Pub. L. 100-699, tit. III, sec. 302

KANAB CITY TRANSFER.

EnactedYear: 1988Length: 345 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 302. KANAB CITY TRANSFER. (a) Withdrawal.—Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands located within the city limits of Kanab City, Utah (as such limits stood on April 1, 1988) are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, and from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. The withdrawal under this subsection shall terminate on the date which is five years after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Right of Kanab City to Purchase Certain Withdrawn Lands.—As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall determine which public lands withdrawn by subsection (a) meet the disposal criteria specified in section 203(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713(a)) and shall notify the city of Kanab (My concerning such determination. For the four-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the city of Kanab City, Utah, shall have the exclusive right to purchase any public lands withdrawn by subsection (a) that the Secretary has determined to be suitable for disposal. (c) Public Sale.—After the expiration of the period of exclusive right specified in subsection (b), the Secretary may offer any lands covered by such exclusive right for sale under appropriate provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, but the city of Kanab City, Utah, shall be given the opportunity to meet the high bid offered by any other party and if such city matches such high bid, the city shall be declared the highest bidder and allowed to purchase the property offered for sale. 102 STAT. 4627 (d) Terms and Conditions.—All sales of public lands under this section shall be for fair market value and subject to valid existing rights, and the Secretary may attach such conditions to any sale under this section, and any patent issued in consequence of such sale, as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate.
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