Session Laws

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 commissioner of the division of capital planning and operations is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of section forty J of chapter seven of the General Laws, to convey to Alfred H. Carl and Winifred M. Carl, by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, a certain parcel of land located in the town of West Boylston, in consideration of and subject to the requirements of sections two, three, four, five and six and subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the commissioner of the metropolitan district commission.

Said land is now held by the commonwealth and is presently under the care and control of the metropolitan district commission and is shown as Parcel A on a plan entitled "Compiled Plan of Land in West Boylston, MA, (Prepared for) Alfred H. Carl and Winifred M. Carl 104 Temple Street West Boylston MA 01583," prepared by DeFalco Engineering, Incorporated, and dated July third, nineteen hundred and ninety-five.

SECTION 2. The sale price to be paid by Alfred H. Carl and Winifred M. Carl for said parcel shall be the full and fair market value of the property determined by independent appraisal, for its use as described herein. The inspector general shall review and approve said appraisal and said review shall include an examination of the methodology utilized for said appraisal. Said inspector general shall prepare a report of his review and file said report with the commissioner for submission to the house and senate committees on ways and means and chairmen of the joint committee on state administration in accordance with section five.

SECTION 3. No deed conveying by or on behalf of the commonwealth the property described in section one shall be valid unless such deed provides that said land shall be used solely for driveway and landscaping purposes with no buildings or parts of buildings to be erected thereon, and in a manner which shall not adversely impact the watershed property retained by the commonwealth and managed by the division of watershed management of the metropolitan district commission.

SECTION 4. The recipients of said property shall assume the costs in full of preparation of a recordable survey describing said land and shall also assume the costs of recording said plan with the Worcester district of the registry of deeds.

SECTION 5. The sale price paid pursuant to section two shall be deposited in the General Fund of the commonwealth.

SECTION 6. The commissioner shall, thirty days before the execution of any agreement authorized by this act, or any subsequent amendment thereof, submit the agreement or amendment and a report thereon to the inspector general for his review and comment. Said inspector shall issue his review and comment within fifteen days of receipt of any agreement or amendment. Said commissioner shall submit the agreement and any subsequent amendments thereof, the reports and the comments of the inspector general, if any, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairmen of the joint committee on state administration at least fifteen days prior to execution of any such agreement.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.