Bill Text: PA SB14 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizing the Borough of Old Forge, Lackawanna County, to transfer, sell and convey certain Project 70 lands free of restrictions imposed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-07-07 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [SB14 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB14-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 454
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 14 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, MARCH 2, 2009
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 2, 2009
AN ACT
Authorizing the Borough of Old Forge, Lackawanna County, to
transfer, sell and convey certain Project 70 lands free of
restrictions imposed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and
Borrowing Act.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Release of restrictions in Lackawanna County.
(a) Authorization.--Pursuant to the requirements of section
20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8),
known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the
General Assembly hereby authorizes the release of Project 70
restrictions and transfer of the lands owned by the Borough of
Old Forge which are more particularly described in subsection
(c) and the sale of said lands in accordance with the Project 70
Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act for a consideration of not
less than $5,000, which sum represents a minimum fair market
value of the property as determined by an appraisal.
(b) Freedom of restrictions.--The lands described in
subsection (c) shall be free of restrictions on use and
alienation imposed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and
Borrowing Act upon conveyance of said lands by the Borough of
Old Forge.
(c) Lands to be released from restrictions.--The parcel of
land to be released from Project 70 restrictions is situated in
the Borough of Old Forge, Lackawanna County, and is more
particularly described as follows:
All that certain piece or parcel of land being: in the
Borough of Old Forge, County of Lackawanna and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania bounded and described as follows to wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Lawrence Street,
said point being eighty and sixteen one-hundredths (80.16) feet
in a southeasterly direction, along the westerly side of
Lawrence Street from the intersection of the westerly side of
Lawrence Street and the southerly line of Centre Street, said
point being also the northeasterly corner of Lot 6, Block No.
12; Thence in a southeasterly direction along the westerly side
of Lawrence Street two hundred-forty and forty-seven one-
hundredths (240.47) feet, the southwesterly corner of Lot 16,
Block 12; Thence in a southwesterly direction along the dividing
line between Lot 16 and Lot 18, Lot 18 conveyed to Mrs. Dick,
for a distance of one hundred seventy-three and one-tenth
(173.10) feet to a 28 foot wide alley; Thence in a northwesterly
direction along said alley two hundred forty (240) feet to the
northwesterly corner of Lot 6; Thence at right angles in a
northeasterly direction along the dividing line between Lot 4
and Lot 6 one hundred fifty-eight and one-tenth (158.10) feet to
the place of beginning. Containing 39,744 Square Feet, more or
less, and being Lots 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16, Block No. 12 of
the Lawrenceville Section of Old Forge, as shown on MAP OF THAT
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PORTION OF THE WILLIAM CONNELLS LAWRENCE PROPERTY LOCATED IN OLD
FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PA recorded in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds in and for Lackawanna County January 6, 1901,
in Map Book 1 Page 101.
Being Parcel 3 of the lands conveyed to the Borough of Old
Forge by Pitreal Corporation by Deed dated April 15, 1968, which
Deed is recorded in the Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds
Office in Record Book No. 667 at page No. 523 et seq.
(d) Use of proceeds.--The consideration received by the
Borough of Old Forge from the sale of land shall be deposited in
a special account established by the Borough of Old Forge for
the maintenance, improvement and development of Pagnotti Park.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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