2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development.
§ 113-28. Reimbursement of government for expense of emergency conservation work.

§ 113‑28.  Reimbursement of government for expense of emergency conservation work.

When and if, upon the sale of State lands or its products, the Secretary determines that the State has derived a direct profit as a result of work on the land sold, or on land the products of which are sold, done or to be done, under a project carried on pursuant to an act of Congress entitled, "An act for the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes" approved March 31, 1933, one half of such profit from such sale of land, or one half the proceeds of the sale of such products, or such lesser amount as may be sufficient, shall be applied to or toward reimbursing the United States government for moneys expended by it under such act, for the work so done, to the extent and at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) per man per day, for the time spent in such work, but not exceeding in the aggregate three dollars ($3.00) per acre.  The Secretary shall fix and determine the amount of such profit or proceeds.  Such one‑half part of such proceeds or profits, as the case may be, shall be retained by the Department, or paid over to it by any other authorized agency making the sale, to be so retained by such Department until the account of the United States government, with respect to such sale, becomes liquidated.  Upon completion of the sale, the Department is hereby authorized to settle with the proper federal authority an account fixing the amount due the United States government and to pay over to it the amount so fixed.  The unexpended remainder, if any, of such one‑half part of such profit or proceeds shall then be paid over or applied by said Department as now authorized and directed by law.  This section shall not be construed to authorize the sale of State lands or products, but applies only to a sale now or hereafter authorized by other provisions of law.  This section is enacted to procure a continuance of the emergency conservation work within the State, under such act of Congress. (1935, c. 115; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 45.)