§ 410gg-1. — Acquisition of property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410gg-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-E--BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 410gg-1. Acquisition of property
(a) Authority of Secretary; manner; State lands: donation, reservations,
and restrictions; Federal lands: transfer to administrative
jurisdiction of National Park Service and Secretary
Within the boundary of the park the Secretary is authorized to
acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase with
donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that property owned
by the State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof may be
acquired only by donation, and subject to such reservations and
restrictions as may be provided by Florida law. Lands, waters, and
interests therein within such boundary which are owned by the United
States and under the control of the Secretary are hereby transferred to
the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service to be
managed for the purposes of the park. Any federally owned lands within
the park which are not under the control of the Secretary shall be
transferred to his control for purposes of the park at such time as said
lands cease to be needed by the agencies which currently control them.
(b) Acquisition period; consideration by Secretary of prompt acquisition
of property
It is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary shall
substantially complete the land acquisition program authorized herein
within three complete fiscal years from the effective date of this
subchapter. Any owner of property within the park may notify the
Secretary of the desire of such owner that his property be promptly
acquired, and the Secretary shall give immediate and careful
consideration, subject to the availability of funds, to the prompt
acquisition of such property.
(Pub. L. 96-287, title I, Sec. 102, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 599.)
References in Text
The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b),
probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96-287, which was
approved on June 28, 1980.
