SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2947, 3419, 3493 PRINTER'S NO. 3498
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2216
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS AND WEBSTER, APRIL 16, 2024
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JULY 9, 2024
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, on behalf of the
2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and with the approval of the
3 Governor, the Department of Conservation and Natural
4 Resources and the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
5 Historical and Museum Commission, to quitclaim and release to
6 the United States of America any right, title or interest it
7 may have with respect to a certain use restriction and a
8 related reversionary interest related to certain portions of
9 Valley Forge National Historical Park situate in Upper Merion
10 Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; authorizing the <--
11 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, with the
12 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey certain lands
13 and improvements situate in the 47th Ward of the City of
14 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, to New Freedom Theatre,
15 Inc.; authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on
16 certain land owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
17 Commission in Overfield Township, Wyoming County; authorizing
18 the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with
19 the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the City
20 of Philadelphia a right-of-way easement situate in the City
21 of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, in exchange for
22 improvements to Benjamin Rush State Park and monetary
23 consideration to the Commonwealth to be used toward the
24 acquisition and conveyance of a tract of land to be added to
25 French Creek State Park; authorizing the transfer of
26 administrative jurisdiction of portions of State park lands
27 in exchange for certain lands situate in New Vernon Township,
28 Mercer County, from the Department of Conservation and
29 Natural Resources to the Department of Transportation for
30 anticipated highway improvement projects; authorizing the
31 Department of General Services, with the approval of the
32 Department of Agriculture and the Governor, to grant and
33 convey to Joshua R. Snyder a certain tract of land located in
34 Windsor Township, Berks County; authorizing the Department of
 1 General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant
2 and convey certain lands and improvements situate in
3 Haverford Township, Delaware County, to Carelink Community
4 Support Services of PA, Inc.; authorizing the Department of
5 General Services, with the approval of the Pennsylvania
6 Historical and Museum Commission, the Department of
7 Conservation and Natural Resources and the Governor, to grant
8 and convey to The Roland Curtin Foundation for the
9 Preservation of Eagle Furnace, certain lands, buildings and
10 improvements, situate in Boggs Township, Centre County, and
11 further authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
12 Commission to transfer to The Roland Curtin Foundation for
13 the Preservation of Eagle Furnace its buildings located on
14 adjacent property leased from the United States Department of
15 the Army; authorizing the Department of General Services,
16 with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to
17 Franklin Township, Greene County, certain lands situate in
18 Franklin Township, Greene County; authorizing the Department
19 of General Services to convey to the Oil Region Alliance of
20 Business, Industry and Tourism, a Pennsylvania nonprofit
21 corporation, certain lands and improvements thereon, situate
22 in Oil City, Venango County; authorizing the Department of
23 General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the
24 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, to convey to
25 the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, a
26 Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, certain lands and
27 improvements thereon, situate in Oil City, Venango County;
28 authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
29 approval of the Department of Transportation and the
30 Governor, to grant and convey to the Bear Creek Township
31 Volunteer Hose Company an access easement and two storm water
32 easements from certain lands situate in Bear Creek Township,
33 Luzerne County; and authorizing the Department of General <--
34 Services, with the approval of the Governor, to release a
35 portion of a use restriction affecting certain real property
36 situate in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, which the
37 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania previously conveyed to the
38 School District of the City of Harrisburg; AUTHORIZING THE <--
39 SALE AND TRANSFER OF TITLE FOR A 0.232 ACRE OF PROJECT 70
40 LANDS OWNED BY SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, TO THE
41 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY;
42 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, WITH THE
43 APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE
44 GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
45 A CERTAIN PERMANENT EASEMENT THROUGH AND ACROSS LANDS OF THE
46 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH,
47 ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AND TO ACCEPT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
48 PITTSBURGH A CERTAIN PERMANENT EASEMENT THROUGH AND ACROSS
49 LANDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IN THE CITY OF
50 PITTSBURGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE PENNSYLVANIA
51 HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
52 GOVERNOR, TO GRANT AND CONVEY CERTAIN LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS
53 SITUATE IN THE 47TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,
54 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, TO NEW FREEDOM THEATER, INC.; AND
55 AUTHORIZING THE STATE ARMORY BOARD TO ENTER INTO SUCH
56 AGREEMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EXCHANGE WITH A BRANCH OF
57 THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY IN, USE
58 OF AND OBLIGATIONS BELONGING TO CERTAIN PROPRIETIES OWNED,
59 MANAGED OR OCCUPIED BY EITHER THE STATE ARMORY BOARD OR A
60 BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
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 1 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 hereby enacts as follows:
3 Section 1. Quitclaim and release to United States.
4 (a) Authorization.--
5 (1) The Department of General Services, with the
6 approval of the Governor, the Department of Conservation and
7 Natural Resources and the Executive Director of the
8 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, is authorized
9 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to quitclaim
10 and release to the United States of America any right, title
11 or interest it may have with respect to a certain use
12 restriction and a related reversionary interest as set forth
13 in that certain deed from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
14 the United States of America, dated March 19, 1982, and
15 recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery
16 County at Book 4683, Page 645, solely with respect to the
17 land described below, to enable the United States of America
18 to convey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and
19 through the Department of Transportation, all those permanent
20 property interests required for Project ID MPMS# 66952,
21 Route/Section: SR 23 Section 2NG, and to convey to utility
22 companies all those permanent property interests required for
23 utility relocations necessitated by such project, without
24 violating the use restriction and effecting a reversion.
25 (2) The Department of General Services is authorized to
26 acknowledge, as part of the quitclaim and release, that a
27 grant of a temporary property interest in furtherance of the
28 project, either to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting
29 by and through the Department of Transportation, or to a
30 utility company will not violate the use restriction and
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 1 effect a reversion. The use restriction and related
2 reversionary interest shall remain in full force and effect
3 with respect to all land from which a permanent property
4 interest is not required for project purposes.
