Connecticut General Statutes 13a-142a – Acquisition of land adjacent to highway for environmental protection purposes
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
The Commissioner of Transportation may acquire by purchase but not by condemnation, in the same manner and with like powers as said commissioner possesses in purchasing real property for state highway purposes, and accept gifts of, land adjacent to state highways and take a deed in the name of the state, and transfer custody of such land to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection when such land, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall replace environmental protection land acquired from the Department of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for highway purposes after October 1, 1965.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13a-142a
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Transportation and includes each successor in office or authority. See Connecticut General Statutes 13a-1
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Highway: includes streets and roads. See Connecticut General Statutes 13a-1
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.