43 U.S.C. § 462 — Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges

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For reclamation projects approved after December 5, 1924, the government must classify irrigable land by how well it can support a farming family and pay water charges. Construction charges can then be set differently for different classes of land, so the total project cost is spread fairly.

For every new reclamation project, and every new division of a project, approved after December 5, 1924, the Secretary must classify the irrigable land based on its ability — under proper farming — to support a family and pay its water charges. The Secretary can then set different construction charges for different classes of land within the same project, so that the total cost of building the project is divided fairly, with all the land bearing its share of the cost according to how productive it is.

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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.)

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1924Enacted · Act of Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4 · 43 Stat. 702

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