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:

SECTION 1. Section 8 of chapter 61 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following three sentences:- After a public hearing, said city or town may assign either of such options to a nonprofit conservation organization under such terms and conditions as the mayor or board of selectmen deem appropriate. Such assignment shall be for the purpose of maintaining the major portion of the property subject to this assignment in use as forest land. Notice of such public hearing shall be given in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter thirty-nine.

SECTION 2. Said section 8 of said chapter 61, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the sixth sentence the following sentence:- If either option has been assigned to a nonprofit conservation organization as provided in this section, such written notice shall state the name and address of such organization and the terms and conditions of such assignment.

SECTION 3. Section 9 of chapter 61B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following three sentences:- After a public hearing, said city or town may assign either of such options to a nonprofit conservation organization under such terms and conditions as the mayor or board of selectmen deem appropriate. Such assignment shall be for the purpose of maintaining the major portion of the property subject to this assignment in uses specified in section one. Notice of such public hearing shall be given in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter thirty-nine.

SECTION 4. Said section 9 of said chapter 61B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the sixth sentence the following sentence:- If either option has been assigned to a nonprofit conservation organization as provided in this section, such written notice shall state the name and address of said organization and the terms and conditions of such assignment.