An Act to establish in the State of Michigan the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and for other purposes
PL 89-668 (H.R.8678), enacted 10/15/1966

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STAT. 
Administration. 
Availability of 
certain funds. 
Appropriation. 
donors of the oil, gas, or other minerals, or their successors, heirs, 
devisees, or assigns. 
SEC. 4. The Guadalupe Mountains National Park shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act of August 25,1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4), as amended 
and supplemented. 
SEC. 5. Any funds available for the purpose of administering the 
five thousand six hundred and thirty-two acres of lands previously 
donated to the United States in Culberson County, Texas, shall upon 
establishment of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park pursuant 
to this Act be available to the Secretary for purposes of such park. 
SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $1,800,000 in all, as may be necessary for the ac-
quisition of lands and interest in lands, and not more than $10,362,000, 
as may be necessary for the development of the Guadalupe Mountains 
National Park. 
Approved October 15, 1966. 
Public Law 89-668 
October 15, 1966 
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[H. R. 8678] 
rpQ establish in tlie State of Michigan the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, 
and for other purposes. 
Pictured Rocks 
National Lake-
shore, Mich. 
Establishment. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Pictured Rocks 
National Lake-
shore Advisory 
Commission. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to 
preserve for the benefit, inspiration, education, recreational use, and 
enjoyment of the public a significant portion of the diminishing shore-
line of the United States and its related geographic and scientific 
features, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to-as the 
"Secretary") is authorized to take appropriate action, as herein pro-
vided, to establish in the State of Michigan the Pictured Kocks Na-
tional Lakeshore. 
SEC. 2. The area comprising that particular land and water depicted 
on the map identified as "Proposed Pictured Rocks National Lake-
shore, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Serv-
ice, Boundary Map, NL-PE-TlOOA, July 1966", which is on file and 
available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service 
of the Department of the Interior, is hereby designated for establish-
ment as the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. ^ n exact copy of 
such map shall be filed for publication in the Federal Register within 
thirty days following the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act 
and following the acquisition by the Secretary of an acreage within the 
boundaries of the area which in his opinion is efficiently administrable 
for the purposes of this Act, he shall establish the Pictured Rocks Na-
tional Lakeshore by publication of notice thereof in the Federal 
Register. 
SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby established a Pictured Rocks National 
Lakeshore Advisory Commission. 
Said commission shall terminate 
ten years after the date the lakeshore is established pursuant to this 
Act. 
(b) The commission shall be composed of five members, each ap-
pointed for a term of two years by the Secretary, as follows: 
(1) Two members to be appointed from recommendations made 
by the county in which the lakeshore is situated; 
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(2) Two members to be appointed from recommendations made 
by the Governor of the State of Michigan; and 
(3) One member to be designated by the Secretary. 
(c) The Secretary shall designate one member to be chairman. 
Anjy vacancy in the commission shall be filled in the same manner in 
which the original appointment was made. 
(d) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation 
as such. The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably 
incurred by the commission in carrying out its responsibilities under 
this Act on vouchers signed by the chairman. 
(e) The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult 
with the commission with respect to the matters relating to the develop-
ment of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. 
SEC. 5. In administering the lakeshore the Secretary shall permit f
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hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction in ac- '^ *"^' 
cordance with the applicable laws of the United States and of Mich-
igan. 
The Secretary, after consultation with the Michigan Depart-
ment of Conservation, may designate zones and establish periods where 
and when no hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, 
administration, or public U
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e and enjoyment. 
The Secretary shall, 
after consultation with such department, issue regulations, consistent 
with this section, as he may determine necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this section. 
SEO. 6. (a) The administration, protection, and development of the 
Administration. 
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore shall be exercised by the Secre-
retary, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25,1916 (39 Stat. 
535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, relating to 
the areas administered and supervised by the Secretary through the 
National Park Service; except that authority otherwise available to 
the Secretary for the conservation and management of natural 
resources may be utilized to the extent he fi^ds such authority will 
further the purposes of this Act. 
(b) In the administration, protection, and development of the lake-
shore, the Secretary shall prepare and implement a land and water use 
management plan, which shall include specific provision for— 
(1) development of facilities to provide the benefits of public 
recreation, including a scenic shoreline drive; 
(2) protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features con-
tributing to public enjoyment; and 
(3) such protection, management, and utilization (subject to 
the provisions of sections 9 and 10 of this Act) of renewable nat-
ural resources, including forage and forest products, as in the 
judgment of the Secretary is consistent with, and does not signif-
icantly impair public recreation and protection of scenic, scien-
tific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment. 
SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting any 
governmental jurisdiction in the State of Michigan from assessing 
taxes upon any interest in real estate retained under the provisions of 
section 11 of this Act to the owner of such interest. 
SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary is authorized, subject to the limitations, ^^^'^^^"j^'^""" °^ 
conditions, and restrictions imposed by this Act, to acquire the land, "'"""'"•'" "*'' 
water, and other property, and improvements thereon, and any inter-
ests therein (including easements) within the boundary described in 
section 2 of this Act by donation, purchase with donated or appropri-
ated funds, transfer from any Federal agency, exchange, or condem-
nation; except that such authority to acquire by condemnation shall 
be exercised only in the manner and to the extent specifically author-
ized in this Act. 
property, etc. 
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Preservation of 
shoreline, etc. 
"Inland buffer 
Boundary map, 
filing with Fed-
eral Register. 
"Improved 
property." 
