Prohibition inapplicable to lands and properties no longer useful; disposition authorized

§ 2. The prohibition of sale, abandonment or other disposition\ncontained in section one of this article shall not apply to barge canal\nlands, barge canal terminals or barge canal terminal lands which have or\nmay become no longer necessary or useful for canal or terminal purposes;\nnor to any canal lands and appertaining structures constituting the\ncanal system prior to the barge canal improvement which have or may\nbecome no longer necessary or useful in conjunction with the now\nexisting barge canal. The legislature may by appropriate legislation\nauthorize the sale, exchange, abandonment or other disposition of any\nbarge canal lands, barge canal terminals, barge canal terminal lands or\nother canal lands and appertaining structures which have or may become\nno longer necessary or useful as a part of the barge canal system, as an\naid to navigation thereon, or for barge canal terminal purposes.\n