Bill Text: PA HB577 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey certain lands situate in the 11th Ward, City of Harrisburg, known as the Governor's Residence.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-09 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB577 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB577-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 554
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 577 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, CUTLER, GIBBONS, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, LAWRENCE, METCALFE, MULLERY, MURT, REICHLEY AND ROAE, FEBRUARY 9, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 9, 2011
AN ACT
Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey
certain lands situate in the 11th Ward, City of Harrisburg,
known as the Governor's Residence.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey, at a price
to be determined through competitive bidding, certain lands,
known as the Governor's Residence, situate in the 11th Ward of
the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.
(b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
subsection (a) consists of approximately 3.2 acres and all
improvements thereon more particularly described as 2035 North
Front Street.
(c) Easements and encumbrances.--The conveyance 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.
(d) Deed of conveyance.--The deed of conveyance shall be by
Special Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of
General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(e) Proceeds of sale.--The proceeds from the sale shall be
deposited in the General Fund.
(f) Restricted use.--The conveyance authorized under this
section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The
condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be
binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the
grantee, its successors or assigns, permit any portion of the
property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in
violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert
to and revest in the grantor.
Section 2. Repeals.
Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate section 1 of this
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act.
(2) Section 4 of the act of March 31, 1949 (P.L.372,
No.34), known as The General State Authority Act of one
thousand nine hundred forty-nine, is repealed insofar as it
relates to the use of a public building in the City of
Harrisburg as the official residence of the Governor of the
Commonwealth.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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