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[CITE: 16USC230b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER XXV--JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
                            Part A--Generally
 
Sec. 230b. Owner's retention of right of use and occupancy for 
        residential purposes for life or fixed term of years; election 
        of term; fair market value; transfer, assignment or termination; 
        ``improved property'' defined
        
    Within the Barataria Marsh Unit, the owner or owners of improved 
property used for noncommercial residential purposes on a year-round 
basis may, as a condition of the acquisition of such property by the 
Secretary, elect to retain a right of use and occupancy of such property 
for noncommercial residential purposes if, in the judgment of the 
Secretary, the continued use of such property for a limited period would 
not unduly interfere with the development or management of the park. 
Such right of use and occupancy may be either a period ending on the 
death of the owner or his spouse, whichever occurs last, or a term of 
not more than twenty-five years, at the election of the owner. Unless 
the property is donated, the Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair 
market value of the property less the fair market value of the right 
retained by the owner. Such right may be transferred or assigned and may 
be terminated by the Secretary, if he finds that the property is not 
used for noncommercial residential purposes, upon tender to the holder 
of the right an amount equal to the fair market value of the unexpired 
term. As used in this section, the term ``improved property'' means a 
single-family, year-round dwelling, the construction of which was begun 
before January 1, 1977, which serves as the owner's permanent place of 
abode at the time of its acquisition by the United States, together with 
not more than three acres of land on which the dwelling and appurtenant 
buildings are located which the Secretary finds is reasonably necessary 
for the owner's continued use and occupancy of the dwelling.

(Pub. L. 95-625, title IX, Sec. 903, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3536.)


                          ``Secretary'' Defined

    Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. 
L. 95-625, set out as a note under section 2503 of this title.
