2019 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 21 - Land Banks
Section 2114 - Dissolution of land bank

(a) General rule.--A land bank may be dissolved as a public body corporate and politic upon compliance with all of the following:

(1) Sixty calendar days' advance written notice of consideration of a resolution to request dissolution must:

(i) be given to the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank;

(ii) be published in a local newspaper of general circulation; and

(iii) be sent by certified mail to the trustees of outstanding bonds of the land bank.

(2) A resolution requesting dissolution must be approved under section 2105(h)(3) (relating to board).

(b) Authority.--Upon receipt of a proper resolution described in subsection (a)(1), the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank may dissolve the land bank by adoption of an ordinance subject to the approval of the mayor in a city or the county executive in a home rule county. If approved, the governing body of the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank shall file a certified copy of the ordinance with the Department of State, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the termination of the existence of the land bank to be noted on the record of incorporation. Upon such filing, the land bank shall cease to function. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall also notify the department of the dissolution of the land bank.

(c) Transfer of assets.--Upon dissolution of the land bank, real property, personal property and other assets of the land bank shall become the assets of the municipality in which the property is located. The following shall apply:

(1) Personal property, including financial assets, of the land bank shall be divided among participating land bank jurisdictions in proportion to the population of each jurisdiction.

(2) The municipality in which real property is located shall approve the transfer of title to the municipality.

(d) Multiple jurisdictions.--If multiple land bank jurisdictions create a land bank under section 2104(c) (relating to creation and existence), the withdrawal of one or more land bank jurisdictions shall not require dissolution of the land bank unless:

(1) the intergovernmental cooperation agreement provides for dissolution in this event; and

(2) there is no land bank jurisdiction which desires to continue the existence of the land bank.

Cross References. Section 2114 is referred to in sections 2104, 2105 of this title.