§ 492. — Operation and maintenance charges generally.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC492]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XI--MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY
Sec. 492. Operation and maintenance charges generally
In addition to the construction charge, every water-right applicant,
entryman, or landowner under or upon a reclamation project shall also
pay, whenever water service is available for the irrigation of his land,
an operation and maintenance charge based upon the total cost of
operation and maintenance of the project, or each separate unit thereof,
and such charge shall be made for each acre-foot of water delivered; but
each acre of irrigable land, whether irrigated or not, shall be charged
with a minimum operation and maintenance charge based upon the charge
for delivery of not less than one acre-foot of water. If the total
amount of operation and maintenance charges and penalties collected for
any one irrigation season on any project shall exceed the cost of
operation and maintenance of the project during that irrigation season,
the balance shall be applied to a reduction of the charge on the project
for the next irrigation season, and any deficit incurred may likewise be
added to the charge for the next irrigation season.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 687.)
Codification
Section is comprised of part of first sentence and second sentence
of section 5 of act Aug. 13, 1914. Remainder of first sentence of such
section is classified to section 499 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 465, 475, 511, 591a of this
title.
