Resolve, Authorizing the Sale of Certain Property in Augusta to Motivational Services, Inc.
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0340
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: WILSON, KATZ, POULIOT

Legislative Document 
No. 340 
H.P. 245 
House of Representatives, February 12, 2013 
Resolve, Authorizing the Sale of Certain Property in Augusta to 
Motivational Services, Inc. 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative WILSON of Augusta. 
Cosponsored by Senator KATZ of Kennebec and 
Representative: POULIOT of Augusta. 
Sec. 1.  Authority to convey state property.  Resolved:  That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the State, by and through the Commissioner of Administrative 
and Financial Services, may: 
1.  Convey by sale any or a portion of the interests of the State in the state property 
described in section 2, 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, to Motivational Services, Inc., a 
nonprofit corporation incorporated in the State; 
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, subchapter 
3, the power of eminent domain to quiet for all time any possible challenges to ownership 
of the state property described in section 2; 
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 described in section 2 that, in the 
commissioner's discretion, do not contribute to the value of the remaining state property; 
and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Property interests that may be conveyed.  Resolved:  That the state 
property authorized to be sold pursuant to section 1 is: 
1. A parcel or parcels of land and buildings, or any portion of the parcel or parcels of 
land and buildings, in the City of Augusta, formerly known as "the doctors' houses," 
located at 6 and 10 Arsenal Heights Drive on the east campus of the land comprising the 
site of what is now or was formerly known as the Augusta Mental Health Institute, and 
any associated land and parking areas determined to be necessary to be included in the 
conveyance by the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, including, 
but not limited to, all or a portion of the properties described in deeds recorded in the 
Kennebec County Registry of Deeds: Book 61, Page 172; Book 98, Page 345; Book 98, 
further 
Sec. 3.  Property to be sold "as is."  Resolved:  That the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services may negotiate and execute purchase and sale 
agreements upon terms the commissioner considers appropriate; however, the state 
property described in section 2 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. 4.  Exemptions.  Resolved:  That any lease or conveyance pursuant to this 
resolve is exempt from the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1783 
and any statutory or regulatory requirement that the state property described in section 2 
first be offered to the Maine State Housing Authority or another state or local agency or 
offered through competitive bidding; and be it further 
Sec. 5.  Proceeds.  Resolved:  That any proceeds from the sale or lease of the state 
property described in section 2 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. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve gives the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
authority to sell to Motivational Services, Inc., the property now or formerly known as 
"the doctors' houses" located at 6 and 10 Arsenal Heights Drive on the east campus of the 
land comprising the site of what is now or was formerly known as the Augusta Mental 
Health Institute.