§ 2110 — Disposition of property

Pennsylvania § 2110

• Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
• Title 68: REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
• Part: PART II
• Ch. 21: LAND BANKS

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(a) Public access to inventory.--A land bank shall maintain and make available for public review and inspection an inventory of real property held by the land bank.

(b) Power.--A land bank may convey, exchange, sell, transfer, lease, grant or mortgage interests in real property of the land bank in the form and by the method determined to be in the best interests of the land bank.

(c) Consideration.--

(1) A land bank shall determine the amount and form of consideration necessary to convey, exchange, sell, transfer, lease as lessor, grant or mortgage interests in real property.

(2) Consideration may take the form of monetary payments and secured financial obligations, covenants and conditions related to the present and future use of the property, contractual commitments of the transferee and other forms of consideration as determined by the board to be in the best interest of the land bank.

(d) Policies and procedures.--

(1) A board shall determine and state in the land bank policies and procedures the general terms and conditions for consideration to be received by the land bank for the transfer of real property and interests in real property.

(2) Requirements which may be applicable to the disposition of real property and interests in real property by municipalities shall not be applicable to the disposition of real property and interests in real property by a land bank.

(e) Ranking of priorities.--

(1) A land bank jurisdiction may establish a hierarchical ranking of priorities for the use of real property conveyed by a land bank, including use for:

(i) Purely public spaces and places.

(i.1) Housing for homeless individuals.

(ii) Affordable housing.

(iii) Retail, commercial and industrial activities.

(iv) Conservation areas.

(2) The priorities established may be for the entire land bank jurisdiction or may be set according to the needs of different neighborhoods, municipalities or other locations within the land bank jurisdiction, or according to the nature of the real property.

(f) Land use plans.--A land bank shall consider all duly adopted land use plans and make reasonable efforts to coordinate the disposition of land bank real property with such land use plans.

(g) Specific voting and approval requirements.--

(1) A land bank jurisdiction may, in its ordinance creating a land bank or in the case of multiple land bank jurisdictions and municipalities creating a single land bank in the applicable intergovernmental cooperation agreement, require that a particular form of disposition of real property or a disposition of real property located within specified jurisdictions be subject to specified voting and approval requirements of the board.

(2) Except as restricted or constrained under paragraph (1), the board may delegate to officers and employees the authority to enter into and execute agreements, instruments of conveyance and other related documents pertaining to the conveyance of real property by the land bank.

Legislative History

(Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1934, No.125, eff. 60 days) 2022 Amendment.Act 125 added subsec. (e)(1)(i.1). Cross References.Section 2110 is referred to in section 2104 of this title.