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. The town of Amherst, acting by and through its town meeting, is hereby authorized to convey the building and improvements known as the Carriage House, located at the Larch Hill Conservation Area at 525 South Pleasant street in the town of Amherst, and including no more than two-tenths of an acre of land occupied by said building, to the Hitchcock Center, Inc., provided that said building and land shall automatically revert to said town in the event that the Hitchcock Center, Inc. no longer exists as an environmental education center or ceases to use the building as its headquarters; that the conservation commission shall continue to use the north end of the building as its shop and storage space; that the conservation commission reserves the right to approve of any alterations or additions to the building by said Hitchcock Center, Inc.; that said building continue to be open to the general public and be used for conservation purposes compatible with the public use of the rest of the Larch Hill property; and that at least one member of the conservation commission continues to serve as a voting member of the Hitchcock center board of overseers.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.