Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately authorize the granting of certain easements, 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:

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 grant a permanent easement over a certain parcel of land in the town of Dedham under the care, custody and control of the metropolitan district commission to the Dedham-Westwood Water District, a body politic and corporate for the purposes of access to the operation of a public water supply well subject to such additional terms and conditions as said commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the metropolitan district commission. Said easement is shown on a plan entitled "Easement Plan, Dedham, Mass. dated January 17, 1991 revised March 6, 1991" by Harry R. Feldman, Inc., Surveyors.

SECTION 2. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized and directed to create a conservation restriction over two certain parcels of land located in the town of Dedham for the purpose of protecting the public water supply; subject to such additional conditions as said deputy commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the metropolitan district commission. Said parcels are shown on a plan entitled, "Conservation Restriction Plan, Dedham, Mass. dated January 9, 1991 revised March 6, 1991," by Harry R. Feldman, Inc., Surveyors.

SECTION 3. The Dedham-Westwood Water District shall assume the costs of any appropriate appraisals, surveys and other expenses as deemed necessary by the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations in connection with granting of the easement authorized and directed in section one and the creation of the conservation restriction authorized and directed in section two.

SECTION 4. In the event that the purposes described in section one are not complied with, the easement authorized in section one shall revert to the commonwealth under terms and conditions as the commissioner of capital planning and operations shall prescribe.

SECTION 5. The conservation restriction authorized and directed in section two shall remain in full force and affect only as long as the Dedham-Westwood Water District or its duly authorized successor uses the two parcels described in said section two for the purpose of protecting the water supply.