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FILED ON: 8/1/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4973
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 relative to amending certain use restrictions for the Foxborough State Hospital.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 (a) Notwithstanding section 5A of chapter 3 of the General Laws, sections 32 to 37,
2inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws, chapter 312 of the acts of 1996 and any other
3general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and
4maintenance may release or amend certain use restrictions held by the commonwealth for
5municipal recreational purposes and public safety and other municipal building purposes on all
6or a portion of parcels on Payson road in the town of Foxborough. The use restrictions are
7described in deeds from the commonwealth to the town of Foxborough recorded in the Norfolk
8registry of deeds in book 20013, page 470 and book 13416, page 205 and shown as Parcels H-1
9and H-2 on a plan entitled, “Approval Not Required Subdivision Plan”, prepared for Foxborough
10State Hospital, Foxborough, MA, dated December 10, 1998 and prepared by Rizzo Associates
11Inc., recorded in the Norfolk registry of deeds in plan book 465, page 256. The consideration for
12the release or amendment of said use restrictions shall be a use restriction for housing purposes,
13which may include, without limitation, market rate housing and senior housing purposes; 2 of 2
14provided, that the town of Foxborough may subsequently convey all or a portion of said parcels
15to a third party for housing purposes.
16 (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Foxborough
17shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of any transaction authorized pursuant to
18subsection (a) as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance
19including, but not limited to, the costs of any engineering, surveys, appraisals, title examinations
20and recording fees.