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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF FOXBOROUGH TO CONVEY CERTAIN CONSERVATION LAND.

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. The town of Foxborough, acting by and through its board of selectmen, is hereby authorized to convey a certain parcel of conservation land located in said town to Alan J. Antokal and Lawrence D. Gitlitz, trustees of the Alan Lawrence Realty Trust, to be used for business purposes. Said parcel is shown as Lot A, Lot B1, Lot B3, Lot B4 and Lot B5 on a plan of land entitled "Plan of Land in Foxborough, MA" dated October 22, 1992 drawn by Bay Colony Group, Inc., a copy of which is on file in the Norfolk county registry of deeds as Plan No. 436 of 1993 in Plan Book 414.

SECTION 2. In consideration and as a condition of the conveyance authorized in section 1, Alan J. Antokal and Lawrence D. Gitlitz, trustees of the Alan Lawrence Realty Trust, shall convey to the town of Foxborough two parcels of land, located in said town, to be used for conservation purposes. The first parcel is shown as Area-680,200 on a plan of land entitled "Plan of Land in Foxborough, MA" dated July 22, 1988, drawn by GLM Engineering Consultants, Inc., a copy of which is on file in the Norfolk county registry of deeds as Plan No. 81 of 1989 in Plan Book 377; the second parcel of land is shown as Lot 3A on a plan of land entitled "Plan of Land in Foxborough, MA 38 Lakeview Road" dated October 29, 1996 drawn by Bay Colony Group, Inc., a copy of which in on file in the Norfolk county registry of deeds as Plan No. 266 of 1997 in Plan Book 447.

SECTION 3. The town of Foxborough shall arrange and pay for an independent appraisal, under the direction of the town, to determine the full and fair market value of all the parcels to be conveyed pursuant to sections 1 and 2. The inspector general shall review and approve said determinations of value and said review shall include an examination of the methodology utilized for said appraisal. The town shall convey the parcels authorized by section 1 only if the inspector general certifies in writing that the total value of the parcels to be conveyed pursuant to section 2, as so determined, is not less than the total value of the parcels to be conveyed pursuant to section 1, as so determined. The inspector general shall prepare a report of his review and certification and shall file said report with the joint committee on state administration of the general court.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved October 3, 1997.