HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94339 FILED ON: 11/13/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4339
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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By Mr. Walsh of Lynn, for the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, on House, No. 3504, A Bill
authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to transfer certain land in the city of Marlborough to Michael
Audette
(House, No. 4339).
November 16, 2009, 2009
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FOR THE COMMITTEE
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Steven M. Walsh
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11th Essex
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to transfer certain land in the city of Marlborough to Michael Audette. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled
, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The
commissioner
of capital asset management and maintenance, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 40E through 40H, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws, is hereby authorized to convey, by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, to Michael Audette,
his heirs, successors and assigns,
an easement for right of way and parking purposes on
certain
commonwealth land located in the town of Natick and
now
under the care and control of the Massachusetts
w
ater
r
esources
a
uthority for waterworks purposes, sa
id land having been most recently used as part of the Cochituate
a
queduct, said easement being further described in a plan of land dated April 22, 2003, entitled “Existing Driveway Location Plan of Land in Natick, Mass., Scale 1”=10‘ by Joseph R. Sullivan,
professional engineer,
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said plan to be recorded in the Middlesex county south registry of deeds prior to the recording of said deed.
SECTION 2.
The purchaser of the easement conveyed pursuant to section 1 of this act shall pay the full and fair market
value of said easement based upon an independent professional appraisal as determined by
said commissioner
. The inspector general shall review and approve the appraisal, and the review and appraisal shall include an examination of the methodology utilized
for the appraisal. The inspector general shall prepare a report of his review and approval of the appraisal,
and any
sale agreement,
instrument of transfer
and
any
amendments thereto,
and file his report with the commissioner, and copies of the same shall
be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the chairmen of the joint committee on
state administration and regulatory oversight
at least 15 days prior to said execution. The parcel of land conveyed pursuant to this act was ac
quired by the commonwealth for the purposes stated in article 97 of the amendments to the constitution of Massachusetts. The proceeds of the sale authorized by of this act shall be deposited in the water supply protection trust established by
section 73 of
chapter 10 of the General Laws, said proceeds to be used for future acquisition of water supply protection lands.
SECTION 3.
The purchaser shall be responsible for all costs associated with the conveyance authorized by this act, including but not limited
to any appraisal, survey, recording and legal costs, and any and all other expenses incurred by the commonwealth in
connection with said conveyance.
SECTION 4.
Michael Audette and his agents, tenants or contractors shall agree to hold the ommonwealth an
d its agents and employees harmless from and against all claims, actions, damages or costs claimed for injuries or damages to persons or property arising out of, or in any way relating to, the conveyance authorized by this act, and shall indemnify and defe
nd the commonwealth and its agents and employees from and against any and all such claims, actions, damages or costs.
SECTION
5
. The
purchaser
shall use the
easement
solely for
right of way and parking purposes
and the
easement
or other agreement pertaini
ng to the
grant of the easement
shall include a provision restricting the use of the property to such purposes and providing for a reversion of the property to the commonwealth if the property ceases to be so used or is used for any other purpose.
SECTION
6
. If the
purchaser
ceases to use and maintain the
easement
for the purposes specified in section
5
of this act or uses the
easement
for any other purpose, the
easement
shall terminate and the property shall revert to the commonwealth.
SECTION
7
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The con
veyance authorized by this act shall be subject to the requirements of sections 40I and 40J of the General Laws.
