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[CITE: 43USC569]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
     SUBCHAPTER XV--TOWN SITES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND SCHOOL SITES
 
Sec. 569. Reservation of land for park, playground, or community 
        center
        

(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 
        Stat. 2792

(b) Water service

    Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained in this section 
every such tract of land so set apart shall be supplied with water from 
the Government irrigation system, the cost thereof to be charged to the 
remaining lands of the project as a part of the construction charge of 
such project, and shall be maintained and used in perpetuity by the 
people upon said reclaimed lands for a pleasure park, public playground, 
and community center.

(c) Contract for maintenance and use

    For the purpose of carrying out and effecting the objects of this 
section the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into a 
contract with the organization formed by the owners of the lands 
irrigated within said project or project unit pursuant to section 498 of 
this title, stipulating and providing that the organization will 
maintain and use such of the lands so reserved for the purposes 
prescribed in this section as such organization may desire, and that 
upon failure to so maintain and use such lands, or in the event that 
same shall be permitted to be used or occupied for other purposes than 
those stipulated in this section, the control of the lands shall revert 
to the United States.

(d) Disposition of land not contracted for

    Any of such lands not contracted for in accordance with the 
provisions of subsection (c) of this section within ten years from the 
time water is available for the same, or sooner, if the Secretary of the 
Interior may deem it desirable, shall be disposed of in accordance with 
the public land laws applicable thereto, and the proceeds from the 
disposition of lands reverting to the United States under the provisions 
of this section, and from sales of water rights, shall be covered into 
the reclamation fund and placed to the credit of the project wherein the 
lands are situate.

(Oct. 5, 1914, ch. 316, Secs. 1-4, 38 Stat. 727, 728; Pub. L. 94-579, 
title VII, Sec. 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)

                       References in Text

    The public land laws, referred to in subsec. (d), are classified 
generally to this title.


                               Amendments

    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-579 struck out subsec. (a) authorizing 
Secretary of the Interior to withdraw and reserve lands for country 
parks, public playgrounds, etc.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Section 704(a) of Pub. L. 94-579 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.


                            Savings Provision

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-579 not to be construed as terminating any 
valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see 
section 701 of Pub. L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 569a of this title.
