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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1340.306. Community recreation and heritage conservation

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Powers and duties.--The department shall have the following powers and duties with respect to community recreation and heritage conservation:

(1) To administer Federal and State programs for grants and loans to local governments, municipal authorities and nonprofit organizations for community and regional projects involving the planning, acquisition, rehabilitation and development of public park, recreation and conservation areas, facilities and programs.

(2) To provide technical assistance and other services to communities, nonprofit groups, regional organizations, Federal and State agencies and organizations and the general public on any aspect of planning, acquiring, improving, managing, operating and maintaining public park, recreation and conservation areas, facilities and programs.

(3) To administer Federal and State heritage conservation programs, such as the Pennsylvania Heritage Parks Program and other programs that preserve, enhance and promote natural, recreational, cultural and scenic resources for heritage conservation, tourism and economic development.

(4) To provide grants and technical assistance to communities and zoo organizations for the rehabilitation and development of public zoological parks or other areas.

(b) Agreements with other agencies.--The department has the powers and duties to coordinate and enter into agreements with Federal agencies, State agencies, local governments and nonprofit organizations to carry out the aforementioned powers and duties.

(c) Community affairs.--The department shall have the powers and duties previously vested in the Secretary of Community Affairs and the Department of Community Affairs by the following acts:

The act of January 19, 1968 (1967 P.L. 996, No. 443), known as the Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act.  1

The act of December 21, 1973 (P.L. 425, No. 148), entitled “An act authorizing the establishment of environmental advisory councils by certain political subdivisions.”  2

The act of July 2, 1984 (P.L. 527, No. 106), known as the Recreational Improvement and Rehabilitation Act.  3

The act of July 2, 1993 (P.L. 359, No. 50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Act.  4

(d) Project 70.--The department shall have the powers and duties vested in the Department of Commerce by the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L. 131, No. 8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act,  5 and transferred to the Department of Community Affairs by section 2501-C(h) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929.  6

1 32 P.S. § 5101 et seq.
2 53 P.S. § 11501 et seq. (repealed); see now, 53 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2322 to 2329.
3 32 P.S. § 5401 et seq.
4 32 P.S. § 2011 et seq.
5 72 P.S. § 3946.1 et seq.
6 71 P.S. § 670.101(h).
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