2021 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12 - Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
Subchapter XV - Town Sites, Parks, Playgrounds, and School Sites
Sec. 567 - Water rights for towns and cities; charges
| 43 U.S.C. § 567 (2021) |
| §567. Water rights for towns and cities; charges |
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The Secretary of the Interior shall, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation Act, provide for water rights in amount he may deem necessary for the towns established as provided, in sections 561, 562 and 566 of this title, and may enter into contract with the proper authorities of such towns, and other towns or cities on or in the immediate vicinity of irrigation projects, which shall have a water right from the same source as that of said project for the delivery of such water supply to some convenient point, and for the payment into the reclamation fund of charges for the same to be paid by such towns or cities, which charges shall not be less nor upon terms more favorable than those fixed by the Secretary of the Interior for the irrigation project from which the water is taken. |
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(Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, §4, 34 Stat. 116.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The reclamation Act, referred to in text, is identified in section 561 of this title as act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, 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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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| Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCHAPTER XV - TOWN SITES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND SCHOOL SITES Sec. 567 - Water rights for towns and cities; charges |
| section 567 |
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| 32 Stat. 388 34 Stat. 116 |
