SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1694, 2081, 2197 PRINTER'S NO. 2290
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
SENATOR LEMMOND, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 19, 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:
13 (1) To grant and convey to the Sports and Exhibition
14 Authority created under Article XXV-A of the act of July 28,
15 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County
16 Code, for a consideration of $1, the tract of land, with the
17 structures, facilities, buildings, fixtures and improvements
1 erected thereon, situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
2 County, Pennsylvania, and known as the David L. Lawrence
3 Convention Center, as described by a deed dated July 1, 1975,
4 and recorded in the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds
5 Office, July 25, 1975, in deed book volume 5509, page 13.
6 (2) To grant and convey, by quit claim deed, to the
7 Sports and Exhibition Authority created under Article XXV-A
8 of the Second Class County Code, for a consideration of $1,
9 any property or interests near or adjacent to the convention
10 center within the boundary of Garrison Place, the low tide
11 line of the Allegheny River, the eastern boundary line of the
12 David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as described by a deed
13 dated July 1, 1975, and recorded in the Allegheny County
14 Recorder of Deeds Office, July 25, 1975, in deed book volume
15 5509, page 13 and Penn Avenue that are acquired by the
16 Commonwealth prior to the date of the conveyance.
17 (b) Easements.--The conveyances shall be made under and
18 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
19 rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
20 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
21 electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
22 subject to any lawful and enforceable interest, estates or
23 tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any
24 portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
25 (c) Labor contracts.--The Sports and Exhibition Authority
26 shall be bound by the terms of any labor contracts relating to
27 the convention center that are in effect at the time of its
28 conveyance to the Sports and Exhibition Authority. The authority <--
29 may not limit bids or contracts entered into after the effective
30 date of this act that relate to the convention center to
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1 contractors who are union members or whose workers are union
2 members or to contractors who agree or whose workers agree to
3 join the appropriate union after beginning employment.
4 AUTHORITY. <--
5 (d) Report.--
6 (1) The authority shall, no later than the start of each
7 fiscal year, prepare a comprehensive annual report of its
8 activities and operations for the previous year relating to
9 contractual arrangements between the authority and minority-
10 owned and operated businesses and women-owned and operated
11 businesses. The report shall include:
12 (i) The names and addresses of minority-owned and
13 operated businesses and women-owned and operated
14 businesses with which the authority has entered into
15 contracts and the nature of those contracts.
16 (ii) A description of any program or procedures used
17 by the authority to identify minority-owned and operated
18 businesses and women-owned and operated businesses which
19 could meet the contractual needs of the authority. The
20 authority shall delineate efforts used to identify
21 minority-owned and operated businesses and women-owned
22 and operated businesses that are located within and
23 outside the authority's locality.
24 (iii) An evaluation of the authority's efforts to
25 include minority-owned and operated businesses and women-
26 owned and operated businesses in its contractual
27 arrangements.
28 (2) The authority shall forward a copy of the annual
29 report each year to the Governor and to the General Assembly.
30 (e) Execution.--The deeds shall be approved as provided by
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1 law and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services
2 in the name of the Commonwealth.
3 (f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
4 conveyances shall be borne by the grantee.
5 (g) Hotel tax revenues not affected.--The conveyance of the
6 convention center under this section shall not affect the
7 availability of the revenues from the hotel tax authorized in
8 section 1970.2 of the Second Class County Code to fund the
9 operational and maintenance expenditures of the convention
10 center.
11 Section 2. Effective date.
12 This act shall take effect immediately.
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