Section 987.602 Of Article 3.1. Veterans’ Farm And Home Purchase Act Of 1974 From California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 3.1.
987.602
. (a) Subject to the conditions and limitations specified in
Section 987.603, the department may acquire an Indian veteran's
leasehold interest in tribal trust land for the purpose of entering
into a contract with the Indian veteran for the acquisition of a farm
or home or for the construction of a dwelling house or other
improvements for a farm or home or for the purchase and installation
of a mobilehome on the leasehold land.
(b) For purposes of this section, the leasehold interest to be
acquired by the department shall have been granted by the tribe for
which the land is held in trust to the Indian veteran for a term of
at least 25 years renewable without notice on the same terms and
conditions for an additional period of at least 25 years. The lease
shall be in a form acceptable to the tribe, the department, and the
United States Secretary of the Interior, shall be duly executed in
accordance with the tribe's constitution and bylaws or other tribal
laws, and shall provide that the Indian veteran and his assignees
shall have access to the property for the term of the lease. The
Indian veteran shall assign the lease to the department without cost
and shall obtain the consents of the tribe and the United States
Secretary of the Interior to that assignment.