{"data":{"id":"us/43-u.s.c.-494","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 U.S.C. § 494","heading":"Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of operation charge","body":"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.","path":["Title 43—PUBLIC LANDS","CHAPTER 12—RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc43@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:36Z","sha256":"66510556e5a41d8138a6221a1df8e73984ce74c19b6fd9fd47500a7ca6f3252b","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/43-u.s.c.-493a","next":"us/43-u.s.c.-495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}