Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3312 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3346 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3312
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Michael S. Day
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to convey a certain parcel
13	13	of land in the town of Stoneham.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael S. Day31st Middlesex1/17/2025Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/24/2025 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3346 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3312
19	19	By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3312) of
20	20	Michael S. Day and Jason M. Lewis that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation be
21	21	authorized to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Stoneham for the purposes of
22	22	reconstructing an off-ramp from Interstate Route 93 northbound. State Administration and
23	23	Regulatory Oversight.
24	24	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
25	25	SEE HOUSE, NO. 4965 OF 2023-2024.]
26	26	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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28	28	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
29	29	(2025-2026)
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31	31	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to convey a certain parcel
32	32	of land in the town of Stoneham.
33	33	Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
34	34	provide forthwith a conveyance of land in the town of Stoneham, therefore it is hereby declared
35	35	to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
36	36	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
37	37	of the same, as follows:
38	38	1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 7E of chapter 81 of the General Laws, or any
39	39	2other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of the Massachusetts Department of
40	40	3Transportation may convey to Wakefield Investments, Inc. a certain parcel of land in the town of
41	41	4Stoneham owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and taken for highway
42	42	5purposes in 1958 under Highway Layout 4724, for the purposes of reconstructing an off-ramp
43	43	6from the Interstate 93 northbound to Montvale avenue and Maple street. 2 of 2
44	44	7 (b) The parcel of land to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) is described as the
45	45	8property situated in the town of Stoneham, herein known as a portion of Parcel 2-31, which is
46	46	9landlocked to the abutting property owner at 100 Maple street, and described in an order of
47	47	10taking, dated September 23, 1958 and recorded in the Middlesex south registry of deeds in book
48	48	119244, page 114, containing 12,500 square feet of land, more or less.
49	49	12 SECTION 2. The consideration for the conveyance authorized in section 1 shall be the
50	50	13full and fair market value of the parcel as determined by the secretary of Massachusetts
51	51	14Department of Transportation, and as agreed to by the abutting property owner, Wakefield
52	52	15Investments, Inc. Said parcel shall be conveyed in its present condition, including as is, where is
53	53	16and with all faults, through the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s standard form
54	54	17release deed.
55	55	18 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Wakefield
56	56	19Investments, Inc., of Wakefield, Massachusetts, shall be responsible for all of costs and expenses
57	57	20related to the conveyance authorized in section 1, including, but not limited to costs associated
58	58	21with any engineering, surveys, layout alterations, recording costs, appraisals and deed
59	59	22preparation related to the conveyance authorized in section 1 as such costs may be determined by
60	60	23the secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.