Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 2 — National Forests
§ 521f. Costs of conveyance and value of improvements
Statutory text
Any person to whom lands are conveyed under sections 521c to 521i of this title shall bear all reasonable costs of administration, survey, and appraisal incidental to such conveyance, as determined by the Secretary. In determining the value of any lands or interest in lands to be conveyed under sections 521c to 521i of this title, the Secretary may, in those cases in which the Secretary determines it would be in the public interest, exclude from such determination the value of any improvements to the lands made by any person other than the Government. In the case of road rights-of-way conveyed under sections 521c to 521i of this title, the person to whom the right-of-way is conveyed shall reimburse the United States for the value of any improvements to such right-of-way which may have been made by the United States. The Secretary may, in those cases in which the Secretary determines that it would be in the public interest, waive payment by any person of costs incidental to any conveyance authorized by sections 521c to 521i of this title or reimbursement by any person for the value of improvements to rights-of-way otherwise required by this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–465 § 4 · 96 Stat. 2535
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 521f
(Pub. L. 97–465, § 4, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–465, § 4, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2536.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. Any person to whom lands are conveyed under this Act shall bear all reasonable costs of administration, survey, and appraisal incidental to such conveyance, as determined by the Secretary. In determining the value of any lands or interest in lands to be conveyed under this Act, the Secretary may, in those cases in which the Secretary determines it would be in the public interest, exclude from such determination the value of any improvements to the Right-of-way. lands made by any person other than the Government. In the case of road rights-of-way conveyed under this Act, the person to whom the right-of-way is conveyed shall reimburse the United States for the value of any improvements to such right-of-way which may have Waiver. been made by the United States. The Secretary may, in those cases in which the Secretary determines that it would be in the public interest, waive payment by any person of costs incidental to any conveyance authorized by this Act or reimbursement by any person for the value of improvements to rights-of-way otherwise required by this section.
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