An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the City of Nanticoke certain lands situate at 490 East Main Street in the City of Nanticoke, Luzerne County.

PRINTER'S NO. 3527
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2604
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY RYNCAVAGE, JUNE 4, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 5, 2026
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the City of
Nanticoke certain lands situate at 490 East Main Street in
the City of Nanticoke, Luzerne County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance in City of Nanticoke, Luzerne County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the City
of Nanticoke certain land and buildings situate in the City of
Nanticoke, Luzerne County, for fair market value of $860,000 on
terms to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of approximately 5.483-acres and
improvements thereon bounded and more particularly described as
follows:
All the surface or right of soil of that certain lot, piece,
parcel or tract of land situate in the City of Nanticoke,
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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at Corner l on the Southerly side of the right-of-
way of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., formerly the North Branch
Railroad Co., said corner being the Southwest corner of the
Washington & Lee Tract #4; thence along said right-of-way North
eightythree degrees West (N 83º 00' W) two hundred sixty (260)
feet to Corner 2; thence along the same right-of-way of a five
degree (5º) curve to the left having a chord course and distance
of South eighty-nine degrees twenty minutes West (S 89º 20' W)
two hundred twelve and seventy-one hundredths (212.71) feet to
Corner 3, said corner being on the dividing line between lands
of Glen Alden Coal Company and lands now or formerly of
Susquehanna Collieries Co.; thence along said dividing line,
South seventeen degrees thirty-seven minutes East (S 17º 37' E)
four hundred seventy-two (472) feet to Corner 4, said corner
being on the Northerly side of the Nanticoke Street Railway
Co.'s right-ofway; thence along said right-of-way South sixty-
two degrees thirty minutes East (S 62º 30' E) one hundred fifty
(150) feet to Corner 5; thence along the same right-of-way,
South sixty-eight degrees thirty minutes East (S 68º 30' E)
seventy-five (75) feet to Corner 6; thence along the same right-
of-way North forty three degrees fifteen minutes East (N 43º 15'
E) four hundred (400) feet to Corner 7; thence along the same
right-ofway on a curve and distance of North fifty-nine degrees
ten minutes East (N 59º 10' E) two hundred and eighty-two (282)
feet to Corner 8; thence along the same right- of-way North
seventy-four degrees fifty minutes East (N 74º 50' E) two
hundred eight (208) feet to Corner 9; said corner being the
intersection of the right-of-way of the Nanticoke Street Railway
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Co. and the right-of-way of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.;
thence along the Southerly side of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co's right-of-way on a five degree (5º) curve to the right
having a chord course and distance of South eighty-seven degrees
ten minutes West (S 87º 10' W) two hundred sixty-four and sixty-
nine hundredths (264.69) feet to Corner 10; thence along the
said right-of-way North eighty-three degrees West (N 83º 00' W)
three hundred thirty (330) feet to Corner 1, the place of
beginning.
Containing six and eight one-hundredths (6.08) acres, more or
less.
Being the same property that the City of Nanticoke conveyed
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by deed dated December 17,
1934 and recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of
Luzerne County at Deed Book 742, Page 215.
LESS AND EXCEPTING .a tract of land conveyed by the State
Armory Board to the Nanticoke Quoit Club by deed dated March 17,
1975 and recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of
Luzerne County at Deed Book 1855, page 374,bounded and described
as follows, to-wit:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL or lot of land situate in the City of
Nanticoke, County of Luzerne, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows:
FROM A POINT in the Northerly side of Railroad Street at the
intersection of the center line of Lincoln Street, thence
generally Southeasterly, a distance of Two Hundred Ninetyseven
feet (297') along the northerly line of Railroad Street to a
point which is the BEGINNING OF THIS TRACT;
THENCE, from the point of beginning, generally North along
the dividing line of lands now of the Commonwealth of
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Pennsylvania and lands of the Nanticoke Quoit Club, North
Seventeen Degrees Thirty-seven Minutes West (N. 17° 37' W.) a
distance of One Hundred Eighty-nine feet (189') to a point in
the Southern line of the Right-of-Way of the Penn Central
Railroad, thence, along said Right-of-Way, North Eighty-nine
Degrees Twenty Minutes East (N. 89° 20' E.) a distance of
Ninety-five and Seventy-seven one hundredths feet (95.77') to a
point, Thence, along lands of the Commonwealth, South Four
Degrees, Fifty-nine Minutes East (S. 04° 59' E.) a distance of
Two Hundred and Ten-Hundredths feet (200.10') to a point in the
Northerly line of Railroad Street, Thence, along said line,
North Seventy-two Degrees Four Minutes West (N.72° 04' W.) a
distance of Fifty-eight and Eight-Tenths feet (58.8') to the
point of BEGINNING And containing 15,100 Square Feet more or
less.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING a tract of land conveyed by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting through the State Armory
Board, to James Donald Lacy and Mary Ruth Lacey, his wife, by
deed dated February 17, 1977 and recorded at the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds of Luzerne County at Deed Book 1915, Page 222,
. bounded and described as follows, to-wit: All the surface
right of soil of and in all that certain piece or parcel of land
situate in the City of Nanticoke, County of Luzerne,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point located North Nineteen Degrees Four
Minutes West (N. 19 ° 04' W.) Six and Fifty-Four One Hundredths
Feet (6.54') from the Southeast corner of lands of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Northerly Right-of-Way of
Nanticoke Street Railway Company; thence, along lands of the
grantee herein North Nineteen Degrees Four Minutes West (N. 19 °
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04' W.) Two Hundred Thirty-Four and TwentySeven Hundredths Feet
(234.27') to a spike in the Southerly Right-of-Way of Railroad
Street; thence, by the same Right-of-Way on a curve to the right
having a radius of One Hundred Thirty Feet (130') and a chord
course and distance of South Thirty-Three Degrees Forty-Seven
Minutes East (S. 33 ° 47' E.) One Hundred Thirty-Six and Four
Hundredths Feet (136.04') to an iron pin; thence South Zero
Degrees Twenty-Nine Minutes East (S. 0° 29' E.) One Hundred
Eight and Forty-Three Hundredths Feet (108.43') to the point of
BEGINNING.
Containing 5,818.77 square feet more or less.
(c) Subject to certain matters.--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) Prohibited use.--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
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to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Covenants, conditions and restrictions.--The Secretary
of General Services may include in the deed of conveyance any
covenants, conditions or restrictions on the property as
determined to be in best interests of the Commonwealth.
(f) Easements.--The Department of General Services is hereby
authorized, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
grant any easements benefiting the property to be conveyed, or
to 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 shall be made by a 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 this
conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
(i) Alternative disposition.--In the event that this
conveyance is not executed within 24 months after the effective
date of this section, the property may be disposed of by a
competitive bidding process in accordance with section 2405-A of
the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
Administrative Code of 1929, except that no property disposition
plan shall be required.
(j) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance authorized
by this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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