Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 1.48 - Purchase or lease of property(a)Scope. An agency may conduct an executive session to consider the purchase or lease of real property up to the time an option to purchase or lease the real property is obtained or up to the time an agreement to purchase or lease the property is obtained if the agreement is obtained directly without an option. Agencies should utilize executive sessions to consider the acquisition or lease of real property only in circumstances in which the public disclosure of the considerations is likely to lead to speculation, collusion among sellers or other events likely to increase the cost to the Commonwealth of acquiring or leasing real property.(b)Attendance. An executive session to consider the purchase or lease of real property may be attended, at the discretion of the agency, by a seller or lessor of the property or his representative or agent.(c)Official actions. A meeting at which an option or agreement to buy or lease real property is executed by a quorum of the members of the agency shall be open to the public. An agency may at an executive session give preliminary acceptance to an offer of an option or agreement to buy or lease real property subject to the ratification of the contract at an open meeting. This section cited in 4 Pa. Code § 1.45 (relating to executive sessions).