PRINTER'S NO. 219
No. 217 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE, JANUARY 12, 1993
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 12, 1993
AN ACT 1 Authorizing and directing the transfer of land and buildings at 2 the Philadelphia State Hospital grounds to the Department of 3 Environmental Resources; and authorizing and directing the 4 Department of Environmental Resources to lease as much land 5 as may be required by the Veterans for a Delaware Valley 6 Nursing Home, Inc., and the Northeast Philadelphia Cultural 7 Council to fulfill the purposes of their charters. 8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 9 hereby enacts as follows: 10 Section 1. The Department of General Services, and such 11 other departments as may be necessary, are authorized and 12 directed to transfer to the Department of Environmental 13 Resources any and all land and buildings at the Philadelphia 14 State Hospital grounds not transferred or conveyed by the act of 15 December 22, 1975 (P.L.606, No.175), entitled "An act 16 authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, or 17 such department and The General State Authority, to convey to 18 Philadelphia or transfer jurisdiction within the State 19 government of certain tracts of Commonwealth real property 20 acquired under the act of September 29, 1938 (Sp. Sess., P.L.53,
1 No.21), entitled, as amended, 'An act relating to institutions 2 of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution 3 districts and other political subdivisions, for the care, 4 maintenance, and treatment of mental patients; providing for the 5 transfer to the Commonwealth for the care, maintenance and 6 treatment of mental patients of such institutions, and all 7 grounds, lands, buildings and personal property of such 8 political subdivisions used for the care and maintenance of 9 indigent persons connected with such mental institutions; 10 providing for the management and operation or closing and 11 abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of mental patients 12 therein; including the collection of maintenance in certain 13 cases; providing for the retransfer of certain property to 14 counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution 15 districts and other political subdivisions under certain 16 circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the Governor, the 17 Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas and counties, 18 cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and 19 other political subdivisions certain powers and duties; 20 prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs, townships, 21 institution districts and other political subdivisions from 22 maintaining and operating institutions, in whole or in part, for 23 the care and treatment of mental patients; and repealing 24 inconsistent laws,' imposing powers and duties on the Department 25 of Environmental Resources in connection with one such tract, 26 and providing for use of land conveyed to the City of 27 Philadelphia." 28 Section 2. (a) The Department of Environmental Resources is 29 authorized and directed to lease to the Veterans for a Delaware 30 Valley Nursing Home, Inc., and the Northeast Philadelphia 19930S0217B0219 - 2 -
1 Cultural Council as much of its land and buildings at the 2 Philadelphia State Hospital grounds as they require to fulfill 3 the purposes of their charters as not-for-profit organizations. 4 (b) The remaining land transferred pursuant to section 1 5 shall be used by the Department of Environmental Resources, 6 Bureau of State Parks for Benjamin Rush State Park. 7 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L23L85JLW/19930S0217B0219 - 3 -