[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC6902]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 69--PAYMENT FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND
Sec. 6902. Authority and Eligibility \1\
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(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of the
Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of
general local government in which entitlement land is located as set
forth in this chapter. A unit of general local government may use the
payment for any governmental purpose.
(2) For each unit of general local government described in section
6901(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for
each fiscal year to the State of Alaska for entitlement land located
within such unit as set forth in this chapter. The State of Alaska shall
distribute such payment to home rule cities and general law cities (as
such cities are defined by the State) located within the boundaries of
the unit of general local government for which the payment was received.
Such cities may use monies received under this paragraph for any
governmental purpose.
(b) A unit of general local government may not receive a payment for
land for which payment under this Act \2\ otherwise may be received if
the land was owned or administered by a State or unit of general local
government and was exempt from real estate taxes when the land was
conveyed to the United States except that a unit of general local
government may receive a payment for--
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\2\ So in original. Probably should be ``this chapter''.
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(1) land a State or unit of general local government acquires
from a private party to donate to the United States within 8 years
of acquisition;
(2) land acquired by a State through an exchange with the United
States if such land was entitlement land as defined by this chapter;
or
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