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[CITE: 43USC423a]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
            SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS
 
Sec. 423a. Construction charges on permanently unproductive 
        lands already paid; disposition
        
    The construction charges prior to May 25, 1926, paid on permanently 
unproductive lands excluded from the project shall be applied as a 
credit on charges due or to become due on any remaining irrigable land 
covered by the same water-right contract or land taken in exchange as 
provided in section 423c of this title. If the charges so paid exceed 
the amount of all water-right charges due and unpaid, plus the 
construction charges not yet due, the balance shall be paid in cash to 
the holder of the water-right contract covering the land so excluded or 
to the irrigation district affected; which in turn shall be charged with 
the responsibility of making suitable adjustment with the landowners 
involved. Should all the irrigable lands of a water-right applicant be 
excluded from the project as permanently unproductive, and no exchange 
be made as provided in said section, the total construction charges paid 
before May 25, 1926, less any accrued charges on account of operation 
and maintenance, shall be refunded in cash, the water-right contract 
shall be canceled, and all liens on account of water-right charges shall 
be released.

(May 25, 1926, ch. 383, Sec. 42, 44 Stat. 647.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 423b, 423c, 423d, 423f, 424d 
of this title.
