SECTIONS 74610-74618 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 74610-74618

74610. A district may cooperate and contract with the United States
either under 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 such cooperation or contract.

74611. The cooperation or contract may be for any or all of the
following purposes:
(a) Acquisition or construction of works authorized by this
division.
(b) A water supply.
(c) Acquisition or disposal of water or water rights or water
storage or conservation facilities and rights, and any interest in
such water, water rights, or water storage or conservation
facilities.
(d) Acquisition or construction of works for any useful purpose.
(e) Investigation, study, or preparation of proposals or plans for
any or all of the above purposes.
(f) Obligation of the district to repay to the United States
advances of funds made by the United States to the district for any
or all of the above purposes.
(g) Assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the
United States.

74612. A district may carry out and perform the terms of any
contract so made.

74613. As used in this article, "United States" includes the United
States, and any board, bureau, agency, office or officers,
department, or corporation of the United States.

74614. The board shall generally perform all acts necessary to
exercise the authority conferred by this article, except that if the
issuance of bonds of the district is necessary for such purposes, the
bonds shall be voted upon and issued in the manner provided in this
division for the incurring of bonded indebtedness of the district.

74615. When, in furtherance of a contract made with the United
States, bonds of a district are authorized, such bonds may be
transferred to or deposited with the United States, at not less than
their par value. In such case, the interest or principal, or both, of
such bonds may be legally paid to the United States and applied to
the amount, or any part thereof, to be paid by the district to the
United States, as provided in the contract.

74616. The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment
of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or
authorization of the district by the United States to make collection
of money for, and on behalf of, the United States, and to assume the
duties and liabilities incidental thereto. The board may do any and
all things required by the federal statutes now or hereafter enacted
in connection therewith, and all things required by any rules or
regulations now or hereafter established under any such federal
statutes.

74617. A contract entered into between a district and the United
States may provide that the district shall not be dissolved, nor
shall the boundaries be changed except upon the written consent of an
official of the United States filed with the official records of the
district. If such consent is given and the lands excluded, the area
excluded shall be free from all liens and charges for payments to
become due to the United States under any such contract.

74618. As whole or partial consideration for any privileges
obtained by a district under any contract with the United States, any
rights-of-way or rights to water or to the property owned or
acquired by the district may be conveyed by the board to the United
States insofar as they may be needed for the construction, operation,
and maintenance of works by the United States for the benefit of the
district pursuant to such contract.