A district shall have 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 such district, 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this division, such contracts may provide that bonds of such district may be issued in order to acquire water rights or entitlements, including the right to receive and use water or a water supply, for each of the parties to such contracts, with such water rights or entitlements being divided among the parties in consideration of the payments to be made by such parties in order to provide debt service on the bonds of such district. A district may issue its bonds for the purpose of acquiring such water rights or entitlements under such contracts whenever joint action with the other parties to such contracts is reasonably necessary or convenient in order to obtain such water rights or entitlements for the district, and in such case the issuance of bonds of the district shall be considered a public purpose for the benefit of the district within the meaning of Section 25 of Article XIII of the California Constitution. 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 an 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 or private corporations or persons may contain such other and further convenants and agreements as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 860.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018