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Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Resolve 2013, c. 98, §3, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2013, c. 98, §3 is amended to read:
Sec. 3 Property to be sold "as is" to a nonprofit organization or public-private partnership; master plan. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services may negotiate and execute purchase and sale agreements upon terms the commissioner considers appropriate; however, the state property described in section 2 must be sold "as is," with no representations or warranties, to a nonprofit organization that provides services and shelter to homeless veterans and has done so for at least the past 2 years and agreesor a public-private partnership. The buyer must agree to use the property exclusively for veterans for transitional housing for veteransor substance abuse services. Title must be transferred by quitclaim deed without covenant or release deed and executed by the commissioner. This resolve constitutes a change to the 2001 Capitol Planning Commission master plan; and be it further
; and be it further
Sec. 2 Resolve 2013, c. 98, §5, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2013, c. 98, §5 is amended to read:
Sec. 5 Use for transitional housing or substance abuse services for veterans once conveyed. Resolved: That the buyer of the state property described in section 2, if it fails to use the property as transitional housing for veterans for transitional housing or substance abuse services, as required by section 3, must convey ownership of the property to the State; and be it further’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the resolve. It authorizes the State to sell the property that is the subject of the resolve to a public-private partnership. The amendment preserves the authorization in current law to sell the property to a nonprofit organization. Rather than remove restrictions on the use of the property for transitional housing for veterans as in the resolve, the amendment modifies the existing restrictions on its use. The amendment requires the property to be used for veterans for transitional housing or substance abuse services.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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