Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1707.9b. Contracts to lease and leases by Department of Public Instruction or school districts from authority

The Department of Public Instruction or any school district shall have power and authority, with approval of the Governor, to enter into contracts with the Authority to lease as lessee from the Authority any school building or addition or improvements to universities or medical colleges or manual training schools, agricultural and industrial schools receiving State aid and the furnishings and equipment thereof, constructed or improved by the Authority, for a term, with respect to each, not exceeding thirty (30) years, at such rental or rentals as may be determined by the Authority, and upon the completion of said school building or additions or improvements and the furnishing and equipment thereof, or when said projects are used or occupied the Department of Public Instruction or school district shall have power and authority, with the approval of the Governor, to lease as lessee said school building or additions or improvements and the furnishings and equipment thereof, for a term, with respect to each, not exceeding thirty (30) years, at such rental or rentals as may be determined by the Authority.

When any such project is leased by the Authority to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Department of Public Instruction shall have power and authority, with the approval of the Governor, to sublease such project to the university or medical college or manual training school, agricultural and industrial school receiving State aid or school district for which said project has been undertaken, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed to: Provided, however, That whenever any project for which funds shall be allocated for any State-aided university, medical college or manual training school, agricultural or industrial school is leased by the Authority to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Department of Public Instruction shall sublease such project to the university or medical college or manual training school, agricultural or industrial school receiving State-aid for which said project has been undertaken for the same aggregate rentals as the Authority's lease of said project to the department, upon terms and conditions as shall be agreed to. An agreement to sublease shall be executed by the Department of Public Instruction prior to the commencement of design and/or construction by the Authority. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any project on which any substantial engineering or design planning has been completed prior to August 14, 1963, or upon which actual construction of previously approved projects had been started on or before August 14, 1965 as provided in the acts of August 14, 1963 (P.L. 1032) and January 21, 1966 (P.L. 1446).