(a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall transfer to the Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission two certain pieces or parcels of land known as Plot # 6, containing thirty acres, more or less, situated on the north side of River Road in the town of Middletown, county of Middlesex, and state of Connecticut, and being bounded and described as follows: As to the first piece or parcel; Commencing at a point in the northerly side of River Road being the southeast corner of the land herein described, thence running N 31 degrees E a distance of 286 feet, more or less, to the right-of-way of the Penn Central Railroad (Valley Line), thence running westerly along said right-of-way a distance of 2720 feet, more or less, thence running southerly 80 feet, more or less, to River Road, thence running southeasterly along the northern boundary of River Road a distance of 530 feet, more or less, to a brook, thence running N 80 degrees E along the north side of River Road to a bend in said road a distance of 380 feet, more or less, thence S 82 degrees E a distance of 1160 feet, more or less along the northern side of River Road to the point and place of beginning. As to the second piece or parcel of land being a small piece or parcel located on the northerly side of the Penn Central Railroad (Valley Line) right-of-way, bounded on the northerly and westerly side by the Connecticut River and on the southerly side by said railroad right-of-way and on the easterly side by property of the Feldspar Corporation. Said two pieces or parcels of land contain a total area of thirty acres, more or less, and are shown on a map or plan titled, “The Connecticut State Hospital Middletown, Conn. Scale 1″ = 200′ 1922″.

(b) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall transfer to the Veterans' Home certain land in the city of Middletown, under the supervision and control of said commissioner, in exchange for the transfer by the Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services of certain land comprised of pieces and parcels of the land described in subsection (a) of equal acreage, the exact boundaries of the lands to be exchanged to be decided by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the advice and assistance of all parties within the six-month period following June 14, 1979.

(c) The land transferred to the commission under subsections (a) and (b) of this section and not transferred to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Connecticut Valley Hospital shall be used by the Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs for the establishment and maintenance of a veterans' cemetery.

(1971, P.A. 352, S. 1; P.A. 79-478, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-285, S. 19, 35; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 04-169, S. 12; P.A. 05-288, S. 124.)

History: P.A. 79-478 provided, in new Subsec. (b), for an exchange of land between the commissioner of mental health and the veterans' home and hospital commission; P.A. 88-285 amended Subsec. (c) to replace commission with commissioner of veterans' affairs; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-169 amended Subsec. (b) to change the name of the Veterans' Home and Hospital to the Veterans' Home, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2005.