SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2219, 2307, 2388 PRINTER'S NO. 2458
No. 1745 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, ADOLPH, ALLEN, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BELFANTI, BIRMELIN, BOYD, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CIVERA, CLYMER, DENLINGER, EACHUS, ELLIS, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, FORCIER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, HABAY, HARHART, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, LEH, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MARSICO, McGILL, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MUSTIO, PERZEL, PICKETT, PYLE, RAYMOND, REED, ROHRER, ROSS, SATHER, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, S. H. SMITH, SONNEY, STERN, R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, WILT AND ZUG, JUNE 14, 2005
SENATOR LEMMOND, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2005
AN ACT 1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, 2 with the approval of the Governor, to convey tracts of land 3 and buildings, consisting of a portion of the former 4 Laurelton Center, located in Hartley Township, Union County, 5 Pennsylvania; authorizing the Department of General Services, <-- 6 with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey 7 certain lands situate in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin 8 County, to Crossgates, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation; and 9 making a related repeal. 10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 11 hereby enacts as follows: 12 Section 1. Conveyance in Hartley Township, Union County. 13 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with 14 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed, 15 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to grant and 16 convey the tracts of land described in subsection (b) and the
1 improvements erected thereon to Mountain Valley, Inc., a 2 Maryland Corporation, for consideration equal to fair market 3 value, as determined by an independent appraisal. 4 (b) Description.--All those certain tracts or parcels of 5 land, with improvements thereon erected, situate in Hartley 6 Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded 7 and described as follows: 8 TRACT 1 9 ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land shown as Existing Parcel No. 10 1 on an addition lot subdivision prepared by Larson Design Group 11 dated November 9, 1997 and recorded in the Union County Recorder 12 of Deeds Office in Plat Book 19, Page 54. 13 CONTAINING 266.429-acres. 14 TRACT 2 15 ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land shown as Residual Lands of 16 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on an addition lot subdivision 17 prepared by Larson Design Group, dated November 9, 1997, and 18 recorded in the Union County Recorder of Deeds Office in Plat 19 Book 19, Page 54. 20 CONTAINING 5.993-acres. 21 TRACT 3 22 ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land shown as Existing Parcel No. 23 2 on an addition lot subdivision prepared by Larson Design 24 Group, dated November 9, 1997, and recorded in the Union County 25 Recorder of Deeds Office in Plat Book 19, Page 54. 26 CONTAINING 64.428-acres. 27 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and 28 subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others, 29 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of 30 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or 20050H1745B2458 - 2 -
1 pipeline companies, as well as under the subject to any 2 interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether 3 or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or 4 improvements erected thereon. 5 (d) General land use restriction.--The conveyance shall be 6 under and subject to the condition, which shall be contained in 7 the deed, that no portion of the property being conveyed shall 8 be used as a licensed facility, as that term is defined in 4 9 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions) or for any other 10 similar type of facility authorized under State law. The 11 condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be 12 binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. If a 13 grantee, its successors or assigns permit the property 14 authorized to be conveyed in this section, or any portion of the 15 property, to be used in violation of this subsection, the title 16 shall immediately revert to and revest in the grantor. 17 (e) Agricultural restriction.--That portion of the land as 18 described in Tract 3 of subsection (b) that is currently subject 19 to the provisions of the act of June 18, 1982 (P.L.549, No.159), 20 entitled, "An act providing for the administration of certain 21 Commonwealth farmland within the Department of Agriculture," 22 shall continue to be subject to the restrictions provided for in 23 that act and a restrictive covenant limiting the uses of the 24 property to agricultural and open space uses shall be placed in 25 the deed. 26 (f) Proceeds.-- 27 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the proceeds of 28 the conveyance shall be paid into the State Treasury and 29 deposited in the General Fund. 30 (2) The portion of the proceeds of the conveyance 20050H1745B2458 - 3 -
1 attributed to the property described in Tract 3 of subsection 2 (b), which portion shall be determined by an independent 3 appraisal, shall be deposited into the Agricultural 4 Conservation Easement Purchase Fund. 5 (g) Approval.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as 6 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of 7 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of 8 Pennsylvania. 9 (h) Costs.--Costs and fees incidental to the conveyance 10 shall be borne by the grantee. 11 (i) Alternate disposal.--In the event that the conveyance 12 under this section is not executed within one year of the 13 effective date of this section, the property may be disposed of 14 in accordance with section 2406-A of the act of April 9, 1929 15 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. 16 Section 2. City of Harrisburg. <-- 17 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with 18 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of 19 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey the 20 following tract of land, together with any improvements thereon, 21 situate in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 22 to Crossgates, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, in accordance 23 with and for the consideration established in an Agreement of 24 Sale with the Department of General Services, dated March 23, 25 2005. 26 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to 27 this section consists of approximately 4.866-acres and is more 28 particularly described as follows: 29 BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly legal right- 30 of-way line of Wildwood Park Drive and the westerly legal right- 20050H1745B2458 - 4 -
