Resolve, To Authorize the Transfer of State-owned Property to the Town of St. Agatha
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0151
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: MARTIN, JACKSON

Legislative Document
No. 151
H.P. 109
House of Representatives, January 19, 2017
Resolve, To Authorize the Transfer of State-owned Property to the 
Town of St. Agatha
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MARTIN of Sinclair.
Cosponsored by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook and
Representative: MARTIN of Eagle Lake.
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 the Town of St. Agatha; 
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 Town of St. Agatha located at 655 Main Street, comprising the 
site now or formerly occupied by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry, Maine Forest Service, and any associated land and parking areas as may be 
necessary in the determination of the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial 
Services, including, but not limited to, all or a portion of the properties recorded on the 
Town of St. Agatha property tax map 008, Lot 12A; 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 for a sale price of $1 and upon other terms the commissioner considers 
appropriate; however, the state property described in section 2 must be sold "as is," with 
no representations or warranties to the Town of St. Agatha.  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 must 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 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 for $1 to the Town of St. Agatha the property now or formerly occupied 
by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine Forest Service 
located at 655 Main Street, St. Agatha.