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Acceptance of gifts or donations - 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1391

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                               SUBCHAPTER G
                         MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     1391.  Acceptance of gifts or donations.

        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.

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