(a) Authority.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), the council may acquire, by purchase or by gift or by the right of eminent domain, land for the use of the Pennsylvania National Guard, to be conveyed to the Commonwealth in order to assist the State Armory Board in the erection of armories.
(b) Exception.--The power under subsection (a) may not be exercised to take any of the following:
(1) Church property.
(2) A graveyard or cemetery.
(3) A dwelling house or the curtilage of property:
(i) designated in paragraph (1) or (2); and
(ii) in the actual occupancy of the owner.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 29A - Veterans' Affairs
Section 29A01 - Eminent domain for National Guard purposes
Section 29A02 - Land for armory purposes
Section 29A03 - Appropriation to assist in erection of armories
Section 29A04 - Support of Pennsylvania National Guard units
Section 29A11 - Appropriations to organizations and American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Section 29A12 - Payment of rent for meetings
Section 29A13 - Rooms for veterans' organizations and children