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. 499 - Discretionary power to transfer management

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 499 (2020)
Section Name §499. Discretionary power to transfer management
Section Text

Whenever any legally organized water-users' association or irrigation district shall so request, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to such water-users' association or irrigation district the care, operation, and maintenance of all or any part of the project works, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.

Source Credit

(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, §5, 38 Stat. 687.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of part of first sentence of section 5 of act Aug. 13, 1914. Remainder of first sentence and second sentence of such section 5 are classified to section 492 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, 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. 499 - Discretionary power to transfer management
Contains section 499
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 38 Stat. 687
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