An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the Borough of Danville certain lands situate in Danville Borough, Montour County.

PRINTER'S NO. 3531
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2608
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY STENDER, 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 Borough
of Danville certain lands situate in Danville Borough,
Montour County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance in Danville Borough, Montour 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
Borough of Danville certain land and buildings situate in
Danville Borough, Montour County, for $1, on terms to be
established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) is a portion of the former grounds of the
Danville State Hospital consisting of three parcels of land
collectively containing approximately 4.48 acres and
improvements thereon, together with any right, title and
interest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in an unopened
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alley, bounded and more particularly described as follows:
PARCEL 1
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land located in the Borough of
Danville, Montour County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a Mag Nail set on the southerly right-of-way of
PA State Route 2006 (aka East Market Street) with the
intersection of the easterly right-of-way of a 16 foot wide
Alley, said Mag Nail is located at the northwest corner of the
herein described parcel of land; thence along the southerly
right-of-way of PA State Route 2006, (aka East Market Street)
and along a curve to the left in a southeasterly direction
having a delta angle of 8 degrees 37 minutes 27 seconds, a
radius of 2,025.00 feet, with an arc length of 304.81 feet and
further described with a chord bearing and distance of South 41
degrees 08 minutes 06 seconds East 304.52 feet to a point of
tangency; thence continuing along the southerly right-of-way of
said PA State Route 2006 South 45 degrees 26 minutes 44 seconds
East 83.27 feet to a point at the northwest corner of other
lands of the Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane as
described in Deed Book 17, Page 463; thence leaving said right-
of-way and along the westerly line of other lands of the
Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane and passing through
an iron pin found on line at 1.26 feet distant South 32 degrees
27 minutes 17 seconds West 124.60 feet (total length of line) to
an iron pin set at the northeasterly terminus of another 16 foot
wide Alley; thence along the northerly line of the second
mentioned 16 foot wide Alley, North 44 degrees 26 minutes 25
seconds West 409.00 feet to an iron pin set at the intersection
of the easterly right-of-way of the first above mentioned 16
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foot wide Alley with the northerly right-of-way of the second
mentioned 16 foot wide Alley; thence along the easterly right-
of-way of the first mentioned 16 foot wide Alley, North 42
degrees 50 minutes 36 seconds East 137.61 feet to the place of
BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 1.13 Acres of land in all.
Being a portion of lands as described in Deed Book 32, Page
591. Being more fully shown on a survey plan prepared by
Brinkash and Associates, Inc. dated August 9, 2024, Revised
August 13, 2025, and identified as Brinkash File Number 3465a-
08-25.
PARCEL 2
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land located in the Borough of
Danville, Montour County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the southerly right-of-way of PA
State Route 2006 (aka East Market Street), said point of
beginning being at the northwest corner of lands of the Danville
Municipal Authority as described in Deed Book 101, Page 909,
said point being 4.92 feet distant on a bearing running North 43
degrees 34 minutes 09 seconds East from an iron pin found on
line, said point of beginning being the northeast corner of the
herein described parcel of land; thence along line of lands of
the Danville Municipal Authority the following two bearings and
distances: 1) South 43 degrees 34 minutes 09 seconds West 262.42
feet to an iron pin DGS Disk found; and 2) thence North 44
degrees 30 minutes 22 seconds West 210.71 feet to an iron pin
DGS Disk found at a corner of lands of said Danville Municipal
Authority and on the easterly line of other lands of the
Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane as described in
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Deed Book 68, Page 356; thence along the easterly line of other
lands of the Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane, North
36 degrees 45 minutes 19 seconds East 122.17 feet to an iron pin
set at the southeasterly corner of a 16 foot wide Alley; thence
along the easterly terminus of said Alley, North 33 degrees 54
minutes 45 seconds East 16.34 feet to an iron pin set at the
northeasterly corner of the 16 foot wide Alley and at the
southeast corner of other lands of the Trustees of the State
Hospital of the Insane as described in Deed Book 32, Page 591,
thence along the easterly line of other lands of the Trustees of
the State Hospital of the Insane as described in Deed Book 32,
Page 591 and passing through an iron pin found at 123.33 feet
distant, North 32 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds East 124.60 feet
(total length of line) to a point on the southerly right-of-way
of the aforementioned PA State Route 2006 (aka East Market
Street); thence along the southerly right-of-way of said PA
State Route 2006 South 45 degrees 26 minutes 44 seconds East
251.88 feet to the point of BEGINNING.
