CHAPTER 2. Cooperation With United States

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.

§§ 23175–23302 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 23175–23179 · 5 sections

   • § 23175 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Irrigation District Federal Cooperation Law.
   • § 23176 The provisions of this chapter apply only to proceedings taken under it and do not apply to district operations unrelated to cooperation with the United…
   • § 23177 The definitions in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of this division are applicable to this chapter.
   • § 23178 Article 35 (commencing with Section 20560) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code does not apply in the case of any contract between…
   • § 23179 The board shall perform all acts necessary to carry out the enlarged powers enumerated in this chapter.
2. ARTICLE 2. Contracts With United States §§ 23195–23204 · 10 sections

   • § 23195 Districts may cooperate and contract with the United States under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or…
   • § 23196 The co-operation and contract may be for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Acquisition, extension, or operation of works for irrigation or drainage or…
   • § 23197 In a contract made pursuant to Section 23196 a district may include provision for either or both of the following: (a) Delivery and distribution of water for…
   • § 23198 When a contract has been made with the United States, if so provided by the contract and authorized pursuant to this chapter, bonds of the district may be…
   • § 23199 The contract with the United States may likewise call for the payment of the amount or any part thereof to be paid by the district to the United States, at the…
   • § 23200 All water, the right to the use of which is acquired by a district under any contract with the United States shall be distributed and apportioned by the…
   • § 23201 A district may pursuant to the contract sell or lease water for private land, to entrymen, or to municipalities, in the neighborhood of the district.
   • § 23202 When a contract pursuant to this chapter has been entered into between the United States and any district, the district shall not be dissolved, nor shall its…
   • § 23203 A district may accept an appointment to collect money for or to act as fiscal agent of the United States in connection with any Federal reclamation project,…
   • § 23204 Any property owned or acquired by a district may be conveyed by it to the United States in so far as the property may be needed for the construction or…
3. ARTICLE 3. Approval of Federal Contracts §§ 23220–23225 · 5 sections

   • § 23220 A proposal to enter into a contract with the United States shall be authorized at an election if the contract is for any or all of the following: (a) Repayment…
   • § 23221 Proceedings at the election shall be had in so far as applicable in the manner provided in the case of the ordinary issuance of district bonds.
   • § 23223 Notice of the election shall contain in addition to the information required in the case of ordinary bond elections a statement of the maximum amount of money…
   • § 23224 The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of election and the…
   • § 23225 An action to determine the validity of any contract and bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Federal Contract Assessments §§ 23240–23245 · 8 sections

   • § 23240 All payments to the United States under any contract between a district and the United States, including payments of interest and principal on bonds deposited…
   • § 23241 The district by its board shall annually levy an assessment sufficient to raise the money necessary to meet all payments when due as provided in the contract.
   • § 23242 The assessment required in any year to meet the payment due to the United States for all purposes under the contract may be apportioned in accordance with the…
   • § 23242.4 Where a district makes a contract with the United States for a supply of water or for the payment or repayment of construction costs upon a reclamation…
   • § 23242.5 The contract between a district and the United States may, subject to hearing and equalization as provided herein, determine, or provide for the method of…
   • § 23243 Public land of the United States within any district shall be subject to assessment for all purposes of this chapter to the extent provided for by the act of…
   • § 23244 Nothing in this chapter relieves any district from its obligation to pay as a district in case of the default of any land unless so provided by the contract.
   • § 23245 All money collected in pursuance of the contract shall be paid into the district treasury and held in a fund to be known as the “United States Contract Fund”…
5. ARTICLE 5. Construction of Works for United States §§ 23260–23264 · 5 sections

   • § 23260 When the United States is authorized to construct works for the benefit of any district and the district is obligated to repay the construction cost in whole…
   • § 23261 If a district is the successful bidder for the construction of the works or any part of them, the district may execute at its expense a bond for the faithful…
   • § 23262 A district upon the execution with the United States of a contract for the construction of works by the district shall proceed with the work in the same manner…
   • § 23263 For the purpose of providing the necessary money to carry on the construction work the district may borrow money for a term not exceeding five years at rates…
   • § 23264 Any money received by a district from the United States under the contract shall first be applied to the retirement of notes, warrants, or other evidences of…
6. ARTICLE 6. Borrowing from United States §§ 23280–23289 · 9 sections

   • § 23280 In addition to other powers conferred by this chapter districts may pursuant to this article borrow or procure money from the United States for any of the…
   • § 23281 When the United States has appraised the security underlying the indebtedness of any district or loans any district money to refund any of its indebtedness or…
   • § 23282 Any district, upon being authorized so to do as provided by Article 3 of this chapter as modified in this article, may as evidence of the loan execute a…
   • § 23283 A district may issue bonds if required by the contract or without a contract.
   • § 23284 The bonds shall contain any terms and be payable in any manner and from any source of revenue that may be agreed upon between the district and the United…
   • § 23285 The bonds may be serial or sinking fund bonds, may be made callable either by number or by lot, and may be made payable to bearer or to the United States. They…
   • § 23287 A majority vote at an election shall be sufficient to authorize the execution of the contract.
   • § 23288 The notice of election and ballot need contain only the information required in the case of ordinary bond elections.
   • § 23289 Proposals both to enter into a contract and to issue bonds may be voted upon as a single proposition.
7. ARTICLE 7. County Water Districts as Irrigation Districts §§ 23300–23302 · 3 sections

   • § 23300 As used in this article “county water district” means a county water district which has heretofore executed or shall hereafter execute a contract with the…
   • § 23301 Every such county water district shall, within the meaning of the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An act to promote the reclamation of arid…
   • § 23302 Public land of the United States within any such county water district is subject to assessment and taxation for all purposes of such district to the extent…