§ 724. — Consent of States to acquisition; existing rightsofway, easements, etc.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC724]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 8--UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE
Sec. 724. Consent of States to acquisition; existing rights-of-
way, easements, etc.
(a) No such area shall be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior
until the legislature of each State in which is situated any part of the
areas to be acquired under this chapter has consented to the acquisition
of such part by the United States for the purposes of this chapter, and,
except in the case of a lease, no payment shall be made by the United
States for any such area until title thereto is satisfactory to the
Attorney General and is vested in the United States.
(b) The existence of a right of way, easement, or other reservation
or exception in respect of such area shall not be a bar to its
acquisition (1) if the Secretary of the Interior determines that any
such reservation or exception will in no manner interfere with the use
of the area for the purposes of this chapter, or (2) if in the deed or
other conveyance it is stipulated that any reservation or exception in
respect of such area, in favor of the person from whom the United States
receives title, shall be subject to regulations prescribed under
authority of this chapter.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, Sec. 4, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of
the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 723 of this title.
