Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey Approximately 0.75 Acre of Land in Madrid Township to the Madrid Historical Society
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1456
Committee Amendment CA_A_S377 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 558, L.D. 1456, "Resolve, Authorizing 
the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey Approximately 
0.75 Acre of Land in Madrid Township to the Madrid Historical Society" 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'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 any buildings 
and improvements, together with all appurtenant rights and easements, and all personal 
property located on that property; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Authority to convey property. Resolved: That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the State, by and through the commissioner, is authorized to 
convey the interest of the State in state property to the Madrid Historical Society, a duly 
organized nonprofit corporation; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Property interests that may be conveyed. Resolved: That the state 
property subject to transfer is described as follows: 
A certain parcel of land of 0.75 acre, more or less, depicted as "Land to Be Acquired 
by the Madrid Historical Society" on a "Survey Plan for Madrid Historical Society" dated 
May 19, 2015 by Acme Land Surveying, LLC, Farmington, Maine, situated on the 
westerly side of Reeds Mill Road, bounded on the north by land now or formerly of 
Louie and Donna Barker, bounded on the west by the thread of Pease Stream and further 
depicted on the May 19, 2015 survey plan, the parcel having been acquired by the Town 
of Madrid in a deed of March 23, 1936 recorded in Franklin County Registry of Deeds in 
Book 257, Page 227 and abutting the parcel that was conveyed to the Madrid Historical 
Society by deed of June 21, 2000 recorded in Franklin County Registry of Deeds in Book 
1937, Page 239. The title of the state property subject to transfer was acquired by the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 558, L.D. 1456 
State upon the deorganization of the Town of Madrid, as authorized by Private and 
Special Law 1999, chapter 31; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Property to be sold as is. Resolved: 
That the commissioner may 
negotiate and execute purchase and sale agreements upon terms the commissioner 
considers appropriate, but the state property must be sold "as is," with no representations 
or warranties. 
Title must be transferred by quitclaim deed without covenant or release deed and 
must be 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 or be 
offered through competitive bidding; and be it further 
Sec. 6. Proceeds. Resolved: That any proceeds from a sale pursuant to this 
resolve must be deposited in the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund 
created in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 1605, subsection 1; and be it 
further 
Sec. 7. Repeal. Resolved: That this resolve is repealed 5 years after its effective 
date.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment retains the substance of the resolve and adds the following 
provisions. 
1. It defines "state property" and "commissioner" for the purposes of the resolve. 
2. It makes a clarification regarding the ownership of a parcel of land abutting the 
parcel to be sold. 
3. It clarifies that the State acquired the parcel of land upon the deorganization of the 
Town of Madrid. 
4. 
It authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to 
negotiate and execute purchase and sale agreements and provides that the title of the 
property must be transferred from the State by quitclaim deed without covenant or release 
deed to the Madrid Historical Society. 
5. It exempts the transfer from any statutory or regulatory requirement that the 
property be offered to a state or local agency or offered through competitive bidding. 
6. It specifies that any proceeds from a sale must be deposited in the Unorganized 
Territory Education and Services Fund. 
7. It provides that the resolve is repealed 5 years after its effective date. 
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LD 1456 
LR 2208(02) 
Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey 
Approximately 0.75 Acre of Land in Madrid Township to the Madrid Historical Society 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ff'{S-31,) 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
This resolve authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to convey the interest of the State 
in state property acquired upon the deorganization of the Town of Madrid. The funds received as a result of the sale 
will accrue as dedicated revenue to the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund. The amount received 
from the sale will depend on the sale price and cannot be estimated at this time. 
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