Section 7-790 - Grants, conveyances, appropriations to, contracts with, and leases from, municipality authoritiesWhenever the board of any municipality authority shall have undertaken a school project or projects for use by a school district individually or for use by two or more school districts jointly, such school district or school districts shall have the power, upon written approval of the Department of Public Instruction:
(1) To sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to such municipality authority, individually or jointly, with or without consideration, any lands, easements or rights in lands which may be deemed necessary for the project, together with any buildings, structures or improvements thereon erected, as well as furnishings and equipment used or useful in connection therewith.(2) To purchase or otherwise acquire additional lands or interests in lands which may be deemed necessary for the project, and to finance such acquisition by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds according to law.(3) To transfer, assign and set over to such municipality authority any contract which may have been awarded for such project or projects.(4) To make appropriations to such municipality authority out of its or their general funds or out of any other available funds, including proceeds of insurance on school property, the proceeds of bonds of the school district or districts issued for building purposes and not so used, and moneys set aside or otherwise available for building purposes. Any such funds which represent the proceeds of any general obligation bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by the school district shall be used by such municipality authority for or towards the purpose or purposes for which such bonds were issued and, in the event that any such bonds were issued pursuant to a vote of the electors, any appropriation of such proceeds, as above set forth, shall not be deemed such a change of purpose from that for which such bonds were authorized as shall require the question to be again submitted to a vote of the electors under any existing law.(5) To lease, individually or jointly, from such municipality authority such school project or projects for a term not exceeding forty (40) years, at such rental or rentals, payable out of current revenues, and upon such terms and conditions as may be authorized by the board of such municipality authority and the board or boards of school directors of such school district or school districts, and, in case of joint leases, to agree upon the manner of sharing, as between the school districts, the rental or rentals and any other sums payable to the municipality authority and the costs and expenses of insuring, operating, maintaining and repairing the school property leased.(6) To make all other contracts or agreements with such municipality authority or with other school districts as may be deemed necessary or convenient in connection with the project.(7) In all cases where the board of directors of any school district fails to pay or to provide for the payment of any rental or rentals due any municipality authority or nonprofit corporation for any period in accordance with the terms of any lease entered into under the provisions of this section, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify such board of school directors of its obligation, and shall withhold out of any State appropriation due such school district an amount equal to the amount of rental or rentals owing by such school to the municipality authority or nonprofit corporation, and shall pay over the amount so withheld to the municipality authority or nonprofit corporation in payment of the rental.1949, March 10, P.L. 30, art. VII, § 790, added 1952, Jan. 21, P.L. (1951) 2195, § 3. Amended 1953, Aug. 26, P.L. 1471, § 1; 1956, Feb. 14, P.L. (1955) 1043, § 1; 1956, March 22, P.L. (1955) 1315, § 1.