Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1708

 95 STAT. 1682

Land conveyance, disapproval.

Surviving spouse.

42 USC 4601 et seq.

Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 97-128—DEC. 29, 1981

State, by statute, disapproves such conveyance on or before April 30, 1982, the Secretary shall immediately offer all the works, structures, and interests in lands for sale to the previous owners in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this section. If the State fails to disapprove such conveyance on or after April 30, 1982, solely because of a veto by the Governor, the offer to convey by the Secretary shall remain valid until such time as the veto is sustained or overridden in accordance with State law. (d)(1) Within ninety days of the date a conveyance is made to the State of Missouri in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall offer the remainder of the works, structures, and interests in lands related to the project for sale to the previous owners at the current appraised value. Such previous owners shall have a period of one year in which to enter into a contract for the repurchase of such properties, after which any remaining works, structures, and interests in lands shall be sold at a public auction, or a series of public auctions, to be conducted following reasonable public notice and advertising of the time and place of such auction or auctions, until such time as all remaining works, structures, and interests in lands have been disposed of. (2) If the State of Missouri disapproves such conveyance in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall offer all the works, structures, and interests in lands related to the project for sale to the previous owners at the current appraised value. Such previous owners shall have a period of one year in which to enter into a contract for the repurchase of such properties, after which any remaining works, structures, and interests in lands shall be sold at a public auction, or a series of public auctions, to be conducted following reasonable public notice and advertising of the time and place of such auction or auctions, until such time as all remaining works, structures, and interests in lands have been disposed of. (3) For purposes of this subsection, in any case in which the previous owner of any interest in land is dead, the surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, the heirs at law of such previous owner shall be deemed to be the previous owner of such interest. (e) The Secretary is authorized either to comply with or to enter into a mutual agreement to cancel any executory contract the United States has entered for the purchase of lands for the project at the request of any landowner who is a party to such a contract, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act. (f) Nothing in this section shall terminate the authority or responsibility of the United States to satisfy, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) and any other applicable provision of law, all relocation assistance, and other obligations arising out of the acquisition, prior to the date of enactment of this Act, of any interest in real estate for the project. (g) Funds authorized prior to enactment of this Act for the project specified in this section may be utilized by the Secretary, as necessary, to carry out the provisions of this section to deauthorize the project. (h) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to undertake such structural and nonstructural measures as he determines to be economically and engineeringly feasible to prevent flood damage to communities along the route of the Meramec River in Saint Louis and Jefferson Counties, Missouri. Such structural measures shall not include the construction of any dams or reservoirs. There is authorized to be

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