HOUSE  .   .   .   .   .   .   .  No. 5048

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 20, 2022.

The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Bill relative to a certain parcel of land in the town of Townsend (House, No. 4921), reports recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting therefor the accompanying bill (House, No. 5048).

For the committee,

AARON MICHLEWITZ.

FILED ON: 7/20/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5048

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to a certain parcel of land in the town of Townsend.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith the department of fish and game to void a deed over certain property it previously acquired by gift, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

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 commonwealth, acting by and through the department of fish and game, may void the deed by which said department acquired, for conservation purposes, a certain parcel of land located in the town of Townsend as a gift from the grantor, Mary A. Ballarino, which deed is recorded with the Middlesex South registry of deeds in book 75813, page 486; provided, however, that the department may only void the deed upon agreement from Mary A. Ballarino to convey said parcel to the department for consideration of $1.00 once the deed is voided. Upon the land being conveyed to the department pursuant to this section, the department shall hold the parcel for conservation purposes.

SECTION 2. The land to be conveyed pursuant to section 1 is shown on a plan of land entitled “Plan of Land in Townsend, Mass. Prepared for Robert C. Ballarino”, dated October 2007, prepared by David E. Ross Associates, Inc. and recorded with the Middlesex South registry of deeds in book 2020, page 717.