Conveyance in Benner Township, Centre County

Act 24 of 2022, § 12, under CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND REPEALS.

Act 24 of 2022, § 12

Section 12. Conveyance in Benner Township, Centre County.

(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey the following tract of land together with any improvements thereon, being the former superintendent's residence at SCI-Rockview, situate in the Township of Benner, County of Centre, to The Centre County Industrial Development Corporation for $350,000, under terms and conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.

(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to this section consists of the following:

All that certain tract or parcel of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township of Benner, County of Centre and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a ¾ inch rebar which is located along the line of Benner Pike, SR0150, a public right-of-way, co-located at the intersection with Paradise Road, SR3004, a public right-of-way, and marking the northeasterly most corner of the within described tract; thence along the line of Benner Pike, SR0150, a public right-of-way, South 05° 39' 50" East, a distance of 262.91 feet to a ¾ inch rebar the southeasterly most corner of the within described tract and common with other lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; thence along other lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, North 71° 03' 30" West, 369.77 feet to a ¾ inch rebar and the southwesterly most corner of the within described parcel; thence continuing along other lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, North 16° 43' 28" East, 228.70 feet to a ¾ inch rebar and the northwesterly most corner of the within described parcel and a point in common with the right-of-way line of Paradise Road, SR3004; thence along the right-of-way line of Paradise Road, SR3004, South 73° 17' 38" East, 269.36 feet to a ¾ inch rebar and the point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 1.72160-acres gross. Said area subject to the rights-of-ways for SR0150 and SR3004.

BEING identified as "Parcel DGS\DOC D" on a plan prepared by Sweetland Engineering & Associates, Inc., and titled "Final Plan for Disposition of Commonwealth Real Property at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview," dated February 3, 2011, and recorded June 29, 2012, in Centre County Plat Book 86, Page 36.

ALSO BEING Centre County Tax Parcel Identifier Number 12-003-,160A,0000-.

(c) Existing encumbrances.--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) Gaming restriction.--Any conveyance authorized under this section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that 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. The condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the grantee, its successors or assigns permit any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert to and revest in the grantor.

(e) Easements.--The Department of General Services may reserve any easements in, over and across the lands to be conveyed as it deems necessary, convenient or appropriate for the continued operation of SCI-Rockview and/or SCI-Benner.

(f) Deed.--The conveyance shall be made by special warranty deed to be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(g) Alternate disposition.--In the event that the conveyance authorized in this section is not completed within two years of the effective date of this section, the authority to convey the property as set forth in subsection (a) shall expire and the property may be disposed of in accordance with Article 2405-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 sale shall be deposited into the General Fund.