Pennsylvania § 17181 - Conveyance of convention center.

§ 17181. Conveyance of convention center.

(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth to grant and convey to the authority, for a consideration of $1, as soon as practicable after the approval in the central county of the referendum required by section 17154 (relating to referenda levying additional taxes), the tract of land, with the structures, facilities, buildings, fixtures and improvements erected on the tract, situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and known as the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The conveyance shall include any property adjacent to the convention center that is acquired by the Commonwealth prior to the date of the conveyance and any options to acquire the adjacent property held by the Commonwealth on the date of the conveyance.

(b) Easements.--The following apply:

(1) The conveyance of the convention center shall be made under and subject to:

(i) all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including streets, roadways and rights of a telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline company; and

(ii) any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.

(2) The 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 authority.

(c) Deed of conveyance.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth.

(d) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the conveyance of the convention center shall be borne by the grantee.

(e) Construction.--The conveyance of the convention center under this section shall not affect the availability of the revenues from the hotel tax authorized in former section 1970.2 of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, to fund the operational and maintenance expenditures of the convention center.

Cross References. Section 17181 is referred to in section 17113 of this title.