Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-95
Section 56501.3 - Exceptions(a) Nothing under this article requiring advertising for bids or sale at public auction and sale to the highest bidder shall apply if township real or personal property is to be sold to any of the following:(1) A county, city, borough, town, township, institution district, school district, volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad located within the township.(2) A council of government, consortium, cooperative or other similar entity created under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation).(3) An authority as defined in 53 Pa.C.S. § 5602 (relating to definitions) or an authority or industrial and commercial development authority as defined under section 3 of the act of August 23, 1967 (P.L. 251, No. 102), known as the Economic Development Financing Law.(4) A nonprofit corporation engaged in community, industrial, commercial or affordable housing development or reuse.(5) A person for the person's exclusive use in an industrial development program.(6) A nonprofit corporation organized as a public library.(7) A nonprofit medical service corporation as authorized by section 1502.46.(8) A nonprofit housing corporation as authorized under section 1502.47.(b) If real property is to be sold to a nonprofit corporation organized as a public library or to a nonprofit medical service corporation or to a nonprofit housing corporation, the board of commissioners may elect to accept nominal consideration for the sale as the board deems appropriate.(c) Real property sold under this section to a volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad, nonprofit medical service corporation or to a nonprofit housing corporation shall be subject to the condition that when the property is not used for the purposes of the company, service, squad or corporation the property shall revert to the township.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, No. 331, art. XV, § 1501.3, added 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 53, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].