CHAPTER 98

H.P. 1188 - L.D. 1681

Resolve, Extending the Authority of the Commissioner of

Administrative and Financial Services To Convey the Former

Maine State Prison Property in Thomaston and the Kennebec

Arsenal Property in Augusta for an Additional Five Years

Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, Resolve 1999, chapter 56, as amended, authorizes the conveyance of a portion of the Kennebec Arsenal property; and

Whereas, Resolve 1999, chapter 114 authorizes the conveyance of the former Maine State Prison property in Thomaston; and

Whereas, the authority granted by Resolve 1999, chapters 56 and 114 is scheduled to expire on June 9, 2005 and August 11, 2005, respectively; and

Whereas, this legislation delays the expiration of those resolves by 5 years; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, be it