Legalize§ 499. Discretionary power to transfer management
§ 499. Discretionary power to transfer management
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.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 5, 38 Stat. 687.)
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.
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