Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, within ninety days of the opening of a new Norfolk county jail and house of correction, the existing facility located on Village avenue in the town of Dedham shall be closed and shall not be reopened, in whole or in part, as a jail, correctional institution or facility, house of correction or other facility of a similar nature. The commonwealth shall not by eminent domain, purchase, gift, or otherwise take an ownership interest for the purposes of maintaining any such correctional facility in any buildings or lands comprising the existing Norfolk county jail and house of correction.