Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 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:

(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),  1 known as the Second Class County Code, to fund the operational and maintenance expenditures of the convention center.