PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 1019 (b) FEE FOR CARETAKER CABIN.— The base cabin user fee for a lot on which a caretaker cabin is located shall not be greater than the base cabin user fee charged for the authorized use of a similar t3^ical lot in the tract. (c) ANNUAL CABIN USER FEE IN THE EVENT OF DETERMINATION NOT TO REISSUE AUTHORIZATION. — If the Secretary determines that an authorization should not be reissued at the end of a term, the Secretary shall— (1) establish as the new base cabin user fee for the remaining term of the authorization the amount charged as the cabin user fee in the year that was 10 years before the year in which the authorization expires; and (2) calculate the current cabin user fee for each of the remaining 9 years of the term of the authorization by multiplying— (A) Vio of the new base cabin user fee; by (B) the number of years remaining in the term of the authorization after the year for which the cabin user fee is being calculated. (d) ANNUAL CABIN USER FEE IN EVENT OF CHANGED CONDI- TIONS.— If a review of a decision to convert a lot to an alternative public use indicates that the continuation of the authorization for use and occupancy of the cabin by the cabin owner is warranted, and the decision is subsequently reversed, the Secretary may require the cabin owner to pay any portion of annual cabin user fees that were forgone as a result of the expectation of termination of use and occupancy of the cabin by the cabin owner. (e) TERMINATION OF FEE OBLIGATION IN LOSS RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD OR CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. —On a determination by the agency that, because of an act of God or a catastrophic event, a lot cannot be safely occupied and the authorization for the lot should accordingly be terminated, the fee obligation of the cabin owner shall terminate effective on the date of the occurrence of the act or event. SEC. 608. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF CABIN USER FEE. 16 USC 6207. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall adjust the cabin user fee annually, using a rolling 5-year average of a published price index in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) that reports changes in rural or similar land values in the State, county, or market area in which the lot is located. (b) INITIAL INDEX.— (1) IN GENERAL. —For the period of 10 years beginning on the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall use changes in agricultural land prices in the appropriate State or comity, as reported in the Index of Agricultural Land Prices published by the Department of Agriculture, to determine the annual adjustment to the cabin user fee in accordance with subsections (a) and (d). (2) STATEWIDE CHANGES. —In determining the annual adjustment to the cabin user fee for an authorization located in a county in which agricultural land prices are influenced by the value influences described in section 606(b)(3), the Secretary shall use average statewide changes in the State in which the lot is located. (c) NEW INDEX. —
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