§ 500. — Duty of association or district to take over management.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC500]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XI--MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY
Sec. 500. Duty of association or district to take over
management
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 sections 371, 376,
377, 412, 417, 433, 438,\1\ 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.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, Sec. 4, subsec. G, 43 Stat. 702.)
References in Text
Section 438 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act
Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, Sec. 10, 67 Stat. 568.
Sections 463, 467, 473, and 474 of this title, referred to in text,
were repealed by act May 25, 1926, ch. 383, Sec. 47, 44 Stat. 650.
Definitions
The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 371, 417, 493 of this title.
