PRINTER'S NO. 1430
No. 1242 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, WAMBACH, MAINE, VAN HORNE, ANGSTADT,
GAMBLE, KASUNIC, GRUITZA, BLACK, JADLOWIEC, TANGRETTI, ALLEN,
COLAIZZO AND WOZNIAK, APRIL 19, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, APRIL 19, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
2 "An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
3 revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
4 further providing for the sale of real and personal property.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known
8 as The Third Class City Code, reenacted and amended June 28,
9 1951 (P.L.662, No.164), is amended by adding a section to read:
10 Section 1919. Sales of Real and Personal Property to Certain
11 Entities.--Any provision of this act requiring advertising for
12 bids and sale to the highest bidder shall not apply where city
13 real or personal property is to be sold to a county, city,
14 borough, town, township, institution district, school district,
15 volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer
16 rescue squad located within the city, or municipal authority
17 pursuant to the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), known as
18 the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," is to be sold to a
1 non-profit corporation engaged in community industrial
2 development or where real property is to be sold to a person for
3 his exclusive use in an industrial development program or where
4 real property is to be sold to a non-profit corporation
5 organized as a public library for its exclusive use as a
6 library, or where real property is to be sold to the
7 Commonwealth or to the Federal Government. When real property is
8 to be sold to a non-profit corporation organized as a public
9 library for its exclusive use as a library, council may elect to
10 accept such nominal consideration for such sale as it shall deem
11 appropriate. Real property sold pursuant to this clause to a
12 volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer
13 rescue squad shall be subject to the condition that when the
14 property is not used for the purposes of the company, service,
15 squad or the corporation the property shall revert to the city.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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