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. Chapter seven hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-nine is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Chapter 85 of the acts of 1994 is hereby amended by striking out sections 40 and 41 and inserting in place thereof the following two sections:-

Section 40. The commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of section forty H of chapter seven of the General Laws, to convey for nominal consideration, subject to the conditions specified in section forty-one of this act and any other conditions deemed appropriate by said commissioner, to the town of Tewksbury a parcel of land in said town estimated to be bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point of intersection of land of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and A&B Automotive;

Thence, North along the east side of state route 38 to the intersection of said state route and Chandler street, a distance of 240 feet, plus or minus;

Thence, northeast along the east side of Chandler street to the paved entryway to Tewksbury state hospital, a distance of 270 feet, plus or minus;

Thence, southeast along said paved way a distance of 410 feet, plus or minus to a point;

Thence, southwest to land of A&B Automotive, a distance of 365 feet, plus or minus;

Thence, along the boundary of land of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and A&B Automotive to the point of beginning, a distance of 150 feet, plus or minus.

Said parcel contains four acres, more or less, and the exact boundaries shall be established by said commissioner based on a survey of the parcel to be completed for this conveyance.

Section 41. The parcel of land authorized to be conveyed by section forty shall be used by the town of Tewksbury for the construction of a public library; provided, however, that if a library is not constructed on said parcel of land by August first, two thousand and one, said parcel shall revert to the commonwealth. The town of Tewksbury shall pay all the costs, expenses and fees related to and associated with this conveyance.

SECTION 3. Any conveyance of real property authorized or directed by chapter seven hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-nine is void and of no effect, and any deeds of said property shall be returned to the commonwealth.