Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§1012 Payments to Counties
Title 7 › Chapter 33— FARM TENANCY › Subchapter III— LAND CONSERVATION AND LAND UTILIZATION › § 1012
Summary
As soon as possible after each year ends, the Secretary must pay the county where federal land is held 25 percent of the net money earned from using that land during the year. If the land lies in more than one county, the payment is split fairly among those counties. Counties must spend the money on schools or roads, or both. Money from selling land is not included.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1012
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As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, the Secretary shall pay to the county in which any land is held by the Secretary under this subchapter, 25 per centum of the net revenues received by the Secretary from the use of the land during such year. In case the land is situated in more than one county, the amount to be paid shall be divided equitably among the respective counties. Payments to counties under this section shall be made on the condition that they are used for school or road purposes, or both. This section shall not be construed to apply to amounts received from the sale of land.
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Repeal;
Savings Provision
This section is section 33 of act
July 22, 1937. Section is being treated as repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. The table of repealed laws contained in section 706(a) of Pub. L. 94–579 did not list section 33 of act
July 22, 1937, but did list section 1012 of Title 7. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands. Existing Rights-of-WayProvisions of section 706(a) of Pub. L. 94–579, except as pertaining to rights-of-way, not to be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under this section, see note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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7 U.S.C. § 1012
Title 7 — Agriculture
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Apr 3, 2026
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