§283a — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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The Secretary of the Interior may get land inside Guadalupe Mountains National Park by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated money, exchange, or other methods the Secretary thinks are in the public interest. Land owned by the State of Texas or its local governments can only be acquired with that owner’s agreement. To help trade private lands and avoid severance costs, the Secretary may acquire about 4,667 acres next to the park and swap those for privately owned land inside the park on an equal-value basis, and may accept or pay cash to even out values. The Secretary may also accept or convey rights-of-way for an entrance road from U.S. Highways 62 and 180 to the park boundary. Those right-of-way lands will be managed as part of the park.

Title 16, §283a

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(a)Within the boundaries of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire land or interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or in such other manner as he deems to be in the public interest. Any property, or interest therein, owned by the State of Texas, or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only with the concurrence of such owner.

(b)In order to facilitate the acquisition of privately owned lands in the park by exchange and avoid the payment of severance costs, the Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 4,667 acres of land or interests in land which lie adjacent to or in the vicinity of the park. Land so acquired outside the park boundary may be exchanged by the Secretary on an equal-value basis, subject to such terms, conditions, and reservations as he may deem necessary, for privately owned land located within the park. The Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. In order to provide for an adequate entrance road into the McKittrick Canyon area of the park, the Secretary may accept title to and interests in lands comprising a right-of-way for a road or roads outside of the boundary of the park from United States Highway numbered 62 and 180 to the park boundary, and in exchange therefor he may convey title to and interests in lands comprising a right-of-way from said highway to the boundary which have been donated to the United States. The Secretary may accept cash from or pay cash to the grantor in such exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties exchanged. Lands and interests in lands comprising the right-of-way acquired pursuant to this subsection shall be administered as part of the park.

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1975—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–174 inserted provisions relating to the exchange of lands in order to provide for an adequate entrance road into the McKittrick Canyon area of the park.

§283a Acquisition of lands

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Title 16, §283a

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