16 U.S.C. § 407s — Administration and operation of properties; use of funds; contracts

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 687 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 183 words · no verdicts yet

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Until park buildings are torn down or fully turned over to park use, the Secretary can manage, lease, or demolish the properties the government has acquired, in whatever way serves the public interest. Money earned from leasing these properties goes into a special account to pay for managing and maintaining them. The Secretary can hire outside agencies or people to help with this work.

This section lets the Secretary manage acquired properties before they're fully part of the park. After the federal government acquires properties under this subchapter, and until their buildings are demolished or the properties are fully devoted to Independence National Historical Park's purposes, the Secretary may administer, operate, manage, lease, and maintain them. The Secretary may also lease, demolish, or remove buildings or spaces within them — doing whatever the Secretary considers to be in the public interest. Money earned from leasing these properties or their buildings goes into a special receipt account. That money must be spent on operating, maintaining, and managing the properties, and on demolishing or removing buildings. The Secretary may carry out these powers, despite other legal requirements that might otherwise apply, by entering into agreements or contracts with public or private agencies, corporations, or individuals, on terms the Secretary considers appropriate for this subchapter's purposes.

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Following the acquisition by the Federal Government of properties pursuant to this subchapter and until such time as the buildings thereon are demolished or the properties and buildings thereon are devoted to purposes of the Independence National Historical Park as provided herein, the Secretary is authorized, with respect to the said properties, to administer, operate, manage, lease, and maintain such properties, and lease, demolish, or remove buildings, or space in buildings thereon, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest. Any funds received from leasing the said properties, buildings thereon, or space in buildings thereon, shall be deposited to the credit of a special receipt account and expended for purposes of operating, maintaining, and managing the said properties and demolishing or removing the buildings thereon. The Secretary, in his discretion and notwithstanding other requirements of law, may exercise and carry out the functions authorized herein by entering into agreements or contracts with public or private agencies, corporations, or persons, upon such terms and conditions as he deems to be appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.

Source credit: (June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 7, as added Oct. 26, 1951, ch. 574, 65 Stat. 644.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 28, 1948, ch. 687 · 65 Stat. 644

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