AN ACT RELATIVE TO A PURCHASE OPTION ON A UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT DARTMOUTH LEASED FACILITY IN NEW BEDFORD
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize a purchase option on a University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth leased facility in New Bedford, 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 and for the sole purpose of the option to purchase the facility located at 182 Union street in the city of New Bedford set forth in the original lease agreement dated February 28, 2000, as extended by a one-year short-term tenancy agreement in fiscal year 2022, the University of Massachusetts Building Authority shall be the successor agency to the division of capital asset management and maintenance. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, on or before August 14, 2022, the University of Massachusetts Building Authority shall execute the option to purchase said facility located at 182 Union street in the city of New Bedford on behalf of the commonwealth, in accordance with section 2 of chapter 457 of the acts of 1996, and the deed conveying said property shall name as grantee the University of Massachusetts Building Authority.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
Approved, August 4, 2022.