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PUBLIC LAW 88-608-SEPT. 19, 1964

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planning and development. No sale shall be conducted under the authority of this Act until zoning regulations have been enacted by the appropriate local authority. Land SEC. 3. A t least thirty days before entering into an agreement with notice. offerings, a governmental agency or of the opening of bids from individuals, Publication in notice of the offering of lands for sale in accordance with this Act shall Federal Register. be furnished by the Secretary of the Interior through a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the lands are situated and by publication of the notice in the Federal Register. Title SEC. 4. All patents or other evidences of title issued under this Act tions. reservashall contain a reservation to the United States of all mineral deposits which shall thereupon be withdrawn from appropriation under the public land laws including the mining and mineral leasing laws. Patents and other evidences of title may contain such reservations and reasonable restrictions as are necessary in the public interest, but no restriction to insure proper development of the lands after they have passed from Federal ownership shall be imposed. SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act the following terms have the Definitions. following meanings— (a) "Public lands" means any public lands which are withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 6910, dated November 26, 1934, as amended, or by Executive Order Numbered 6964, dated February 5, 1935, as amended, or pursuant to section 1 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended (43 U.S.C. 315), and not otherwise reserved, or which are vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands in Alaska. (b) "Qualified governmental agency" means any of the following, including their lawful agents and instrumentalities: (A) the State, county, municipality, or other local government subdivision within which the land is located and (B) any municipality within convenient access to the lands if the lands are within the same State as the municipality. (c) "Qualified individual" means (A) any individual who is a citizen or otherwise a national of the United States (or who has declared his intention to become a citizen) aged twenty-one years or more; (B) any partnership or association, each of the members of which is a qualified individual as defined in subparagraph (A); and (C) any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, and authorized to hold title to real property in the State in which the land is located. Land SEC. 6. Ninety per centum of the proceeds from lands sold in the Alaska. sales in State of Alaska pursuant to this Act shall be transferred to the State of Alaska in consideration for which the State shall surrender its right to select an equal acreage of land pursuant to section 6(b) of the 48 USC prec. Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339). 21 note. SEC. 7. The authority granted by this Act shall expire June 30, 1969, Termination of except that sales concerning which notice has been given in accordance 'sale authority. with section 3 hereof prior to June 30, 1969, may be consummated and patents issued in connection therewith after June 30, 1969. Approved September 19, 1964.

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