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§ 651.3. Property disposition plan (Adm. Code § 2403-A)

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State Government

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part I. The Administrative Codes and Related Provisions
Chapter 2. The Administrative Code of 1929 (Refs & Annos)
Article XXIV-a. Disposition of Commonwealth Surplus Land
71 P.S. § 651.3
§ 651.3. Property disposition plan (Adm. Code § 2403-A)
Currentness
(a) The department shall annually develop a plan for the orderly disposition of all real property deemed surplus by the agency currently in possession of the property, which property is not suitable for use by another agency.
(b) The plan shall consider the following factors in proposing the manner and schedule for property disposition:
(1) Whether the property should be leased, transferred in fee simple, or transferred with a restriction as to use, right of reversion, or other special deed provisions.
(2) Whether the land should be retained in agricultural use or as open space for recreation or conservation. A determination whether land should be preserved as open space or in agricultural use shall be made in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community Affairs.1
(3) Likely cost savings and expenses to the Commonwealth arising from the proposed property disposition.
(4) The needs of local governments, charitable institutions, and local volunteer fire and rescue squads.
(5) The likely revenue to be generated by the sale of the property and the needs of the Commonwealth for those revenues.
(c) The plan for the disposition of surplus property shall, for each parcel, identify the proposed manner of disposition, when the property will be disposed of, likely revenues and costs, the assessed market value of the property, and the Commonwealth's acquisition cost for the property.
(d) Any Commonwealth lands acquired by condemnation which is later determined to be surplus land shall be disposed pursuant to and consistent with the provisions of section 2003(e) and the provisions of the Act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L. 84, No. 6), known as the “Eminent Domain Code.”2

Credits

1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. XXIV-A, § 2403-A, added 1981, July 1, P.L. 143, No. 48, § 5, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
Functions of Department of Community Affairs under this act transferred to Department of Community and Economic Development. See 71 P.S. § 1709.301.
2
26 P.S. § 1-101 et seq. (repealed); see now, 26 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
71 P.S. § 651.3, PA ST 71 P.S. § 651.3
Current through Act 40 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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