Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY › § 493
For projects already built before December 5, 1924, the Secretary of the Interior sets the due date for operation and maintenance charges. If you pay the charge on or before that date, you get a 5% discount. For any new project or new part of a project approved after December 5, 1924, the contract must say the operation and maintenance charges are paid in advance. If care, operation, and maintenance are turned over to the water users, the contract must also require advance payment. If water charges are adjusted under sections 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433, 438, 462, 463, 466, 467, 473, 474, 478, 493, 494, 500, 501, or 526 of this title, the adjustment contract must make future operation and maintenance charges payable in advance.
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43 U.S.C. § 493
Title 43 — Public Lands
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73