§ 17322 — Cooperation

Pennsylvania § 17322

• Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
• Title 16: COUNTIES
• Part: PART IV
• Ch. 173: THIRD CLASS COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES

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(a) General rule.--The following shall apply:

(1) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the authority and in the planning, acquisition, clearance, relocation, development, design, construction, rehabilitation, leasing, subleasing, alteration, expansion, financing, improvement, management or operation of a convention center or part of a convention center, any State public body or political subdivision or the county or county seat may, upon terms, with or without consideration:

(i) Dedicate, sell, convey, lease or otherwise transfer property or any interest therein, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, to the authority.

(ii) Cause parking, recreational or community facilities or any other works, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished in or adjacent to any area selected for a convention center or part of a convention center.

(iii) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to do.

(iv) Enter into agreements, extending over any period, with the authority or with the Federal Government pertaining to an action to be taken by a State public body under this section.

(v) Aid and cooperate in the development, acquisition, design, construction, improvement, maintenance, management, operation, furnishing, fixturing, equipping, repairing, financing, owning, leasing and subleasing of a convention center or part of a convention center.

(vi) In connection with public improvements made by a State public body, political subdivision, county or the county seat, in exercising the powers granted, incur the entire expense.

(2) The Secretary of General Services is authorized, with the approval of the Governor and Attorney General, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Commonwealth, conveyances, deeds and leases authorized under this subchapter.

(b) Contract.--In connection with a convention center or part of a convention center, the county or county seat may contract with the authority or the Federal Government with respect to sums which the authority or the Federal Government may agree to pay during any year or period of years to the county or county seat for the improvements, services and facilities to be provided by it for the benefit of the authority, convention center or part of a convention center, or the persons occupying the area. The absence of a contract for these payments shall not relieve the county or county seat from the duty to furnish for the benefit of the authority, convention center or part of a convention center or the persons occupying the area, customary improvements and services and facilities as the county or county seat usually furnishes without a service fee.

(c) Agent.--The Commonwealth, county or county seat may, by written agreement, designate the authority as its agent within the authority's field of operation to perform any specified activity or to administer any specified program which the Commonwealth, county or county seat is authorized by law to do, except that any activity or program shall be in furtherance of the public purposes specified in this chapter. The activities may include development, acquisition, design, construction, improvement, maintenance, leasing, management or operation of a convention center.

(d) Powers.--The powers conferred by this section shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.