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 Mendon-Upton Regional School District may grant an easement over a certain parcel of land acquired for school purposes to the town of Upton. The easement shall include the right to erect and maintain in and under the parcel poles, wires, conduits, pipes and mains for the service of utilities to residents of the town and to surface, improve and maintain the parcel for the purposes of travel and public conveyance and to install and maintain drainage and such facilities in the same manner and to the same extent public ways in the town are commonly used and maintained. The town shall indemnify and hold harmless the school district from and against any loss, damage or liability arising out of the town's exercise of the rights and easement. The easement is granted subject to the right expressly reserved by the district to continue to use the parcel for all purposes not adverse to the rights granted by this act.

The easement is shown as "Driveway Easement A" on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Upton, MA prepared for town of Upton, property of Mendon-Upton Regional School District, Scale 40 feet to an inch, date, May 31, 1999, Guerriere & Halnon, Inc. Engineering and Land Surveying, 333 West Street, Milford, MA to be recorded in the Worcester county registry of deeds.

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