Cal. WAT § 12003
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 12003, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
Any person may co-operate and contract with the United States, 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 permitting co-operation or contracts for any or all of the purposes set forth in Section 12004, whether under said federal reclamation laws, or otherwise.
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