Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to Convey the Interests of the State in Certain Real Property in East Millinocket

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STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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S.P. 850 - L.D. 2139
Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial
Services to Convey the Interests of the State in Certain Real Property in East
Millinocket
Sec. 1. Authority to convey state property. Resolved: That, notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, the State, by and through the Commissioner of
Administrative and Financial Services, referred to in this resolve as "the commissioner,"
may:
1. Enter into an option agreement with the Town of East Millinocket for sale of certain
interests of the State in all or portions of the state property described in section 2, together
with all appurtenant rights and easements;
2. Negotiate, draft, execute and deliver the option agreement under subsection 1 and
any documents related to the option agreement for the sale of all or portions of the state
property described in section 2;
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 in all or portions of the state property described in section 2; and
5. Release any interests in all or portions of the state property described in section 2
that, in the commissioner's discretion, do not contribute to the value of the remaining state
property described in section 2.
Sec. 2. Property interests that may be conveyed. Resolved: That the state
property authorized to be sold pursuant to the option agreement under section 1, subsection
1 is land located in the Town of East Millinocket consisting of approximately 3,384 acres
of property transferred to the State by deed from Katahdin Paper Company, LLC to the
State of Maine dated September 28, 2011 and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry
of Deeds in Book 12608, Pages 97-104 and does not include timber rights to the property.
APPROVED
APRIL 3, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
152
RESOLVES
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Sec. 3. Property to be sold "as is". Resolved: That the commissioner may
negotiate and execute an option agreement under section 1, subsection 1 upon terms the
commissioner considers appropriate; however, all or portions of the state property
described in section 2 must be sold "as is," with no representations or warranties; the
purchase price must be the current market value as described in section 4; and the option
agreement must expire 5 years from the effective date of this resolve. Title must be
transferred by quitclaim deed without covenant or release deed and executed by the
commissioner.
Sec. 4. Opinion of value. Resolved: That the commissioner shall have the current
market value of all or portions of the state property to be conveyed described in section 2
determined by a broker opinion of value and current comparative market analysis.
Sec. 5. Sale or lease if option not exercised. Resolved: That, if the Town of
East Millinocket does not execute an option agreement under section 1, subsection 1 within
one year from the effective date of this resolve, the commissioner may list all or portions
of the state property described in section 2 for sale, lease or auction with a private real
estate broker or auction company and negotiate any sale or lease, solicit bids, sell directly
to a purchaser or enter directly into leases with tenants. The commissioner may reject any
offer.
Sec. 6. Proceeds. Resolved: That any proceeds from the sale or lease of all or
portions of the state property described in section 2 pursuant to this resolve must be used
to reimburse the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for administrative
expenses and be deposited into the department's Bureau of General Services capital repair
and improvement account for capital improvements.
Sec. 7. Repeal. Resolved: That the authorization to convey property granted by this
resolve is repealed 5 years from the effective date of this resolve.