Section 51.03 - General ProvisionsMethods of Acquisition.
(1) Real property may be acquired by the Commonwealth for the use of an EEA Agency by gift, purchase, devise, grant, eminent domain, rental, lease, rental-purchase or otherwise.(2) All real property acquired for the use of an EEA Agency shall be acquired and held in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acting through that acquiring EEA Agency.(3) The granting or demising clause of any instrument granting or demising real property to the Commonwealth shall read as follows: "... to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its (Department, Commission, Board or Division of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs)....".Amended by Mass Register Issue 1325, eff. 11/4/2016.