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§ 824. Acquisition and control of lands; surrender of control by property owners

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part III. State Parks (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 51. Bucktail State Park (Refs & Annos)
32 P.S. § 824
§ 824. Acquisition and control of lands; surrender of control by property owners
The Department of Forests and Waters1 is further authorized and empowered to acquire, by gift or for nominal consideration, from persons owning property within the limits of the territory hereinbefore dedicated and set apart as a public park, and from others, control rights or the right to limit and prescribe the uses to which such privately owned property may hereafter be put by the owners, to the extent which the owners thereof shall be willing to grant, but no such control rights shall be accepted unless they include at least a surrender of control in the following particulars: (a) The right to sell or service travelers, tourists, recreationists, campers or seasonable dwellers; (b) the right to prohibit or limit the placing on such properties of billboards or any form of outdoor advertising, except such as advertises merchandise or services sold at roadside inns, hotels, stores, and service stations therein; and (c) the right to remove or enforce the removal of abandoned or dilapidated and neglected buildings which have become nuisances. All deeds, conveyances or agreements of any kind secured by or entered into by the department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Justice.

Credits

1933, June 2, P.L. 1415, § 4. Amended 1935, May 29, P.L. 264, § 1.

Footnotes

The powers and duties conferred upon the Department of Forests and Waters by this statute have been transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See 71 P.S. § 1340.303(b).
32 P.S. § 824, PA ST 32 P.S. § 824
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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