Resolve, Directing the Bureau of General Services To Sell Certain Property To Assist Homeless Veterans by Establishing a Homeless Veterans Shelter
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1606
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: WILSON, LANGLEY, BEAVERS, BERRY, BRIGGS, CHENETTE, DEVIN, DILL, EVES, FOWLE, FREDETTE, GIDEON, GILBERT, GRAHAM, GRANT, HAMANN, HICKMAN, HOBBINS, JOHNSON, JONES, KINNEY, KUSIAK, LOCKMAN, LONGSTAFF, MAREAN, MORIARTY, MORRISON, POULIOT, SANDERSON, SHORT, SIROCKI, THERIAULT, VEROW, WERTS, WILLETTE, BURNS

Legislative Document 
No. 1606 
H.P. 1178 
House of Representatives, December 30, 2013 
Resolve, Directing the Bureau of General Services To Sell Certain 
Property To Assist Homeless Veterans by Establishing a Homeless 
Veterans Shelter 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 23, 2013.  Referred to the Committee on 
State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative WILSON of Augusta. 
Cosponsored by Senator LANGLEY of Hancock and 
Representatives: BEAVERS of South Berwick, BERRY of Bowdoinham, BRIGGS of Mexico, 
CHENETTE of Saco, DeCHANT of Bath, DEVIN of Newcastle, DILL of Old Town, Speaker 
EVES of North Berwick, FOWLE of Vassalboro, FREDETTE of Newport, GIDEON of 
Freeport, GILBERT of Jay, GRAHAM of North Yarmouth, GRANT of Gardiner, HAMANN 
of South Portland, HICKMAN of Winthrop, HOBBINS of Saco, JOHNSON of Greenville, 
JONES of Freedom, KINNEY of Limington, KUSIAK of Fairfield, LOCKMAN of Amherst, 
LONGSTAFF of Waterville, MacDONALD of Boothbay, MAREAN of Hollis, McCABE of 
Skowhegan, McCLELLAN of Raymond, MORIARTY of Cumberland, MORRISON of South 
Portland, POULIOT of Augusta, SANDERSON of Chelsea, SHORT of Pittsfield, SIROCKI of 
Scarborough, THERIAULT of Madawaska, VEROW of Brewer, WERTS of Auburn, 
WILLETTE of Mapleton, Senator: BURNS of Washington. 
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; 
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: 
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 and 7 and 11 Independence 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 as follows: Book 
61, Page 172; Book 98, Page 345; Book 98, Page 346; Book 151, Page 380; Book 462, 
Sec. 3.  Property to be sold "as is" to a nonprofit organization; master 
plan.  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, to a nonprofit organization that provides 
services and shelter to homeless veterans and has done so for at least the past 2 years and 
agrees to use the property exclusively for homeless veterans.  Title must be transferred by 
quitclaim deed without covenant or release deed and executed by the commissioner.  This 
resolve constitutes a change to the 2001 Capitol Planning Commission master plan; and 
be it further 
Sec. 4.  Exemptions.  Resolved:  That any conveyance pursuant to this resolve is 
exempt from 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.  Use as homeless veterans shelter once conveyed.  Resolved:  That 
the buyer of the state property described in section 2, if it fails to use the property as a 
homeless veterans shelter as required by section 3, must convey ownership of the 
property to the State; and be it further 
Sec. 6.  Proceeds.  Resolved:  That any proceeds from the sale 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; and be it further 
Sec. 7.  Repeal.  Resolved:  That this resolve is repealed 3 years from its effective 
date. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve gives the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
authority to sell the property located at 6 and 10 Arsenal Heights Drive and 7 and 11 
Independence Drive on the campus of the land comprising the site of what is now or was 
formerly known as the Augusta Mental Health Institute to a nonprofit organization that 
provides services and shelter to homeless veterans for use as a homeless shelter 
exclusively for veterans.