PRINTER'S NO. 1098
No. 876 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, ERICKSON, LEMMOND, MUSTO, BOSCOLA,
WONDERLING, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI AND KITCHEN, JULY 15, 2003
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JULY 15, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the
3 second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the law relating thereto," further providing for
5 real property.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1503(c) of the act of May 1, 1933
9 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code,
10 reenacted and amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60) and
11 amended February 21, 2002 (P.L.153, No.12), is amended to read:
12 Section 1503. Real Property.--* * *
13 (c) The requirements of this section do not apply to
14 conveyances or leases of real property by a township to any
15 municipal corporation, the Federal Government, the Commonwealth,
16 or any institution district, school district, municipality
17 authority, county, public utility, volunteer fire company,
18 nonprofit corporation engaged in community industrial,
19 commercial or affordable housing development, volunteer
1 ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad located within the
2 township, nonprofit corporation organized as a public library,
3 nonprofit medical service corporation, nonprofit housing
4 corporation, nonprofit organizations providing community service
5 or development activities [or], nonprofit corporation
6 established for the preservation of historical, architectural or
7 aesthetic sites or artifacts or nonprofit association or
8 nonprofit corporation organized to acquire and maintain real
9 property for the preservation, conservation and stewardship of
10 open space. Such conveyances or leases shall be at the sole
11 discretion of the township.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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