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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1460, 1570               PRINTER'S NO. 1581

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1169 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, OCTOBER 19, 2001

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, DECEMBER 4, 2001

                                     AN ACT

     1  Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
     2     approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Indiana
     3     County, certain lands situate in the Borough of Indiana,
     4     Indiana County; AND TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO COLLIER             <--
     5     DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., CERTAIN LAND SITUATE IN COLLIER
     6     TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  The Department of General Services, with the       <--
    10  SECTION 1.  INDIANA COUNTY CONVEYANCE.                            <--
    11     (A)  CONVEYANCE.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
    12  THE approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
    13  the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Indiana
    14  County certain land and a building described in section 2         <--
    15  SUBSECTION (B) for fair consideration equal to fair market value  <--
    16  as determined by independent appraisal in accordance with an
    17  Agreement of Sale to be executed with the Department of General
    18  Services.
    19     Section 2.  The (B)  PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE property to    <--


     1  be conveyed pursuant to section 1 SUBSECTION (A) consists of      <--
     2  approximately 0.88-acres and a building bounded and more
     3  particularly described as follows:
     4     BEGINNING at an iron pin 37.5 feet from the centerline of
     5  North 4th Street; thence along the lands now or formerly of the
     6  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, North 89 degrees 38 minutes 01.2
     7  seconds West 228.46 feet to a point; thence North 00 degrees 52
     8  minutes 00 seconds East 165.65 feet to a point; thence North 89
     9  degrees 12 minutes 00 seconds East 228.54 feet to a point;
    10  thence South 00 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds West 170.30 feet
    11  to a point the place of BEGINNING.
    12     CONTAINING 0.88-acres, more or less.
    13     Section 3.  The (C)  RESTRICTIONS.--THE conveyance shall be    <--
    14  made under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
    15  servitudes and rights of others, including but not confined to
    16  streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
    17  electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
    18  subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
    19  vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
    20  the land or improvements erected thereon.
    21     Section 4.  The (D)  DEED.--THE deed of conveyance shall be    <--
    22  by Special Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary
    23  of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
    24  Pennsylvania.
    25     Section 5.  Costs (E)  COSTS AND FEES.--COSTS and fees         <--
    26  incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
    27     Section 6.  In (F)  LIMITATION ON TRANSFER.--IN the event      <--
    28  that this conveyance is not executed in accordance with the
    29  Agreement of Sale as referenced in section 1, the property may
    30  be disposed of in accordance with Article 2406-A of the act of
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     1  April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative
     2  Code of 1929.
     3  SECTION 2.  ALLEGHENY COUNTY CONVEYANCE.                          <--
     4     (A)  CONVEYANCE.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH
     5  THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO GRANT AND
     6  CONVEY TO COLLIER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., TWO PARCELS OF LAND
     7  SITUATE IN COLLIER TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, CONSISTING OF
     8  APPROXIMATELY 8.127 ACRES AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) FOR
     9  FAIR CONSIDERATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 CASH, PLUS THE COSTS
    10  OF ABATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE LAND, ESTIMATED TO
    11  BE AN ADDITIONAL $60,000.
    12     (B)  PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.--THE PARCELS TO BE CONVEYED
    13  PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) CONSIST OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND,
    14  SITUATE IN COLLIER TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND
    15  COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS,
    16  TO WIT:
    17                              PARCEL 1
    18     BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN SET AT THE WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
    19  OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 79 AND LANDS OF WHICH THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A
    20  PART; THENCE BY NEW LINES THROUGH LANDS OF WHICH THIS WAS
    21  ORIGINALLY A PART, SOUTH 35 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST,
    22  632.12 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN, NORTH 41 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 11
    23  SECONDS WEST, 344.87 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN, NORTH 39 DEGREES 31
    24  MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST, 319.43 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN, NORTH 13
    25  DEGREES 47 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, 335.15 FEET TO A SET IRON
    26  PIN, NORTH 70 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 58.08 FEET TO
