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 commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, to transfer care and control of certain parcels of land located in the towns of Northborough and Westborough currently under the care and control of the department of mental health for agricultural and other purposes to the department of food and agriculture for agricultural purposes, subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations may prescribe in consultation with the commissioner of the department of mental health.

Said parcels are located on the campus of the Westborough state hospital, adjacent to the westerly side of Lyman street, containing approximately 51.10 acres, more or less, and the easterly side of Lyman street, containing approximately 22.70 acres, more or less, which have been used as active agricultural land, all acres being southerly of the intersection of Lyman street and Talbot street.

SECTION 2. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, to transfer care and control of certain parcels of land located in the towns of Northborough and Westborough currently under the care and control of the department of mental health for agricultural and other purposes to the division of fisheries and wildlife for use by said division of fisheries, wildlife and law enforcement for fish and wildlife conservation, natural habitat protection and associated public recreation purposes, subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations may prescribe in consultation with the commissioner of the department of mental health. Said parcels are located on the campus of the Westborough state hospital, adjacent to the westerly side of Lyman street, containing approximately 232.20 acres, more or less, and the easterly side of Lyman street, containing approximately 235.00 acres, more or less. The department of mental health shall reserve the right to access, utilize, maintain, replace and repair the water tanks located on said parcels.

SECTION 3. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, to convey a permanent easement through an approximately twelve acre, more or less, portion of a certain parcel of land shown on the Westborough Assessors' Map 32, as parcel 14 in the town of Westborough currently under the care and control of the division of fisheries and wildlife for fish and wildlife conservation, natural habitat protection and associated public recreation purposes to the town of Westborough for water supply purposes, including the right to pump water to provide a municipal water supply and the right to install, maintain, repair and replace wells, pipes and related equipment on such terms and conditions as the commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations may prescribe in consultation with the division of fisheries and wildlife. Said terms shall include the assumption by the town of all costs and liabilities associated with the exercise of its rights under the easement. The exact location on said parcel of the approximately twelve acres, more or less, easement is as shown on a plan prepared by Geologic Services Corporation on file at the town of Westborough and is in the area of said parcel which is located southwesterly of Chauncy Lake and approximately one thousand two hundred feet north of the intersection of Oak street and Chauncy street.

SECTION 4. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of sections forty E to forty J, inclusive, of chapter seven of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, to transfer care and control of a certain parcel of land located in the city of Worcester, known as Parcel B in section two of chapter three hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-three currently under care and control of the department of food and agriculture to the division of capital planning and operations, provided that said parcel shall continue to be used for the purposes of and in accordance with the terms established by said chapter three hundred and seventeen.