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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The county may acquire by gift, lease, purchase or eminent domain real property within the county for the purpose of erecting thereon garbage disposal plants or facilities and sanitary land fills, and shall have power to erect, operate and maintain suitable buildings for garbage and incinerating furnaces. In every case of taking private property by eminent domain, the county shall acquire the entire title, either in fee or otherwise, held by the owner or owners of the property or of any interest therein.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5193. Garbage disposal plants and garbage and incinerating furnaces; acquisition of property - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-16-ps-counties/pa-st-sect-16-5193/
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