Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Sell or Lease for Veterans' Housing the Interests of the State in Hedin Hall at the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1984
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: PERRY, DUNN, EDMONDS, NASS, BLANCHETTE, FAIRCLOTH, FISHER, NORTON

Legislative Document 
No. 1984 
S.P.765 
In Senate, January 31,2006 
Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services To Sell or Lease for Veterans' Housing the 
Interests of the State in Hedin Hall at the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric 
Center 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator PERRY of Penobscot. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Cosponsored by Representative DUNN of Bangor and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: President EDMONDS of Cumberland, NASS of York, Representatives: 
BLANCHETTE of Bangor, FAIRCLOTH of Bangor, FISHER of Brewer, NASS of Acton, 
NORTON of Bangor. 
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Sec. 1. Definitions. Resolved: That, as used in this resolve, the following terms 
have the following meanings. 
1. 
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial 
Services. 
2. "State property" means the real estate described in section 3 with the buildings and 
improvements, together with all appurtenant rights and easements, and all personal 
property located on that property, including vehicles, machinery, equipment and supplies; 
and be it further 
Sec. 2. Authority to convey state property. Resolved: That the State, by and 
through the commissioner, may: 
1. Enter into a lease or leases or convey by sale the interests of the State in the state 
property; 
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2. 
Negotiate, draft, execute and deliver any documents necessary to settle any 
boundary line discrepancies; 
3. Exercise, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, chapter 3, the power of 
eminent domain to quiet for all time any possible challenges to ownership of the state 
property; 
4. Negotiate, draft, execute and deliver any easements or other rights that, in the 
commissioner's discretion, may contribute to the value of a proposed sale or lease of the 
State's interests; and 
5. Release any interests in the state property that, in the commissioner's discretion, 
do not contribute to the value of the remaining state property; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Property interests that may be conveyed. Resolved: That the state 
property authorized to be sold or leased is Hedin Hall located at the Dorothea Dix 
Psychiatric Center, formerly known as the Bangor Mental Health Institute, together with 
a suitable amount of land to support its use as veterans' housing and to meet any 
applicable municipal zoning ordinances. The amount of land and the boundary of the 
state property leased or sold pursuant to this resolve must be determined by the 
commissioner, in the commissioner's sole discretion, to be in the best interests of the 
State. 
The state property must be conveyed with the restriction that it be used for veterans' 
housing. If the state property ceases to be used for veterans' housing, it must revert to the 
State. If the state property reverts to the State, the commissioner, after consultation with 
the Superintendent of the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, may seek qualified developers 
and proposals for sale or lease of the state property so long as the proposals are 
compatible with other uses on the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center campus; and be it 
further 
Sec. 4. 
Property to be sold as is. Resolved: That the commissioner may 
negotiate and execute leases and purchase and sale agreements upon terms the 
commissioner considers appropriate; however, the state property must be sold "as is," 
with no representations or warranties. 
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Title must be transferred by quitclaim deed without covenant or release deed except 
as provided in section 3 and executed by the commissioner; and be it further 
Sec. 5. Exemptions. Resolved: That any lease or conveyance pursuant to this 
resolve is exempt from any statutory or regulatory requirement that the state property first 
be offered to the Maine State Housing Authority or another state or local agency; and be 
it further 
Sec. 6. Appraisal. Resolved: That the commissioner shall have the current 
market value of the state property determined by an independent appraiser. 
The 
commissioner may list the state property for sale or lease with private real estate brokers 
at the state property's 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; and be it further 
Sec. 7. Proceeds. Resolved: 
That any proceeds generated pursuant to this 
resolve must be distributed as follows: 
1. 
Any proceeds from the sale of the state property must be deposited into the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, 
Bureau of General Services' 
capital repair and improvement account for capital improvements as designated by the 
commissioner; and 
2. Any proceeds from the lease of state property pursuant to this resolve must be 
deposited in the General Fund; and be it further 
Sec. 8. Repeal. Resolved: That this resolve is repealed 5 years from its effective 
date. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
to sell or lease the State's interests in Hedin Hall, located on the campus of the Dorothea 
Dix Psychiatric Center, formerly known as the Bangor Mental Health Institute, for 
veterans' housing, with the sale proceeds to be deposited into the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services' capital repair and 
improvement account for capital improvements as designated by the commissioner and 
the lease proceeds to be deposited in the General Fund.