SECTIONS 21480-21482 - California Statutes

PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE

SECTION 21480-21482

21480. The provisions of this article shall apply to contracts by
the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, as provided for in
Chapter 2146 of the Statutes of 1959.

21481. The Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency shall have the
power to join with one or more public agencies, private corporations,
or other persons for the purpose of carrying out any of the powers
of the agency, and for that purpose to contract with such other
public agencies or private corporations or persons for the purpose of
financing such acquisitions, constructions, and operations. Such
contracts may provide for contributions to be made by each party
thereto and for the division and apportionment of the expenses of
such acquisitions and operations, and the division and apportionment
of the benefits, the services and products therefrom, and may provide
for any agency to effect such acquisitions and to carry on such
operations, and shall provide in the powers and methods of procedure
for such agency the method by which such agency may contract. Such
contracts with other public agencies or private corporations or
persons may contain such other and further covenants and agreements
as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes thereof.
The term "public agency," as used in this paragraph, shall be deemed
to mean and include the United States or any department or agency
thereof, the State of California or any department or agency thereof,
a county, city, public corporation, the Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California, or public district of this state. The term
"private corporation," as used in this paragraph, shall be deemed to
mean and include any private corporation organized under the laws of
the United States or of this or any other state thereof. Contracts
mentioned herein include those made with the United States, under the
Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory
thereof or supplementary thereto or any other act of Congress
heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting cooperation. Any such
contract with the United States or any department or agency thereof,
or with any private corporation organized under the laws of the
United States, by which the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency
incurs an indebtedness or liability exceeding in any year the income
and revenue for such year shall not be executed without the assent of
two-thirds of the qualified electors of the agency voting at a
special election to be held for that purpose, such election to be
called and held, so far as practicable, in the same manner as bond
elections for the agency.

21482. In case of an emergency, if notice for bids to let contracts
will not be given, the agency shall comply with Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 22050).