§ 931c. — Permits, leases, or easements; authorization to grant; payment; limitation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC931c]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 931c. Permits, leases, or easements; authorization to
grant; payment; limitation
The head of any department or agency of the Government of the United
States having jurisdiction over public lands and national forests,
except national parks and monuments, of the United States is authorized
to grant permits, leases, or easements, in return for the payment of a
price representing the fair market value of such permit, lease, or
easement, to be fixed by such head of such department or agency through
appraisal, for a period not to exceed thirty years from the date of any
such permit, lease, or easement to States, counties, cities, towns,
townships, municipal corporations, or other public agencies for the
purpose of constructing and maintaining on such lands public buildings
or other public works. In the event such lands cease to be used for the
purpose for which such permit, lease, or easement was granted, the same
shall thereupon terminate.
(Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1255, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 1146.)
Repeal of Section
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 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.
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of
rights-of-way 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 this title.
Existing Rights-of-Way
Provisions 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 section 706(b) of Pub.
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 421c, 931d of this title.
