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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY KNOWN AS THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER TO LEASE CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE BRIDGEWATER VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 2125, INC.

     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.  Notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, the city known as the town of Bridgewater, acting by and through its town council, may lease the property at 40 Orange street, which is the site of the former Prattown School, to the Bridgewater Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2125, Inc.  The term of the lease shall be for not more than 20 years and any other terms and conditions of such lease shall be approved by a vote of the town council and such terms and conditions shall be subject to section 2.
     SECTION 2.  Subsections (a), (b) and (g) of section 16 of chapter 30B of the General Laws shall apply to the lease authorized in section 1.  The parcel described in section 1 shall not be assigned to another or sublet by a lessee without the prior written approval of the town council.  Any further disposition of the parcel, other than that authorized by this act, shall be subject to chapter 30B of the General Laws, section 3 of chapter 40 of the General Laws and any other applicable General Law.
     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved, September 3, 2015.