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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 416b. Development pursuant to lease
(a) Notice requirements prior to approval of lease
The Secretary of the Interior shall, before he approves any lease
under sections 416 to 416j of this title for public, religious,
educational, recreational, business, or residential purposes and if
he determines that such lease will substantially affect the
governmental interests of a municipality described hereunder,
notify the appropriate authorities of any municipality contiguous
to the San Xavier or Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservation, as the
case may be, of the pendency of the proposed lease and, in his
discretion, furnish them with an outline of the major provisions of
the lease which affect such governmental interests and shall
consider any comments on the terms of the lease affecting the
municipality, or on the absence of such terms from the lease, that
such authorities may offer within such reasonable period, but not
more than thirty days, as the Secretary may prescribe in his notice
to them.
(b) Development by non-Indian lessees
It is the intent of the Congress that the terms under which lands
located on the San Xavier and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservations
are developed by non-Indian lessees shall, to the extent reasonably
possible, be similar to those applicable under State or local law
to the development of non-Indian lands in the municipalities
contiguous thereto.
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