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 capital asset management and maintenance may, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental management, acquire from the town of South Hadley certain parcels of land, identified in section 3.

SECTION 2. The inhabitants of Fire District Number Two in the town of South Hadley acting by and through its prudential committee and board of water commissioners may sell and convey these parcels of land to the commonwealth. The parcels shall be used by the commonwealth, acting by and through the department of environmental management, for conservation purposes.

SECTION 3. The parcels to be conveyed are identified as follows:-

all of the lands, including lands under water, in the town of South Hadley as described in certain deeds recorded in the Hampshire County registry of deeds in book 876, page 87; book 878, page 1; book 971, page 104; book 1208, page 36; book 1263, page 490; book 1280, page 254; book 1573, page 188; book 1587, page 99; book 5275, page 7.

SECTION 4. The conveyance authorized in sections 1 and 2 shall comply with paragraphs (a), (b), and (g) of section 16 of chapter 30B of the General Laws.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.