PRINTER'S NO. 2089
No. 1632 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, JUNE 26, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 26, 2007
AN ACT 1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the 2 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Bensalem 3 Township, certain lands situate in Bensalem Township, Bucks 4 County. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Bensalem Township, Bucks County. 8 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with 9 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of 10 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Bensalem 11 Township certain lands, and all improvements thereon, situate in 12 Bensalem Township, Bucks County under terms and conditions to be 13 established in an agreement of sale with the Department of 14 General Services. 15 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to 16 section 1 consists of approximately 15 acres, and all 17 improvements thereon, bounded and more particularly described as 18 follows:
1 BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of New Road and 2 Neshaminy Boulevard in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, 3 Pennsylvania; thence extending from the point of BEGINNING South 4 61 degrees, 58 minutes West 506.04 feet along Neshaminy 5 Boulevard to a point; thence extending South 61 degrees 35 6 minutes, 25 seconds East 106.36 feet along Neshaminy Boulevard; 7 thence extending South 52 degrees 45 minutes West 459.03 feet 8 along Neshaminy Boulevard to appoint; thence extending North 28 9 degrees 38 minutes West 636.67 feet to a point; thence extending 10 North 2 degrees 16 minutes East 228.05 feet to a point along 11 Route 1; thence extending North 34 degrees 30 minutes East 298 12 feet along the southeast side of U.S. Route 1; thence extending 13 North 29 degrees 38 minutes East 74.07 feet along the southeast 14 side of U.S. Route 1; thence extending North 34 degrees 30 15 minutes East 50.03 feet along the southeast side of U.S. Route 1 16 to a point on New Road; thence extending South 53 degrees 5 17 minutes West 340 feet to a point; thence extending South 52 18 degrees 29 minutes East 770 feet along New Road to the 19 intersection of Neshaminy Boulevard, the place of BEGINNING. 20 CONTAINING 15-acres, more or less. 21 EXCEPTING AND RESERVING all that certain parcel of real 22 estate as required by the Pennsylvania Department of 23 Transportation for a highway improvement project entitled "SR 24 0001 SEC. 03S: SR 1 Reconstruction and Widening Project Required 25 Area for PA Turnpike Ramp Reconstruction". The property 26 preliminarily determined to be required for this project is 27 shown as "Area Required for New Ramp Construction" on a plan 28 prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation titled 29 "SR 0001 SEC. 03S: SR 1 Reconstruction and Widening Project 30 Required Area for PA Turnpike Ramp Reconstruction", which is on 20070H1632B2089 - 2 -
1 file with the Department of General Services. The final legal 2 description and acreage of the property to be conveyed (less the 3 property to be excepted and reserved for the PA Department of 4 Transportation use, as aforesaid) shall be determined by a 5 Pennsylvania licensed land surveyor prior to conveyance.) 6 (c) Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and 7 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and 8 rights of others, including but not confined to streets, 9 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, 10 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and 11 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies 12 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of 13 the land or improvements erected thereon. 14 (d) Land use restriction.--Any conveyance authorized under 15 this act shall be made under and subject to the condition, which 16 shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of 17 the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as 18 defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any 19 other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The 20 condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be 21 binding upon the Grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the 22 Grantee, its successors or assigns, permit any portion of the 23 property authorized to be conveyed in this act to be used in 24 violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert 25 to and revest in the Grantor. 26 (e) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by Special 27 Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General 28 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 29 (f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this 30 conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee. 20070H1632B2089 - 3 -
1 (g) Alternate disposal of property.--In the event that the 2 Grantee and the Department of General Services cannot reach a 3 mutually acceptable agreement of sale within 12 months of the 4 effective date of this act, the property may be disposed of in 5 accordance with Article XXIV-A of the act of April 9, 1929 6 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. 7 Section 2. Effective date. 8 This act shall take effect immediately. F11L85AJM/20070H1632B2089 - 4 -