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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2985 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3106
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Allen Robertson
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey
a certain parcel of land in the town of Tewksbury.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/19/2023 1 of 3
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2985 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3106
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3106)
of David Allen Robertson relative to authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management
and Maintenance to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Tewksbury. State
Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act authorizing the commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey
a certain parcel of land in the town of Tewksbury.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the
2commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall convey to the town of
3Tewksbury, for use as a cemetery, a certain parcel of land identified as parcel 62-19-3 on a plan
4of land dated September 12, 2012 prepared by Nitsch Engineering, Inc., being approximately
511.019 acres of a parcel previously conveyed to the department of public health by deed recorded
6November 23, 1979 at the Middlesex north registry of deeds at book 2396, page 686. Prior to
7finalizing the transaction or making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of
8capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan
9in order to carry out the purposes of this section. The consideration for the conveyance of the
10parcel pursuant to this section shall be the fair market value of the parcel as determined by the
11commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance based upon an independent 2 of 3
12professional appraisal, taking into consideration the restriction on the use of the parcel set forth
13in this section. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall submit the
14appraisal to the inspector general for his or her review and comment. The inspector general shall
15review and approve the appraisal, and the review examination of the methodology utilized for
16the appraisal. The inspector general shall prepare a report of his or her review and file the report
17with the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance for submission by said
18commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee
19on state administration and regulatory oversight. Said commissioner shall submit copies of the
20appraisals, and the inspector general’s review and approval and comments, if any, to the house
21and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and
22regulatory oversight at least 15 days prior to the execution of documents effecting the transfers
23described in section 1.
24 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the
25commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, may convey for to the town of
26Tewksbury, for recreational use, a certain parcel of land identified as parcel 62-19-2 on a plan of
27land dated September 12, 2012 prepared by Nitsch Engineering, Inc., being approximately .517
28acres of a parcel previously conveyed to the department of public health by deed recorded
29November 23, 1979 at the Middlesex north registry of deeds at book 2396, page 686. Prior to
30finalizing the transaction or making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of
31capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan
32in order to carry out the purposes of this section. The consideration for the conveyance of the
33parcel pursuant to this section shall be the fair market value of the parcel as determined by the
34commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance based upon an independent 3 of 3
35professional appraisal, taking into consideration the restriction on the use of the parcel set forth
36in this section. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall submit the
37appraisal to the inspector general for his or her review and comment. The inspector general shall
38review and approve the appraisal, and the review examination of the methodology utilized for
39the appraisal. The inspector general shall prepare a report of his or her review and file the report
40with the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance for submission by said
41commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee
42on state administration and regulatory oversight. Said commissioner shall submit copies of the
43appraisals, and the inspector general’s review and approval and comments, if any, to the house
44and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and
45regulatory oversight at least 15 days prior to the execution of documents effecting the transfers
46described in section 2.