(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may, in discharging his obligation to furnish convenient places for the holding of the Superior Court, lease realty from any private developer subject to the provisions of section 4b-23.

(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Chief Court Administrator, may enter into lease-purchase agreements and related agreements, including representations and agreements as provided in subsection (r) of section 3-20, to provide additional courthouse facilities in Middletown, New Britain and Rocky Hill, subject to the provisions of section 4b-23. Such agreements shall be obligations of the state subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of section 3-20 and section 4-98, and an action to enforce such agreements may be brought in the same manner and under the same circumstances as those permitted by section 3-21a.

(February, 1965, P.A. 517, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 112, S. 1; P.A. 75-425, S. 45, 57; P.A. 76-436, S. 99, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 71, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 14; P.A. 87-496, S. 105, 110; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9, S. 7, 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 44.)

History: 1967 act made entrance into lease discretionary rather than mandatory, added proviso re site of courthouse and required that lease contain provision granting public works commissioner an option to purchase the property; P.A. 75-425 specified that leases are subject to Sec. 4-26b; P.A. 76-436 deleted reference to leases re court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 51-187b transferred to Sec. 51-27d in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-280 replaced “Tolland county” with “the judicial district of Tolland”; P.A. 82-248 deleted provision re lease agreement and site of courthouse in Vernon; P.A. 87-496 substituted “public works” for “administrative services” commissioner; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9 divided the Sec. into two Subsecs., inserting new language as Subsec. (b) authorizing public works commissioner to enter into lease-purchase agreements and related agreements to provide additional courthouse facilities in Middletown, New Britain and Rocky Hill; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 193 C. 670.