Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Sell or Lease the Interests of the State in Certain Real Property Located on State Highway 191 in East Machias; U.S. Route 1 in Thomaston; U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan; Hospital Street in Augusta; and the Presumpscot River in Falmouth
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1864
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: RECTOR, SAVAGE, BOWEN

Legislative Document 
No. 1864 
H.P.1304 
House of Representatives, January 3,2006 
Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services To Sell or Lease the Interests of the State in 
Certain Real Property Located on State Highway 191 in East 
Machias; U.S. Route 1 in Thomaston; U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan; 
Hospital Street in Augusta; and the Presumpscot River in Falmouth 
Submitted by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services pursuant to Joint 
Rule 204. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 28,2005. Referred to the Committee on 
State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative RECTOR of Thomaston. 
Cosponsored by Senator SAVAGE of Knox and 
Representative: BOWEN of Rockport. 
Printed on recyclt:d paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
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; 
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 
properties authorized to be sold or leased are the following: 
1. A parcel of land in the Town of East Machias consisting of approximately 0.999 
acres conveyed to the State of Maine in October 1984 and recorded in the Washington 
County Registry of Deeds, Book 1298, Page 201; 
2. A parcel of land in the Town of Thomaston occupied by the State Police barracks 
in the Town of Thomaston consisting of approximately 15,400 square feet, conveyed to 
the State of Maine in December 1966 and recorded in the Knox County Registry of 
Deeds, Book 457, Page 322; 
3. A parcel of land in the Town of Skowhegan consisting of approximately 1.4 acres 
conveyed to the State of Maine in September 1951 and recorded in the Somerset County 
Registry of Deeds, Book 533, Page 414; 
4. A parcel of land in the City of Augusta occupied by the "brick farmhouse" on 
Hospital Street in Augusta, shown on Tax Map 10, Lot 8B. This parcel is part of the 
State's East Campus as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 814, 
subsection 2, paragraph A and must be conveyed with a suitable amount of land to meet 
municipal zoning ordinances to the extent they are applicable; and 
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5. A parcel of land located in the Town of Falmouth along the Presumpscot River, 
known as the "Smelt Hill Dam" property, designated on Map U69 as Lot 071 of the tax 
maps for the Town of Falmouth; 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. 
Title must be transferred by quitclaim deed without covenant or release deed and 
executed by the commissioner; and be it further 
Sec. 5. Exemptions. Resolved: That any lease or conveyance pursuant to this 
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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: 
I. Any proceeds from the sale of state property pursuant to this resolve 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 properties in East Machias, Thomaston, Skowhegan, 
Augusta and Falmouth, 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.