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§ 1501. Exercise of eminent domain

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 8 Pa.C.S.A. Boroughs and Incorporated TownsEffective: June 17, 2014

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 8 Pa.C.S.A. Boroughs and Incorporated Towns
Part I. Boroughs (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 15. Eminent Domain, Assessment of Damages and Damages for Injury to Property (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter A. General Provisions Relating to Eminent Domain
Effective: June 17, 2014
8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1501
Formerly cited as PA ST 53 P.S. § 46501
§ 1501. Exercise of eminent domain
Currentness
A borough may enter upon, appropriate, injure or destroy private lands, property or material, or lands previously granted or dedicated to public use that are no longer used for the purpose for which the lands were granted, according to the proceedings set forth in 26 Pa.C.S. (relating to eminent domain), for any of the following purposes:
(1) The laying out, opening, widening, extending, vacating, grading or changing the grades or lines of streets.
(2) The construction of bridges and the piers and abutments for bridges.
(3) The construction of slopes, embankments and sewers.
(4) The erection and extension of water systems, wharves and docks, public buildings, public auditoriums, memorials, monuments, public works, filtration plants, sewerage systems, sewage treatment works, refuse disposal or incineration plants, sanitary landfills, gas plants, electric plants and libraries.
(5) The establishing of parks, playgrounds and recreation places and the changing of watercourses.
(6) For all other purposes authorized by this part.

Credits

2014, April 18, P.L. 432, No. 37, § 1, effective in 60 days [June 17, 2014].
8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1501, PA ST 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1501
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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