Trial Engrossment of Amendment A02885 to Senate Bill 0750 P.N. 0948, Regular Session 2019-2020

A02885

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

750

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY SCARNATI, CORMAN, YAW, PHILLIPS-HILL, BARTOLOTTA,

MARTIN, J. WARD, FOLMER, COSTA, KEARNEY, SANTARSIERO,

A. WILLIAMS, LAUGHLIN, STEFANO, MENSCH, KILLION, AUMENT AND

BAKER, JUNE 11, 2019

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 11, 2019

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

Executive Department thereof and the administrative

departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and

prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation

of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of

certain departments, boards and commissions shall be

determined," in powers and duties of the Department of

General Services and its departmental administrative and

advisory boards and commissions, further providing for

grounds, buildings and monuments in general and providing for

sale transfer the authority of Lieutenant Governor's Mansion;

and making a related repeal.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2402(a) and (o) of the act of April 9,

1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of

1929, are amended to read:

Section 2402. Grounds, Buildings and Monuments in General.--

The Department of General Services shall have the power, and its

duty shall be:

(a) Subject to the powers by this act vested in the Board of

Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, to control and

supervise the State Capitol Building, and the public grounds and

buildings connected with the State Capitol, including the State

Arsenal, any building or buildings that may have been devised or

may hereafter be devised to the Commonwealth within the City of

Harrisburg, the Northwest Office Building now occupied by the

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the Pittsburgh State Office

Building, the Philadelphia State Office Building[,] and the

Executive Mansion [and the Mansion of the Lieutenant Governor],

and to make, or supervise the making, of all repairs,

alterations, and improvements, in and about such grounds and

buildings, including the furnishing and refurnishing of the

same, and also to have general supervision over repairs,

alterations, and improvements to all other buildings, lands, and

property of the State, except as in this act otherwise provided:

* * *

[(o) To maintain, for the use of the Lieutenant Governor,

the Mansion located on the Edward Martin Military Reservation.]

Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 2402.3. Sale Transfer the authority of Lieutenant

Governor's Mansion.--(a) Within 12 months of the effective date

of this section, the Department of General Services is hereby

authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania to sell and convey to transfer the authority of t he

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official residence of the Lieutenant Governor, the Lieutenant

Governor's Mansion located at Fort Indiantown Gap , for fair

consideration based on a fair market value as determined by an

independent appraisal.

(b) The sale shall be made under and subject to all lawful

and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others,

including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of

any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline

companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and

enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons

appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements

erected thereon.

Veterans' Trust Fund to provide assistance to Pennsylvania

veterans in need of shelter.

(d) The deed of sale shall be approved as provided by law

and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in

the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(e) All other costs and fees, including, but not limited to,

appraisal fees, title insurance and surveys incidental to this

conveyance shall be borne by the purchaser.

(f) The Department of General Services shall maintain the

Lieutenant Governor's Mansion prior to the sale of the property

under this section, including making or supervising the making

of all necessary repairs, alterations and improvements in and

about the grounds of the Lieutenant Governor's Mansion. through

a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Military

and Veterans Affairs.

(b) The Lieutenant Governor's Mansion, upon transfer of the

property under this section, shall be used for the purposes of

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supporting Pennsylvania's veterans programs and supporting the

National Guard to include current and survivor families.

Lieutenant Governor's Mansion prior to the transfer of authority

over the property under this section, including making or

supervising the making of all necessary repairs, alterations and

improvements in and about the grounds of the Lieutenant

Governor's Mansion.

Section 3. Repeals are as follows:

(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the amendment or

addition of sections 2402(a) and (o) and 2402.3 of the act.

(2) The act of December 19, 1986 (P.L.1743, No.212),

entitled "An act prohibiting the use of certain buildings for

political fundraising events; and providing a penalty," is

repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with the amendment or

addition of sections 2402(a) and (o) and 2402.3 of the act.

Section 4. This act shall take effect in 30 days.

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