Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey the Interests in Certain Real Property Located in East Millinocket
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0744
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: STANLEY

Legislative Document
No. 744
H.P. 549
House of Representatives, February 11, 2019
Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services To Convey the Interests in Certain Real Property 
Located in East Millinocket
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative STANLEY of Medway.
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, referred to in this resolve as "the state property," 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;
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 or lease 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.
Sec. 2.  Property interests that may be conveyed.  Resolved:  That the state 
property authorized to be sold or leased is a parcel or parcels of land located in the Town 
of East Millinocket known as "the Dolby Landfill," consisting of approximately 3,384 
acres conveyed to the State by Katahdin Paper Company LLC on September 28, 2011, 
recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 12608, Page 97-104 and 
identified on the Town of East Millinocket's Tax Assessor's Map 01 as Lot 09-011.
Sec. 3.  Property to be sold as is.  Resolved:  That the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services may negotiate and execute leases and purchase and 
sale agreements upon terms the commissioner considers appropriate; however, 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 executed by the 
commissioner.
Sec. 4.  Exemptions.  Resolved:  That any lease or conveyance pursuant to this 
resolve is exempt from any statutory or regulatory requirement that the state property 
must first be offered to the Maine State Housing Authority or another state or local 
agency or offered through competitive bidding.
Sec. 5.  Appraisal.  Resolved:  That the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services shall have the current market value of the state property determined by 
a broker opinion of value and current comparative market analysis.  The commissioner 
may list the state property for sale or lease with a private real estate broker and negotiate 
any sale or lease, solicit bids, sell directly to a purchaser or enter directly into a lease with 
a tenant.  The commissioner may reject any offer.
Sec. 6.  Proceeds.  Resolved:  That any proceeds from the sale or lease of the state 
property 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.
Sec. 7.  Repeal.  This resolve is repealed 5 years from its effective date.
SUMMARY
This resolve authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
to lease or sell the state property known as "the Dolby Landfill" located in the Town of 
East Millinocket.