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Acquisition of property rights by commission - 74 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8109

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     § 8109.  Acquisition of property rights by commission.
        (a)  Condemnation.--The commission may condemn, pursuant to
     26 Pa.C.S. (relating to eminent domain), any lands, interests in
     lands, property rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and
     other property deemed necessary or convenient for the
     construction and efficient operation of the turnpikes and the
     toll road conversions or necessary in the restoration or
     relocation of public or private property damaged or destroyed.
        (b)  Purchase.--
            (1)  The commission may acquire by purchase, whenever it
        shall deem the purchase expedient, or otherwise accept if
        dedicated to it, any lands, interests in lands, property
        rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other
        property deemed necessary or convenient for the construction
        and efficient operation of the turnpikes and toll road
        conversions or necessary in the restoration of public or
        private property damaged or destroyed, whether the property
        has been previously condemned or otherwise, upon terms and at
        a price as may be considered by the commission to be
        reasonable and can be agreed upon between the commission and
        the owner thereof and to take title thereto in the name of
        the commission.
            (2)  The net proceeds of the purchase price payable to a
        municipality or the department for any real property or
        interest therein obtained by the commission pursuant to this
        chapter, less the cost of retiring any bonded indebtedness on
        the property or interest, shall be used exclusively, in the
        case of a municipality, for road-related and bridge-related
        expenses and, in the case of the department, for highway and
        bridge construction, reconstruction and maintenance in the
        same engineering and maintenance district in which the
        property is located.

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