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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 208 | PRINTER'S NO. 1447 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GROVE, BOYD, D. COSTA, FLECK, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, MILNE, MOUL, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, BROOKS, MURT, BOBACK, GILLEN AND STEPHENS, JANUARY 26, 2011 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 6, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," further providing for acquisition of |
6 | buildings, sites for school buildings and playgrounds, and |
7 | disposing thereof, for approval by department of plans, etc., |
8 | of buildings and exceptions and for approval of lease |
9 | agreements. |
10 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
11 | hereby enacts as follows: |
12 | Section 1. Section 703 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, |
13 | No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, amended June 1, |
14 | 1972 (P.L.325, No.89), is amended to read: |
15 | Section 703. Acquisition of Buildings, Sites for School |
16 | Buildings and Playgrounds, and Disposing Thereof.--In order to |
17 | comply with the provisions of this act, and subject to the |
18 | conditions thereof, the board of school directors of each |
19 | district is hereby vested with the necessary power and authority |
20 | to acquire, in the name of the district, by purchase, lease, |
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1 | gift, devise, agreement, condemnation, or otherwise, any and all |
2 | schools and real estate, either vacant or occupied, including |
3 | lands theretofore occupied by streets and alleys which have been |
4 | vacated by municipal authorities, and to acquire by purchase, |
5 | lease, gift or devise, other buildings approved for school use |
6 | by the Department of Education as the board of school directors |
7 | may deem necessary to furnish school buildings or other suitable |
8 | sites for proper school purposes for said district or to enlarge |
9 | the grounds of any school property held by such district, and to |
10 | sell, convey, transfer, dispose of, or abandon the same, or any |
11 | part thereof, as the board of school directors may determine. |
12 | Approval of the Department of Education shall not be required | <-- |
13 | for school buildings and playgrounds on any school construction |
14 | project that is not eligible for which State reimbursement shall | <-- |
15 | not be required is not requested. | <-- |
16 | Section 2. Section 731 of the act is amended by adding a |
17 | clause to read: |
18 | Section 731. Approval by Department of Plans, etc., of |
19 | Buildings; Exceptions.--The Department of Education, with |
20 | respect to construction or reconstruction of public school |
21 | buildings, shall have the power and its duties shall be: |
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23 | (7) Approval of the department shall not be required for | <-- |
24 | projects, plans and specifications for school construction |
25 | projects not eligible for which reimbursement from the | <-- |
26 | Commonwealth shall not be required is not requested. | <-- |
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28 | Section 3. Section 731.1 of the act, added December 6, 1972 |
29 | (P.L.1445, No.323), is amended to read: |
30 | Section 731.1. Approval of Lease Agreements.--No building |
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1 | facilities for school use authorized under the provisions of |
2 | section 703.1, shall be leased by any school district until such |
3 | lease agreement has been approved by the Department of |
4 | Education. Such approval shall not be given unless the building |
5 | facilities to be leased meet the standards required to operate |
6 | public school buildings in use in the Commonwealth; Provided, |
7 | however, That Department of Education approval of any lease |
8 | agreement shall not be required for any lease agreement that | <-- |
9 | does not qualify for which Commonwealth reimbursement is not | <-- |
10 | requested. |
11 | Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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