Resolve, Authorizing the Sale of the Guy P. Gannett House in Augusta to a Nonprofit Organization for Use as a Museum
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1378
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: KATZ, POULIOT, WILSON

Legislative Document 
No. 1378 
S.P. 485 
In Senate, April 9, 2013 
Resolve, Authorizing the Sale of the Guy P. Gannett House in 
Augusta to a Nonprofit Organization for Use as a Museum 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator KATZ of Kennebec. 
Cosponsored by Representative POULIOT of Augusta and 
Representative: WILSON of Augusta. 
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.  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 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 is the following: 
Real estate located at 184 State Street in the City of Augusta, Maine and known as 
the Guy P. Gannett House; and be it further 
Sec. 4.  Property to be sold "as is" only to the Gannett House Project, a 
nonprofit organization, for use as a museum.  Resolved:  That the commissioner 
may negotiate and execute purchase and sale agreements upon terms the commissioner 
considers appropriate; however, the state property must be sold "as is," with no 
representations or warranties, only to the Gannett House Project, a nonprofit organization, 
for use as a museum, and any change of use of this property must be approved by the 
commissioner. 
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 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 reject any offers. 
The commissioner shall establish the purchase price and the terms of sale; and be it 
further 
Sec. 7.  Sale of property once conveyed.  Resolved:  That the Gannett House 
Project, if it chooses to sell the real estate located at 184 State Street in the City of 
Augusta, Maine and known as the Guy P. Gannett House, must first offer the real estate 
to the commissioner for purchase at the current market value; and be it further 
Sec. 8.  Repeal.  Resolved:  That this resolve is repealed 3 years from its effective 
date. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
to sell "as is" at the current market value the State's interests in real estate located at 184 
State Street in the City of Augusta, Maine and known as the Guy P. Gannett House to the 
Gannett House Project, a nonprofit organization, solely for use as a museum.  It also 
requires that any change of use of the property must be approved by the commissioner 
and that if the Gannett House Project chooses to eventually sell the property, it must first 
offer the property at current market value to the State.