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§ 6303. Interests which may be acquired
(a) The rights and interests in real property which may be acquired, used, encumbered and conveyed by a municipality, state agency or qualified organization shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Fee simple.
(2) Fee simple subject to right of occupancy and use, which may be defined as full and complete title subject only to a right of occupancy and use of the subject real property or part thereof by the grantor for residential or agricultural purposes, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of this title and to such other terms as the legislative body of the municipality, the qualified organization, or the state agency may fix.
(3) Fee simple and resale of rights and interests, which may be defined as the acquisition of real property in fee simple and the subsequent reconveyance of rights and interests in such property to the former owner or to others, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of this title and to specified covenants, restrictions, conditions or affirmative requirements fixed by the legislative body of the municipality, the qualified organization, or the state agency in its discretion and designed to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 6301 of this title.
(4) Fee simple and lease back, which may be defined as the acquisition of real property in fee simple and the lease for the life of a person or for a term of years of rights and interests therein, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of this title and to specified covenants, restrictions, conditions or affirmative requirements fixed by the legislative body of the municipality, the qualified organization, or the state agency in its discretion and designed to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 6301 of this title.
(5) Less than fee simple. The acquisition and retention of any rights and interests in real property less than fee simple.
(6) Lease. The lease of land or rights and interests in land for a term, with or without an option to purchase.
(7) Option to purchase. The acquisition of an option to purchase land or rights and interests therein.
(b) The legislative body of a municipality, a state agency or a qualified organization, as the case may be, shall determine the types of rights and interests in real property to be acquired, including licenses, equitable servitudes, profits, rights under covenants, easements, development rights, or any other rights and interests in real property of whatever character.
(c) Where less than fee simple ownership is acquired or retained, such right and interest may, in the discretion of the legislative body of the municipality, the state agency or the qualified organization, include a right to enter in order to accomplish the purposes of section 6301 of this title. (1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 44.)
