SENATE, No. 2248

By Mr. Knapik, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2248) of Michael R. Knapik and Rosemary Sandlin (by vote of the town) for legislation to allow for the continued use of state owned property for fishing, boating and tourism purposes on the Congamond Lakes in Southwick. Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets. {Local approval received.}
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT ALLOWING FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF STATE OWNED PROPERTY FOR FISHING, BOATING AND TOURISM PURPOSES ON THE CONGAMOND LAKES IN SOUTHWICK

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, but subject to 40J of Chapter 7 of the General Laws, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the public access board, may lease to the Town of Southwick for a term, including any extensions, not to exceed fifty (50) years, a certain parcel of state-owned land in the Town of Southwick shown as Lot A on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Southwick, MA owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Public Access Board, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement Showing Parcel to Be Leased by Wylie C. Hubbard, PE RLS, Woodlake, Inc., Agawam, Scale 1”=20”, dated August twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.” Said lease shall automatically renew for additional periods of fifty (50) years unless one of the parties gives notice to decline renewal.  The lease shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2 and to such additional terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, in consultation with the public access board. 

Section 2. The Town of Southwick shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of the transaction authorized by this act as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, including but not limited to costs of any survey, appraisal, and other expenses relating to the conveyance of the parcel, and shall be responsible for all costs, liabilities and expenses of any nature and kind for its leasehold.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.