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PRINTER'S NO. 3476
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2581
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY TAKAC AND BENNINGHOFF, JUNE 1, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 1, 2026
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Department of Corrections and the Governor,
to grant and convey to Ferris Land Development, LP, a
Pennsylvania limited partnership, certain lands situate in
Benner Township, Centre County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance to Ferris Land Development.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Department of Corrections and the Governor,
may, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grant and
convey to Ferris Land Development a tract of land situate in
Benner Township, Centre County, for $90,000, on terms and
conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of approximately 9.029 acres and is
described as follows:
All that certain tract of land situated in Benner Township,
Centre County, Pennsylvania, being a portion of Tax Parcel
Number 12-005-500, as shown on a drawing entitled, "Ferris-
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Rockview Tract Purchase, Perimeter Survey Exhibit, A Portion of
Tax Parcel 12-005-500" dated June 2, 2025, by PennTerra
Engineering, Inc., being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a rebar found, lying in a southerly R/W line of
Interstate 99 Northbound Exit Ramp (S.R. 0099, Variable Width
R/W) and lying in a westerly R/W line of Shiloh Road (S.R. 3041,
Variable Width R/W); thence along said Shiloh Road S42°08'02"E,
58.59 feet to a rebar found, lying in a westerly R/W line of
said Shiloh Road and being a northerly corner of lands owned now
or formerly by Ferris Land Development, LP (Tax Parcel 37-005-
025, R.B. 2330, Pg. 530); thence along said Ferris lands
S51°25'40"W, 1696.88 feet to a rebar found, being a westerly
corner of said Ferris lands and lying in an easterly line of
lands owned now or formerly by University Area Joint Authority
(Tax Parcel 37-005-024G, D.B. 431, Pg. 829); thence along said
Authority lands N39°27'36"W, 365.46 feet to a rebar found, being
a northerly corner of said Authority lands and lying in a
southerly R/W line of said Interstate 99 Northbound Exit Ramp;
thence along said Interstate 99 Northbound Exit Ramp the
following seven bearings and distances: N62°47'15"E, 111.17 feet
to a rebar found; thence N76°28'11"E, 202.24 feet to a rebar
found; thence N09°56'40"E, 188.68 feet to a rebar found; thence
N67°56'20"E, 100.00 feet to a rebar found; thence N69°08'20"E,
477.54 feet to a rebar found; thence along a curve to the left,
having a chord bearing of N65°03'11"E, a chord distance of
296.52 feet, a radius of 2944.79 feet and an arc length of
296.65 feet to a rebar found; thence N62°10'02"E, 433.97 feet to
a rebar found, being the place of beginning, containing 9.029
acres.
BEING a portion of the same tract of land which W. Fred
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Reynolds and Louise H Reynolds conveyed to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, by, by deed dated May 7, 1912, and recorded June
21, 1912, in the Recorder's Office of Centre County,
Pennsylvania in Record Book Vol. 113, page 19.
This 9.029 acre tract is a portion of Tax Parcel No. 12-
005-.500-,0000-, but does not adjoin the remainder of Tax Parcel
Number 12-005-,500-,0000-. Upon transfer this tract will be
known as Tax Parcel Number 37-5-25.
(c) Easements, servitudes and rights of others.--The
conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made under and subject
to lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of
others, including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and
rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or
pipeline companies, and 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) Prohibited use.--Any conveyance authorized under
subsection (a) 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. If the grantee, its successors or assigns, permit
any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed under
subsection (a) to be used in violation of this subsection, the
title shall immediately revert to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Covenants, conditions and restrictions.--The Secretary
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of General Services may include in the deed of conveyance any
covenants, conditions or restrictions on the property as
determined to be in the best interests of the Commonwealth.
(f) Easements.--The Department of General Services may, on
behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grant any easements
benefiting the property to be conveyed, or retain any easements
from the property to be conveyed, as the Secretary of General
Services shall determine to be necessary or appropriate.
(g) Deed.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made
by special warranty deed to be executed by the Secretary of
General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(h) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
conveyance under subsection (a) shall be borne by the grantee.
(i) Expiration.--If the conveyance under subsection (a) is
not completed within two years after the effective date of this
subsection, the authority contained under this section shall
expire.
(j) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance authorized
under subsection (a) shall be deposited into the General Fund.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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