SENATE DOCKET, NO. 967        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 747

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mr. O'Leary

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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 passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act Relative to Martha's Vineyard Hospital.

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PETITION OF:

Name:	District/Address:
Mr. O'Leary	Cape and Islands

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Relative to Martha's Vineyard Hospital.

                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,  the division of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the department of mental health, is hereby authorized to transfer from the department of mental health all of its right, title and interest in the property known as Lot 151, a 1.7 acre parcel of land located on Eastville Avenue in the town of Oak Bluffs, to a non-profit hospital, known as Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, located in the town of Oak Bluffs.  The parcel to be so transferred is more fully described in an instrument recorded with the Dukes County Registry of Deeds at Book 303, Page 516.   In return, the Hospital shall transfer all of its right, title and interest in the property located at 364 State Road, as more fully described in the Dukes County Registry of Deeds at Book 565, Page 745, a .38 acre parcel of land located in the town of Tisbury, to the department of mental health.  Transfer of said parcels shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 7 of the General Laws.