Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately effect the conveyance of permanent and temporary easements in two certain parcels of land owned by the commonwealth in the towns of Groton and Pepperell by the division of capital planning and operations to the town of Groton for the purpose of laying out and constructing a sewer line, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

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

Chapter 213 of the acts of 1988 is hereby amended by striking out section 1, as amended by section 1 of chapter 620 of the acts of 1989, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 1. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws, to sell and convey by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, certain permanent sewer easements, or any interest therein, located in the towns of Groton and Pepperell, to the town of Groton subject to the requirements of sections two, three and four and to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the department of environmental management, said property being three easements, described as Easement I, II, and Easement III, shall be located within the boundaries of two sections of an abandoned railroad right of way, formerly known as the Hollis Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad.

EASEMENT I is shown on a plan entitled: "Easement Plan of Land in Groton & Pepperell, MA;" Scale: 1" = 100'; dated May 13, 1988; revised November 30, 1988, prepared for the Town of Groton; prepared by David D. Lanata & Associates, Inc., Woburn, MA.

EASEMENT II is shown on a plan entitled: "Easement Plan of Land in Groton & Pepperell, MA;" Scale: 1" = 100'; dated May 5, 1988, revised November 30, 1988, prepared for the Town of Groton, by David D. Lanata & Associates, Inc., Woburn, MA. Said plans are on file in the office of the town clerk of the town of Groton.

EASEMENT III is shown on a plan entitled: "Easement Plan of Land in Groton, MA;" Scale: 1" = 40'; dated September 17, 1990; revised April 8, 1991, prepared for the Town of Groton; prepared by David D. Lanata & Associates, Inc., Woburn, MA.

The aforementioned plans describing Easement I and Easement II delineate temporary sewer construction easements consisting of two ten-foot wide parcels of land abutting and paralleling the permanent easements, one ten-foot wide parcel situated on each side thereof, and located as aforesaid. The aforementioned plan describing Easement III delineates a temporary sewer construction easement ten feet in width on one side of the permanent easement. Said temporary easements shall only exist for the duration of this sewer interception construction project. Upon receipt of an engineer's certified as-built plan by the department of environmental management and the division of capital planning and operations, said temporary construction easements for the town of Groton will expire.