PUBLIC LAW 97-431—JAN. 8, 1983
96 STAT. 2273
Public Law 97 -481 97th Congress An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of land to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Jan. 8, 1983 [H.R. 4568]"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) subject to Albuquerque, subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act N. Mex. land Previous referred to as the "Secretary") shall release, by quitclaim deed or conveyance, other good and sufficient instrument, on behalf of the United States, release of certain with respect to the land described in subsection (c) which was restrictions. conveyed by the United States to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, by a patent numbered 30-64-0081, all conditions in such patent— (1) which require that such land be used for a public purpose pursuant to a plan approved by the Secretary, and (2) which prohibit the transfer of title or control of such land by the patentee or its successor. (b) The Secretary shall not deliver the release authorized by subsection (a) until the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, simultaneously with such delivery— (1) consummates an exchange of the land described in subsection (c) for the land described in subsections (d) and (e); and (2) enters into a recordable agreement, in consideration of Recordable such release, that is satisfactory to the Secretary providing agreement. that— (A) the city of Albuquerque will carry out at its sole expense a plan of development for the lands described in subsections (d) and (e), such plan to be submitted for the Secretary's written approved within one year after the date of the exchange and to be implemented by the city substantially in accordance with a timetable to be set forth in the plan; (B) the city of Albuquerque will not use or permit the use of the lands described in subsections (d) and (e) which are received by the city of Albuquerque in exchange for the land described in subsection (c) for any purpose except exclusively for a community park or for other public purposes that are described in the plan of development, as approved by the Secretary; (C) the city of Albuquerque will not transfer or attempt to transfer title to, or control over, any land described in subsections (d) or (e) after the city of Albuquerque receives title to such lands; and (D) the city of Albuquerque will forfeit to the United States the title to and possession of the land described in subsections (d) and (e) if such property should ever cease to be used for a community park or for other public purposes described in the approved development plan, or if the city of
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