Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-142a
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.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-142a
(February, 1965, P.A. 525; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 106; 1971, P.A. 739, S. 1; 872, S. 203; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146 (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)