PRINTER'S NO. 3491
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2487
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY HARRIS, JULY 8, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JULY 8, 2024
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
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providing for Department of General Services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1724-E of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 1724-E. Department of General Services.
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(d) Quitclaim and release of conditions affecting property
in the City and County of Philadelphia.--
(1) The Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to quitclaim and release to
Programs Employing People, Inc., successor to Programs for
Exceptional People, for a consideration of $1, any right,
title or interest it may have with respect to certain
conditions contained in the prior deed from the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to Programs for Exceptional People and Its
Successor, Programs Employing People, Inc., dated August 31,
1995, and recorded in the Department of Records of the City
of Philadelphia at Deed Book 1093 Page 78, which conditions
were required to be included in such deed by Section 3 of the
Act of July 1, 1994, P.L. 387, No. 60.
(2) The conditions to be released pursuant to paragraph
(1) are as follows:
UNDER AND SUBJECT to the condition that any income or
proceeds derived from the building conveyed hereto shall
be utilized for the expansion and/or enhancement of the
Community Mental Retardation Services. Utilization of
said funds shall be determined by the Regional Program
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Manager of the Department of Public Welfare, Office of
Mental Retardation Administrator and the Philadelphia
County Mental Retardation Administrator. Additionally,
the Secretary of Public Welfare shall give written
approval of the utilization of the proceeds.
ALSO UNDER AND SUBJECT to the condition that the
selling or transferring of the above property requires
the prior written approval of the Secretaries of General
Services and Public Welfare, their assigns or successors
in function.
ALSO UNDER AND SUBJECT to the condition that no sale
or other transfer of the above property shall be
permitted earlier than one year following the conveyance
of the same property by the Department of General
Services.
(3) The property affected by the conditions referenced
in paragraph (1) is described as follows:
All that certain lot and building known as 1200-2-4-
6-8 South Broad Street, southwest corner of Federal
Street through to South Carlisle Street with dimensions
of 125 feet on South Broad Street by 178 feet 2 5/8
inches on Federal Street by 133 feet 8 inches on South
Carlisle Street located in the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County.
Containing 23,015 square feet.
(4) The quitclaim deed and any other legal instruments
necessary to effectuate the quitclaim and release of any
right, title or interest the Commonwealth may have with
respect to the conditions referenced in paragraph (1) shall
be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name
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of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(5) Any costs and fees incidental to the quitclaim and
release hereby authorized shall be borne by Programs
Employing People, Inc.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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