§ 522. — Lease of water power.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC522]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XIII--SALE OR LEASE OF SURPLUS WATERS, WATER POWER, STORAGE
CAPACITY, AND WATER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
Sec. 522. Lease of water power
Whenever a development of power is necessary for the irrigation of
lands, under any project undertaken under the said reclamation Act, or
an opportunity is afforded for the development of power under any such
project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to lease for a
period not exceeding ten years, giving preference to municipal purposes,
any surplus power or power privilege, and the moneys derived from such
leases shall be covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the
credit of the project from which such power is derived: Provided, That
no lease shall be made of such surplus power or power privileges as will
impair the efficiency of the irrigation project: Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to make
such a lease in connection with Rio Grande project in Texas and New
Mexico for a longer period not exceeding fifty years, with the approval
of the water-users' association or associations under any such project,
organized in conformity with the rules and regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior in pursuance of section 498 of this title.
(Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, Sec. 5, 34 Stat. 117; Feb. 24, 1911, ch. 155,
36 Stat. 930.)
References in Text
The said reclamation Act, referred to in text, means act June 17,
1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, which is classified generally
to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
