Section 6905 - Redwood National Park and the Lake Tahoe Basin(a) The Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of general local government in which an interest in land owned by the United States Government in the Redwood National Park is located. A unit may use the payment for any governmental purpose. The payment shall be made as provided in section 6903 of this title and shall include an amount payable under section 6903.(b)(1) In addition to payments the Secretary makes under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of general local government in which is located an interest in land-(A) owned by the Government in the Redwood National Park; or(B) acquired in the Lake Tahoe Basin under the Act of December 23, 1980 ( Public Law 96-586 94 Stat. 3383).(2) The payment shall be made as provided in section 6904 of this title and shall include an amount payable under section 6904. However, an amount computed but not paid because of the first sentence of subsection (b) and the 2d sentence of subsection (c) of section 6904 shall be carried forward and applied to future years in which the payment would not otherwise equal the amount of real property taxes assessed and levied on the land during the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the interest was acquired until the amount is applied completely.(4) The Redwoods Community College District is a school district under section 6904(b) of this title.Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1034.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6905(a) | 16:79o(a), (b). | Mar. 27, 1978, Pub. L. 95-250, §106, 92 Stat. 171. |
| 6905(b)(1)- (3) | (uncodified). | Dec. 23, 1980, Pub. L. 96-586, §2(i), 94 Stat. 3383. |
| 16:79o(c). | |
| 6905(b)(4) | 16:79o(d). | |
In subsection (a), the words "Notwithstanding any contrary provision of sections 1601 to 1607 of title 31" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The word "general" is added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words "an interest in" are added for consistency because of the source provisions restated in the revised section. The word "Government" is added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. The text of 16:79o(a)(last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b)(1)-(3), the source provisions are combined for clarity and because of the restatement.In subsection (b)(2), the words "portion of the total", "full", and "land or" are omitted as surplus. The words "for addition to Redwood National Park" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.In subsection (b)(4), the word "affected" is omitted as surplus.EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe provisions of Act of December 23, 1980 ( Public Law 96-586 94 Stat. 3383) which relate to the acquisition of the Lake Tahoe Basin, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(B), are not classified to the Code.
- unit of general local government
- "unit of general local government" means-(i) a county (or parish), township, borough, or city (other than in Alaska) where the city is independent of any other unit of general local government, that-(I) is within the class or classes of such political subdivision in a State that the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, determines to be the principal provider or providers of governmental services within the State; and(II) is a unit of general government, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior on the basis of the same principles as were used by the Secretary of Commerce on January 1, 1983, for general statistical purposes;(ii) any area in Alaska that is within the boundaries of a census area used by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial census, but that is not included within the boundary of a governmental entity described under clause (i);(iii) the District of Columbia;(iv) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;(v) Guam; and(vi) the Virgin Islands.