National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003-(Title V of the Dept. of Interior & Rel. Agencies Approp. Act, 2003)
Public Law 108–107, as amended
117 Stat. 294, as amended
National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003-(Title V of the Dept. of Interior & Rel. Agencies Approp. Act, 2003)
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National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003-(Title V of the Dept. of Interior & Rel. Agencies Approp. Act, 2003)
[Title V of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (division F of Public Law 108–107; 117 Stat. 294)]
[As Amended Through P.L. 109–59, Enacted August 10, 2005]
[Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of title V of Public Law 108–107. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/]
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NATIONAL FOREST ORGANIZATIONAL CAMP FEE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2003 </heading>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s501" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="501">SEC. 501. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6231">16 U.S.C. 6231 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="502">SEC. 502. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6231">16 U.S.C. 6231</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Findings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Congress finds the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Organizational camps, such as those administered by the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and faith-based and community-based organizations, provide a valuable service to young people, individuals with a disability, and their families by promoting physical, mental, and spiritual health through activities conducted in a natural environment.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The 192,000,0000 acres of national forests and grasslands of the National Forest System managed for multiple uses by the Forest Service provides an ideal setting for such organizational camps.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Federal Government should charge land use fees for the occupancy and use of National Forest System lands by such organizational camps that, while based on the fair market value of the land in use, also recognize the benefits provided to society by such organizational camps, do not preclude the ability of such organizational camps from utilizing these lands, and permit capital investment in, and maintenance of, camp facilities by such organizational camps or their sponsoring organizations.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Organizational camps should—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/4/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that their facilities meet applicable building and safety codes, including fire and health codes;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/4/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">have annual inspections as required by local law, including at a minimum inspections for fire and food safety; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/a/4/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">have in place safety plans that address fire and medical emergencies and encounters with wildlife.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Purpose.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the purpose of this Act to establish a land use fee system that provides for an equitable return to the Federal Government for the occupancy and use of National Forest System lands by organizational camps that serve young people or individuals with a disability.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definitions.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this Act:</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">organizational camp</term>” means a public or semipublic camp that—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/1/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is developed on National Forest System lands by a nonprofit organization or governmental entity;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/1/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provides a valuable service to the public by using such lands as a setting to introduce young people or individuals with a disability to activities that they may not otherwise experience and to educate them on natural resource issues; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/1/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">does not have as its primary purpose raising revenue through commercial activities.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">individual with a disability</term>” has the meaning given the term in section 7(20) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)).</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">children at risk</term>” means children who are raised in poverty or in single-parent homes or are subject to such circumstances as parental drug abuse, homelessness, or child abuse.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/5" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">change in control</term>” means—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/5/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for a corporation, the sale or transfer of a controlling interest in the corporation;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/5/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for a partnership or limited liability company, the sale or transfer of a controlling interest in the partnership or limited liability company; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s502/c/5/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for an individual, the sale or transfer or an organizational camp subject to this Act to another party.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="503">SEC. 503. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6232">16 U.S.C. 6232</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FEES FOR OCCUPANCY AND USE OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS AND FACILITIES BY ORGANIZATIONAL CAMPS. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Land Use Fee.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Percentage of land value.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall charge an annual land use fee for each organizational camp for its occupancy and use of National Forest System lands equal to 5 percent of the product of the following:</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/1/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The total number of acres of National Forest System lands authorized for the organizational camp.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/1/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The estimated per-acre market value of land and buildings in the county where the camp is located, as reported in the most recent Census of Agriculture conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Annual adjustment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The land use fee determined under paragraph (1) for an organizational camp shall be adjusted annually by the annual compounded rate of change between the two most recent Censuses of Agriculture.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reduction in fees.—</heading>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/3/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Type of participants.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall reduce the land use fee determined under paragraph (1) proportionate to the number of individuals with a disability and children at risk who annually attend the organizational camp.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/3/B" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Type of programs.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">After making the reduction required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reduce the remaining land use fee amount by up to 60 percent, proportionate to the number of persons who annually attend the organizational camp who participate in youth programs through organized and supervised social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-based activities oriented to outdoor-recreation experiences.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/3/C" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Relation to minimum fee.