§500 — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

Summary

When two-thirds of a project's irrigable land is under water-right contracts with the United States, the project must be turned over to a legally organized water‑users' association or an irrigation district before it can get certain federal benefits under this title. That association or district must take over the care, operation, and maintenance of all or part of the project and must follow rules the Secretary sets. After the transfer, the United States will deal directly with that association or district. When the water users take control, that year's operation and maintenance charges must be put into the project's construction account and repaid as part of the construction repayments.

Title 43, §500

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Whenever two-thirds of the irrigable area of any project, or division of a project, shall be covered by water-right contracts between the water users and the United States, said project shall be required, as a condition precedent to receiving the benefits of section 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433, 438,11 See References in Text note below. 462, 463,1 466, 467,1 473,1 474,1 478, 493, 494, 500, 501, and 526 of this title to take over, through a legally organized water-users’ association or irrigation district, the care, operation, and maintenance of all or any part of the project works, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, and thereafter the United States, in its relation to said project, shall deal with a water users’ association or irrigation district, and when the water users assume control of a project, the operation and maintenance charges for the year then current shall be covered into the construction account to be repaid as part of the construction repayments.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 438 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, § 10, 67 Stat. 568. section 463, 467, 473, and 474 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by act May 25, 1926, ch. 383, § 47, 44 Stat. 650.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.

§500 Duty of association or district to take over management