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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 606

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 577 Session of 1997


        INTRODUCED BY HOLL, FEBRUARY 28, 1997

        REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 28, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     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 the sale of
     6     unused and unnecessary lands and buildings.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Section 707 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
    10  No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by
    11  adding a clause to read:
    12     Section 707.  Sale of Unused and Unnecessary Lands and
    13  Buildings.--The board of school directors of any district is
    14  hereby vested with the necessary power and authority to sell
    15  unused and unnecessary lands and buildings, by any of the
    16  following methods and subject to the following provisions:
    17     * * *
    18     (7.1)  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
    19  section, the board of school directors may, at their discretion,


     1  sell and convey real estate to a charitable organization holding
     2  exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
     3  Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) for the
     4  accepted consideration payable partly in cash and partly in the
     5  form of a purchase money mortgage and bond to be paid in a
     6  period in excess of five (5) years from the date of the
     7  mortgage. The mortgage and bond shall contain the customary
     8  provisions requiring fire insurance and the payment of taxes,
     9  water rents, and assessments by the mortgagor and obligor.
    10     * * *
    11     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.













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