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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 2000 · Sec. 604

Sec. 604. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 604 DEFINITIONS **[**[16 U.S.C. 6203](/us/usc/t16/s6203)**]** In this title: ####
(1)Agency The term “**agency**” means the Forest Service. ####
(2)Authorization The term “**authorization**” means a special use permit for the use and occupancy of National Forest System land by a cabin owner under the authority of the program. ####
(3)Base cabin user fee The term “**base cabin user fee**” means the fee for an authorization that results from the appraisal of a lot as determined in accordance with sections 606 and 607. ####
(4)Cabin The term “**cabin**” means a privately built and owned recreation residence that is authorized for use and occupancy on National Forest System land. ####
(5)Cabin owner The term “**cabin owner**” means— #####
(A)a person authorized by the agency to use and to occupy a cabin on National Forest System land; and #####
(B)an heir or assign of such a person. ####
(6)Cabin user fee The term “**cabin user fee**” means a special use fee paid annually by a cabin owner to the Secretary in accordance with this title. ####
(7)Caretaker cabin The term “**caretaker cabin**” means a caretaker residence occupied in limited cases in which caretaker services are necessary to maintain the security of a tract. ####
(8)Current cabin user fee The term “**current cabin user fee**” means the most recent cabin user fee that results from an annual adjustment to the base cabin user fee in accordance with section 608. ####
(9)Lot The term “**lot**” means a parcel of land in the National Forest System— #####
(A)on which a cabin owner is authorized to build, use, occupy, and maintain a cabin and related improvements; and #####
(B)that is considered to be in its natural, native state at the time at which a use of the lot described in subparagraph
(A)is first permitted by the Secretary. ####
(10)Natural, native state The term “**natural, native state**” means the condition of a lot or site, free of any improvements, at the time at which the lot or site is first authorized for recreation residence use by the agency. ####
(11)Program The term “**program**” means the recreation residence program established under the authority of the last paragraph under the heading “**forest service**” in the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1101, chapter 144; 16 U.S.C. 497). ####
(12)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. ####
(13)Tract The term “**tract**” means an established location within a National Forest containing 1 or more cabins authorized in accordance with the program. ####
(14)Tract association The term “**tract association**” means a cabin owner association in which all cabin owners within a tract are eligible for membership. ####
(15)Typical lot The term “**typical lot**” means a cabin lot, or a group of cabin lots, in a tract that is selected for use in an appraisal as being representative of, and that has similar value characteristics as, other lots or groups of lots within the tract.
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  • 16 USC 6203
  • 38 Stat. 1101
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