HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4745 FILED ON: 4/6/2018
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4410
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul W. Mark and Adam G. Hinds
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the conveyance of a parcel of the Dalton Town Forest.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire | 4/6/2018 |
Adam G. Hinds | Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | 4/6/2018 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4745 FILED ON: 4/6/2018
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4410
By Representative Mark of Peru and Senator Hinds, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4410) of Paul W. Mark and Adam G. Hinds (by vote of the town) that the town of Dalton be authorized to convey a certain parcel of land in said town known as the Dalton town forest to the Department of Fish and Game. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. [Local Approval Received.] |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act relative to the conveyance of a parcel of the Dalton Town Forest.
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 the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary and pursuant to the provisions of article 97 of the amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the department of fish and game may take pursuant to chapter 79 of the General Laws or otherwise acquire, and the Town of Dalton may convey to the department, for the preservation and protection of fish and wildlife habitat, passive recreation and other purposes consistent therewith, for consideration of one hundred thousand dollars, a certain parcel of land in the town of Dalton known as the Dalton town forest described in a deed to the town of Dalton dated February 9, 1927 and recorded in in the Berkshire middle district registry of deeds in book 433, page 169.
SECTION 2. The department of fish and game shall submit an appraisal of the property described in section 1 to the inspector general for the inspector general’s review and comment. The inspector general shall prepare a report containing a review of the methodology used for the appraisal and shall file the report with the commissioner of fish and game, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures, and state assets.
SECTION 3. Costs and expenses associated with the transaction authorized in this act shall be apportioned as agreed to by the town of Dalton and the department of fish and game.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon passage.