1. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services.

2. "State property" means the real and personal property described in section 3 of this resolve; and be it further

Sec. 2. Authority to convey property. Resolved: That the State, by and through the commissioner, may:

1. Lease, sell or transfer the interests of the State in the state property;

2. Negotiate, draft, execute and deliver any documents necessary to settle any boundary line discrepancies;

3. Exercise the power of eminent domain to quiet for all time any possible challenges to ownership of the state property;

4. Negotiate, draft, execute and deliver any easements, including historic preservation easements, or other rights that, in the commissioner's discretion, may contribute to the value of a proposed sale or lease of the State's interest; and

5. Release any interests in the state property that, in the commissioner's discretion, do not contribute to the value of the remaining state property; and be it further

Sec. 3. Property interests that may be conveyed. Resolved: That the state property authorized to be sold or leased is the following:

1. The Jacob Abbott House, so-called, also known as 61 Winthrop Street, Hallowell, depicted as building number 13 on the Augusta State Facilities Master Plan, Building Location Map - Stevens School Campus; and

2. The Reed Auditorium, so-called, depicted as building number 11 on the Augusta State Facilities Master Plan, Building Location Map - Stevens School Campus.

The properties described in subsections 1 and 2 must be conveyed or leased with a suitable amount of land, as determined by the commissioner, as may be appropriate to their intended use, together with appropriate rights of access including access by pedestrians, vehicles and utilities.