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[CITE: 43USC390hh]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I-A--RECLAMATION REFORM
 
Sec. 390hh. Operation and maintenance charges


(a) Price adequate to recover charges

    The price of irrigation water delivered by the Secretary pursuant to 
a contract or an amendment to a contract with a district, as specified 
in section 390cc of this title, shall be at least sufficient to recover 
all operation and maintenance charges which the district is obligated to 
pay to the United States.

(b) Modification of price

    Whenever a district enters into a contract or requests that its 
contract be amended as specified in section 390cc of this title, and 
each year thereafter, the Secretary shall calculate such operation and 
maintenance charges and shall modify the price of irrigation water 
delivered under the contract as necessary to reflect any changes in such 
costs by amending the district's contract accordingly.

(c) Districts not operating from Federal funds

    This section shall not apply to districts which operate and maintain 
project facilities and finance the operation and maintenance thereof 
from non-Federal funds.

(Pub. L. 97-293, title II, Sec. 208, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1267.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 390ee of this title.
