Pennsylvania § 4304 - Exceptions.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 4304 — Exceptions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4304. Exceptions.
(a) Advertising and highest bidder.--Nothing under this chapter 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 in 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 4353 (relating to sale of real or personal property to nonprofit medical service corporation).
(8) A nonprofit housing corporation as authorized under section 4354 (relating to sale of real or personal property to nonprofit housing corporation).
(b) Nominal consideration.--If real property is to be sold to a nonprofit corporation organized as a public library, 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) Reversion.--Real property sold under this section to a volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service, volunteer rescue squad, nonprofit medical service corporation or 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.
Cross References. Section 4304 is referred to in section 4302 of this title.
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What does Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 4304 cover?
Section 4304 ("Exceptions.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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