54 U.S.C. § 305105 — Description of property
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 204 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator writes the legal description for each light station being transferred. The government can keep historic artifacts, like lenses and lanterns, instead of giving them away. Museums get priority to borrow artifacts that can't stay on site, but no underwater land is ever transferred.
(a) In General. The Administrator* prepares the official legal description of any historic light station* being transferred. The Administrator, working with the Secretary* of Homeland Security and the Secretary, may keep all of the United States' ownership rights to historical artifacts — including any lens or lantern — that go with the station and are there at the time of transfer. Wherever possible, these artifacts should be used to help explain the station's history to visitors. If there's no way to preserve lenses or other artifacts and equipment on site, preservation* groups or museums closely connected to the station get priority to receive them, as long as they meet loan requirements.
(b) Artifacts. Artifacts connected to a light station but not physically located there at the time of transfer stay United States property, under the administrative control of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(c) Covenants. Every condition written into the quitclaim deed counts as a covenant that runs with the land — meaning it binds future owners too.
(d) Submerged Land. This chapter never allows submerged land to be transferred.
The Administrator* shall prepare the legal description of any historic light station* conveyed under this chapter. The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary* of Homeland Security and the Secretary, may retain all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any historical artifact, including any lens or lantern, that is associated with the historic light station and located at the historic light station at the time of conveyance. Wherever possible, the historical artifacts should be used in interpreting the historic light station. In cases where there is no method for preserving lenses and other artifacts and equipment in situ, priority should be given to preservation* or museum entities most closely associated with the historic light station, if they meet loan requirements.
Artifacts associated with, but not located at, a historic light station at the time of conveyance shall remain the property of the United States under the administrative control of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
All conditions placed with the quitclaim deed of title to the historic light station shall be construed as covenants running with the land.
No submerged land shall be conveyed under this chapter.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3219.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3219
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 113-287 on 2014-12-19.
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