HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4839
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 10, 2024.
The committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, to
whom was referred the 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, reports recommending that the accompanying bill
(House, No. 4839) ought to pass.
For the committee,
ANTONIO F. D. CABRAL. 1 of 2
FILED ON: 7/1/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4839
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 sections 32 through 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the
2General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset
3management and maintenance shall convey to the town of Tewksbury, for use as a cemetery, a
4certain parcel of land identified as parcel 62-19-3 on a plan of land dated September 12, 2012
5prepared by Nitsch Engineering, Inc., being approximately 11.019 acres of a parcel previously
6conveyed to the department of public health by deed recorded November 23, 1979 at the
7Middlesex north registry of deeds at book 2396, page 686. Prior to finalizing the transaction or
8making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of capital asset management and
9maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan in order to carry out the
10purposes of this section. The Commissioner shall establish the value of the property for both the
11highest and best use of the property as currently encumbered and for the purposes described in
12section 1. If the consideration for the parcels conveyed in section 1 are less than fair market 2 of 2
13value, the commissioner shall place notice in the central register of the conveyance, the amount
14of the transaction and the difference between the calculated value and price received.
15 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the
16commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, may convey for to the town of
17Tewksbury, for recreational use, a certain parcel of land identified as parcel 62-19-2 on a plan of
18land dated September 12, 2012 prepared by Nitsch Engineering, Inc., being approximately .517
19acres of a parcel previously conveyed to the department of public health by deed recorded
20November 23, 1979 at the Middlesex north registry of deeds at book 2396, page 686. Prior to
21finalizing the transaction or making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of
22capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan
23in order to carry out the purposes of this section. The Commissioner shall establish the value of
24the property for both the highest and best use of the property as currently encumbered and for the
25purposes described in section 2. If the consideration for the parcels conveyed in section 2 are less
26than fair market value, the commissioner shall place notice in the central register of the
27conveyance, the amount of the transaction and the difference between the calculated value and
28price received.