41-511.18. Spur Cross Ranch state park
A. The Arizona state parks board shall establish Spur Cross Ranch state park subject to the following conditions:
1. A purchase and sale agreement shall be executed between the Arizona state parks board and at least one owner of Spur Cross Ranch as described in subsection D of this section. The purchase and sale agreement shall be for property that is suitable for a state park consistent with the mission of the Arizona state parks board. The purchase and sale agreement shall be based on an appraisal made by an appraiser who is certified by a nationally recognized appraisal organization. The purchase and sale agreement shall be for a price no greater than the appraised value, but can and may be for a price less than the appraised value.
2. An intergovernmental agreement shall be executed between the Arizona state parks board and a county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census. That county shall provide half of the purchase price of the portion of Spur Cross Ranch as determined in the purchase and sale agreement between the Arizona state parks board and at least one owner of Spur Cross Ranch.
3. An intergovernmental agreement shall be executed between the Arizona state parks board and a county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census or with cities or towns or with both and that specifies the obligations of the parties to manage and operate Spur Cross Ranch state park.
B. If funding is provided for the acquisition of Spur Cross Ranch other than from sources administered by an agency of this state or a county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census, the obligation of this state and that county is reduced proportionately by the amount of other funding sources. The use of federal monies for any portion of the costs of acquisition of the Spur Cross Ranch shall not affect this state's jurisdiction over the acquisition, operation or maintenance of the Spur Cross Ranch as a state park.
C. The Arizona state parks board may accept gifts and donations toward the acquisition, management and operation of Spur Cross Ranch state park. Any gifts and donations collected shall be deposited in the state parks donations fund established by section 41-511.11 and accounted for separately. The Arizona state parks board shall ensure public access to the Spur Cross Ranch state park.
D. Spur Cross Ranch state park consists of all or part of the following described property:
1. Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6; the south half of the northwest quarter; the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter; and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, all lying in and being a part of section 4, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
2. All of section 5, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona; except the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5.
3. All of section 6, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
4. The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 4, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
5. The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
6. The northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 8, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
7. The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 9, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
8. Lots 1 and 2; and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, all lying in and being a part of section 4, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
9. The north half of the north half of section 7, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
10. The south half of the southeast quarter of section 7, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
11. The south half of the northeast quarter of section 8, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona.
12. The Catherine lode mining claim, designated by the surveyor general as survey number 4096 embracing a portion of section 4, township 6 north, range 4 east of the Gila and salt river base and meridian, Maricopa county, Arizona, in the cave creek mining district, as conveyed and more particularly described in patent recorded in book 248 of deeds, page 400.
13. The Columbian lode mining claim, designated by the surveyor general as survey number 2685, embracing a portion of the unsurveyed domain in the cave creek mining district, as conveyed and more particularly described in patent recorded in book 99 of deeds, page 10.
14. The Mashackety lode mining claim, designated by the surveyor general as survey number 2685, embracing a portion of the unsurveyed domain in the Cave Creek mining district, as conveyed and more particularly described in patent recorded in book 99 of deeds, page 10.
15. The Mashackety number 1 lode mining claim, designated by the surveyor general as survey number 2685, embracing a portion of the unsurveyed domain in the Cave Creek mining district, as conveyed and more particularly described in patent recorded in book 99 of deeds, page 10.
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