(b) In exercising his authority to acquire property under this Act, the 
Secretary shall give immediate and careful consideration to any offer 
made by an individual owning property within the lakeshore to sell 
such property to the Secretary. 
In considering any such offer, the 
Secretary shall take into consideration any hardship to the owner 
which might result from any undue delay in acquiring his property. 
(c) Any property or interests therein, owned by the State of 
Michigan, or any political subdivisions thereof, may be acquired only 
by donation. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
Federal property located within such area may, with the concurrence 
of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred without con-
sideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for use 
by him in carrying out the provisions of this Act. 
(d) The Secretary shall make every reasonable effort to acquire 
property through negotiation and purchase. Where agreement is not 
reached and condemnation proceedings are filed, the owner of such 
property shall be paid the fair market value thereof as determined in 
such proceedings. 
(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the use of con-
demnation as a means of acquiring a clear and marketable title, free 
of any and all encumbrances. 
(f) In exercising his authority to acquire property by exchange 
the Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property within 
the area designated by section 2 of this Act for inclusion in the lake-
shore, and in exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such 
property any federally owned property under his jurisdiction within 
the State of Michigan which he classifies as suitable for exchange or 
other disposal. The values of the properties so exchanged either shall 
be approximately ec^uol or, if they are not approximately equal, the 
values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the 
Secretary as the circumstances require. 
SEC. 9. (a) The area hereinafter described in subsection (b) of this 
section is hereby established as an inland buffer zone in order to stabilize 
and protect the existing character and uses of the lands, waters, and 
other properties within such zone for the purpose of preserving the 
setting of the shoreline and lakes, protecting the watersheds and 
streams, and providing for the fullest economic utilization of the 
renewable resources through sustained yield timber management and 
other resource management compatible with the purposes of this Act. 
(b) As used in this Act, the term "inland buffer zone" means that 
part of the lakeshore delineated as such on the map identified as "Pro-
posed Pictured Eocks National Lakeshore, United States Department 
of the Interior, National Park Service, Boundary Map, NL-PR-
7100A, July, 1966". The Secretary shall file the map with the Office of 
the Federal Register, and it may also be examined in the Offices of the 
Department of the Interior. 
SEC. 10. The Secretary shall be prohibited from acquiring by con-
demnation any (1^ improved property within the inland buffer zone, 
or (2) property within the inland buffer zone during all times when, in 
his judgment, such property is being used (A) for the growing and 
harvesting of timber under a scientific program of selective cutting 
and forest management, or (B) for commercial purposes, if such com-
mercial purposes are the same such purposes for which such property 
is being used on December 31,1964, so long as the use of such improved 
or other property would further the purposes of this Act and such use 
does not impair the usefulness and attractiveness of the lakeshore. 
(b) As used in this Act, the term "improved property" shall mean 
any one-family dwelling on which construction was begun before 
December 31, 1964, together with so much of the land on which the 
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dwelling is situated (such land being in the same ownership as 
the dwelling) as shall be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the 
dwelling. 
SEC. 11. (a) Any owner or owners of improved property on the date 
Noncommercial 
of its acquisition by the Secretary may, as a condition to such acquisi- stoLi^""^^ '"^°'''" 
tion, retain, for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years, or for a term 
ending at the death of such owner or owners, the right of use and occu-
pancy of such property for any residential purpose which is not in-
compatible with the purposes of this Act or which does not impair the 
usefulness and attractiveness of the area designated for inclusion. 
The Secretary shall pay to the owner the value of the property on the 
date of such acquisition, less the value on such date of the right re-
tained by the owner. Where any such owner retains a right of use and 
occupancy as herein provided, such right during its existence may be 
conveyed or leased for noncommercial residential purposes in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section. 
(b) Any deed or other instrument used to transfer title to property, 
with respect to which a right of use and occupancy is retained under 
this section, shall jjrovide that such property shall not be used for any 
purpose which is incompatible with purposes of this Act, or which 
impairs the usefulness and attractiveness of the lakeshore and if it 
should be so used, the Secretary shall have authority to terminate such 
right. In the event the Secretary exercises his power of termination 
under this subsection he shall pay to the owner of the right terminated 
an amount equal to the value of that portion of such right which 
remained unexpired on the date of such termination. 
(c) Any land acquired by the Secretary under this Act on which . Leasing author-
there is situated a cottage or hunting lodge which, on December 31, '*^' 
1964, was under lease to any lessee or lessees shall, if such lease is in 
effect on the date such land is so acquired, be acquired by the Secretary 
subject to such lease and the right of such lessee or lessees to continue 
using the property covered by such lease in accordance with the pro-
visions thereof. Upon the expiration of such lease, the Secretary shall 
have the authority to enter into a lease with such lessee or lessees 
authorizing them to continue using such cottage or lodge (as the case 
may be) for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years, or for a term 
ending at the death of such lessee or lessees, subject to such conditions 
as may be prescribed by the Secretary. 
SEC. 12. The Secretary shall, at the request of any township or 
z°ni"B bylaws. 
county in or adjacent to the lakeshore affected by this Act, assist and 
consult with the appropriate officers and employees of such township 
or county in establishing zoning bylaws. 
Such assistance may include 
payments to the county or township for technical aid. 
SEC. 13. The Secretary shall furnish to any interested person request-
ing the same a certificate indicating, with respect to any property 
which the Secretary has been prohibited from acquiring by condemna-
tion in accordance with provisions of this Act, that such authority is 
prohibited and the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 14. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not more 
Appropriation. 
than $6,873,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in land in 
connection with, and not more than $6,348,000 for development of, the 
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. 
Approved October 15, 1966. 
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