PRINTER'S NO. 2383
No. 1786 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, AUGUST 1, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 1, 2007
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to dedicate, grant and convey to
3 the Strasburg, Lancaster County, Borough Authority, a water
4 main and appurtenances to be constructed by the Department of
5 General Services, together with easements for public water
6 purposes, situate in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County,
7 and to grant such further easements and licenses as may be
8 necessary to provide the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania with
9 access to public sewer service.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Water main and easements in Strasburg Township,
13 Lancaster County.
14 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
15 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
16 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to dedicate, grant and convey
17 to the Strasburg, Lancaster County, Borough Authority, for $1, a
18 water main and appurtenances to such water main to be
19 constructed by the Department of General Services as part of
20 Project No. DGS 980-6, together with such easements as may be
21 necessary for purposes of the operation, maintenance, repair and
1 replacement of such water main and appurtenances, over, through,
2 and in certain property constituting, or adjacent to, the
3 grounds of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, as described in
4 subsection (b).
5 (b) Description of easement.--Pursuant to to subsection (a)
6 (1) The Department of General Services is authorized to
7 grant to the Strasburg, Lancaster County, Borough Authority a
8 permanent easement, not to exceed 25 feet in width, over,
9 through, and in the real property constituting the grounds of
10 the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, consisting of the real
11 property acquired by the General State Authority pursuant to
12 deeds recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of
13 Lancaster County at Record Book W, Volume 56, Page 212,
14 Record Book O, Volume 60, Page 527, and Record Book D, Volume
15 57, Page 123.
16 (2) The Department of General Services is further
17 authorized to transfer, convey or assign to the Strasburg,
18 Lancaster County, Borough Authority any easement acquired by
19 the Department of General Services as part of Project No. DGS
20 980-6 for purposes of the construction, operation,
21 maintenance, repair, and replacement of the water main and
22 appurtenances.
23 (3) All of the above described easements to be used for
24 purposes of the operation, maintenance, repair, and
25 replacement of the water main and appurtenances to be
26 constructed by the Department of General Services as part of
27 Project No. DGS 980-6.
28 (c) Execution of deed.--Any deed or other conveyance
29 document executed pursuant to this section shall be executed by
30 the Secretary of General Services in the name of the
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1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2 (d) Covenant to repair.--Any deed conveying an easement
3 over, through, and in the grounds of the Railroad Museum of
4 Pennsylvania shall contain a covenant requiring the grantee to
5 repair, to the satisfaction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
6 any damage to the easement area caused by the Grantee's
7 operation, maintenance, repair or replacement of said water main
8 and appurtenances.
9 (e) Easements or licenses for public sewer service.--The
10 Department of General Services is further authorized to transfer
11 and convey, with the approval of the Governor, any easements or
12 licenses necessary to provide the Railroad Museum of
13 Pennsylvania with access to public sewer service. Access to
14 public sewer service may be provided by means of a connection to
15 privately owned sewer facilities.
16 (f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
17 conveyances authorized by subsection (a) shall be borne by the
18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
19 Section 2. Effective date.
20 This act shall take effect immediately.
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