43 U.S.C. § 469 : US Code - Section 469: Increase in construction charges

Search 43 U.S.C. § 469 : US Code - Section 469: Increase in construction charges

No increase in the construction charges shall, after August 13,
1914, be made, after the same have been fixed by public notice,
except by agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and a
majority of the water-right applicants and entrymen to be affected
by such increase, whereupon all water-right applicants and entrymen
in the area proposed to be affected by the increased charge shall
become subject thereto. Such increased charge shall be added to the
construction charge and payment thereof distributed over the
remaining unpaid installments of construction charges: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may agree
that such increased construction charge shall be paid in additional
annual installments, each of which shall be at least equal to the
amount of the largest installment as fixed for the project by the
public notice theretofore issued. And such additional installments
of the increased construction charge, as so agreed upon shall
become due and payable on December 1 of each year subsequent to the
year when the final installment of the construction charge under
such public notice is due and payable: Provided further, That all
such increased construction charges shall be subject to the same
conditions, penalties, and suit or action as provided in sections
478, 480, and 481 of this title.