16 U.S.C. § 410gg–1: Acquisition of property

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The Secretary can get land, water, and rights inside the park by gift, by buying them with donated or government money, or by swapping land. Land owned by the State of Florida or its local governments can only be accepted as a gift and may come with conditions set by Florida law. Federal lands already controlled by the Secretary are put under the National Park Service to be managed for the park. Federal lands controlled by other agencies will move to the Secretary when those agencies no longer need them. Congress wants the Secretary to substantially complete the land purchases within three complete fiscal years from the effective date of this subchapter. Any owner inside the park can tell the Secretary they want their property bought quickly, and the Secretary must immediately and carefully consider prompt purchase, depending on available funds.

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(a)Authority of Secretary; manner; State lands: donation, reservations, and restrictions; Federal lands: transfer to administrative jurisdiction of National Park Service and Secretary

Within the boundary of the park the Secretary is authorized to acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, except that property owned by the State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation, and subject to such reservations and restrictions as may be provided by Florida law. Lands, waters, and interests therein within such boundary which are owned by the United States and under the control of the Secretary are hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park Service to be managed for the purposes of the park. Any federally owned lands within the park which are not under the control of the Secretary shall be transferred to his control for purposes of the park at such time as said lands cease to be needed by the agencies which currently control them.

(b)Acquisition period; consideration by Secretary of prompt acquisition of property

It is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary shall substantially complete the land acquisition program authorized herein within three complete fiscal years from the effective date of this subchapter. Any owner of property within the park may notify the Secretary of the desire of such owner that his property be promptly acquired, and the Secretary shall give immediate and careful consideration, subject to the availability of funds, to the prompt acquisition of such property.

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Effective Date

of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96–287, which was approved on June 28, 1980.

§410gg–1 Acquisition of Property

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Title 16, §410gg–1

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