10 USC 2481: Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities

10 USC 2481: Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995

From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENTCHAPTER 147-UTILITIES AND SERVICES

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§2481. Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities

(a) Under such regulations and for such periods and at such prices as he may prescribe, the Secretary concerned or his designee may sell or contract to sell to purchasers within or in the immediate vicinity of an activity of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, any of the following utilities and related services, if it is determined that they are not available from another local source and that the sale is in the interest of national defense or in the public interest:

(1) Electric power.

(2) Steam.

(3) Compressed air.

(4) Water.

(5) Sewage and garbage disposal.

(6) Natural, manufactured, or mixed gas.

(7) Ice.

(8) Mechanical refrigeration.

(9) Telephone service.

(b) Proceeds of sales under subsection (a) shall be credited to the appropriation currently available for the supply of that utility or service.

(c) To meet local needs the Secretary concerned may make minor expansions and extensions of any distributing system or facility within an activity through which a utility or service is furnished under subsection (a).

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 141 ; Aug. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86–156, 73 Stat. 338 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
2481(a)	5:626s. 5:626s–1 (less words between semicolon and colon). 10:1269.	July 30, 1947, ch. 394, 61 Stat. 675 ; Aug. 8, 1949, ch. 403, §5, 63 Stat. 576 .
	10:1269a (less words between semicolon and colon).
	34:553a.
	34:553b (less words between semicolon and colon).
2481(b)	5:626s–1 (words between semicolon and colon).
	10:1269a (words between semicolon and colon).
	34:553b (words between semicolon and colon).
2481(c)	5:626s–2.
	10:1269b.
	34:553c.

In subsection (a), the words "within his establishment", "of time", and the opening clauses of 5:626s–1, 10:1269a, and 34:553b, are omitted as surplusage. The words "not available from another local source" are substituted for the words "not otherwise available from local private or public sources".

In subsection (b), the words "of sales under subsection (a)" are substituted for the words "received for any such utilities and related services sold pursuant to the authority of said sections". The words "or appropriations" are omitted as surplusage.

Amendments

1959-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–156, §1(1), substituted "concerned" for "of a military department" and inserted "or Coast Guard," after "Marine Corps,".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86–156, §1(2), struck out "of the military department" after "Secretary".

Cross References

Extension telephones in naval quarters, see section 7576 of this title.

Young Men's Christian Association buildings, heat and light furnished by Secretary of the Navy, see section 7580 of this title.