    27  A POINT AT THE LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF HEIDELBERG SPORTS
    28  ENTERPRISES; THENCE ALONG LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF HEIDELBERG
    29  SPORTS ENTERPRISES, THE FOLLOWING SEVEN (7) COURSES AND
    30  DISTANCES: SOUTH 19 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 70.89
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     1  FEET; SOUTH 39 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 116.50 FEET;
     2  SOUTH 54 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 79.20 FEET; SOUTH
     3  82 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 77.50 FEET; NORTH 80
     4  DEGREES 32 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 120.44 FEET; NORTH 69
     5  DEGREES 16 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 240.90 FEET; NORTH 53
     6  DEGREES 16 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 11.13 FEET TO A POINT AT THE
     7  WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 79; THENCE ALONG
     8  THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 79 THE
     9  FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES AND DISTANCES: SOUTH 18 DEGREES 37
    10  MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST, 165.40 FEET; SOUTH 71 DEGREES 22
    11  MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, 10.00 FEET SOUTH 18 DEGREES 37 MINUTES
    12  35 SECONDS EAST, 76.50 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET AT THE POINT OF
    13  BEGINNING. AS DESCRIBED AND KNOWN AS PARCEL 1 ON PLAN OF
    14  SUBDIVISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES BY
    15  ENGELHARDT-POWER & ASSOCIATES, INC. DRAWING NO. D-3479 DATED
    16  MARCH 27, 1995 AND REVISED MAY 10, 1996. CONTAINING 339,447
    17  SQUARE FEET, APPROXIMATELY 7.7926 ACRES.
    18                              PARCEL 2
    19     BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC ROAD ON THE
    20  WESTERLY LINE OF PROPERTY NOW OR FORMERLY OF W. W. CAMPBELL; AND
    21  THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE NOW
    22  OR FORMERLY OF W. W. CAMPBELL, SOUTH 9 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41
    23  SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 140.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
    24  SOUTH 80 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF
    25  69.28 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 42 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 11
    26  SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 86.77 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
    27  NORTH 9 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF
    28  67.05 FEET TO THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC ROAD; THENCE NORTH 80
    29  DEGREES 22 MINUTES 19 FEET EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 116.25 FEET TO
    30  A POINT AT PLACE OF BEGINNING. AS DESCRIBED AND KNOWN AS PARCEL
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     1  NO.6 ON PLAN OF SUBDIVISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
     2  SERVICES BY ENGELHARDT-POWER & ASSOCIATES, INC. DRAWING NO. C-
     3  2629 DATED MARCH 24, 1995. CONTAINING AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY
     4  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR THOUSANDTHS (0.334) ACRES.
     5     (C)  RESTRICTIONS.--
     6         (1)  THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND SUBJECT TO
     7     ALL LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS,
     8     INCLUDING, BUT NOT CONFINED TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS
     9     OF ANY TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, CABLE, WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER,
    10     GAS OR PIPELINE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND SUBJECT TO
    11     ANY LAWFUL AND ENFORCEABLE INTEREST, ESTATES OR TENANCIES
    12     VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS, APPEARING OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION
    13     OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED THEREON.
    14         (2)  BUYER ACCEPTS THE PROPERTY AS IS AND SHALL, AT THE
    15     BUYER'S EXPENSE, MAKE ALL REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
    16     ABATEMENT OF ALL CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS TO
    17     THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. THE
    18     BUYER SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW AND WITH
    19     ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.
    20     (D)  DEED.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE APPROVED AS
    21  PROVIDED BY LAW AND SHALL BE BY SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED AND
    22  EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE
    23  COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
    24     (E)  COSTS AND FEES.--ALL COSTS AND FEES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
    25  LIMITED TO, APPRAISAL FEES, TITLE INSURANCE AND SURVEYS
    26  INCIDENTAL TO CONVEYANCE SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
    27     (F)  LIMITATION ON TRANSFER.--IN THE EVENT THIS PROPERTY IS
    28  NOT CONVEYED TO COLLIER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., AS HEREIN
    29  AUTHORIZED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT,
    30  AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES, THE
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     1  PROPERTY SHALL BE OFFERED FOR SALE THROUGH AUCTION, SEALED BID
     2  OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9,
     3  1929 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF
     4  1929, AND THE CONDITIONS IN ARTICLE XXIV-A OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
     5  CODE OF 1929.
     6     Section 7 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.          <--
















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