Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 82 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8264 - Receiver for revenue projects

(a) Appointment.--A trustee for the holders of defaulted bonds or notes, whether or not the series of bonds represented by the trustee has been declared to be and has become immediately due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment by the court of common pleas of a receiver of all or any part or parts of a project or the projects, the rents, rates, revenues, tolls and charges of which are pledged for the security of the bonds or notes of the series.
(b) Powers and duties.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, the receiver may not sell, assign, mortgage or otherwise dispose of, but may enter and take possession of, the project or projects or part or parts thereof and, subject to the equal or prior rights of the holders of any other series of bonds or notes, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of the project or projects or parts thereof. The receiver may thereafter proceed with any construction or other work thereon which the local government unit is under obligation to do. The receiver may operate, maintain, repair and reconstruct the project or projects or parts thereof and collect and receive all rents, rates, receipts, tolls, other charges and revenues arising therefrom, subject to the equal or prior rights of the holders of any other series of bonds or notes therein. As part of his power to operate and maintain a project, the receiver may sell or otherwise dispose of equipment which is no longer used or usable by the project. The receiver shall perform the public duties and carry out the lawful agreements and obligations of the local government unit with respect to the project or projects or parts thereof, all under the direction of the court, but shall not perform any essential governmental functions.

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