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The reductions made under this paragraph may not reduce the land use fee for an organizational camp below the minimum land use fee required to be charged under paragraph (4).</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/3/D" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Special considerations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For purposes of determining the amount of the land use fee reduction required under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary may not take into consideration the existence of sponsorships or scholarships to assist persons in attending the organizational camp.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/a/4" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Minimum land use fee.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall charge a minimum land use fee under paragraph (1) that represents, on average, the Secretary's cost annually to administer an organizational camp special use authorization in the National Forest Region in which the organizational camp is located. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) or subsection (d), the minimum land use fee shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Facility Use Fee.—</heading>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Percentage of facilities value.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If an organizational camp uses a Government-owned facility on National Forest System lands pursuant to section 7 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the Granger-Thye Act; 16 U.S.C. 580d), the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a), a facility use fee equal to 5 percent of the value of the authorized facilities, as determined by the Secretary.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reduction in fees prohibited.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding subsection (d), the facility use fees determined under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Fee Related to Receipt of Other Revenues.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If an organizational camp derives revenue from the use of National Forest System lands or authorized facilities described in subsection (b) for purposes other than to introduce young people or individuals with a disability to activities that they may not otherwise experience and to educate them on natural resource issues, the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a) and the facility use fee imposed under subsection (b), an additional fee equal to 5 percent of that revenue.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s503/d" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Work-In-Lieu Program.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subject to subsections (a)(4) and (b)(2), section 3 of the Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act (16 U.S.C. 539f) shall apply to the use fees imposed under this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s504" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="504">SEC. 504. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6233">16 U.S.C. 6233</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">IMPLEMENTATION. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s504/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Prompt Implementation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall issue direction regarding implementation of this Act by interim directive within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall implement this Act beginning with the first billing cycle for organizational camp special use authorizations occurring more than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s504/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Phase-In of Use Fee Increases.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In issuing any direction regarding implementation of this Act under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider whether to phase-in any significant increases in annual land or facility use fees for organizational camps.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s505" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="505">SEC. 505. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6234">16 U.S.C. 6234</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. </heading>
<content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Except as specifically provided by this Act, nothing in this Act supersedes or otherwise affects any provision of law, regulation, or policy regarding the issuance or administration of authorizations for organizational camps regarding the occupancy and use of National Forest System lands.</content>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s506" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="506">SEC. 506. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6235">16 U.S.C. 6235</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF USE FEES. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s506/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deposit and Availability.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Unless subject to section 7 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the Granger-Thye Act; 16 U.S.C. 580d), use fees collected by the Secretary under this Act shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall remain available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation until expended, for the purposes described in subsection (c).</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s506/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transfer.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Upon request of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary from the special account such amounts as the Secretary may request. The Secretary shall accept and use such amounts in accordance with subsection (c).</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s506/c" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Use.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Use fees deposited pursuant to subsection (a) and transferred to the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be expended for monitoring of Forest Service special use authorizations, administration of the Forest Service's special program, interpretive programs, environmental analysis, environmental restoration, and similar purposes.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="507">SEC. 507. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s6236">16 U.S.C. 6236</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MINISTERIAL ISSUANCE, OR AMENDMENT AUTHORIZATION. </heading>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507/a" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NEPA Exception.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The ministerial issuance or amendment of an organizational camp special use authorization shall not be subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</content>
</subsection>
<subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507/b" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Rule of Construction.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For purposes of subsection (a), the ministerial issuance or amendment of an authorization occurs only when the issuance or amendment of the authorization would not change the physical environment or the activities, facilities, or program of the operations governed by the authorization, and at least one of the following apply:</chapeau>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507/b/1" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The authorization is issued upon a change in control of the holder of an existing authorization.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507/b/2" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The holder, upon expiration of an authorization, is issued a new authorization.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507/b/3" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The authorization is amended—</chapeau>
<subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/108/7/tV/s507/b/3/A" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to effectuate administrative changes, such as modification of the land use fee or conversion to a new special use authorization form; or</content>
</subparagraph>
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to include nondiscretionary environmental standards or to conform with current law.</content>
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