Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance
Section 17b-138. (Formerly Sec. 17-304). - Conveyance of land by Commissioner of Social Services or his designee or Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Any real estate to which title has been taken by foreclosure, or which has been conveyed to the state in lieu of foreclosure, on a claim of the Department of Social Services or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, may be sold, transferred or conveyed for the state by the Commissioner of Social Services or his designee or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, as the case may be, with the approval of the Attorney General, and either commissioner or the designee of the Commissioner of Social Services may, in the name of the state, execute deeds for such purpose.

(1955, S. 1454d; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 9; P.A. 77-604, S. 12, 84; 77-614, S. 70, 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 83-127; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-435, S. 59, 95.)
History: 1967 act added the commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 77-604 replaced welfare department with department of social services in accordance with provisions of P.A. 75-420; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, added reference to department of income maintenance, successor agency to department of social services, but retained reference to social services because claims under former agency may still exist; P.A. 83-127 authorized income maintenance commissioner's designee to sell, transfer or convey real estate for the state and to execute deeds for such purposes; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 authorized the Revisors to delete the words “or income maintenance” in the phrase “department of social services or income maintenance”, effective June 28, 1993; Sec. 17-304 transferred to Sec. 17b-138 in 1995.

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