§ 491 Authority of Secretary to operate works
§ 492 Operation and maintenance charges generally
§ 493 Operation charges; date of payment; discount; advance payment
§ 494 Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge
§ 495 Shutting off water for nonpayment of operation charge
§ 496 Cancellation of entry or water right for nonpayment of operation charge
§ 497 Action to recover operation charge and penalty
§ 498 Transfer of management and operation of works to water users generally
§ 499 Discretionary power to transfer management
§ 499a Transfer of title to movable property; use of appropriations
§ 499b Transfer to municipal corporations or other organizations of care, operation, and maintenance of works supplying water for municipal, domestic, or industrial use
§ 500 Duty of association or district to take over management
§ 501 Disposition of profits of project taken over by water users
§ 502 Emergency fund to assure continuous operation of projects and project facilities governed by Federal reclamation law
§ 503 “Unusual or emergency conditions” defined
§ 504 Rehabilitation and betterment of Federal reclamation projects, including small reclamation projects; return of costs; interest; definitions; performance of work
§ 505 Drainage facilities and minor construction in irrigation works; contracts with repayment organizations; limitation on costs; submission of contract to Congress
§ 505a Definitions
§ 505a-1 Asset Management Report enhancements for reserved works
§ 505a-2 Asset Management Report enhancements for transferred works
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 43 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter XI - Maintenance and Operation of Works Generally

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1