Any such contract with the United States or any department or agency thereof, or with any private corporation organized under the laws of the United States, by which the district or an improvement district thereof incurs an indebtedness or liability exceeding in any year the income and revenue for such year, shall not be executed without the assent of a majority of the qualified electors of the district or the improvement district voting at an election to be held for that purpose. Such election shall be called and held, so far as practicable, in the same manner as bond elections for the district or an improvement district.
Cal. Water Code § 71724
Contracts With Other Agencies
Known as the Municipal Water District Law
The act spans §§ 71000 to 73001 (528 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lake Elsinore Citizens' Committee for Voters' Rights v. United States Bureau of Reclamation (1989)
Most recently applied in Lake Elsinore Citizens' Committee for Voters' Rights v. United States Bureau of Reclamation (February 1989)
Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 151.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.