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25 CFR § 171.700 - When do I not have to pay my annual operation and maintenance assessment?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s171.700"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 171.700 - When do I not have to pay my annual operation and maintenance assessment?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "171.700"
section_name: "When do I not have to pay my annual operation and maintenance assessment?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "171"
part_name: "IRRIGATION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 25 U.S.C. 13; 25 U.S.C. 381; Act of April 4, 1910, 36 Stat. 270, as amended (codified at 25 U.S.C. 385); 25 U.S.C. 386a; Act of June 22, 1936, 49 Stat. 1803 (codified at 25 U.S.C. 389 )."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 11036, Feb. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "171"
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# 171.700 When do I not have to pay my annual operation and maintenance assessment?

You do not have to pay your annual operation and maintenance assessment for your land(s) within the service area of your irrigation facility when:

(a) We grant you an Annual Assessment Waiver; or

(b) We grant you an Incentive Agreement which may include waiving your annual operation and maintenance assessment; or

(c) Your land is re-designated as permanently non-assessable or temporarily non-assessable.