PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2554 PRINTER'S NO. 4041
No. 1972 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HALUSKA, BILLOW AND TELEK, OCTOBER 10, 1989
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 24, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," authorizing the Department
21 of Corrections to grant a license to the United States Park
22 Service to erect and maintain certain radio
23 telecommunications equipment on the land of the State
24 Correctional Institution at Cresson, Cambria County; AND <--
25 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
26 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND
27 IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, FOR THE USE OF
28 THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
29 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
30 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
2 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
3 section to read:
4 Section 902-B 903-B. Grant of License to United States Park <--
5 Service.--The Department of Corrections may, with the approval
6 of the Governor, grant a license to the United States Park
7 Service to place upon, in, or over, any dry or submerged land or
8 bridge or structure of or maintained by the Commonwealth within
9 the reservation of the State Correctional Institution at Cresson
10 in the County of Cambria, radio and telecommunications equipment
11 if such equipment is necessary to perform the functions of the
12 United States Park Service. This license shall be revocable for
13 reasonable cause upon six months' written notice by the
14 Commonwealth, and also after like notice for violation of such
15 proper terms and conditions as the Department of Corrections,
16 with the approval of the Governor, shall prescribe when the
17 license issues. The license shall provide for the payment to the
18 Commonwealth of compensation for the use of its property in such
19 amount as the Department of Corrections shall, with the approval
20 of the Governor, prescribe.
21 SECTION 2. (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE <--
22 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE IN
23 THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE USE OF THE
24 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ANY OR ALL SUCH RIGHT, TITLE OR
25 ESTATE AS MAY BE AVAILABLE IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND
26 IN THE 27TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
27 PENNSYLVANIA, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 24,148 SQUARE FEET,
28 BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE
29 SOUTHERLY LINE OF WESTHALL STREET, SAID POINT BEING NORTH 87
30 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 88.853 FEET
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1 FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WESTHALL STREET
2 AND THE FORMER WESTERLY LINE OF REFUGE STREET (VACATED BY CITY
3 OF PITTSBURGH ORDINANCE NO. 227 OF 1974); THENCE SOUTHWARDLY
4 ALONG A LINE OF PROPERTY NOW OR FORMERLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
5 PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH 15 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 53 SECONDS EAST A
6 DISTANCE OF 157.713 FEET TO A POINT ON THE FORMER NORTHERLY LINE
7 OF ECKERT STREET (VACATED BY CITY OF PITTSBURGH ORDINANCE NO.
8 277 OF 1974); THENCE EASTWARDLY ALONG SAID LINE NORTH 87 DEGREES
9 40 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 140.400 FEET TO A POINT
10 ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF NEW BEAVER AVENUE; THENCE NORTHWARDLY
11 ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF NEW BEAVER AVENUE NORTH 2 DEGREES 10
12 MINUTES 59 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 128.292 FEET TO A POINT OF
13 CURVE; THENCE BY AN ARC OF A CIRCLE DEFLECTING TO THE LEFT,
14 HAVING A RADIUS OF 25.000 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES
15 FOR AN ARC DISTANCE OF 39.270 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT ON THE
16 SOUTHERLY LINE OF WESTHALL STREET; THENCE WESTWARDLY ALONG SAID
17 SOUTHERLY LINE OF WESTHALL STREET SOUTH 87 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 01
18 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 151.007 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT
19 BEING THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. BEING DESIGNATED IN THE DEED
20 REGISTRY OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY AS BLOCK 44C, LOT NO. 122.
21 (B) THE LAND SHALL NOT BE ACQUIRED UNTIL ITS TITLE HAS BEEN
22 APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
23 (C) THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE PAID
24 FROM THE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
25 CORRECTIONS.
26 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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