2021 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12 - Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
Subchapter XI - Maintenance and Operation of Works Generally
Sec. 503 - "Unusual or emergency conditions" defined

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 503 (2021)
Section Name §503. "Unusual or emergency conditions" defined
Section Text

The term "unusual or emergency conditions", as used in section 502 of this title, shall be construed to mean canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to transmission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service.

Source Credit

(June 26, 1948, ch. 676, §2, 62 Stat. 1052.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XI - MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY
Sec. 503 - "Unusual or emergency conditions" defined
Contains section 503
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 62 Stat. 1052
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