HB 2581

                                               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
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2    approval of the Department of Corrections and the Governor,
3    to grant and convey to Ferris Land Development, LP, a
4    Pennsylvania limited partnership, certain lands situate in
5    Benner Township, Centre County.
6    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1.   Conveyance to Ferris Land Development.
9    (a)   Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
10 the approval of the Department of Corrections and the Governor,
11 may, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grant and
12 convey to Ferris Land Development a tract of land situate in
13 Benner Township, Centre County, for $90,000, on terms and
14 conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
15    (b)   Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
16 subsection (a) consists of approximately 9.029 acres and is
17 described as follows:
18    All that certain tract of land situated in Benner Township,
19 Centre County, Pennsylvania, being a portion of Tax Parcel
20 Number 12-005-500, as shown on a drawing entitled, "Ferris-
1 Rockview Tract Purchase, Perimeter Survey Exhibit, A Portion of
2 Tax Parcel 12-005-500" dated June 2, 2025, by PennTerra
3 Engineering, Inc., being bounded and described as follows:
4    Beginning at a rebar found, lying in a southerly R/W line of
5 Interstate 99 Northbound Exit Ramp (S.R. 0099, Variable Width
6 R/W) and lying in a westerly R/W line of Shiloh Road (S.R. 3041,
7 Variable Width R/W); thence along said Shiloh Road S42°08'02"E,
8 58.59 feet to a rebar found, lying in a westerly R/W line of
9 said Shiloh Road and being a northerly corner of lands owned now
10 or formerly by Ferris Land Development, LP (Tax Parcel 37-005-
11 025, R.B. 2330, Pg. 530); thence along said Ferris lands
12 S51°25'40"W, 1696.88 feet to a rebar found, being a westerly
13 corner of said Ferris lands and lying in an easterly line of
14 lands owned now or formerly by University Area Joint Authority
15 (Tax Parcel 37-005-024G, D.B. 431, Pg. 829); thence along said
16 Authority lands N39°27'36"W, 365.46 feet to a rebar found, being
17 a northerly corner of said Authority lands and lying in a
18 southerly R/W line of said Interstate 99 Northbound Exit Ramp;
19 thence along said Interstate 99 Northbound Exit Ramp the
20 following seven bearings and distances: N62°47'15"E, 111.17 feet
21 to a rebar found; thence N76°28'11"E, 202.24 feet to a rebar
22 found; thence N09°56'40"E, 188.68 feet to a rebar found; thence
23 N67°56'20"E, 100.00 feet to a rebar found; thence N69°08'20"E,
24 477.54 feet to a rebar found; thence along a curve to the left,
25 having a chord bearing of N65°03'11"E, a chord distance of
26 296.52 feet, a radius of 2944.79 feet and an arc length of
27 296.65 feet to a rebar found; thence N62°10'02"E, 433.97 feet to
28 a rebar found, being the place of beginning, containing 9.029
29 acres.
30    BEING a portion of the same tract of land which W. Fred
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1 Reynolds and Louise H Reynolds conveyed to the Commonwealth of
2 Pennsylvania, by, by deed dated May 7, 1912, and recorded June
3 21, 1912, in the Recorder's Office of Centre County,
4 Pennsylvania in Record Book Vol. 113, page 19.
5    This 9.029 acre tract is a portion of Tax Parcel No. 12-
6 005-.500-,0000-, but does not adjoin the remainder of Tax Parcel
7 Number 12-005-,500-,0000-. Upon transfer this tract will be
8 known as Tax Parcel Number 37-5-25.
9    (c)   Easements, servitudes and rights of others.--The
10 conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made under and subject
11 to lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of
12 others, including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and
13 rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or
14 pipeline companies, and under and subject to any lawful and
15 enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
16 appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements
17 erected thereon.
18    (d)   Prohibited use.--Any conveyance authorized under
19 subsection (a) shall be made under and subject to the condition,
20 which shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no
21 portion of the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed
22 facility, as defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to
23 definitions), or any other similar type of facility authorized
24 under State law. The condition shall be a covenant running with
25 the land and shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors
26 and assigns. If the grantee, its successors or assigns, permit
27 any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed under
28 subsection (a) to be used in violation of this subsection, the
29 title shall immediately revert to and revest in the grantor.
30    (e)   Covenants, conditions and restrictions.--The Secretary
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1 of General Services may include in the deed of conveyance any
2 covenants, conditions or restrictions on the property as
3 determined to be in the best interests of the Commonwealth.
4    (f)    Easements.--The Department of General Services may, on
5 behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grant any easements
6 benefiting the property to be conveyed, or retain any easements
7 from the property to be conveyed, as the Secretary of General
8 Services shall determine to be necessary or appropriate.
9    (g)    Deed.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made
10 by special warranty deed to be executed by the Secretary of
11 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania.
13    (h)    Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
14 conveyance under subsection (a) shall be borne by the grantee.
15    (i)    Expiration.--If the conveyance under subsection (a) is
16 not completed within two years after the effective date of this
17 subsection, the authority contained under this section shall
18 expire.
19    (j)    Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance authorized
20 under subsection (a) shall be deposited into the General Fund.
21 Section 2.   Effective date.
22    This act shall take effect immediately.
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