PRINTER'S NO. 1781
No. 1463 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY REED, ALLEN, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CIVERA, CREIGHTON, FREEMAN,
GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, M. KELLER,
S. MILLER, MUNDY, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PHILLIPS,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE,
WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD AND McGILL, MAY 2, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 2, 2005
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 sale of unused
6 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 (12) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
1 section, any school district that sells unused and unnecessary
2 lands and buildings by any of the methods provided by this
3 section shall provide the city, borough, town or township, the
4 boundaries of which are coterminous with or within those of the
5 district with notice of its intent to sell and a right of first
6 refusal of the lands or buildings at the original cost paid by
7 the district for them. If the city, borough, town or township
8 exercises its right and acquires the land and buildings from the
9 district under this clause, the conveyance shall contain a
10 clause whereby the lands and buildings will revert to the
11 district if they are no longer being used for municipal
12 purposes.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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