PRINTER'S NO. 3127
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2213
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BURGOS, RABB, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, McCLINTON AND
GALLOWAY, JANUARY 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JANUARY 14, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in land banks, further
providing for acquisition of property.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2109(d)(2) and (3) of Title 68 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 2109. Acquisition of property.
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(d) Acquisitions from municipalities.--
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(2) A municipality may transfer to a land bank real
property and interests in real property of the municipality
[on terms and conditions and according to procedures
determined by the municipality] as long as the real property
is located within the jurisdiction of the land bank. A
municipality may not place terms and conditions on a transfer
under this paragraph that would prevent the transfer from
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occurring in a timely manner.
(3) A redevelopment authority located within a land bank
jurisdiction established under this chapter may, with the
consent of the local governing body and without a
redevelopment contract, convey property [which it acquired
before the effective date of this paragraph] to the land
bank. A conveyance under this paragraph shall be with fee
simple title, free of all liens and encumbrances.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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