Section 62201 Of Part 3. Property Acquisition From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 6. >> Part 3.
62201
. Within the plan area or for purposes of revitalization an
authority may:
(a) Purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant,
bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, any
interest in property, and any improvements on it, including
repurchase of developed property previously owned by the authority.
An authority shall obtain an appraisal from a qualified independent
appraiser to determine the fair market value of property before the
authority acquires or purchases real property.
(b) Accept, at the request of the legislative body of the
community, a conveyance of real property (located either within or
outside the plan area) owned by a public entity and declared surplus
by the public entity, or owned by a private entity. The authority may
dispose of that property to private persons or to public or private
entities, by sale or long-term lease for development. All or any part
of the funds derived from the sale or lease of that property may, at
the discretion of the legislative body of the community, be paid to
the community, or to the public entity from which any of that
property was acquired.
(c) Sell, lease, grant, or donate real property owned or acquired
by the authority in a plan area to a housing authority or to any
public agency for public housing projects.
(d) Offer for resale property acquired by an authority for
rehabilitation and resale within one year after completion of
rehabilitation. Properties held by the authority in excess of a
one-year period shall be listed in the authority's annual report with
information conveying the reasons that property remains unsold and
indicating plans for its disposition.
(e) Acquire real property by eminent domain, provided that
authority is exercised within 12 years from the adoption of the plan.
(1) Every plan adopted by an authority which contemplates property
owner participation in the revitalization of the plan area shall
contain alternative provisions for revitalization of the property if
the owners fail to participate in the revitalization as agreed. Prior
to the adoption of a plan, each property owner whose property would
be subject to acquisition by purchase or condemnation under the plan
shall be sent a statement in nontechnical language and in a clear and
coherent manner using words with common and everyday meaning to that
effect attached to the notice of the hearing as required by
subdivision (b) of Section 62004. Alternatively, a list or map of all
properties which would be subject to acquisition by purchase or
condemnation under the plan may be mailed to affected property owners
with the notices of hearing pursuant to Section 62004.
(2) Without the consent of an owner, an authority shall not
acquire any real property on which an existing building is to be
continued on its present site and in its present form and use unless
that building requires structural alteration, improvement,
modernization, or rehabilitation, or the site or lot on which the
building is situated requires modification in size, shape, or use, or
it is necessary to impose upon that property any of the standards,
restrictions, and controls of the plan and the owner fails or refuses
to agree to participate in the plan.
(3) Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired by
the agency through eminent domain, but property of a public body
shall not be acquired without its consent.
(4) An authority shall not acquire from any of its members or
officers any property or interest in property except through eminent
domain proceedings.