Resolve, Amending the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services' Authorization To Convey a Portion of the Kennebec Arsenal in Augusta Pursuant to Resolve 1999, Chapter 56 and To Direct Proceeds from the Sale of the Maine State Prison Property in Thomaston
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1464
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: McLAUGHLIN

Legislative Document 
No. 1464 
H.P.1069 
House of Representati ves, March 27, 2003 
Resolve, Amending the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services' Authorization To Convey a Portion of the 
Kennebec Arsenal in Augusta Pursuant to Resolve 1999, Chapter 56 
and To Direct Proceeds from the Sale of the Maine State Prison 
Property in Thomaston 
Submitted by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services pursuant to Joint 
Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative McLAUGHLIN of Cape Elizabeth. 
Printed on re<:yc(ed parer 
Sec. 1. Resolve 1999, c. 56, §3, sub-§2, amended. Resolved: 
That 
Resolve 1999, c. 56, §3, sub-§2 is amended to read: 
2. 
A portion of the Kennebec Arsenal property, located on 
the easterly side of the Kennebec River in Augusta, waiea that 
was 
conveyed to the State of Maine by the United States of 
America by deeds recorded at the Registry of Deeds of the County 
of Kennebec, State of Maine, in Book 462, Page 361 and Book 2380, 
The parcel to be conveyed is located on either side of 
Arsenal Street, and is more particularly described as the Arsenal 
campus, being roughly ~aa~ a rectangular portion of the Kennebec 
Arsenal property lying under and immeeia~ely-6QFFeQBeiB~ adjacent 
to the following structures: the Commandant's Home, also known as 
Hill House; 
the 
Gate 
House; 
North Burleigh; 
South Burleigh; 
Burleigh Pavillion; Burleigh Annex; 
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t:ae-GaFa~eT and the maximum security building also known as the 
"Old Max, " said conveyance to include all of the aforementioned 
structures. 
The commissioner may determine the amount of land to 
be conveyed, which amount may eKee-ed--e consist of approximately 
acres if appropriate. 
The transfer of property interests as 
authorized in this subsection must be 
reviewed by the Maine 
Historic 
Preservation Commission 
to 
ensure 
that 
the 
State's 
interests in the historic preservation of the Kennebec Arsenal 
property are protected and that public access is maintained to 
the grounds; 
; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Resolve 1999, c. 56, §7, amended. Resolved: 
That Resolve 
1999, c. 56, §7 is amended to read: 
Sec. 7. Proceeds. Resolved: 
That any proceeds from the sale 
of property currently located at the Maine Youth Center in South 
Portland must be deposited in the Bureau of General Services -
Capital Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund to be used for 
the renovation, construction and expansion of facilities at the 
South Portland 
Campus. 
Any 
proceeds 
from 
the 
sale 
of 
the 
property currently located at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy 
in Waterville must be deposited in the General Services Capital 
Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund to be used for the 
renovation, construction and expansion of the facilities at the 
Oak Grove Campus. 
Any proceeds from the sale of the Kennebec 
Arsenal property must be deposited in the Maine State Housing 
Authority's Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund established in 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3D-A, 
section 4853. 
These 
funds must be carried forward until expended; and be it further 
; and be it further 
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Sec. 3. Resolve 1999, c. 114, §6, amended. Resolved: 
That Resolve 
1999, c. 114, §6 is amended to read: 
Sec. 6. Purchase price. Resolved: 
That the commissioner shall 
have the current market value of the state property determined by 
an independent appraiser. 
The commissioner may list the property 
for 
sale or 
lease with private real estate brokers at its 
appraised value and negotiate sales or leases, solicit bids, sell 
directly 
to 
purchasers 
or 
enter 
directly 
into 
leases 
with 
tenants. 
The commissioner may reject any offers. 
The commissioner shall establish the rent or purchase price 
and the terms of lease or sale. 
Proceeds from the sale of the Maine State Prison property in 
Thomaston 
must 
be 
deposited 
in 
the 
Maine 
State 
Housing 
Authority's Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund established in 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 4853. 
If the commissioner elects to solicit bids, the commissioner 
shall 
publish 
notices 
of 
sale 
sufficient 
to 
advertise 
the 
property. 
The commissioner may reject any bids; and be it further 
SUMMARY 
This resolve authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative 
and Financial Services to convey approximately 30 acres of the 
Kennebec 
Arsenal 
property, 
together 
with 
improvements, 
and 
diverts proceeds from the sale of the Maine State Prison in 
Thomaston 
to 
the 
Maine 
State 
Housing 
Authority' s 
Housing 
Opportunities for Maine Fund.