SENATE, No. 52

By Ms. Murray, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 52) of Therese Murray and Jeffrey D. Perry for legislation to authorize the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to transfer and exchange land with the Nye Family of AmericaAssoc. Inc. held for conservation/recreation. Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to transfer and exchange land with the Nye Family of America Assoc. Inc. held for conservation/recreation purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. The Commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance on behalf of and in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game and the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife nothwithstanding sections 40E to 40J, inclusive of Chapter 7 of the General Laws, is hereby authorized to convey a certain parcel of land, currently under the care and control of the Department of Conservation and Recreation for recreational purposes to the Nye Family of American Association, Inc. its successors and assigns, for public and other purposes, subject to the requirements of sections 2, 3, and 4:  Said parcel is located within the Old East Sandwich Fish Hatchery on Old County Road in the Town of Sandwich, Massachusetts.  The Commissioner may determine the exact boundaries of the parcel after completion of a survey.

SECTION 2.  No deed conveying, by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, the parcel of land described in Section 1 shall be valid unless such deed is exchanged for a similar parcel of land of equal or greater value to be used for purposes of the DCR.

SECTION 3.  The Nye Family of America Association Inc. shall assume the costs of any appraisals, surveys, and other expenses deemed necessary by the Commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to complete the exchange of properties.

SECTION 4.  The Nye Family of America Association Inc shall compensate the Commonwealth through the transfer of a parcel of land of equal or greater value to the parcel of land described in Section 1, to the Department of Conservation and Recreation.  The Commissioner may determine the exact boundaries of said land or interest in land after completion of a survey of the land to be exchanged which land abuts the old East Sandwich Fish Hatchery described in Section 1.

SECTION 5.  This act shall take effect upon passage.