HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1424 PRINTER'S NO. 2198
No. 1219 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, SEPTEMBER 20, 1995
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 1996
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to convey
2 a portion of a Project 70 tract of land in Porter Township,
3 Clinton County, under certain conditions to the Township of
4 Porter, a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of
5 Pennsylvania.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Authorization.
9 Under the requirements of section 20(b) of the act of June
10 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
11 Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the General Assembly hereby
12 authorizes the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to convey a
13 portion of its Cedar Springs Fish Culture Station located in the
14 Township of Porter, County of Clinton, to the Township of Porter
15 for inclusion into the right-of-way of Porter Township Road No.
16 321 of the township roadway system allowing for the continued
17 use and enjoyment of the public at large.
18 Section 2. Freedom of restrictions.
1 The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is authorized to
2 convey a portion of its Cedar Springs Fish Culture Station being
3 approximately 0.09 acres, lying adjacent to the right-of-way of
4 Porter Township Road No. 321 from the Commonwealth of
5 Pennsylvania for use of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
6 Commission to the Township or OF Porter free of the restrictions <--
7 on use and alienation prescribed by the act of June 22, 1964
8 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
9 Acquisition and Borrowing Act, provided the conveyance shall be
10 subject to all easements of record and the following conditions:
11 (1) If, at any time, Porter Township shall abandon the
12 herein described property or restrict its use in any way that
13 it is not open to free public use and enjoyment, the said
14 property shall revert to the ownership of the Commonwealth of
15 Pennsylvania for use by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
16 Commission.
17 (2) The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission shall
18 retain at all times the unrestricted right of ingress, egress
19 and regress over the said property.
20 Section 3. Execution.
21 The deed of conveyance from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
22 Commission to the Township of Porter shall be executed by the
23 Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
24 in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use by the
25 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and shall be approved for
26 legality and form by the Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Fish
27 and Boat Commission and the Office of Attorney General.
28 Section 4. Description of premises to be conveyed.
29 The portion of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's
30 Cedar Springs Fish Culture Station to be conveyed under this act
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1 is described as - all that land situated adjacent to the right-
2 of-way of Porter Township Road No. 321 in Porter Township,
3 Clinton County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further described
4 as:
5 Being all that area defined by the widening of the right-of-
6 way of the said township road from 16.5 feet from centerline to
7 25 feet from centerline beginning at the intersection of the
8 said township road and State Route 2018 and extending in a
9 westerly direction from the said intersection approximately 225
10 feet on the south of township road centerline (upstream side of
11 road) and approximately 184 feet on the north of the township
12 road centerline; and
13 Also including all that area along the aforementioned area
14 south of the said township road at its intersection with State
15 Route 2018 required for the development of a 35-foot turning
16 radius joining the cartway of the said State Route and Township
17 Road; and
18 Further including a drainage swale area being all that area
19 north of the said Township Road at its intersection with the
20 State Route having an approximate width of 10 feet along the
21 State Route right-of-way to a 0 width at approximately 75 feet
22 from the said intersection running along the aforementioned
23 right-of-way line to the north of the said Township Road.
24 Containing approximately 0.09 acres.
25 Section 5. Effective date.
26 This act shall take effect immediately.
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