2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY
Chapter 13 - General Provisions
Section 1391 - Acceptance of gifts or donations

SUBCHAPTER G

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec.

1391.  Acceptance of gifts or donations.

1392.  Prohibition of fees for police services.

Enactment.  Subchapter G was added December 30, 2002, P.L.2001, No.230, effective immediately.

§ 1391.  Acceptance of gifts or donations.

(a)  General rule.--In addition to all other powers conferred by law, a municipality may receive in trust, and its governing body may control for the purposes of the trust, all estate, moneys, assets and property, real and personal, which may have been or shall be bestowed upon it by donation, gift, legacy, endowment, bequest, devise, conveyance or other means, for benevolent, health, civic or other public purposes, for charitable purposes of whatever kind or nature and for any other purpose beneficial to the municipality and its residents.

(b)  Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:

"Governing body."  The council in cities, boroughs and incorporated towns, the board of commissioners in counties and townships of the first class, the board of supervisors in townships of the second class or the legislative policymaking body in home rule municipalities.

"Municipality."  A county, city, borough, incorporated town, township or home rule municipality.