2020 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. 494 - Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge
| 43 U.S.C. § 494 (2020) |
| §494. Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge |
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If any operation or maintenance charge is unpaid on the 1st day of the third calendar month after it became due a penalty of 1 per centum of the amount unpaid shall be added thereto, and thereafter an additional penalty of one-half of 1 per centum of the amount unpaid shall be added on the 1st day of each calendar month if such charge and penalties shall remain unpaid. |
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(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, §6, 38 Stat. 688; Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, §4, subsec. H, 43 Stat. 703.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Section is comprised of part of first sentence of section 6 of act Aug. 13, 1914. Remainder of first sentence of such section 6 is classified to sections 479, 493 and 495 of this title; second and third sentences of such section 6 are classified to sections 496 and 497 of this title, respectively. Act Dec. 5, 1924, reduced the additional penalty from 1 per centum to one-half of 1 per centum. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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| Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCHAPTER XI - MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY Sec. 494 - Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge |
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| 38 Stat. 688 43 Stat. 703 |
