California Water Code

§ 12056

WAT § 12056Div. 6 · Part 4.3

Statute text

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to make water available for any beneficial use of lands or inhabitants is hereby granted, in addition to and not in derogation or limitation of the powers conferred upon the public agency by any other law, the power:

(a)To enter into a contract with the department, subject to the provisions of Section 12057, for a water supply from the Washoe Project, or from any division or unit thereof, on behalf of the entire public agency, or of any portion or portions thereof for which the law applicable to the agency authorizes an indebtedness or liability to be incurred, including any improvement district, distribution district, or zone existing or hereafter established pursuant to the provisions of the law under which the public agency was formed, or pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (e) of this section, within said public agency, notwithstanding any debt limitation or other provision in the law applicable to such agency which might otherwise preclude or limit the incurring of such indebtedness or liability.

(b)To comply with the provisions of any contract entered into with the department under this part, including any provision which obligates the public agency, or any specified portion or portions thereof, to meet all commitments, financial or otherwise, undertaken by the public agency in such contract, notwithstanding any individual default by its constituents or others in the payment to the public agency of taxes, assessments, tolls, or other charges levied by the public agency.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.