Corrective deed for property situate in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County

Act 119 of 2004, § 3, under CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY, BOROUGH OF FORTY FORT, LUZERNE COUNTY; CITY OF ALLENTOWN AND SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY; UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY; MAKING A REPEAL.

Act 119 of 2004, § 3

Section 3. Corrective deed for property situate in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County.

(a) Authorization to execute deed.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to execute a corrective deed to revise a use restriction and reversionary covenant placed on the lands conveyed to the Northumberland County Historical Society under the authority of section 5 of the act of December 18, 1992 (P.L.1670, No.185), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to sell and convey certain tracts of land situate in the City of Erie, Erie County; providing for the conveyance of Wolverine Memorial Park in Erie to the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority; authorizing the conveyance of a tract of land in Berks County to Valley View Mobile Home Park; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services to accept the conveyance to the Commonwealth of a parcel of land situate in the Township of Honeybrook, County of Chester and Township of Salisbury, County of Lancaster; authorizing the Department of General Services to sell said parcel of land with a contiguous parcel of land previously approved for sale pursuant to the Surplus Property Disposition Plan of 1985, approved by the Legislature, in accordance with Article XXIV-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, to convey a tract of land in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, to the Northumberland County Historical Society; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to convey the Monocacy Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland, to the United States of America; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Agriculture, to sell and convey to The Pennsylvania State University a tract of land and the buildings erected thereon in Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania; authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to accept a gift of certain real property situate in the Township of Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Environmental Resources, to sell and convey real property in Union Township, Bedford County; authorizing and directing the Department of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey land situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of the City of Pittsburgh; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Public Welfare, to convey to the North Warren Municipal Authority, land situate partially in the Township of Conewango and partially in the Borough of North Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to convey to Hartley Township a tract of land situate in Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania; and making repeals."

(b) Revised use restriction and reversionary covenant.--

(1) The revised use restriction and reversionary covenant shall read as follows:

Under and subject to the condition that the land conveyed under section 5(a) of the act of December 18, 1992 (P.L.1670, No.185), found in a deed dated and recorded in the Northumberland County Recorder of Deeds Office in Deed Book Vol. 1104, Page 157, shall be used for public and educational purposes and if at any time the grantee or its successors in function conveys said property to any entity other than the Shikellamy School District, or its successors in function, or authorizes or permits said property to be used for any purpose other than those aforementioned, the title to the land herein conveyed shall immediately revert to and revest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Also under and subject to the condition that the grantee must have the proposed property use reviewed and approved in writing by the State Preservation Officer of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission prior to commencing any land use change or construction.

(2) Any conveyance of the lands described in section 5(a) of the act of December 18, 1992 (P.L.1670, No.185), found in a deed dated and recorded in the Northumberland County Recorder of Deeds Office in Deed Book Vol. 1104, Page 157, by the Northumberland County Historical Society to the Shikellamy School District, or its successors in function, shall contain the amended use and reversionary covenant as described in paragraph (1).

(c) Other provisions.--The corrective deed 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) Execution.--The corrective deed shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.

Compiler's Note: The Secretary of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Secretary of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.