Conveyance to Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County

Act 121 of 2004, § 5, under CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY, CITY OF ERIE, ERIE COUNTY; DERRY TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY; BOROUGH OF DOYLESTOWN, BUCKS COUNTY.

Act 121 of 2004, § 5

Section 5. Conveyance to Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County.

(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Borough of Doylestown certain lands and improvements thereon situate in the Borough of Doylestown described in subsection (b) for $444,000.

(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) consists of approximately 0.34 acres of land and building bounded and more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the center line of Shewell Avenue; thence extending Northeast 42.75 degrees a distance of 148 feet to a point; thence extending Southeast 47.25 degrees a distance of 100 feet to a point; thence extending Southwest 42.75 degrees a distance of 148 feet to the center line of Shewell Avenue; thence extending Northwest along the center line of Shewell Avenue 47.25 degrees a distance of 100 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 0.34-acres.

(c) Conditions.--The conveyance 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) Restrictions.--Any conveyance authorized under this section shall be made under and subject to the following conditions, which shall be contained in the deed of conveyance:

(1) The property may only be further conveyed to another

public agency. The conveyance may only be made under terms

that have been approved in writing by the Department of

General Services prior to the conveyance. For purposes of

this paragraph, "public agency" shall mean an agency of the

Federal, State or local government or a municipal authority.

(2) The property shall be used for nonproprietary

governmental or public purposes only.

(3) No portion of the property conveyed shall be used as

a licensed facility as defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating

to definitions) or any other similar type of facility

authorized under State law.

(4) If at any time the property or any portion thereof

is conveyed in violation of the provisions of paragraph (1)

or used in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2) or

(3), the title to the property shall immediately revert to

and revest in the grantor.

(5) These conditions shall be covenants running with the

land and shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors

and assigns.

(e) Deed.--The Deed of Conveyance shall be by special warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

(g) Other disposition.--In the event that this conveyance is not executed within 18 months of the effective date of this act, the property may be disposed of in accordance with section 2406- A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929.

(h) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance shall be deposited in the State Treasury Armory Fund.

(5 amended Nov. 22, 2005, P.L.409, No.75)