5 (3) The quitclaim and release shall be made for
6 consideration in the amount of $1.00 and on any other terms
7 and conditions as are acceptable to the Secretary of General
8 Services.
9 (b) Use restriction and reversion.--The use restriction and
10 related reversionary interest referenced under subsection (a)
11 shall be as follows:
12 This instrument is made to the Grantee on the further
13 condition that if, as and when the Grantee shall cease to
14 use the above described premises for recreational and
15 historical purposes, or shall alienate or attempt to
16 alienate such land, the title and right of possession
17 thereto shall immediately revert to and revest in the
18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and its assigns and further
19 that the United States, if, as and when the property
20 above described is no longer used for such purposes,
21 shall surrender and vacate the premises immediately
22 notifying the Department of General Services or its
23 successor in function, of its action, and will agree to
24 seek congressional authority to execute and acknowledge a
25 good and proper Deed conveying the premises to the
26 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, free and clear of all liens
27 and encumbrances not burdening the above described lands
28 as of the date of the recordation of this instrument, in
29 the respective Counties, as well as recording the same,
30 all at the cost of the United States of America.
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 1 (c) Property description.--The property to be released from
2 the use restriction and related reversionary interest consists
3 of portions of the property conveyed to the United States of
4 America by the referenced deed, the portions being described as
5 follows, all located in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery
6 County, Pennsylvania:
7 HIGHWAY EASEMENT
8 PARCEL 1
9 ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
10 Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
11 (West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
12 said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
13 (West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
14 Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
15 point being the Point of Beginning;
16 Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
17 Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
18 Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
19 minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
20 State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
21 degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
22 point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
23 Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
24 Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
25 the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
26 chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
27 chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
28 circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
29 length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
30 minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
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 1 on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
2 1432.40 feet with arc length of 757.71 feet, chord bearing of
3 North 51 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West chord length of
4 748.91 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
5 the left Radius of 260.00 feet with arc length of 34.68 feet,
6 chord bearing of North 70 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West
7 chord length of 34.65 feet to a point, North 15 degrees 52
8 minutes 13 seconds East, 16.35 feet to the beginning point of
9 Parcel 1.
10 Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 1 proceeds
11 along the following lines:
12 1. North 15 degrees 52 minutes 13 seconds East, 8.65 feet to
13 a point on a curve,
14 2. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 285.00 feet
15 with arc length of 38.01 feet,
16 chord bearing of South 70 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds East
17 chord length of 37.99 feet to a point on a curve,
18 3. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 1457.40
19 feet with arc length of 264.61 feet, chord bearing of South 61
20 degrees 17 minutes 09 seconds East chord length of 264.25 feet
21 to a point,
22 4. North 71 degrees 41 minutes 46 seconds West, 9.39 feet to
23 a point,
24 5. North 59 degrees 31 minutes 28 seconds West, 40.45 feet to
25 a point,
26 6. North 61 degrees 46 minutes 07 seconds West, 99.37 feet to
27 a point,
28 7. North 62 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds West, 50.47 feet to
29 a point,
30 8. North 64 degrees 41 minutes 28 seconds West, 49.59 feet to
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 1 a point,
2 9. North 68 degrees 57 minutes 04 seconds West, 18.28 feet to
3 a point on a curve
4 10. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 301.50 feet
5 with arc length of 33.35 feet, chord bearing of North 72 degrees
6 07 minutes 20 seconds West chord length of 33.33 feet to the
7 first mentioned point and place of beginning.
8 CONTAINING Area of 1,913 sf ( 0.044 acres).
9 HIGHWAY EASEMENT
10 PARCEL 2
11 ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
12 Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
13 (West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
14 said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
15 (West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
16 Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
17 point being the Point of Beginning;
18 Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
19 Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
20 Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
21 minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
22 State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
23 degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
24 point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
25 Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
26 Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
27 the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
28 chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
29 chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
30 circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
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 1 length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
2 minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
3 on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
4 1432.40 feet with arc length of 757.71 feet, chord bearing of
5 North 51 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West chord length of
6 748.91 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
7 the left Radius of 260.00 feet with arc length of 34.68 feet,
8 chord bearing of North 70 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West
9 chord length of 34.65 feet to a point, South 15 degrees 52
10 minutes 13 seconds West, 16.66 feet to the beginning point of
11 Parcel 2.
12 Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 2 proceeds
13 along the following lines:
14 1. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 268.50 feet
15 with arc length of 30.36 feet, chord bearing of South 72 degrees
16 11 minutes 37 seconds East chord length of 30.35 feet to a
17 point,
18 2. South 68 degrees 57 minutes 04 seconds East, 17.05 feet to
19 a point,
20 3. South 64 degrees 41 minutes 28 seconds East, 47.86 feet to
21 a point,
22 4. South 62 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds East, 49.63 feet to
23 a point,
24 5. South 61 degrees 46 minutes 07 seconds East, 98.39 feet to
25 a point,
26 6. South 59 degrees 11 minutes 34 seconds East, 8.52 feet to
27 a point on a curve,
28 7. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 33.01 feet
29 with arc length of 59.38 feet, chord bearing of South 07 degrees
30 58 minutes 24 seconds East chord length of 51.69 feet to a
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 1 point,
2 8. South 43 degrees 34 minutes 41 seconds West, 9.27 feet to
3 a point on a curve,
4 9. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1372.40 feet
5 with arc length of 36.75 feet, chord bearing of North 57 degrees
6 04 minutes 26 seconds West chord length of 36.75 feet to a
7 point,
8 10. North 32 degrees 09 minutes 23 seconds East, 35.00 feet
9 to a point on a curve,
10 11. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1406.34
11 feet