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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1033 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3418
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Priscila S. Sousa and Jack Patrick Lewis
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain
parcels of land to the city of Framingham.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Priscila S. Sousa6th Middlesex1/14/2025Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/14/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1033 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3418
By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 3418) of Priscila S. Sousa and Jack Patrick Lewis that the commissioner of
the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance be authorized to convey certain
parcels of land in the city of Framingham to said city. State Administration and Regulatory
Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3830 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain
parcels of land to the city of Framingham.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
authorize forthwith the transfer of certain parcels of land to the city of Framingham, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
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 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General
2Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset
3management and maintenance, in consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, may
4convey certain adjacent parcels of land in the city of Framingham acquired for the purpose of
5erecting a building for the First District Court of Southern Middlesex for nominal consideration
6to the city of Framingham; provided, however, that the commissioner shall not convey said 2 of 2
7parcels prior to: (1) the completion of a regional justice center at 121 Union avenue in the city of
8Framingham and (2) a determination by the commissioner, in consultation with the court
9administrator of the trial court, that the parcels are surplus to the needs of the trial court. The
10parcels are located at and known and numbered as 600 and 602 Concord street in the city of
11Framingham and are further described in deeds recorded in the Middlesex South district registry
12of deeds in book 7816, page 107 and book 9859, page 328. The parcels shall be conveyed by
13deed without warranties or representations by the commonwealth and without restrictions on use
14or future conveyance by the city. The conveyance shall be subject to such additional conditions
15and restrictions as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in
16consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, may determine. The commissioner
17may, in consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, determine the exact
18boundaries of the parcels prior to conveyance.
19 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the city of
20Framingham shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of any transaction authorized by this
21act as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, including,
22but not limited to, the costs of any engineering, surveys, appraisals, title examinations, recording
23fees and deed preparation.