PRINTER'S NO. 123
No. 126 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, JANUARY 21, 1997
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 21, 1997
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.
19 The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is authorized to
1 convey a portion of its Cedar Springs Fish Culture Station being
2 approximately 0.09 acres, lying adjacent to the right-of-way of
3 Porter Township Road No. 321 from the Commonwealth of
4 Pennsylvania for use of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
5 Commission to the Township of Porter free of the restrictions on
6 use and alienation prescribed by the act of June 22, 1964
7 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
8 Acquisition and Borrowing Act, provided the conveyance shall be
9 subject to all easements of record and the following conditions:
10 (1) If, at any time, Porter Township shall abandon the
11 herein described property or restrict its use in any way that
12 it is not open to free public use and enjoyment, the said
13 property shall revert to the ownership of the Commonwealth of
14 Pennsylvania for use by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
15 Commission.
16 (2) The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission shall
17 retain at all times the unrestricted right of ingress, egress
18 and regress over the said property.
19 Section 3. Execution.
20 The deed of conveyance from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
21 Commission to the Township of Porter shall be executed by the
22 Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
23 in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use by the
24 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and shall be approved for
25 legality and form by the Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Fish
26 and Boat Commission and the Office of Attorney General.
27 Section 4. Description of premises to be conveyed.
28 The portion of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's
29 Cedar Springs Fish Culture Station to be conveyed under this act
30 is described as - all that land situated adjacent to the right-
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1 of-way of Porter Township Road No. 321 in Porter Township,
2 Clinton County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further described
3 as:
4 Being all that area defined by the widening of the right-of-
5 way of the said township road from 16.5 feet from centerline to
6 25 feet from centerline beginning at the intersection of the
7 said township road and State Route 2018 and extending in a
8 westerly direction from the said intersection approximately 225
9 feet on the south of township road centerline (upstream side of
10 road) and approximately 184 feet on the north of the township
11 road centerline; and
12 Also including all that area along the aforementioned area
13 south of the said township road at its intersection with State
14 Route 2018 required for the development of a 35-foot turning
15 radius joining the cartway of the said State Route and Township
16 Road; and
17 Further including a drainage swale area being all that area
18 north of the said Township Road at its intersection with the
19 State Route having an approximate width of 10 feet along the
20 State Route right-of-way to a 0 width at approximately 75 feet
21 from the said intersection running along the aforementioned
22 right-of-way line to the north of the said Township Road.
23 Containing approximately 0.09 acres.
24 Section 5. Effective date.
25 This act shall take effect immediately.
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