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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 1800

State and local governments.

PUBLIC LAW 99-503—OCT. 20, 1986

corporate limits of any city or town. Land meets the requirements of this subsection only if it constitutes not more than three separate areas consisting of contiguous tracts, at lesist one of which areas shall be contiguous to San Lucy Village. The Secretary may waive the requirements set forth in the preceding sentence if he determines that additional areas are appropriate. (e) The Secretary shall establish a water management plan for any land which is held in trust under subsection (c) which, except as is necessary to be consistent with the provisions of this Act, will have the same effect as any management plan developed under Arizona law. REAL PROPERTY TAXES

Contracts.

SEC. 7, (a) With respect to any private land acquired by the Tribe under section 6 and held in trust by the Secretary, the Secretary shall make payments to the State of Arizona and its political subdivisions in lieu of real property taxes. (b) The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with the State of Arizona and its political subdivisions pursuant to which the Secretary may satisfy the obligation under subsection (a), in whole or in part, through the transfer of public land under his jurisdiction or interests therein, including land within the Gila Bend Indian Reservation or interests therein. WATER D E U V E R Y

Contracts.

SEC. 8. If the tribe acquires rights to the use of any water by purchase, rental, or exchange within the State of Arizona, the Secretary, at the request of the Tribe, shall deliver such water, at no cost to the United States, through the main project works of the Central Arizona Project to any land acquired under section 5(c), if, in the judgment of the Secretary, sufficient canal capacity exists to convey such water: Provided, That deliveries of such water shall not displace deliveries of Central Arizona Project water. The rate charged to the tribe for water delivery shall be the same as that charged by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District pursuant to contracts entered into pursuant to the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1521, et seq.). Nothing in this section shall be deemed to obligate the Secretary to construct any water delivery system. WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS; EFFECTIVE DATE

Water.

SEC. 9. (a) The Secretary shall be required to carry out the obligations of this Act only if within one year after the enactment of this Act the Tribe executes a waiver and release in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of any and all claims of water rights or injuries to land or water rights (including rights to both surface and ground water) with respect to the lands of the Gila Bend Indian Reservation from time immemorial to the date of the execution by the Tribe of such a waiver. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a waiver or release by the Tribe of any claim where such claim arises under this Act. (c) The assignment referred to in section 4 and the waiver and release referred to in this section shall not take effect until such time as the full amount authorized to be appropriated in section 4 has been appropriated by the Congress and paid to the Tribe.