H 3418

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1033  FILED ON: 1/14/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3418
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Priscila S. Sousa and Jack Patrick Lewis
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain
  parcels of land to the city of Framingham.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
Priscila S. Sousa  6th Middlesex  1/14/2025
Jack Patrick Lewis  7th Middlesex  1/14/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1033  FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3418
    By Representatives Sousa of Framingham and Lewis of Framingham, a petition (accompanied
    by bill, House, No. 3418) of Priscila S. Sousa and Jack Patrick Lewis that the commissioner of
    the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance be authorized to convey certain
    parcels of land in the city of Framingham to said city. State Administration and Regulatory
    Oversight.
  [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
  SEE HOUSE, NO. 3830 OF 2023-2024.]
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act authorizing the division of capital asset management and maintenance to convey certain
    parcels of land to the city of Framingham.
  Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
    authorize forthwith the transfer of certain parcels of land to the city of Framingham, therefore it
    is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
    public convenience.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1SECTION 1. Notwithstanding sections 32 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General
2 Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset
3 management and maintenance, in consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, may
4 convey certain adjacent parcels of land in the city of Framingham acquired for the purpose of
5 erecting a building for the First District Court of Southern Middlesex for nominal consideration
6 to the city of Framingham; provided, however, that the commissioner shall not convey said
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7 parcels prior to: (1) the completion of a regional justice center at 121 Union avenue in the city of
8 Framingham and (2) a determination by the commissioner, in consultation with the court
9 administrator of the trial court, that the parcels are surplus to the needs of the trial court. The
10 parcels are located at and known and numbered as 600 and 602 Concord street in the city of
11 Framingham and are further described in deeds recorded in the Middlesex South district registry
12 of deeds in book 7816, page 107 and book 9859, page 328. The parcels shall be conveyed by
13 deed without warranties or representations by the commonwealth and without restrictions on use
14 or future conveyance by the city. The conveyance shall be subject to such additional conditions
15 and restrictions as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in
16 consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, may determine. The commissioner
17 may, in consultation with the court administrator of the trial court, determine the exact
18 boundaries of the parcels prior to conveyance.
19SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the city of
20 Framingham shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of any transaction authorized by this
21 act as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, including,
22 but not limited to, the costs of any engineering, surveys, appraisals, title examinations, recording
23 fees and deed preparation.
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