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 102 STAT. 4626

PUBLIC LAW 100-699—NOV. 19, 1988 Secretary shall require the city to pay, or shall pay to the city, an amount sufficient to equalize such values, (b) CITY OR STATE LANDS WHICH MAY B E EXCHANGED.—

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dXA) Within the 3-year period b a n n i n g on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in conjunction with the city and the State of Utah (hereafter in this section referred to as the "State"), shall identify city or State lands which are suitable for transfer to the United States for national forest purposes in exchange for the Federal lands depicted as parcels Bii, Biii, Biv, Bv, and Bvi on the map referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A). (B) Subject to valid existing rights, if within such period the city or the State (as the case may be) transfers to the United States the city or State lands identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall transfer the appropriate Federal lands depicted as parcels Bii, Biii, Biv, Bv, and Bvi on the map referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A) to the city or the State, as appropriate. The values of lands exchanged under this section shall be of equal value as determined by the Secretary, or, if they are not of equal value, the values shall be equalized by payment to or by the Secretary so long as the payment does not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the lands transferred out of Federal ownership. (2) In lieu of an exchange under paragraph (1), the Secretary may transfer by sale for fair market value the Federal lands depicted as parcels Bii, Biii, Biv, Bv, and Bvi on the map referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A) to the city or the State of Utah, as appropriate. SEC. 302. KANAB CITY TRANSFER (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands located within the city limits of Kanab City, Utah (as such limits stood on April 1, 1988) are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, and from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. The withdrawal under this subsection shall terminate on the date which is five years after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) RIGHT OF KANAB CITY TO PURCHASE CERTAIN WITHDRAWN

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LANDS.—As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall determine which public lands withdrawn by subsection (a) meet the disposal criteria specified in section 203(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713(a)) and shall notify the city of Kanab (My concerning such determination. For the four-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the city of Kanab City, Utah, shall have the exclusive right to purchase any public lands withdrawn by subsection (a) that the Secretary has determined to be suitable for disposal. (c) PUBLIC SALE.—After the expiration of the period of exclusive right specified in subsection flt)), the Secretary may offer any lands covered by such exclusive right for sale under appropriate provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, but the city of Kanab City, Utah, shall be given the opportunity to meet the high bid offered by any other party and if such city matches such high bid, the city shall be declared the highest bidder and allowed to purchase the property offered for sale.

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