By Mr. Knapik, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 2294) of Michael R. Knapik and Rosemary Sandlin for
legislation to authorize the Department of Capital Asset
Management and Maintenance to grant certain easements in
the towns of Russell and Montgomery over lands held for
conservation and recreation purposes. Bonding, Capital
Expenditures and State Assets.
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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 notwithstanding sections 40E to 40J, inclusive of chapter 7 of the General Laws, is hereby authorized to convey an easement in a certain parcel of land, currently under the care and control of the division of fisheries and wildlife in consultation with the department of fish and game, to Northeast Utilities, its successors and assigns, for public utility access and purposes, subject to the requirements of sections 2, 3, and 4: Said easement is approximately 3.3 miles long and 100 feet wide running northwest to southeast, and is located within an area bounded as follows: to the north, at the southern boundary of the property owned by Russell Biomass (formerly owned by the Westfield River Paper Company) on Station Road in the Town of Russell; to the west, at the CSX right-of-way; to the south, at a point approximately 800 feet northwest of the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Town of Montgomery; and, to the east, at the western ridgeline of Mount Tekoa and Shatterack Mountain.
SECTION 2. No deed conveying, by or on behalf of the commonwealth, the easements described in section 1 shall be valid unless such deed provides that said easements shall be used solely for the purposes described in section 1.
SECTION 3. The grantee of said easement, or other persons acting on behalf of grantee, shall assume the cost of any appraisals, surveys and other expenses deemed necessary by the commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance for the granting of the easement.
SECTION 4. The grantee shall compensate the commonwealth through the transfer of an easement, of equal or greater value to the easement described in section 1, to the division of fisheries and wildlife in consultation with the department of fish and game. The corridor where the transmission line easement will be relocated is within the valley of the Tekoa and Shatterack mountain ranges along the northeastern bank of the Westfield River. Said easement is approximately 3.3 miles long and 100 feet wide running northwest to southeast, and is located within an area bounded as follows: to the north, at the southern boundary of the property owned by Russell Biomass (formerly owned by the Westfield River Paper Company) on Station Road in the Town of Russell; to the west, at the CSX right-of-way; to the south, at a point approximately 800 feet northwest of the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Town of Montgomery; and, to the east, at the western ridgeline of Mount Tekoa and Shatterack Mountain.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
