Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4965 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 4965
3	3	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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5	5	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 31, 2024.
6	6	The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Bill
7	7	authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to convey a
8	8	certain parcel of land in the town of Stoneham (House, No. 4641) reports
9	9	recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment
10	10	substituting therefor the accompanying bill (House, No. 4965).
11	11	For the committee,
12	12	AARON MICHLEWITZ. 1 of 2
13	13	FILED ON: 7/31/2024
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15	15	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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17	17	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
18	18	(2023-2024)
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20	20	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to convey a certain parcel
21	21	of land in the town of Stoneham.
22	22	Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
23	23	provide forthwith a conveyance of land in the town of Stoneham, therefore it is hereby declared
24	24	to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
25	25	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
26	26	of the same, as follows:
27	27	1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 7E of chapter 81 of the General Laws, or any
28	28	2other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of the Massachusetts Department of
29	29	3Transportation may convey to Wakefield Investments, Inc. a certain parcel of land in the town of
30	30	4Stoneham owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and taken for highway
31	31	5purposes in 1958 under Highway Layout 4724, for the purposes of reconstructing an off-ramp
32	32	6from the Interstate 93 northbound to Montvale avenue and Maple street.
33	33	7 (b) The parcel of land to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) is described as the
34	34	8property situated in the town of Stoneham, herein known as a portion of Parcel 2-31, which is
35	35	9landlocked to the abutting property owner at 100 Maple street, and described in an order of
36	36	10taking, dated September 23, 1958 and recorded in the Middlesex south registry of deeds in book
37	37	119244, page 114, containing 12,500 square feet of land, more or less. 2 of 2
38	38	12 SECTION 2. The consideration for the conveyance authorized in section 1 shall be the
39	39	13full and fair market value of the parcel as determined by the secretary of Massachusetts
40	40	14Department of Transportation, and as agreed to by the abutting property owner, Wakefield
41	41	15Investments, Inc. Said parcel shall be conveyed in its present condition, including as is, where is
42	42	16and with all faults, through the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s standard form
43	43	17release deed.
44	44	18 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Wakefield
45	45	19Investments, Inc., of Wakefield, Massachusetts, shall be responsible for all of costs and expenses
46	46	20related to the conveyance authorized in section 1, including, but not limited to costs associated
47	47	21with any engineering, surveys, layout alterations, recording costs, appraisals and deed
48	48	22preparation related to the conveyance authorized in section 1 as such costs may be determined by
49	49	23the secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.