Bill Text: PA HB2107 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to grant and convey to Waynesburg University certain lands situate in the Borough of Waynesburg, Greene County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-09 - Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS [HB2107 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2107-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  3019

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2107

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, SOLOBAY, PETRARCA, PALLONE, HALUSKA, SAINATO, MARKOSEK, LONGIETTI, CASORIO, MATZIE, GIBBONS, DALEY, MAHONEY, WHITE AND KULA, DECEMBER 15, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the

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approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and

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Veterans Affairs, to grant and convey to Waynesburg

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University certain lands situate in the Borough of

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Waynesburg, Greene County.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Conveyance to Waynesburg University.

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The Department of General Services, with the approval of the

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Governor and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, is

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hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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to grant and convey to Waynesburg University the following tract

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of land together with any buildings, structures or improvements

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thereon, situate in the Borough of Waynesburg, Greene County for

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$170,000 and under terms and conditions to be established in an

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agreement of sale.

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Section 2.  Description.

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The property to be conveyed pursuant to Section 1 consists of

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approximately 0.22-acres of land and an armory building, bounded

 


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and more particularly described as follows:

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ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate in the Borough of

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Waynesburg, Greene County more particularly bounded and

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described as follows:

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BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner of Washington Street

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and Strawberry Alley; thence along the Westerly line of

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Washington Street, North 1 degree 0 minutes East 80 feet to line

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of land now or late of J.W. Ray, et al; thence Westwardly at

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right angles to Washington Street, along said Ray line and line

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of lands now or late of T.R. Huffman and M.R. Travis, 120 feet

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to line of land now or late of T.R. Huffman; thence Southwardly

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along said Huffman line, parallel with Washington Street, 80

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feet to the Northerly line of Strawberry Alley; thence

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Eastwardly along the Northerly line of Strawberry Alley, 120

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feet to Washington Street, at the place of BEGINNING.

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BEING Tax Parcel No. 2604-120.

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BEING the same premises conveyed from J.B. Pollock and Alice

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T. Pollock, his wife, C.H. Bowlby and Eva K. Bowlby, his wife

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and T. Riley Huffman and Bertha H. Huffman to the Commonwealth

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of Pennsylvania, by deed dated October 11, 1913 and recorded

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October 14, 1913, in the Recorder of Deeds Office for Greene

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County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book 231, Page 547.

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Section 3.  Conditions.

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The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all lawful

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and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others,

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including but not confined to streets, roadways and rights of

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

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

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enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons

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

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erected thereon.

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Section 4.  Additional conditions.

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Any conveyance authorized under this act shall be made under

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and subject to the condition, which shall be contained in the

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deed of conveyance, that no portion of the property conveyed

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shall be used as a licensed facility, as defined in 4 Pa.C.S. §

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1103 (relating to definitions), or any other similar type of

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facility authorized under State law. The condition shall be a

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covenant running with the land and shall be binding upon the

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Grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the Grantee, its

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successors or assigns, permit any portion of the property

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authorized to be conveyed in this act to be used in violation of

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this subsection, the title shall immediately revert to and

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revest in the Grantor.

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Section 5.  Special warranty deed.

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The deed of conveyance shall be by Special Warranty Deed and

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shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the

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name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Section 6.  Costs and fees.

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Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne

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by the Grantee.

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Section 7.  Proceeds.

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The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the State

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Treasury Armory Fund.

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Section 8.  Time limitation.

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In the event that an agreement of sale between the parties is

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not executed within one year of the effective date of this act,

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the property may be disposed of in accordance with section 2405-

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A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The

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Administrative Code of 1929.

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Section 9.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect immediately.

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