SECTIONS 44000-44006 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 44000-44006

44000. Any district may cooperate and contract with the state, the
department, any other district, or the United States under any laws
of the state or the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all
acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or under any other
act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted authorizing or
permitting the cooperation or contract.

44001. The cooperation and contract may be for any or all of the
following purposes:
(a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation, or
maintenance of works for irrigation, drainage, storage, flood
control, generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy
incidental thereto, or any of these.
(b) A water supply.
(c) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the
state, the department, any other district, or the United States.
(d) To carry out the terms of any contract between the district
and the state, the department, any other district, or the United
States.

44002. Any contract made between a district and the state, the
department, any other district, or the United States may designate
and describe the land which is to be served with water from the
waterworks or system contemplated under the contract and, in that
case, only such land may be charged with any of the assessments
mentioned in this chapter.

44003. The board may provide by contract with the state, the
department, any other district, or the United States for the delivery
and distribution of water for the land of the district under any
laws of the state or acts of Congress and under any rules and
regulations established thereunder.

44006. The board shall perform all acts necessary to carry out the
enlarged powers enumerated in this chapter.