FILED ON: 7/30/2022
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5150
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act authorizing the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to convey a
certain parcel of land to the town of Salisbury.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
authorize forthwith the conveyance of certain property to the town of Salisbury, 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:
1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding sections 32 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the
2 General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset
3 management and maintenance, in consultation with the commissioner of mental health, may
4 convey to the town of Salisbury Affordable Housing Trust Fund, for affordable housing
5 purposes, the parcel of land formerly used as a group residence which is now vacant located at
6 39 Beach road in the town of Salisbury, and described in a deed recorded with the Essex south
7 district registry of deeds in book 10025, page 114.
8 (b) The deed or other instrument conveying the parcel to the town of Salisbury
9 Affordable Housing Trust Fund shall provide that the parcel shall be used solely for the purpose
10 of affordable housing and shall include a reversionary clause that stipulates that if the parcel
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11 ceases at any time to be used for the allowed purpose set forth in this section, title to the parcel
12 shall, at the election of the commonwealth, revert to the commonwealth. The reversionary clause
13 shall be enforceable notwithstanding the time limit set forth in section 7 of chapter 184A of the
14 General Laws.
15 (c) The consideration for the conveyance of the parcel pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
16 the fair market value of the parcel as determined by the commissioner of capital asset
17 management and maintenance based upon an independent professional appraisal previously
18 obtained by the commissioner, taking into consideration the restriction on the use of the parcel
19 set forth in subsection (b).
20 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Salisbury
21 Affordable Housing Trust Fund shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of the conveyance
22 of the land pursuant to section 1 of this act as determined by the commissioner of capital asset
23 management and maintenance, which shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of any
24 engineering, surveys, recording fees and deed preparation related to the conveyance of said
25 parcel to the Salisbury Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
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