16 P.S. § 5505 Acquiring and Using Real Property; Exceptions

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-21
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 16 P.S. § 5505

(a) The county commissioners may purcha...

(b) The county commissioners may also use any real property at the county seat or elsewhere, as authorized by law, owned by the county, and deemed suitable by them for the purposes aforesaid, except such property as is bound by contract to another public use.

(c) The county commissioners may provide for the grading, filling, draining, gardening and otherwise improving and maintaining of all lands for county buildings, either by contract or by county employes, as they deem proper.

(d) To the extent that any of the matters provided for herein are otherwise specifically provided for by law, with regard to any particular acquisitions of real property by counties, either by tax sales or by other purchases, this section shall not apply to such matters.

Cite as 16 P.S. § 5505

History: 1953, July 28, P.L. 723, art. XXV, § 2505. Amended 2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1439, No. 186, § 3, effective Jan. 31, 2005.