of environmental contamination of any property which the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development proposes to acquire under this section provided, in the case of a property to be subsequently sold by the commissioner under this section, the commissioner may enter into a contract with the subsequent transferee under which the transferee shall be liable for such costs.

      (P.A. 90-270, S. 9, 38; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 97-211, S. 1, 7.)

      History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 97-211 added Subsec. (d) re acquisition and transfer of certain real property by the commissioner, effective June 24, 1997.