If the owner of the interests in real property to be acquired pursuant to the provisions of this act prefers to have the Commonwealth or the local government unit acquire the property in fee simple, the Commonwealth or the local government unit shall be required to acquire the property in fee simple. All real property acquired in fee simple by the Commonwealth, through either the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or the Department of Agriculture under the provisions of this act, shall be offered for resale publicly in the manner provided by law within two years of the date of acquisition, subject to restrictive covenants or easements limiting the land to such open space uses as may be specified by the designating department or agency in accordance with section 6 hereof, and consistent with the resource, recreation, or land use plan established in accordance withsection 4 hereof. In the case of the Commonwealth, such resales may be made without specific authority of the General Assembly and shall be through the Department of General Services at public sale in the manner provided by law.
32 P.S. § 5007