SENATE, No. 2420

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Six.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND TO THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE

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 section 40J of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may convey to the town of Barnstable a certain parcel of state-owned land in the town of Barnstable, known as the Hyannis armory, located at 225 South Street in the Town of Barnstable, together with all buildings and structures located thereon and all easements appurtenant thereto. The commissioner may determine the exact boundaries of the parcel after completion of a survey.

SECTION 2. The consideration for the parcel shall be the release delivered by the Town of Barnstable simultaneously with the deed under section 2 of any and all causes, claims and rights of action arising under a possibility of reverter created by deed from the Town of Barnstable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated January 24, 1956 and recorded in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds on March 13, 1956 in Book 936, Page 26, or arising under any other rights or restrictions of record.

SECTION 3. The aforesaid land shall not be used for other than municipal purposes.

SECTION 4. The town of Barnstable 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 the costs of any survey, and shall be responsible for all costs, liabilities and expenses of any nature and kind for its ownership.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.