PRINTER'S NO. 1720
No. 1330 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BRIGHTBILL, MARCH 8, 2000
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 8, 2000
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to sell and convey to the
3 Wernersville Municipal Authority certain land situate on
4 Wernersville State Hospital, South Heidelburg Township, Berks
5 County.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. (a) Authorization.--The Department of General
9 Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby
10 authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
11 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Wernersville Municipal
12 Authority the tract of land described in subsection (b), for
13 fair consideration based on a fair market value as determined by
14 an independent appraisal.
15 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
16 subsection (a) is the following tract of land situate on
17 Wernersville State Hospital, Berks County, bounded and described
18 as follows:
19 BEGINNING at a point on the northeastern side of Hospital Lane
1 at edge of the road, said point being South 30 degrees 20
2 minutes 59 seconds East a distance of 237.93 feet from a marble
3 monument to a point, then South 30 degrees 20 minutes 59 seconds
4 East a distance of 227.27 feet to a point, then South 59 degrees
5 57 minutes 49 seconds West a distance of 264.64 feet to a point,
6 then South 45 degrees 25 minutes 59 seconds West a distance of
7 143.34 feet to a point, then North 31 degrees 72 minutes 38
8 seconds West a distance of 249.37 feet to a point, then North 58
9 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 383.99 feet to
10 a point, being the place of beginning.
11 CONTAINING 2.000 acres of land in all.
12 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and
13 subject to any and all Easements for utilities which cross said
14 property, including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and
15 rights of any storm sewer, electric service, potable water
16 service, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates
17 or tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for
18 any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
19 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
20 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
21 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
22 Pennsylvania. In the event this property is not conveyed to
23 Wernersville Municipal Authority within five years of the
24 effective date of this act, at the discretion of the Secretary
25 of General Services, the property may be offered for sale
26 through auction, sealed bid or request for proposal, under terms
27 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
28 Administrative Code of 1929, and conditions in section 2405-A of
29 The Administrative Code of 1929 authorizing the sale of the
30 herein noted property to Wernersville Municipal Authority shall
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1 automatically cease and become null and void.
2 (e) Costs.--All other costs and fees, including, but not
3 limited to, appraisal fees, title insurance and surveys,
4 incidental to this conveyance, shall be borne by the Grantee.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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