THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, EVERETT, GINGRICH, HARHART AND WATSON, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012  

AN ACT

Authorizing the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

to release, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions,

Project 70 restrictions on certain land owned by the West

Rockhill – Sellersville Joint Recreation Authority, Bucks

County.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Authorization.

(a)  Authorization.--Pursuant to section 20(b) of the act of

June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70

Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, and in accordance with the

requirements in section 2, the General Assembly authorizes the

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to release

Project 70 restrictions from the land owned by the West Rockhill

– Sellersville Joint Recreation Authority, Bucks County, which

is more particularly described in subsection (b), subject to the

following conditions:

(1)  The land must be sold for an amount equal to or

greater than the fair market value of the land as established

by a self-contained appraisal report prepared by a real

estate appraiser certified under the act of July 10, 1990

(P.L.404, No.98), known as the Real Estate Appraisers

Certification Act.

(2)  The proceeds of the sale of the land must be

deposited into an interest-bearing account established by the

authority and designated solely for the purposes of the

conditions under this subsection.

(3)  The money in the account must be used by the

authority for the sole purpose of improvements to the Holiday

House Pool Complex in accordance with a plan preapproved in

writing by the department.

(4)  Within five years after the date of conveyance of

the land by the authority any money remaining in the account

must be paid to the Commonwealth for deposit in the Keystone

Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund. Failure to comply

with this paragraph shall result in the amount of money in

the account constituting a debt by the authority to the

Commonwealth.

(b)  Land subject to the release from Project 70

restrictions.--The land which is subject to the release from

Project 70 restrictions in accordance with the provisions under

subsection (a) is described as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land lying northeast of the

intersection of Washington Avenue (T-348) and Holiday House Road

(T-491) situate within the Township of West Rockhill, County of

Bucks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as referenced by "Exception

Area" on the plan titled, "Holiday House Joint Recreation

Authority TMP 52-014-145" dated March 13, 2012, prepared by C.

Robert Wynn Associates, Inc., more particularly described as

follows:

BEGINNING at a point, the western-most corner of lands now or

late of Holiday House Joint Recreation Authority

(TMP# 52-014-145), said point being at the

approximate center line intersection of Washington

Ave (T-348) and Holiday House Road (T-491), and being

located North 52° 53’ 46” West a distance of 939.58

feet from a railroad spike within the cartway of

Washington Ave in line with adjoining lands now or

late of Robert and Lucille Moore (TMP# 39-3-109);

said point also being the PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE,

in and along the cartway of Holiday House Rd North

34° 28’ 46” East a distance of 169.70 feet to a

point; THENCE, leaving the cartway of Holiday House

Rd and extending in and thru lands now or late of

Holiday House Joint Recreation Authority South 52° 

53’ 46” East a distance of 246.90 feet to a point;

THENCE, continuing thru lands now or late of Holiday

House Joint Recreation Authority South 37° 06’ 14”

West a distance of 169.52 feet to a point within the

cartway of Washington Ave; THENCE, continuing along

the cartway of Washington Ave North 52° 53’ 46” West

a distance of 239.13 feet to a point, the PLACE OF

BEGINNING;

CONTAINING a calculated area of 0.9457 acres, more or less, of

land.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect immediately.