AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN PARK LAND IN THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON
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 select board of the town of Lexington may transfer the care, custody and control of certain parcels of land currently under the care and control of the select board of the town of Lexington for athletic fields to the school committee of the town of Lexington for school purposes. The parcels of land that may be transferred under this section comprise approximately 8 acres and are more particularly described in 2 deeds recorded in the Middlesex south district registry of deeds in book 3953, page 561 and in book 3981, page 109.
SECTION 2. As a condition of any transfer of land pursuant to section 1, the town of Lexington shall transfer to the school committee the care, custody, management and control of 2 parcels of land shown on a document prepared by Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates, Inc., and entitled as “Figure G”, dated October 3, 2025, which is on file with the town clerk. The parcels shall be used for the new Lexington high school athletic field and for public park, open space and recreational purposes, all of which shall be subject to Article 97 of the amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, June 10, 2026.