42 U.S.C. § 1506 — Administration of utilities and utility services; granting of easements
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 688 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 263 words · no verdicts yet
This section authorizes Federal agencies administering utility installations for certain federally administered housing to continue service, contract with later owners, and dispose of or offer installations for purchase. It also authorizes easements across Federal land for those utility systems.
(a) A Federal agency, including a wholly owned Government corporation, administering utility installations connected to a utility system for housing under the Secretary* of Housing and Urban Development's jurisdiction may: (1) continue providing utilities and utility services while the housing is under that jurisdiction; (2) contract with purchasers or transferees to continue the connection and provide available, needed utilities and services for a period set by the agency head, not exceeding Federal administration of the installations, and on terms set by the agency head, including payment of whichever is greater, the Government's proportional cost or the market value of the utilities and services; and (3) dispose of installations excess to the agency's needs, or, if not excess, give purchasers or transferees an option to buy them for at least their appraised value and on terms set by the agency head. (b) A Federal agency, including a wholly owned Government corporation, having jurisdiction over land crossed by any part of such a utility system may grant the Secretary, or the housing's purchasers or transferees, easements on that land for utility purposes. The easements may be perpetual.
Any Federal agency (including any wholly owned Government corporation) administering utility installations connected to a utility system for housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary* of Housing and Urban Development is authorized—
to continue to provide utilities and utility services to such housing as long as it is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary;
to contract with the purchasers or transferees of such housing to continue the utility connection with such installations and furnish such utilities and services as may be available and needed in connection with such housing, for such period of time (not exceeding the period of Federal administration of such installations) and subject to such terms (including the payment of the pro rata cost to the Government or the market value of the utilities and services furnished, whichever is greater) as may be determined by the head of the agency;
to dispose of such installations, when excess to the needs of the agency, and where not excess to grant an option to purchase, to the purchasers or transferees of such housing, for an amount not less than the appraised value of the installations and upon such terms and conditions as the head of the agency shall establish.
Any Federal agency (including any wholly owned Government corporation) having under its jurisdiction lands across which run any part of a utility system for housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary is authorized to grant to the Secretary, or to the purchasers or transferees of such housing, easements (which may be perpetual) on such land for utility purposes.
Source credit: (June 28, 1948, ch. 688, § 2, 62 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 28, 1948, ch. 688 · 62 Stat. 1063
- 1965Amended · Pub. L. 89-174 · 79 Stat. 669
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 688 on 1948-06-28.
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