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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice Hanlon Peisch and Cynthia Stone Creem

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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 town of Wellesley to transfer control of certain parcels of land held for conservation or recreation purposes.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 6406        FILED ON: 10/20/2026

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to transfer control of certain parcels of land held for conservation or recreation purposes.

 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. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, pursuant to section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws, the natural resources commission of the town of Wellesley may transfer to the town of Wellesley board of public works certain land located at 125 Barton Road, Wellesley, more particularly shown as the areas labeled "PE-1", "PE-2" and "FIL-1" on the plan titled "Hegarty Pumping Station Connection Shaft Site, Acquisition/Easement Map", prepared by WSP, on file with the town clerk, being a portion of the parcel owned by the Town of Wellesley and described in the town of Wellesley's assessor's records as Parcel ID 21-81. The parcels are portions of the land acquired by the town in deeds recorded in the Norfolk County registry of deeds at book 558, page 506, and book 1311, page 392, and are currently used for the promotion and development of natural resources and the protection of watershed resources.

 (b) As remediation for the change of use of the land acquired for conservation and recreation land identified in subsection (a), the town shall transfer to the care, custody, management, and control of the town of Wellesley natural resources commission land currently owned by the Town and under the jurisdiction of the board of public works as shown on the plan titled "Morses Pond, Proposed Article 97 Land Swap at Morses Pond Access Road," a copy of which is on file with the town clerk, such land to be dedication to conservation and recreation purposes pursuant to Article 97 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth.

 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.