PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1694 PRINTER'S NO. 2081
No. 1431 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY KAISER, READSHAW, GEORGE, GODSHALL, CALTAGIRONE,
HALUSKA, CAWLEY, WOJNAROSKI, SOLOBAY, HORSEY, DALEY,
KIRKLAND, PISTELLA, BELFANTI, HARHAI, FRANKEL, LAUGHLIN,
YOUNGBLOOD, COSTA, DIVEN, STEELMAN, PRESTON AND LaGROTTA,
APRIL 25, 2001
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 4, 2001
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey the David L.
3 Lawrence Convention Center AND OTHER INTERESTS situate in the <--
4 City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, to the Sports and
5 Exhibition Authority.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Authorization to convey David L. Lawrence Convention
9 Center AND OTHER INTERESTS. <--
10 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
11 the approval of the Governor, is authorized and directed on
12 behalf of the Commonwealth to grant and convey to the authority <--
13 BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH: <--
14 (1) TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE AUTHORITY created under
15 Article XXV-A of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230),
16 known as the Second Class County Code, for a consideration of
17 $1, the tract of land, with the structures, facilities,
1 buildings, fixtures and improvements erected thereon, situate
2 in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
3 and known as the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The <--
4 conveyance shall include any property adjacent to the
5 convention center that is acquired by the Commonwealth prior
6 CENTER, AS DESCRIBED BY A DEED DATED JULY 1, 1975, AND <--
7 RECORDED IN THE ALLEGHENY RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE, JULY 25,
8 1975, IN DEED BOOK VOLUME 5509, PAGE 13.
9 (2) TO GRANT AND CONVEY, BY QUIT CLAIM DEED, TO THE
10 AUTHORITY CREATED UNDER ARTICLE XXV-A OF THE ACT OF JULY 28,
11 1953 (P.L.723, NO.230), KNOWN AS THE SECOND CLASS COUNTY
12 CODE, FOR A CONSIDERATION OF $1, ANY PROPERTY OR INTERESTS
13 NEAR OR ADJACENT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER WITHIN THE BOUNDARY
14 OF GARRISON PLACE, THE LOW TIDE LINE OF THE ALLEGHENY RIVER,
15 THE EASTERN BOUNDARY LINE OF THE DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION
16 CENTER, AS DESCRIBED BY A DEED DATED JULY 1, 1975, AND
17 RECORDED IN THE ALLEGHENY RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE, JULY 25,
18 1975, IN DEED BOOK VOLUME 5509, PAGE 13 AND PENN AVENUE THAT
19 IS ACQUIRED BY THE COMMONWEALTH PRIOR to the date of the
20 conveyance and any options to acquire such adjacent property
21 held by the Commonwealth on the date of the conveyance.
22 (b) Easements.--The conveyance of the convention center <--
23 CONVEYANCES shall be made under and subject to all LAWFUL AND <--
24 ENFORCEABLE easements, servitudes and rights of others,
25 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
26 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or
27 pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any LAWFUL <--
28 AND ENFORCEABLE interest, estates or tenancies vested in third
29 persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of <--
30 the land or improvements erected thereon.
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1 (c) Labor contracts.--The authority created under Article
2 XXV-A of the Second Class County Code shall be bound by the
3 terms of any labor contracts relating to the convention center
4 that are in effect at the time of its conveyance to the
5 authority.
6 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance DEEDS shall be <--
7 approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the
8 Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth.
9 (e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
10 conveyance of the convention center CONVEYANCES shall be borne <--
11 by the grantee.
12 (f) Hotel tax revenues not affected.--The conveyance of the
13 convention center under this section shall not affect the
14 availability of the revenues from the hotel tax authorized in
15 section 1970.2 of the Second Class County Code to fund the
16 operational and maintenance expenditures of the convention
17 center.
18 Section 2. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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