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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-21 (2025)

Purchase and sale of land by commissioner

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The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may buy land in the state suitable for the growth of timber, at a price not exceeding ten dollars per acre, unless a higher price is authorized by the Governor. Such land shall be deeded to the state and shall be called a state forest. The commissioner may accept deeds and devises of such lands which may be offered to the state without cost. He may, with the approval of the Governor, sell or exchange any land acquired for state forests or any easement or interest therein, and may, in the name of the state, execute deeds for such purposes, provided no land shall be sold or exchanged by said commissioner pursuant to this section unless land of at least equal fair market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness has been substituted for such land. No provision of this section shall be construed to set aside any terms or conditions under which gifts or bequests of land have been accepted for state forests.

(1949 Rev., S. 3447; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 184; P.A. 79-603; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act replaced references to state forester with references to commissioner of environmental protection and deleted obsolete provision requiring consent of state park and forest commission for purchase of land; P.A. 79-603 prohibited sale or exchange of land unless land of equal fair market value and equivalent usefulness is substituted for it; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2009–2023 · leading case: Brown v. Comm'r of Corr., 282 A.3d 959 (Conn. 2022).
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Brown v. Comm'r of Corr., 282 A.3d 959 (Conn. 2022). · cites it 6× “court is required, once it issues the writ after applying the criteria set forth in Practice Book § 23-24, to provide notice and an opportunity to be heard before dismissing a petition pursuant to § 23- 29 on its own motion, this court reviewed the historical development of…”
Gilchrist v. Comm'r of Corr., 223 A.3d 368 (Conn. 2020). · cites it 3× “) set forth in the Practice Book, this court concluded that a dismissal under § 23-29 may not precede the habeas court’s determination to issue the writ of habeas corpus under § 23-24, as that rule dictates the procedure by which the judicial authority must conduct a preliminary…”
Zollo v. Comm'r of Corr., 35 A.3d 337 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “'" [4] Practice Book § 23-21 provides in relevant part: "Except as otherwise provided herein, the procedures set forth in Sections 23-22 through 23-42 shall apply to any petition for a writ of habeas corpus which sets forth a claim of illegal confinement.”
Riddick v. Comm'r of Corr., 966 A.2d 762 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). “If the petition is not dismissed, the judge ruling on the motion to withdraw as counsel shall not preside at any subsequent hearing on the merits of the case.”
Nonhuman Rights Proj., Inc. v. R.W. Commerford & Sons, Inc., 192 Conn. App. 36 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019). “The petitioner alleged that it is a not-for-profit corporation with a mission of changing ‘‘the common law status of at least some nonhuman animals from mere things, which lack the capacity to possess any legal rights, to persons, who possess such fundamental rights as bodily…”
State v. Alegrand, 23 A.3d 1250 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). “However, it does provide grounds for a habeas corpus petition pursuant to Practice Book § 23-21 et. seq. We conclude that the court properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction.”
Nonhuman Rights Proj., Inc. v. R.W. Commerford & Sons, Inc., 231 A.3d 1171 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “3 On November 13, 2017, the petitioner filed its first verified petition for a common-law writ of habeas corpus on behalf of three elephants; see footnote 1 of this opinion; pursuant to General Statutes § 52-466 et seq.”
Nonhuman Rights Proj., Inc. v. R.W. Commerford & Sons, Inc., 231 A.3d 1171 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “3 On November 13, 2017, the petitioner filed its first verified petition for a common-law writ of habeas corpus on behalf of three elephants; see footnote 1 of this opinion; pursuant to General Statutes § 52-466 et seq.”
State v. Douglas C., No. SC20456 (Conn. Jan. 10, 2023). “…actions; see Practice Book §§ 23-45 through 23-49; arbitration; see Practice Book §§ 23-60 through 23-66; and alternative dispute resolution. See Practice Book § 23-67. Chapter 23 is a subsection of the broad, general section, ‘‘Superior Court—Procedure in Civil Matters,’’…”
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