Pennsylvania Act 1945-383 — REDEVELOPMENT COOPERATION LAW

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REDEVELOPMENT COOPERATION LAW
                  Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 982, No. 383              Cl. 14
                                  AN ACT

     To authorize the Commonwealth or State public bodies, as
        defined, to aid redevelopment authorities in the elimination
        of blighted areas and their redevelopment by dedicating,
        selling, conveying or leasing any of its property, by
        entering into contracts to furnish and by furnishing to said
        authorities and to any Federal governmental agency, parks,
        playgrounds, streets and other improvements and facilities;
        and by donating or lending money and making appropriations
        therefor; by accepting payments and exercising certain other
        powers and duties. (Title amended May 24, 1951, P.L.359,
        No.78)

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

        Section 1.  Short Title.--This act shall be known and may be
     referred to as the "Redevelopment Cooperation Law."
        Section 2.  Finding and Declaration of Necessity.--It has
     been found and declared in the Urban Redevelopment Law that
     there exist in urban communities in this Commonwealth, areas
     which have become blighted; that such conditions are beyond
     remedy or control by regulatory processes and that the public
     interest requires the remedying of these conditions. It is
     hereby found and declared that the assistance herein provided
     for the remedying of the conditions set forth in the Urban
     Redevelopment Law constitutes a public use and purpose, and an
     essential governmental function for which public moneys may be
     spent, and that the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary
     in the public interest.
        Section 3.  Definitions.--The following terms, whenever used
     or referred to in this act, shall have the following respective
     meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the
     context:
        (a)  "Federal Government" shall mean the United States of
     America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or
     otherwise, thereof.
        (b)  "Redevelopment Authority" or "Authority" shall mean any
     redevelopment authority created pursuant to the Urban
     Redevelopment Law of this Commonwealth.
        (c)  "Redevelopment" shall mean any work or undertaking of a
     redevelopment authority pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Law.
        (d)  "State Public Body" shall mean any city, borough, town,
     township, county, municipal corporation, school district and any
     other political subdivision, board, commission, housing
     authority or public body of this Commonwealth. ((d) amended Dec.
     1, 1959, P.L.1639, No.604)
        (e)  "Governing Body" shall mean, in the case of a city, the
     city council or other legislative body thereof, and in the case
     of a county, shall mean the board of county commissioners or
     other legislative body thereof. ((e) added Jan. 19, 1968,
     P.L.987, No.440)
        Section 4.  Cooperation in Redevelopment.--For the purpose of
     aiding and cooperating in the operation of an authority, and in
     the planning, acquisition, clearance, replanning, relocation and
     redevelopment activities of an authority, the Commonwealth or
     any State public body may, upon such terms, with or without
     consideration as it may determine--
        (a)  Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its property to a
     redevelopment authority;
        (b)  Cause parks, playgrounds, 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 redevelopment;
        (c)  Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade,
     plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or
     other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
        (d)  Enter into agreements, extending over any period, with a
     redevelopment authority or with the Federal government
     respecting action to be taken by the Commonwealth or such State
     public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act;
     and
        (e)  Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and
     cooperate in the redevelopment undertaken by a redevelopment
     authority;
        (f)  In connection with any public improvements made by the
     Commonwealth or a State public body in exercising the powers
     herein granted, the Commonwealth or such State public body, may
     incur the entire expense thereof;
        (g)  The Secretary of Property and Supplies is authorized
     with the approval of the Governor and the Attorney General, to
     execute and deliver on behalf of the Commonwealth, conveyances,
     deeds and leases authorized under the provisions of subsection
     (a) of this section.
        (4 amended Dec. 1, 1959, P.L.1639, No.604)
        Section 5.  Contracts for Payments to City, Borough, Town,
     Township or County.--In connection with any redevelopment
     located, wholly or partly, within the area in which it is
     authorized to act, any city, borough, town, township or county
     may contract with a redevelopment authority or the Federal
     government with respect to any sums which the redevelopment
     authority or the Federal government may agree to pay during any
     year or period of years to such city, borough, town, township or
     county for the improvements, services and facilities to be
     provided by it for the benefit of said redevelopment or the
     persons occupying such area: Provided, however, That the absence
     of a contract for such payments shall in no way relieve cities,
     boroughs, towns, townships and counties from the duty to furnish
     for the benefit of said redevelopment and the persons occupying
     said area, customary improvements and such services and
     facilities as cities, boroughs, towns, townships and counties
     respectively usually furnish without a service fee.
        Section 6.  Advances to Redevelopment Authority.--When any
     redevelopment authority, which is created to operate within any
     city or county, becomes authorized to transact business and
     exercise its powers, the city council or the county
     commissioners, as the case may be, may make such appropriations
     to an authority out of any moneys in such city or county
     treasury not appropriated to some other purposes as is deemed
     necessary to assist an authority in carrying out its public
     purposes. Any State public body located in whole or in part
     within the field of operation of a redevelopment authority shall
     have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the
     authority. Said State public body may issue general obligation
     bonds for the purpose of obtaining funds for local contributions
     required by any Federal law pertaining to redevelopment.
        (6 amended May 20, 1949, P.L.1628, No.490)
        Section 6.1  Designation of Redevelopment Authorities as
     Agents; Purpose.--The Commonwealth, any State public body or
     private entity by written agreement approved by the governing
     body of the city or county, as the case may be, may designate a
     redevelopment 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, such
     State public body or private entity is authorized by law to do:
     Provided, however, That any such activities or programs shall be
     in furtherance of the public purposes specified in the Urban
     Redevelopment Law of this Commonwealth. Such activities may
     include, without being limited to, redevelopment, renewal,
     rehabilitation, housing, conservation, urban beautification or
     comprehensive programs for the development of entire sections or
     neighborhoods. It is the purpose and intent of this section of
     the act to authorize the Commonwealth, any State public body or
     authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to
     secure the financial aid or cooperation of the Federal
     government in any of their operations.
        (6.1 added June 19, 1967, P.L.987, No.440)
        Section 7.  Supplemental Nature of Act.--The powers conferred
     by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers
     conferred by any other law.
        Section 8.  Effective Date.--This act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.