PRINTER'S NO. 1694
No. 1431 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY KAISER, READSHAW, GEORGE, GODSHALL, CALTAGIRONE,
HALUSKA, CAWLEY, WOJNAROSKI, SOLOBAY, HORSEY, DALEY,
KIRKLAND, PISTELLA, BELFANTI, HARHAI, FRANKEL, LAUGHLIN AND
YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 25, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 25, 2001
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey the David L.
3 Lawrence Convention Center situate in the City of Pittsburgh,
4 Allegheny County, to the Sports and Exhibition Authority.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Authorization to convey David L. Lawrence Convention
8 Center.
9 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
10 the approval of the Governor, is authorized and directed on
11 behalf of the Commonwealth to grant and convey to the authority
12 created under Article XXV-A of the act of July 28, 1953
13 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, for a
14 consideration of $1, the tract of land, with the structures,
15 facilities, buildings, fixtures and improvements erected
16 thereon, situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,
17 Pennsylvania, and known as the David L. Lawrence Convention
18 Center. The conveyance shall include any property adjacent to
1 the convention center that is acquired by the Commonwealth prior
2 to the date of the conveyance and any options to acquire such
3 adjacent property held by the Commonwealth on the date of the
4 conveyance.
5 (b) Easements.--The conveyance of the convention center
6 shall be made under and subject to all easements, servitudes and
7 rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
8 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
9 electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
10 subject to any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third
11 persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of
12 the land or improvements erected thereon.
13 (c) Labor contracts.--The authority created under Article
14 XXV-A of the Second Class County Code shall be bound by the
15 terms of any labor contracts relating to the convention center
16 that are in effect at the time of its conveyance to the
17 authority.
18 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
19 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
20 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth.
21 (e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
22 conveyance of the convention center shall be borne by the
23 grantee.
24 (f) Hotel tax revenues not affected.--The conveyance of the
25 convention center under this section shall not affect the
26 availability of the revenues from the hotel tax authorized in
27 section 1970.2 of the Second Class County Code to fund the
28 operational and maintenance expenditures of the convention
29 center.
30 Section 2. Effective date.
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1 This act shall take effect immediately.
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