PRINTER'S NO. 3454
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2468
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, JUNE 28, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 28, 2024
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the Bear
3 Creek Township Volunteer Hose Company an access easement and
4 two storm water easements from certain lands situate in Bear
5 Creek Township, Luzerne County.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Conveyance in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County.
9 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
10 the approval of the Department of Transportation and the
11 Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Bear Creek Township
13 Volunteer Hose Company an access easement and two storm water
14 easements from certain land situate in Bear Creek Township,
15 Luzerne County, for $1, on terms and conditions to be set forth
16 in an easement agreement.
17 (b) Property description.--The access easement area to be
18 conveyed under subsection (a) consists of one-half of an
19 existing shared drive, which drive in its entirety is
20 approximately 28 feet wide and 150 long and shown as "Paved
 1 Drive" on that certain Final Minor Subdivision Plan prepared by
2 LaBella dated November 10, 2021, recorded at the Office of the
3 Recorder of Deeds of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as Instrument
4 Number 202218825. The one-half of the shared drive to be
5 subjected to the easement is that half lying on Lot #2 as
6 depicted on the said Final Minor Subdivision Plan, which Lot is
7 under the control of the Department of Transportation. The two
8 storm water easement areas to be conveyed consist of two
9 existing points of storm water discharge from Lot #1 onto Lot
10 #2, as such lots are depicted on the referenced Final Minor
11 Subdivision Plan. One such point of discharge lies along the
12 southern boundary of Lot #2, and the other lies on Lot #2 near
13 the southwest end of an area depicted on the referenced Final
14 Minor Subdivision Plan as "New Pavement."
15 (c) Subject to certain matters.--The easement grants shall
16 be made under and subject to all lawful and enforceable
17 easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not
18 confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone,
19 telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well
20 as under and subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or
21 tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any
22 portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
23 (d) Easement agreement.--The easement agreement granting the
24 easements shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services
25 in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
26 (e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
27 conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
28 Section 2. Effective date.
29 This act shall take effect immediately.
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