Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 1.djvu/701

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PUBLIC LAW 103-253—MAY 19, 1994 108 STAT. 675 trative jurisdiction shall not constitute in itself a ground to deny renewal or reissuance of any such authorization. SEC. 4. LAND TRANSFERS TO STATE OF COLORADO AND TO CLEAR CREEK COUNTY AND TOWNS OF SILVER PLUME AND GEORGETOWN, COLORADO. (a) TRANSFER. — Subject to section 6 and valid existing rights, the Secretary shall transfer, without consideration, all right, title, and interest, both surface and subsurface, of the United States in and to the approximately 3,200 acres of public lands described as "Part II Lands" on the map referred to in section 2, excluding any such lands within the corporate boundaries of the towns of Georgetown or Silver Plume, Colorado, as of January 1, 1993, as follows: (1) Approximately 600 acres of such lands to the town of Silver Plume, Colorado, as so indicated on such map. (2) Approximately 800 acres of such lands to the town of Georgetown, Colorado, as so indicated on such map. (3) Approximately 600 acres of such lands to the County of Clear Creek, Colorado, as so indicated on such map. (4) Approximately 1,200 acres of such lands to the State of Colorado, as so indicated on such map. (b) MANAGEMENT AND REVERSION.— (1) The lands transferred under this section shall be managed in accordance with the cooperative management agreement among the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Colorado State Historical Society, the town of Silver Plume, the town of Georgetown, and the County of Clear Creek, which is dated January 1989; the stipulations related to the preservation of artifacts contained in the Bureau of Land Management's cultural resource survey pertaining to such lands; and the terms of the applications filed with the Secretary for the disposal of such lands under the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.; hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Recreation and Public Purposes Act"), except that other uses of the lands may be made with the approval of the Secretary. (2)(A) Title to lands conveyed by the Secretary under this section may not be transferred by the grantee or its successor except, with the consent of the Secretary, to a transferee which would be a qualified grantee under section 2(a) or (c) of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869 -1 (a), (c)). (B) The provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection shall apply if at any time after such conveyance— (i) the grantee or its successor attempts to transfer to any other party title to or control over any portion of the lands conveyed to such grantee under this section, except as provided in subparagraph (A), or (ii) such lands or any portion thereof are devoted to a use inconsistent with this subsection. (3) In case of occurrence of an event described in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection, the grantee of the relevant lands shall be liable to pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of the United States, the fair market value of all lands conveyed to such grantee under this section, together with any improvements thereon, as of the date of such occurrence. All sums paid to the Secretary of the Interior under this paragraph shall be retained by the Secretary and subject to appro-