Section 5. Bensalem Township, Bucks County.
(a) With the approval of the Governor, the Department of General Services on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby authorized to sell and convey by the means prescribed hereafter the following described tract of land and improvement thereon:
All that certain tract of land with improvements thereon erected, known as Eastern State School, situate in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, bounded on the southern boundary by the Pennsylvania Turnpike, on the western boundary by Old Lincoln Highway, on the northern boundary by Rockhill Drive and on the eastern boundary by U.S. Route 1.
Containing approximately 110 acres, more or less.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article XXIV-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, the Department of General Services shall, through sealed bids, auction or request for proposal, select the purchaser of the tracts and sell the property. Acceptance of an offer shall be subject to a minimum price requirement as established by the department which shall be within a range of fair market value as established through independent appraisal. Proposals submitted in response to a request for proposal must demonstrate a value to the Commonwealth equivalent to the fair market value range as established by the department through independent appraisal. In establishing the value equivalent, the department shall consider the following factors: actual monetary consideration, creation of construction jobs, creation of permanent jobs, expansion of local tax base, economic growth, community development, highest and best use and public purpose.
(c) The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) The deed of conveyance shall be approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(e) The cost and fees incurred by the Department of General Services for preparing the property for sale, including, but not limited to, environmental assessments, marketing services, title searches, advertising, appraisals, auctioneer fees and surveys, and by the Department of Public Welfare for protecting and securing the property shall be deducted from the purchase price, and that amount shall be an executively authorized augmentation to the appropriation from which the costs and fees were paid by the departments, with priority reimbursements being made to the Department of General Services and the Department of Public Welfare.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.