2016 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12 - Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
Subchapter IX - Construction Charges
Sec. 462 - Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 462 (2016)
Section Name §462. Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges
Section Text

The irrigable lands of each new project and new division of a project approved, after December 5, 1924, shall be classified by the Secretary with respect to their power, under a proper agricultural program, to support a family and pay water charges, and the Secretary is authorized to fix different construction charges against different classes of land under the same project for the purpose of equitably apportioning the total construction cost so that all lands may as far as practicable bear the burden of such cost according to their productive value.

Source Credit

(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, §4, subsec. D, 43 Stat. 702.)

Editorial Notes DEFINITIONS

The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 IX - CONSTRUCTION CHARGES
Sec. 462 - Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges
Contains section 462
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large Reference 43 Stat. 702
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