AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWNS OF FAIRHAVEN, MARION, MATTAPOISETT AND ROCHESTER TO MAKE CERTAIN CONVEYANCES OF WELLFIELD AND WATER SUPPLY AND PROTECTION LAND TO THE MATTAPOISETT RIVER VALLEY WATER DISTRICT.
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 town of Fairhaven may convey, without consideration, to the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District, acting pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 3 of chapter 367 of the acts of 2004, easements for the construction, operation and maintenance by the said district of water supply, treatment and distribution facilities in certain land held by the said town for the purpose of well fields and water supply and protection. The parcels are shown as proposed easements 4, 5, 9 and 10 on a plan of land entitled “Mattapoisett River Valley Water District”, index sheets I and II, dated June 30, 2005, by Tata & Howard, Inc.
SECTION 2. The town of Marion may convey, without consideration, to the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District, acting pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 3 of chapter 367 of the acts of 2004, easements for the construction, operation and maintenance by the said district of water supply, treatment and distribution facilities in certain land held by the said town for the purpose of well fields and water supply and protection. The parcel is shown as proposed easement 1 on a plan of land entitled “Mattapoisett River Valley Water District”, index sheets I and II, dated June 30, 2005, by Tata & Howard, Inc.
SECTION 3. The town of Mattapoisett may convey, without consideration, to the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District, acting pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 3 of chapter 367 of the acts of 2004, easements for the construction, operation and maintenance by the said district of water supply, treatment and distribution facilities in certain land held by the said town for the purpose of well fields and water supply and protection. The parcels are shown as proposed easements 3, 7, 11, 12, and 13 on a plan of land entitled “Mattapoisett River Valley Water District”, index sheets I and II, dated June 30, 2005, by Tata & Howard, Inc.
SECTION 4. The town of Rochester may convey, without consideration, to the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District, acting pursuant to paragraph (3) of section 3 of chapter 367 of the acts of 2004, easements for the construction, operation and maintenance by the said district of water supply, treatment and distribution facilities in certain land held by the said town for the purpose of well fields and water supply and protection. The parcel is shown as proposed easement 2 on a plan of land entitled “Mattapoisett River Valley Water District”, index sheets I and II, dated June 30, 2005, by Tata & Howard, Inc.
SECTION 5. The prior conveyances of any such easements by any of the towns to the district are hereby ratified.
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved August 9, 2006.