Resolve, To Transfer the Guilford Butler School to Regional School Unit 13
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1559
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: RECTOR

Legislative Document 
No. 1559 
S.P. 498 
In Senate, May 10, 2011 
Resolve, To Transfer the Guilford Butler School to Regional School 
Unit 13 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
JOSEPH G. CARLETON, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator RECTOR of Knox. 
Sec. 1.  Definitions. Resolved:  That, as used in this resolve, unless the context 
otherwise indicates, 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 property.  Resolved:  That the State, by and 
through the commissioner, may: 
1.  Convey the interests of the State in the state property to Regional School Unit 13; 
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 conveyance 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 conveyed is the following: 
1.  A parcel of land described in a deed dated June 14, 1954 from Amos Makinen of 
South Thomaston to the Maine School Building Authority, recorded in Book 336, Page 
135, Knox County Registry of Deeds; and be it further 
Sec. 4.  Property to be sold "as is."  Resolved:  That the commissioner may 
convey the state property without consideration upon terms the commissioner considers 
appropriate; however, the state property must be conveyed "as is," with no 
representations or warranties. 
Title must be transferred by quitclaim deed without covenant and executed by the 
commissioner; and be it further 
Sec. 5.  Exemptions.  Resolved:  That any conveyance pursuant to this resolve is 
exempt from any statutory or regulatory requirement that the property first be offered to 
the Maine State Housing Authority or another state or local agency; and be it further 
Sec. 6.  Repeal.  Resolved:  That this resolve is repealed 5 years from its effective 
date. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve authorizes the State to transfer ownership of the Guilford Butler School 
in South Thomaston to Regional School Unit 13.