Section 5 Property held by counties for use of schools transferred to commonwealth upon transfer date of abolished counties - Massachusetts Statutes

[Text of section effective until Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is certified by the commissioner as the successor agency to the Essex agricultural and technical high school and the North Shore Vocational Regional School, which shall occur by July 1, 2009. Repealed by 2004, 463, Sec. 1. See 2004, 463, Sec. 18.]

Section 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, title to all real and personal property held by a county for the use of a school shall be transferred to the commonwealth upon the transfer date of a county abolished pursuant to section 1 of chapter 34B. The board of trustees of said school shall assume responsibility for the maintenance, operation and management of such property. The sale or lease of the property shall require special legislation; provided, however, that the sale or lease, for a term of greater than three years, of the real property shall require special legislation.