Resolve, Authorizing the Bureau of General Services To Sell Certain Property to Kennebec County
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0114
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: KATZ, POULIOT, DOORE, FOWLE

Legislative Document 
No. 114 
S.P. 47 
In Senate, January 22, 2015 
Resolve, Authorizing the Bureau of General Services To Sell Certain 
Property to Kennebec County 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator KATZ of Kennebec. 
Cosponsored by Representative POULIOT of Augusta and 
Representatives: DOORE of Augusta, FOWLE of Vassalboro. 
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 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; 
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. 2.  Property interests that may be conveyed. Resolved:  That the state 
property authorized to be sold 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, now or formerly known as "the Augusta 
District Court," located at 145 State Street, and any associated land and parking areas 
determined to be necessary 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 1480, Page 752; and be it 
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, but the state property 
described in section 2 must be sold "as is," with no representations or warranties, to 
Kennebec County.  Kennebec County shall use the property to house the Registry of 
Deeds and other county offices. 
The 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 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.  Repeal. Resolved:  That this resolve is repealed 4 years from its effective 
date. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve gives the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
authority to sell the property identified as the Augusta District Court to Kennebec County 
to be used to house the Registry of Deeds and other county offices.