54 U.S.C. § 101512 — Conveyance to States of roads leading to certain historical areas
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 197 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary can hand over ownership of certain federal roads leading to national cemeteries, battlefields, and historic sites to the state, county, or city where they sit. Before that happens, the local government must promise in writing to accept and maintain the road.
(a) Definition. In this section, "State" means a State, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands.
(b) Authority of Secretary*. Under conditions the Secretary sets, the Secretary may give up, by quitclaim deed, all of the United States' right, title, and interest in a federally owned or controlled road. This applies to roads leading to a national cemetery, national military park, national historical park, national battlefield park, or national historic site run by the Service*. The deed goes to the State, county, municipality, or agency of one of those governments where the road is located.
(c) Notification by State, Agency, or Municipality. Before the Secretary delivers this conveyance, the receiving State, county, or municipality must notify the Secretary in writing that it's willing to accept the road and maintain it.
(d) Transfer of Jurisdiction. Once the conveyance is signed and delivered, any legal jurisdiction that the State had previously given to the United States over that road goes back to the State where the road is located.
In this section, the term “State” means a State, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
The Secretary may, subject to conditions as seem proper to the Secretary, convey by proper quitclaim deed to any State, county, municipality, or agency of a State, county, or municipality in which the road is located, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any Federal Government owned or controlled road leading to any national cemetery, national military park, national historical park, national battlefield park, or national historic site administered by the Service*.
Prior to the delivery of any conveyance of a road under this section, the State, county, or municipality to which the conveyance is to be made shall notify the Secretary in writing of its willingness to accept and maintain the road.
On the execution and delivery of the conveyance of a road under this section, any jurisdiction previously ceded to the United States by a State over the road is retroceded and shall vest in the State in which the road is located.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3131.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3131
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