Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3418 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1033 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3418
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Priscila S. Sousa and Jack Patrick Lewis
8	8	_________________
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 division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain
13	13	parcels of land to the city of Framingham.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex1/14/2025Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/14/2025 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1033 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3418
19	19	By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied
20	20	by bill, House, No. 3418) of Priscila S. Sousa and Jack Patrick Lewis that the commissioner of
21	21	the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance be authorized to convey certain
22	22	parcels of land in the city of Framingham to said city. State Administration and Regulatory
23	23	Oversight.
24	24	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
25	25	SEE HOUSE, NO. 3830 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 division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain
32	32	parcels of land to the city of Framingham.
33	33	Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
34	34	authorize forthwith the transfer of certain parcels of land to the city of Framingham, therefore it
35	35	is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
36	36	public convenience.
37	37	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
38	38	of the same, as follows:
39	39	1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding sections 32 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General
40	40	2Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset
41	41	3management and maintenance, in consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, may
42	42	4convey certain adjacent parcels of land in the city of Framingham acquired for the purpose of
43	43	5erecting a building for the First District Court of Southern Middlesex for nominal consideration
44	44	6to the city of Framingham; provided, however, that the commissioner shall not convey said 2 of 2
45	45	7parcels prior to: (1) the completion of a regional justice center at 121 Union avenue in the city of
46	46	8Framingham and (2) a determination by the commissioner, in consultation with the court
47	47	9administrator of the trial court, that the parcels are surplus to the needs of the trial court. The
48	48	10parcels are located at and known and numbered as 600 and 602 Concord street in the city of
49	49	11Framingham and are further described in deeds recorded in the Middlesex South district registry
50	50	12of deeds in book 7816, page 107 and book 9859, page 328. The parcels shall be conveyed by
51	51	13deed without warranties or representations by the commonwealth and without restrictions on use
52	52	14or future conveyance by the city. The conveyance shall be subject to such additional conditions
53	53	15and restrictions as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in
54	54	16consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, may determine. The commissioner
55	55	17may, in consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, determine the exact
56	56	18boundaries of the parcels prior to conveyance.
57	57	19 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the city of
58	58	20Framingham shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of any transaction authorized by this
59	59	21act as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, including,
60	60	22but not limited to, the costs of any engineering, surveys, appraisals, title examinations, recording
61	61	23fees and deed preparation.