Pennsylvania Act 1939-301 — COUNTY COURT HOUSE AUTHORIZED TO CONVEY OR LEASE LAND

Act text

COUNTY COURT HOUSE AUTHORIZED TO CONVEY OR LEASE LAND
                 Act of Jun. 21, 1939, P.L. 649, No. 301              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing counties to convey or lease property, needed or
        convenient as a site for a county courthouse, to the General
        State Authority; to acquire additional property for such
        purposes; and to contract with and lease property from said
        Authority.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 2901 of Act 130 of 1955 provided
            that Act 301 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            counties of the third class.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Any county shall have power and authority to
     grant, assign and convey to the General State Authority, with or
     without consideration, any lands, easements or rights in lands,
     together with any improvements, buildings or structures therein
     or thereon, now owned by such county or hereafter acquired by
     it, needed or convenient as a site for a county courthouse, or
     to lease to the Authority for a term, not exceeding ninety-nine
     (99) years, at a nominal or such other rental as may be
     determined, any or all such lands, easements or rights in lands,
     together with any improvements, structures or buildings therein
     or thereon.
        Section 2.  Any county shall have power and authority, in the
     manner provided by law, to acquire title in the name of the
     county to any lands or interests in lands which may be required
     to carry out the purposes of this act.
        Section 3.  Any county shall have power and authority to
     enter into contracts with the General State Authority to lease
     as lessee from the Authority, any county courthouse or any
     improvement thereto and the furnishings and equipment thereof
     constructed by the Authority, for a term not exceeding thirty
     (30) years, at such rental or rentals as may be determined by
     the Authority, and, upon the completion of such county
     courthouse or improvements and the furnishings and equipment
     thereof, the county shall have power and authority to lease the
     same as lessee for a term not exceeding thirty (30) years, at
     such rental or rentals as may be determined by the Authority.