Exchange or sale - 34 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 723

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     § 723.  Exchange or sale.
        The commission may, by resolution adopted by a majority of
     the members present and voting at a public meeting:
            (1)  Authorize the exchange of all or part, including
        improvements and appurtenances, of any lands, waters or
        buildings to which title has been acquired in return for
        lands, waters or buildings having an equal or greater value
        when the exchange is in the best interests of the commission.
            (2)  Exchange timber, minerals, oil or gas to which the
        commission holds title for suitable lands having an equal or
        greater value.
            (3)  Sell lands to the Department of Environmental
        Resources for State forests or to the Federal Government for
        National Forests or National Wildlife Refuges when in the
        best interests of game or wildlife.

        Transfer of Powers.  Section 302(h) of Act 18 of 1995, which
     created the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and
     renamed the Department of Environmental Resources as the
     Department of Environmental Protection, provided that the
     Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall exercise
     the powers and duties conferred upon the Department of
     Environmental Resources by section 723.
        Cross References.  Section 723 is referred to in section 722
     of this title.

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