LD 1930
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8.__Acts that may enhance affordability of working waterfront real
estate.__The right to prohibit, limit or require other acts that
may enhance or allow the affordability and availability of working
waterfront real estate to commercial marine fisheries businesses in
the future.

 
§135. Validity

 
A working waterfront covenant is valid and enforceable
notwithstanding any of the following conditions.

 
1.__Not appurtenant to interest in real property.__The working
waterfront covenant is not appurtenant and does not run with an
interest in real property.

 
2.__Assignable to another holder.__The working waterfront
covenant can be or has been assigned to another qualified holder.

 
3.__Not recognized at common law.__The working waterfront
covenant is not of a character traditionally recognized at common
law.

 
4.__Imposes negative burden.__The working waterfront covenant
imposes a negative burden.

 
5.__Imposes affirmative obligations.__The working waterfront
covenant imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an
interest in the burdened property or upon the qualified holder.

 
6.__Benefit does not touch or concern real property.__The
benefit of the working waterfront covenant is held by a qualified
holder who has not retained property that would benefit from
enforcement of the working waterfront covenant, or the benefit
does not touch or concern real property in any other way.

 
7.__No privity of estate or contract.__There is no privity of
estate or privity of contract.

 
8.__Does not run to successors or assigns.__The working
waterfront covenant does not run to the successors or assigns of
the qualified holder.

 
9.__Unreasonable restraint on alienability.__The working
waterfront covenant may be considered to be an unreasonable
restraint on alienability.

 
10.__In violation of rule against perpetuities.__The working
waterfront covenant may violate the rule against perpetuities.


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