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[CITE: 43USC390yy]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I-A--RECLAMATION REFORM
 
Sec. 390yy. Leasing requirements

    Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal reclamation law, 
including this subchapter, lands which receive irrigation water may be 
leased only if the lease instrument is--
        (1) written; and
        (2) for a term not to exceed ten years, including any 
    exercisable options: Provided, however, That leases of lands for the 
    production of perennial crops having an average life of more than 
    ten years may be for periods of time equal to the average life of 
    the perennial crop but in any event not to exceed twenty-five years.

(Pub. L. 97-293, title II, Sec. 227, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1273.)

                       References in Text

    Federal reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in section 
390aa of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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