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§ 928. Purchase or condemnation of lands

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 55. Erie State Park (Refs & Annos)
32 P.S. § 928
§ 928. Purchase or condemnation of lands
The Department of Forests and Waters1 shall have power to acquire, by purchase or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any outstanding private property right or interest in any lands within the area of the Pennsylvania State Park at Erie. The consideration or compensation and costs in connection with such acquisition shall be paid out of any appropriation to the Department of Forests and Waters for park purposes or to the Pennsylvania State Park and Harbor Commission. The procedure in any case of eminent domain shall be as prescribed in the act, approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred eighty-four), entitled “An act providing for the condemnation by the Commonwealth of lands suitable and desirable for forest purposes or game preserve purposes or the perpetuation and protection of fish and defining the powers and duties of the Department of Forestry; the Board of Game Commissioners, and the Department of Fisheries, respectively, in relation thereto.”2

Credits

1935, July 15, P.L. 1002, No. 320, § 2.

Footnotes

The powers and duties conferred upon the Department of Forests and Waters and the Pennsylvania State Park and Harbor Commission of Erie by this statute have been transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See 71 P.S. § 1340.303(b).
26 P.S. §§ 261, 281, 301 (repealed), 321 to 325 (repealed), 341 (repealed), 361, 371 (repealed) and 391.
32 P.S. § 928, PA ST 32 P.S. § 928
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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