H 5304

SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding sections 32 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, may release by deed or other instrument for the benefit of Nora, LLC, owner of the premises located at 49 Charles Park road in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston, its successors or assigns, a portion of a sewer easement located on said real property. The easement was taken by the office of metropolitan sewage commissioners for the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining, repairing and renewing sewers, drains, manholes and underground appurtenances, recorded with the Suffolk county registry of deeds in book 2448, page 006 and dated June 5, 1897. The portion of the easement to be released is shown on a sketch entitled, “Attachment A Proposed Surplus Sewer Easement 49 Charles Park Road, Boston” dated August 24, 2023, which is on file with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the division of capital asset management and maintenance. The exact boundaries of the portion of the easement to be released shall be determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, based upon a survey. (b) The release of the portion of the easement authorized in subsection (a) shall be in accordance with such terms and conditions as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, shall prescribe. SECTION 2. (a) The consideration for the release of the portion of the easement authorized in section 1 shall be the full and fair market value of the portion of the easement as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance based on an independent professional appraisal. The commissioner shall submit the appraisal to the inspector general for review and comment. The inspector general shall review such appraisal including, but not limited to, an examination of the methodology utilized for the appraisal. The inspector general shall prepare a report of such review and file the report with the commissioner. The commissioner shall submit copies of the appraisal and the inspector general's report and approval and comments, if any, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight prior to the execution of documents affecting the release of the portion of the easement authorized in section 1. (b) Nora, LLC, its successors or assigns shall be responsible for any costs for surveys, appraisals, recording fees and other expenses, as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance relating to the release of the portion of the easement authorized in section 1.