§ 696. — National Key Deer Refuge; establishment; acquisition of property: exchanges, cash equalization payments; administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC696]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 696. National Key Deer Refuge; establishment; acquisition
of property: exchanges, cash equalization payments;
administration
In order to protect and preserve in the national interest the key
deer and other wildlife resources in the Florida Keys, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, exchange, and
donations, including the use of donated funds, such lands or interests
therein in townships 65 and 66 south, ranges 28, 29, and 30 east, Monroe
County, Florida, as he shall find to be suitable for the conservation
and management of the said key deer and other wildlife: Provided, That
no lands within a one thousand-foot zone adjacent to either side of
United States Highway Numbered 1 in Monroe County shall be acquired for
the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge by condemnation. The Secretary, in
the exercise of his exchange authority, may accept title to any non-
Federal property in townships 65 and 66 south, ranges 28, 29, and 30
east, Monroe County, Florida, and in exchange therefor convey to the
grantor of such property any federally owned property in the State of
Florida under his jurisdiction which he classifies as suitable for
exchange or other disposal. The values of the properties so exchanged
either shall be approximately equal, or if they are not approximately
equal the values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the
grantor or to the Secretary as the circumstances require. The properties
so acquired shall constitute the National Key Deer Refuge, and shall be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the
laws and regulations relating to the national wildlife refuges,
including, but not limited to, sections 664, 666a, and 666b of this
title, relating to the conservation of wildlife, fish, and game.
(Pub. L. 85-164, Sec. 1, Aug. 22, 1957, 71 Stat. 412; Pub. L. 89-669,
Sec. 10(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930.)
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-669 struck out one thousand acres limitation on
acquisition of property, substituted prohibition against condemnation of
lands within a one thousand-foot zone adjacent to either side of U.S.
Highway Numbered 1 for the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge for former
prohibition against condemnation of lands on an island that is traversed
at any point by U.S. Highway Numbered 1, and required cash equalization
payment when making unequal exchanges of properties.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 696a, 696b of this title.