Being a portion of lands as described in Deed Book 17, Page 463
and also a portion of lands as described in Deed Book, 5 Page
426. Being more fully shown on a survey plan prepared by
Brinkash and Associates, Inc. dated August 9, 2024, Revised
August 13, 2025 and identified as Brinkash File Number 3465a-08-
25.
PARCEL 3
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land located in the Borough of
Danville, Montour County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron pin set on the easterly right of way of
a 16 foot wide Alley that runs in a northeasterly and
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southwesterly directions, said pin is located at the
intersection with the southwesterly corner of a second 16 foot
wide Alley that runs southeasterly and northwesterly directions,
said pin is located 153.63 feet distant on a bearing running
South 42 degrees 50 minutes 36 seconds West from a Mag Nail set
at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way of PA State
Route 2006 (aka East Market Street) with the easterly right-of-
way of the first aforementioned 16 foot wide Alley which
reference is also the northwest corner of other lands of the
Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane as described in
Deed Book 32, Page 591, said pin also being the northwest corner
of the herein described parcel of land; thence from the place of
beginning and along the southerly right-of-way line of the
second mentioned 16 foot wide Alley South 44 degrees 26 minutes
25 seconds East 411.54 feet to an iron pin set at the southeast
terminus of said Alley and on the westerly line of other lands
of the Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane as described
in Deed Book 17, Page 463; thence along the westerly line of
other lands of said Trustees of the State Hospital of the Insane
and along the westerly line of lands of the Danville Municipal
Authority as described in deed book 101, page 909 and passing
through an iron pin DGS disk found on line at 122.17 feet
distant South 36 degrees 45 minutes 19 seconds West 225.00 feet
to an iron pin DGS disk found at a corner of lands of said
Authority and corner of lands of Roger P. Gratton; thence along
the northerly line of lands of said Gratton and along the
northerly line of lands of, Joseph L. Estep, et.al, Linda L.
Hampton, et.al., Frances Zimmerman, Joseph and Stella Hafer,
Penn-East Enterprises, Inc., and Michael G. Collins, et.al,
North 39 degrees 39 minutes 36 seconds West 438.69 feet (total
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length of line) to an iron pin set on the easterly right-of-way
of the first above mentioned 16 foot wide Alley and said set pin
is also 14.45 feet distant west of an iron pin found on line at
the northwesterly corner of lands of the aforementioned Michael
Collins; thence along the easterly right-of-way of the first
above mentioned 16 foot wide Alley North 42 degrees 50 minutes
36 seconds East 186.00 feet to the place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 1.98 Acres of land in all.
Being the same parcel as described in Deed Book 68, Page 356.
Being more fully shown on a survey plan prepared by Brinkash and
Associates, Inc. dated August 9, 2024, Revised August 13, 2025,
and identified as Brinkash File Number 3465a-08-25.
TOGETHER WITH any right, title or interest of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in that certain 16' wide unopened
alley lying between Lot 1 and Lot 3 as shown on a survey plan
prepared by Brinkash and Associates, Inc. dated August 9, 2024,
Revised August 13, 2025 and identified as Brinkash File Number
3465a-08-25.
The three parcels of land described above and the 16' wide
unopened alley together constitute Tax Parcel Numbers 12-89-145
and 12-89-146.
(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
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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) 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 the best interests of the Commonwealth.
(f) Restrictive covenants.--The deed shall contain a clause
that the lands conveyed shall be used for municipal purposes,
including, without limitation, fire department training,
municipal buildings and municipal playgrounds and parks, and if
at any time the Borough of Danville or its successor in function
conveys the property or permits the property to be used for any
purpose other than municipal purposes, the title shall
immediately revert to and revest in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(g) 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.
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(h) Deed.--The conveyance shall be made by a quit claim deed
to be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(i) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
(j) Alternative disposition.--In the event that this
conveyance is not executed within 24 months after the effective
date of this subsection, 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, as amended, except that no property
disposition plan shall be required.
(k) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance authorized
under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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