Resolve, Directing the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Transfer Land in the Town of Pittston

Preamble. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 requires that real estate held by the State for conservation or recreation purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each House.

Whereas,  the land authorized for transfer by this resolve is within the designations in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A; and

Whereas,  the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may sell or exchange lands with the approval of the Legislature in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, sections 1814, 1837 and 1851; now, therefore, be it

Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands to convey land. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall by quitclaim deed without covenant, for negotiated value, and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct, convey or release to the First Congregational Church of Pittston a portion with a total of not more than .30 acre of a parcel of land situated on Arnold Road in the Town of Pittston, County of Kennebec and recorded on the Town of Pittston property tax map U-13, Lot 9.