Section 4. Columbia County.
(a) The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Department of Transportation and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth the Department of Transportation's Columbia County Maintenance Facility, land and buildings described in subsection (b) for fair market value as determined by an independent appraisal.
(b) The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) consists of the Department of Transportation's Columbia County Maintenance Facility situate in the town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, bounded and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Spruce Street; thence along said easterly line of Spruce Street, North 30 degrees 42 minutes West, 460.90 feet to a point; thence parallel to East Fifth Street, North 58 degrees, 12 minutes East, 399.64 feet to a point marked by a pipe set in a concrete base; thence parallel to Locust Street, South 30 degrees, 38 minutes East, 166.25 feet to a point marked by pipe set in a concrete base; thence by a along a 10-foot alley, South 59 degrees, 16 minutes, 30 seconds West, 160.22 feet to a point; thence parallel with Locust Street and through a 16-foot alley hereinbefore mentioned, and along land of N/F E.J. Kelly, Arthur Hummel, Adam Hummel, and through a 70-foot street, and along land of N/F R.R. Ikeler Estate, South 30 degrees, 43 minutes East, 439.40 feet to a point on the line of land of N/F the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; thence along the line of said railroad hereinbefore mentioned, South 69 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds West, 40 feet to a point; thence along the line of other land of the N/F American Car and Foundry Company, and through a 16-foot alley, North 87 degrees, 32 minutes, 30 seconds West, 238.75 feet to a point at the place of beginning.
Containing 3.570 acres, more or less.
(c) 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) 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.
(e) Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
(f) The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the Capital Facilities Fund to pay for costs and fees incurred for the purchase or construction of a new Columbia County Maintenance Facility as well as the costs and fees incurred by the Department of General Services as authorized under section 2406-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. Any proceeds remaining after payment of the above said costs shall be transferred to the General Fund.
(g) In the event that this conveyance is not executed within 12 months of the Department of Transportation vacating the premises, the property may be disposed of, with the approval of the Department of Transportation, in accordance with section 2405-A of The Administrative Code of 1929. The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in accordance with subsection (f).