Pennsylvania HB 2548: An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in municipal financial distress, providing for emergency plan extension.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3456
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2548
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY KHAN, MAY 28, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 28, 2026
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Gaudenzia
DRC, Inc., certain lands situate in the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance in City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
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 a certain
tract of land together with any improvements thereon, being a
portion of the lands of the former Eastern Pennsylvania
Psychiatric Institute, situate in the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, to Gaudenzia DRC, Inc., for $1 and under
terms and conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of the following:
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings
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and improvements thereon erected, situate in the City and County
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as shown on a plan entitled
"Relocation of Lot Lines Plan" prepared by Langan Engineering
and Environmental Services, Inc., dated 08-14-06, and being more
particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the southwesterly right-of-way line
of Henry Avenue (variable width), said point being located South
33° 10' 29" East, a distance of 567.15 feet from the
intersection of the southwesterly right-of-way line of Henry
Avenue and the southeasterly right-of-way line of the Roosevelt
Boulevard Extension (a.k.a. U.S. route 1, variable width);
thence,
1. Extending along said line of Henry Avenue South 33° 10'
29" East, a distance of 224.56 feet; thence,
2. On the arc of a circle curving to the right having a
radius of 513.79 feet, an arc length of 156.81 feet, having a
central angle of 17° 29' 11" and being subtended by a chord
bearing South 24° 25' 54" East, a chord distance of 156.20 feet;
thence,
3. Leaving said line and extending along the lines of Lot 1
South 56° 49' 31" West, a distance of 290.44 feet; thence,
4. Still along the same North 33° 10' 29" West, a distance of
378.94 feet; thence,
5. Still along the same North 56° 49' 31" East, a distance of
314.18 feet to the first mentioned point and place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 2.705-acres, more or less.
KNOWN as 3200 Henry Avenue, BRT Account # 77-5-0105-10.
BEING the same premises which the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, by Deed of Confirmation dated October 2, 2007, and
recorded in the Philadelphia County Department of Records
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Instrument Number 51796039, granted and conveyed unto the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Excepting and reserving those certain easements conveyed by
the Grantor to New Courtland Elder Services, Inc., by deed dated
January 2, 2015, and recorded at the Philadelphia County
Department of Records as Document ID: 52869928.
Together with those rights reserved by the Grantor with
respect to the above-referenced easements, in the paragraph
titled "Reservation" in the deed to New Courtland Elder
Services, Inc., dated January 2, 2015, and recorded at the
Philadelphia County Department of Records as Document ID:
52869928.
(c) Existing encumbrances.--The conveyance under 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) Gaming restriction.--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,
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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) Use restriction and reversion.--The deed of conveyance
shall restrict the use o