CHAPTER 9. SALE OF STATE LAND IMPROVED BY WPA WORK
IC 14-18-9
Chapter 9. Sale of State Land Improved by WPA Work
IC 14-18-9-1
Reimbursement of federal government from sale of WPA
improved state land
Sec. 1. (a) If:
(1) the state receives a direct profit from the sale of state land
or the products of the state land; and
(2) the profit is a direct result of work done on the land under
16 U.S.C. 585 through 590 (before their repeal);
the state may, through the appropriate state officers, apply not more
than one-half (1/2) of the profit to or toward reimbursing the United
States government for money expended by the United States
government under 16 U.S.C. 585 through 590 (before their repeal).
(b) The amount paid to the United States government under
subsection (a) must be at the rate of one dollar ($1) per man per day
for the time spent on the work. However, the total amount paid may
not exceed in the aggregate three dollars ($3) per acre for the state
land or the products of the state land that are sold at a profit that is
a direct result of work done under 16 U.S.C. 585 through 590 (before
their repeal).
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.
IC 14-18-9-2
Determination of profit; emergency conservation work fund
Sec. 2. (a) The director may determine what part of the proceeds
of the sale of state land or the products of state land is:
(1) a profit; and
(2) a direct result of work done on the land by the United States
government under 16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.
(b) When the director determines that a profit exists, the director
shall order that not more than one-half (1/2) of the profit, in the
amount the director determines, be set aside and retained by the
department as a separate fund to be known as the emergency
conservation work fund.
(c) The director may negotiate with the appropriate federal
authorities for reimbursement of the United States and fix the amount
due the United States under this section. The amount fixed shall be
paid from the emergency conservation work fund as the director
directs.
(d) Any unexpended remainder in the emergency conservation
work fund after the United States has been reimbursed as provided
in this chapter shall be paid into the state general fund.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.
IC 14-18-9-3
Sale of state land not authorized
Sec. 3. This chapter:
(1) does not authorize the sale of state land or products of state
land; and
(2) applies only to a sale authorized by another law.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.
IC 14-18-9-4
Purpose of chapter
Sec. 4. This chapter is enacted to procure a continuance of
emergency conservation work within Indiana under 16 U.S.C. 460l-4
et seq.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.