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PRINTER'S NO. 899
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 862
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY OWLETT, MARCH 11, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 11, 2025
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs, to convey to Tioga County a tract of land,
and to accept a tract of land from Tioga County, both tracts
being located in Charleston Township, Tioga County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance in Charleston Township, Tioga County.
(a) Authorization for land conveyance and property
description.--The Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Tioga County
a tract of land preliminarily described as follows, the final
description to be determined upon completion of subdivision,
together with any buildings, structures and improvements
thereon, being a part of the grounds of the Wellsboro Readiness
Center, as part of a land exchange, under terms and conditions
to be established in an agreement of sale:
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in Charleston Township,
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Tioga County, Pennsylvania, designated as Lot A, as surveyed by
Land Services Group, dated September 5, 2023, titled "Land Swap
Subdivision Between Lands of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and The County of Tioga," being bounded and described as
follows:
BEGINNING at point along the existing centerline of Shumway
Hill Road, said point being a corner in common with lands of The
County of Tioga, the Grantee herein, having a reference of Deed
Book 94 at page 58, and shown as Lot B-1 on the above referenced
subdivision plan, being a corner in common with remaining lands
of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having a reference of
Record Book 739 at page 7553, and shown as Lot A-1 on the above
referenced subdivision plan, said point being the northeasterly
corner of the lot herein described; THENCE, leaving Lot B-1 and
along Lot A-1 and with the existing centerline of Shumway Hill
Road, S 09° 18' 32" E, a distance of 60.41 ft. to a point;
THENCE, leaving the existing centerline of Shumway Hill Road and
continuing along Lot A-1, passing through an iron rod set 30.0
ft. from said centerline and passing through an iron rod set
55.0 ft. from a point along the tributary to Charleston Creek, S
87° 20' 03" W, a distance of 331.11 ft. to a point along said
tributary to Charleston Creek, being a corner in common with
aforementioned Lot B-1; THENCE, leaving Lot A-1 and along Lot B-
1 and through the bounds of the tributary to Charleston Creek, N
23° 11' 19" E, a distance of 66.67 ft. to a point; and, passing
through an iron rod found 27.9 ft. from the aforementioned
existing centerline of Shumway Hill Road, N 87° 20' 03" E, a
distance of 295.04 ft. to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 0.431 ac. or approximately 18,780 sq. ft.
(b) Authorization for acceptance of land and property
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description.--The Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to accept from Tioga County a tract
of land preliminarily described as follows, the final
description to be determined upon completion of subdivision,
together with any buildings, structures and improvements
thereon, as part of a land exchange, under terms and conditions
to be established in an agreement of sale:
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in Charleston Township,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania, designated as Lot B, as surveyed by
Land Services Group, dated September 5, 2023, titled "Land Swap
Subdivision Between Lands of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and The County of Tioga" being bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at point along the existing centerline of Shumway
Hill Road, said point being a corner in common with lands of The
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Grantee herein, having a
reference of Record Book 739 at page 7553, and shown as Lot A-1
on the above referenced subdivision plan and being the
northeasterly corner of the lot herein described; THENCE,
leaving Lot A-1 and with the existing centerline of Shumway Hill
Road, S 11° 11' 02" E, a distance of 73.60 ft. to a point, being
a corner in common with remaining lands of The County of Tioga,
having a reference of Deed Book 94 at page 58, and shown as Lot
B-1 on the above referenced subdivision plan; THENCE, leaving
the existing centerline of Shumway Hill Road and along Lot B-1,
passing through an iron rod set 30.0 ft. from said centerline, S
78° 10' 06" W, a distance of 257.26 ft. to an iron rod set, and,
N 07° 50' 01" W, a distance of 73.78 ft. to an iron rod found at
a corner in common with aforementioned Lot A-1; THENCE, leaving
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Lot B-1 and along Lot A-1, passing through an iron rod found
34.2 ft. from the aforementioned existing centerline of Shumway
Hill Road, N 78° 10' 06" E, a distance of 252.94 ft. to the
POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 0.431 ac. or approximately 18,780 sq. ft.
BEING a portion of a larger tract of land conveyed by
Benjamin Austin and Fanny J. Austin, his wife, to Tioga County
by deed dated December 8, 1866 and recorded in Tioga County Deed
Book 40 at Page 382; by Horatio Austin and Mollie D. Austin, his
wife, to The County of Tioga, by deed dated September 8, 1891
and recorded in Tioga County Deed Book 94 at page 58; and by
Arthur M. Brewster and Harriet E. Brewster, his wife, to Tioga
County by deed dated June 6, 1894 and recorded in Tioga County
Deed Book 101 at page 343.
(c) Conditions.--The conveyance authorized by subsection (a)
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) Prohibition.--The conveyance authorized by 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. Should the
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grantee, its successors or assigns, permit any portion of the
property authorized to be conveyed by subsection (a) to be used
in violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately
revert to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Restrictions.--The Secretary of General Services may
include in the deed of conveyance authorized by subsection (a)
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 is hereby
authorized, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
grant any easements benefiting the property to be conveyed under
subsection (a), or to retain any easements from the property to
be conveyed under subsection (a), as the Secretary of General
Services shall determine to be necessary or appropriate.
(g) Deed of conveyance.--The conveyance authorized by
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.--Any title insurance premiums, recording
fees and any other costs and fees incurred by the Department of
General Services, or otherwise incidental to the land exchange
authorized by this section, shall be borne by Tioga County.
(i) Expiration.--If the land exchange is not effectuated
within three years after the effective date of this subsection,
the authority provided under this section shall expire.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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