§ 2-10-4 - State forest areas acquired from United States.
SECTION 2-10-4
§ 2-10-4 State forest areas acquired fromUnited States. – (a) For the purpose of cooperating with the United States government in theproper utilization of lands in this state suitable for the maintenance offorest areas, the director of environmental management is authorized andempowered, with the approval of the governor and irrespective of any otherprovision of law, to acquire, without expense to the state except a nominalconsideration, by deed or lease from, or by agreement with, the United Statesor any authorized agency of the United States, lands or interests in lands inthis state which in the judgment of the director and the governor are suitablefor use for the purpose of, or in connection with, the establishment ormaintenance of state forests or forest areas, and to use those lands orinterests in lands so acquired, or to cause them to be used, for general forestdemonstration and experimental purposes and in any other ways that in thejudgment of the director and the governor will be most suitable for stateforests or forest areas and will best promote the public good.
(b) The director is authorized and empowered to sell orotherwise dispose of products from state forests or forest areas, and to makeany rules and regulations that may be necessary in connection with the land.
(2) Revenues received from state forests and forest areasshall be turned over to the general treasurer and placed in a fund to be knownas the state forestry fund.
(ii) A special record shall be kept as to those revenues whenthere is an obligation in connection with those revenues to reimburse theUnited States, and payment shall be made to the United States in accordancewith the terms of the agreement entered into between the director and theUnited States.
(3) When the purchase price, which shall not exceed theamount expended by the United States in the acquisition of the lands, has beenrepaid, title to the lands shall be taken in the name of the state.
(4) Revenues received from state forests or forest areasbeyond those required to reimburse the United States shall be expended for themaintenance and development of state forests and forest areas whenever theagreement between the director and the United States requires it.
(c) Obligations for the acquisition of lands under theauthority of this chapter shall be paid solely from revenues derived from thoselands, and shall not impose any liability on the general credit and taxingpower of the state. Revenues received from state forests and forest areas,where there is no obligation to reimburse the United States, shall be depositedin a fund known as the state forestry fund.
(d) All deeds, contracts and other agreements in connectionwith the transfer of state forests or forest areas shall be approved as to formby the attorney general.
(e) All civil and criminal processes issued under theauthority of this state or of any department or officer of this state may beserved and executed on state forests or forest areas and in any buildings orstructures in state forests or forest areas.