43 U.S.C. § 499
Discretionary power to transfer management
United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective
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Whenever any legally organized water-users’ association or irrigation district shall so request, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to such water-users’ association or irrigation district the care, operation, and maintenance of all or any part of the project works, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
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