43 USC § 494 - Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s494"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 494 - Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "494"
section_name: "Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688; Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. H, 43 Stat. 703.)"
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# § 494. Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge

If any operation or maintenance charge is unpaid on the 1st day of the third calendar month after it became due a penalty of 1 per centum of the amount unpaid shall be added thereto, and thereafter an additional penalty of one-half of 1 per centum of the amount unpaid shall be added on the 1st day of each calendar month if such charge and penalties shall remain unpaid.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688; Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. H, 43 Stat. 703.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of part of first sentence of section 6 of act . Remainder of first sentence of such section 6 is classified to sections 479, 493 and 495 of this title; second and third sentences of such section 6 are classified to sections 496 and 497 of this title, respectively.

Act , reduced the additional penalty from 1 per centum to one-half of 1 per centum.