Pennsylvania Act 2001-63 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY
                  Act of Jun. 25, 2001, P.L. 692, No. 63              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
        approval of the Governor, to grant and convey the David L.
        Lawrence Convention Center and other interests situate in the
        City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, to the Sports and
        Exhibition Authority.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  Authorization to convey David L. Lawrence Convention
                    Center and other interests.
        (a)  Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
     the approval of the Governor, is authorized and directed on
     behalf of the Commonwealth:
            (1)  To grant and convey to the Sports and Exhibition
        Authority created under Article XXV-A of the act of July 28,
        1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County
        Code, for a consideration of $1, the tract of land, with the
        structures, facilities, buildings, fixtures and improvements
        erected thereon, situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
        County, Pennsylvania, and known as the David L. Lawrence
        Convention Center, as described by a deed dated July 1, 1975,
        and recorded in the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds
        Office, July 25, 1975, in Deed Book Volume 5509, Page 13.
            (2)  To grant and convey, by quitclaim deed, to the
        Sports and Exhibition Authority created under Article XXV-A
        of the Second Class County Code, for a consideration of $1,
        any property or interests near or adjacent to the convention
        center within the boundary of Garrison Place, the low tide
        line of the Allegheny River, the eastern boundary line of the
        David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as described by a deed
        dated July 1, 1975, and recorded in the Allegheny County
        Recorder of Deeds Office, July 25, 1975, in Deed Book Volume
        5509, Page 13, and Penn Avenue that are acquired by the
        Commonwealth prior to the date of the conveyance.
        (b)  Easements.--The conveyances 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, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
     subject to any lawful and enforceable interest, estates or
     tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any
     portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
        (c)  Labor contracts.--The Sports and Exhibition Authority
     shall be bound by the terms of any labor contracts relating to
     the convention center that are in effect at the time of its
     conveyance to the Sports and Exhibition Authority.
        (d)  Report.--
            (1)  The authority shall, no later than the start of each
        fiscal year, prepare a comprehensive annual report of its
        activities and operations for the previous year relating to
        contractual arrangements between the authority and minority-
        owned and -operated businesses and women-owned and -operated
        businesses. The report shall include:
                (i)  The names and addresses of minority-owned and
            -operated businesses and women-owned and -operated
            businesses with which the authority has entered into
            contracts and the nature of those contracts.
                (ii)  A description of any program or procedures used
            by the authority to identify minority-owned and -operated
            businesses and women-owned and -operated businesses which
            could meet the contractual needs of the authority. The
            authority shall delineate efforts used to identify
            minority-owned and -operated businesses and women-owned
            and -operated businesses that are located within and
            outside the authority's locality.
                (iii)  An evaluation of the authority's efforts to
            include minority-owned and -operated businesses and
            women-owned and -operated businesses in its contractual
            arrangements.
            (2)  The authority shall forward a copy of the annual
        report each year to the Governor and to the General Assembly.
        (e)  Execution.--The deeds shall be approved as provided by
     law and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services
     in the name of the Commonwealth.
        (f)  Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
     conveyances shall be borne by the grantee.
        (g)  Hotel tax revenues not affected.--The conveyance of the
     convention center under this section shall not affect the
     availability of the revenues from the hotel tax authorized in
     section 1970.2 of the Second Class County Code to fund the
     operational and maintenance expenditures of the convention
     center.
     Section 2.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect immediately.