HB 5577 — AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS.

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6775577 FebruarySpecial Session,Act 2026 Substitute House Bill No.

557726-18 HouseAN ofACT Representatives,AMENDING AprilA 16,CONVEYANCE 2026OF TheA CommitteePARCEL onOF GovernmentLAND OversightTO reportedTHE throughTOWN REP.OF SOMERS.

DATHAN of the 142nd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS.

Beginning at a point located on the westerly side of Bilton Road and at the northeasterly corner of land now or formerly of the State of Connecticut located at 264 Bilton Road, said point being the sHB5577northeasterly /corner Fileof No.the parcel described in this section;

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677 northeasterly corner of the parcel described in this section;

thence running S75º36'40"E a distance of [578.44] 561.03 feet along theSubstitute southerlyHouse lineBill ofNo. land now or formerly of Bushnell located at 166 Bilton Road to the point and place of the beginning.

5577 the southerly line of land now or formerly of Bushnell located at 166 Bilton Road to the point and place of the beginning.

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677Approved 2June sHB55774, File2026 Special Act No.

67726-18 This2 actof shall2 take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 from passage SA 24-13 Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

In Subsec.

(a), an opening bracket was moved from before ", at a cost" to before "the fair market", and "for" was deleted, for consistency with standard drafting conventions.

GOS Joint Favorable Subst.

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677 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 $ Resources of the General Fund GF - Precludes See Below See Below revenue gain Correction, Dept.;

Department GF - Gain of Potential Potential of Administrative Services Asset Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

Municipalities Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $ Somers Savings See Below See Below Somers Loss of Potential Potential Asset Explanation The bill modifies a conveyance approved in special act 24-13 by removing the requirement that the town of Somers pay the fair market value of the asset, which precludes a revenue gain to the General Fund and reduces the cost to the town of Somers in the amount of the fair market value of the property (most recently valued at approximately $12,600).

Additionally, the bill adds a requirement that the asset would revert to state control if the recipient does not use the land for specified purposes, which results in a potential loss of asset to the town of Somers and potential gain of asset for the state.

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677 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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677 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 5577 AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS.

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 Substitute Yea 12 Nay 0 (04/06/2026) sHB5577 / File No.

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