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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2709

To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the Del Norte County

Unified School District of Del Norte County, California.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 5, 1995

Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Resources

A BILL

To provide for the conveyance of certain land to the Del

Norte County Unified School District of Del Norte County, California.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE.

4 As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment

5 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to

6 the Del Norte County Unified School District of Del Norte

7 County, California, all right, title, and interest of the Unit8 ed States in and to the property described in section 2.
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1 SEC. 2. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.

2 The property referred to in section 1 is that portion

3 of Township 17 North, Range 2 East, Humboldt Meridian

4 in Del Norte County, California, which is further de5 scribed as follows:

6 Beginning at Angle Point No. 3 of Tract 41 as

7 resurveyed by the Bureau of Land Management

8 under survey Group No. 1013, approved August 13,

9 1990, and shown on the official plat thereof; thence

10 on the line between Angle Points No. 3 and No. 4

11 of Tract 41, North 89 degrees, 24 minutes, 20 sec12 onds East, a distance of 345.44 feet to Angle Point

13 No. 4 of Tract 41; thence on the line between Angle

14 Points No. 4 and No. 5 of Tract 41, South 00 de15 grees, 01 minutes, 20 seconds East, a distance of

16 517.15 feet; thence West, a distance of 135.79 feet;

17 thence North 88 degrees, 23 minutes, 01 seconds

18 West, a distance of 61.00 feet; thence North 39 de19 grees, 58 minutes, 18 seconds West, a distance of

20 231.37 feet to the East line of Section 21, Township

21 17 North, Range 2 East; thence along the East line

22 of Section 21, North 00 degrees, 02 minutes, 20 sec23 onds West, a distance of 334.53 feet to the point of

24 beginning.
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1 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION.

2 The conveyance provided for in section 1 shall be

3 without consideration except as required by this title.

4 SEC. 4. CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.

5 The conveyance provided for in section 1 shall be sub6 ject to the following conditions:

7 (1) The Del Norte County Unified School Dis8 trict shall covenant that the property conveyed pur9 suant to section 1 will be used primarily for edu10 cational or recreational purposes, or both, for a min11 imum of 25 years after the date of the conveyance.

12 (2) Del Norte County shall be provided, for no

13 consideration, an easement for County Road No.

14 318 which crosses the Northeast corner of the prop15 erty conveyed.

16 (3) The Pacific Power and Light Company shall

17 be provided, for no consideration, an easement for

18 utility equipment as necessary to maintain the level

19 of service provided by the utility equipment on the

20 property as of the date of the conveyance.

21 (4) The United States shall be provided, for no

22 consideration, an easement to provide access to the

23 United States property that is south of the property

24 conveyed.
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1 SEC. 5. BREACH OF COVENANT.

2 (a) CONSEQUENCES.—If the covenant required by

3 paragraph (1) of section 4 is breached, the Del Norte

4 County Unified School District shall—

5 (1) pay monetary damages to the United States

6 in an amount equal to the fair market value of the

7 property conveyed pursuant to section 1 as of the

8 time that the covenant was breached; or

9 (2) forfeit to the United States all right, title,

10 and interest in and to the property conveyed pursu11 ant to section 1.

12 (b) SCHOOL DISTRICT OPTION.—If the covenant re13 quired by paragraph (1) of section 4 is breached, the Del

14 Norte County Unified School District shall have the option

15 of paying monetary damages as described in subsection

16 (a)(1) of this section or forfeiting the property as de17 scribed in subsection (a)(2) of this section.

18 (c) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.—For

19 the purposes of subsection (a)(1) of this section, the fair

20 market value of the property conveyed pursuant to section

21 1 as of the time that the covenant was breached shall be

22 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

23 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

24 The conveyance provided for in section 1 shall be sub25 ject to such additional terms and conditions as the Sec26 retary of Agriculture and the Del Norte County Unified
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1 School District agree are necessary to protect the interests

2 of the United States.

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