1 of-way line of Cameron Street; Thence in and through legal 2 right-of-way of Cameron Street, North 87 degrees, 27 minutes, 37 3 seconds East, a distance of 112.45 feet to a point in the legal 4 right of way of Cameron Street; thence through the legal right- 5 of-way of Cameron Street, South 02 degrees, 32 minutes, 23 6 seconds East, a distance of 437.25 feet to a point; thence 7 crossing the westerly legal right-of-way line of Cameron Street 8 and through lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State 9 Farm Show complex, South 87 degrees, 27 minutes, 37 seconds 10 West, a distance of 477.96 feet to a point; thence through lands 11 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Farm Show complex, 12 North 11 degrees, 50 minutes, 56 seconds West, a distance of 13 260.19 feet to a point; thence continuing through lands of the 14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Farm Show Complex, North 02 15 degrees, 32 minutes, 23 seconds West, a distance of 124.92 feet 16 to a point in the southerly legal right-of-way line of Wildwood 17 Park Drive; thence along the said southerly legal right-of-way 18 line of Wildwood Park Drive the following four courses: 19 1. North 88 degrees, 22 minutes, 43 seconds East, a 20 distance of 18.21 feet to a point; 21 2. North 75 degrees, 27 minutes, 56 seconds East, a 22 distance of 96.84 feet to a point; 23 3. North 78 degrees, 57 minutes, 09 seconds East, a 24 distance of 145.23 feet to a point; and 25 4. North 82 degrees, 04 minutes, 12 seconds East, a 26 distance of 151.71 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 27 CONTAINING 4.866-Acres of land. 28 (c) Adjacent easements.--The Department of General Services, 29 with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on 30 behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey 20050H1745B2458 - 5 -
1 pursuant to an Agreement of Sale referred to in subsection (a) 2 to Crossgates, Inc., any easements on, across and through lands 3 adjoining the property referenced in subsection (b) for 4 vehicular and pedestrian ingress, egress and regress, and 5 construction and maintenance of signage all for the benefit of 6 the property described in subsection (b). 7 (d) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and 8 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and 9 rights of others, including, but not confined to streets, 10 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, 11 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and 12 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies 13 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of 14 the land or improvements erected thereon. 15 (e) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by Special 16 Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General 17 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The 18 deed of easement shall be executed by the Secretary of General 19 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 20 (f) Reversion.--The deed of conveyance shall contain the 21 following covenant: 22 "Under and subject to a condition that the Grantee, its 23 successors and assigns, shall utilize the property solely 24 as a hotel/motel with an associated full service 25 restaurant and conference center. No portion of the 26 property shall be used for gaming or gambling activities. 27 Should the Grantee, its successors or assigns, utilize 28 the property for gaming or gambling or for any other 29 purpose not permitted under this paragraph, the property 30 conveyed herein shall immediately revert to and revest in 20050H1745B2458 - 6 -
1 the Grantor." 2 (g) Proceeds of sale.--The proceeds from the sale of the 3 land shall be deposited in the Purchasing Fund of the Department 4 of General Services and may be utilized by the Department of 5 General Services, with the approval of the Department of 6 Agriculture, only to acquire and improve real property for the 7 benefit of the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex. If any or 8 all of the proceeds are not utilized for this purpose within 9 three years after their receipt, the remaining amount shall be 10 transferred to the Farm Products Show Fund. 11 (h) Costs.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance 12 shall be borne by the grantee. 13 (i) Expiration.--In the event the conveyance authorized by 14 subsection (b) is not executed within 18 months of the effective 15 date of this act, the authorization contained herein shall 16 expire. 17 Section 3 2. Repeals are as follows: <-- 18 (1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under 19 paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the conveyance in 20 Hartley Township, Union County, pursuant to section 1. 21 (2) Section 2 of the act of December 19, 1997 (P.L.623, 22 No.66), entitled "An act authorizing and directing the 23 Department of General Services, with the approval of the 24 Governor, to grant and convey to the City of McKeesport a 25 tract of land situate in the Seventh Ward, City of 26 McKeesport, Allegheny County, and to sell and convey to 27 Smithfield Township certain land situate in the Township of 28 Smithfield, Huntingdon County; and authorizing and directing 29 the Department of General Services, with the approval of the 30 Governor, to convey tracts of land and buildings, consisting 20050H1745B2458 - 7 -
1 of a portion of the former Laurelton Center, located in
2 Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania," is repealed.
3 Section 4 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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