HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2985        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Allen Robertson

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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 authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Tewksbury.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2985        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3106

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Tewksbury.

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 any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall convey to the town of Tewksbury, for use as a cemetery, a certain parcel of land identified as parcel 62-19-3 on a plan of land dated September 12, 2012 prepared by Nitsch Engineering, Inc., being approximately 11.019 acres of a parcel previously conveyed to the department of public health by deed recorded November 23, 1979 at the Middlesex north registry of deeds at book 2396, page 686. Prior to finalizing the transaction or making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan in order to carry out the purposes of this section. The consideration for the conveyance of the parcel pursuant to this section shall be the fair market value of the parcel as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance based upon an independent professional appraisal, taking into consideration the restriction on the use of the parcel set forth in this section. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall submit the appraisal to the inspector general for his or her review and comment. The inspector general shall review and approve the appraisal, and the review examination of the methodology utilized for the appraisal. The inspector general shall prepare a report of his or her review and file the report with the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance for submission by said commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight. Said commissioner shall submit copies of the appraisals, and the inspector general’s review and approval and comments, if any, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight at least 15 days prior to the execution of documents effecting the transfers described in section 1.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, may convey for to the town of Tewksbury, for recreational use, a certain parcel of land identified as parcel 62-19-2 on a plan of land dated September 12, 2012 prepared by Nitsch Engineering, Inc., being approximately .517 acres of a parcel previously conveyed to the department of public health by deed recorded November 23, 1979 at the Middlesex north registry of deeds at book 2396, page 686. Prior to finalizing the transaction or making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan in order to carry out the purposes of this section. The consideration for the conveyance of the parcel pursuant to this section shall be the fair market value of the parcel as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance based upon an independent professional appraisal, taking into consideration the restriction on the use of the parcel set forth in this section. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall submit the appraisal to the inspector general for his or her review and comment. The inspector general shall review and approve the appraisal, and the review examination of the methodology utilized for the appraisal. The inspector general shall prepare a report of his or her review and file the report with the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance for submission by said commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight. Said commissioner shall submit copies of the appraisals, and the inspector general’s review and approval and comments, if any, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight at least 15 days prior to the execution of documents effecting the transfers described in section 2.