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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 564l. Klamath irrigation works
(a) Transfer of operation and maintenance
That part of section 499 of title 43, which relates to the
transfer of the care, operation, and maintenance of reclamation
works to water users associations or irrigation districts shall be
applicable to the irrigation works on the Klamath Reservation.
(b) Termination of construction costs deferment; recordation of
lien
Effective on the first day of the calendar year beginning after
the date of the proclamation provided for in section 564q of this
title, the deferment of the assessment and collection of
construction costs provided for in the first proviso of section
386a of this title, shall terminate with respect to any lands
within irrigation projects on the Klamath Reservation. The
Secretary shall cause the first lien against such lands created by
section 387 (!1) of this title, to be filed of record in the
appropriate county office.
(c) Appropriation authorization
There is authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $89,212 for payment
to the Klamath Tribe with interest at 4 per centum annually as
reimbursement for tribal funds used for irrigation construction
operation and maintenance benefiting nontribal lands on the Klamath
Reservation, such interest being computed from the dates of
disbursement of such funds from the United States Treasury.
(d) Adjustment of reimbursable irrigation costs
The Secretary is authorized to adjust, eliminate, or cancel all
or any part of reimbursable irrigation operation and maintenance
costs and reimbursable irrigation construction costs chargeable
against Indian owned lands that are subject to the provisions of
this subchapter, and all or any part of assessments heretofore or
hereafter imposed on account of such costs, when he determines that
the collection thereof would be inequitable or would result in
undue hardship on the Indian owner of the land, or that the
administrative costs of collection would probably equal or exceed
the amount collected.
(e) Applicable irrigation laws
Nothing contained in any other section of this subchapter shall
affect in any way the laws applicable to irrigation projects on the
Klamath Reservation.
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