Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§538 User fees fund for delayed payments to grantors
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 538
Summary
Allows fees collected for using a road on national forest or other Forest Service land to be put into a fund that can be used to pay the landowner when the agreement delays those payments.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §538
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Whenever the agreement under which the United States has obtained for the use of, or in connection with, the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service a right-of-way or easement for a road or an existing road or the right to use an existing road provides for delayed payments to the Government’s grantor, any fees or other collections received by the Secretary for the use of the road may be placed in a fund to be available for making payments to the grantor.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 538
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73