45-2241. Cooperation with governmental entities
A. The authority shall cooperate, coordinate and confer with the director of water resources, state agencies, municipal corporations, special districts, authorities, other political subdivisions of this state, private entities, Indian tribes and the United States on matters within their jurisdiction relating to the augmentation and conservation of the water supplies of the authority and its members.
B. Consistent with the purposes and policies of this chapter, the authority shall cooperate with established and existing organizations in acquiring, constructing and operating projects for use of or interconnection with suitable diversion, withdrawal, transportation, delivery, treatment, storage or recharge facilities.
C. Any authority member may request the authority to exercise its powers and privileges in making any project or proposed project, survey or investigation or for assistance in initiating or completing any works or projects authorized by this chapter.
D. The authority may act as any of the following:
1. A bargaining and negotiating agency in transactions and dealings between various departments of the state or federal government at the request of an authority member.
2. A connecting, intermediate or contracting medium for members when for united or joint participation such a medium is convenient or essential to the receipt, acceptance or enjoyment of any financial proposals, grants or other benefits to authority members that are made available under any statute or by any entity.
3. A coordinating, clearing, administering or supervising instrumentality through which members may cooperate or unite through contracts or agreements in applying or pooling their resources, functional rights or privileges for common purposes contemplated under this chapter.
4. A supervising instrumentality through which authority members may request the development of conservation plans for the use of Colorado river water.
E. Nothing in this section or in this chapter shall be construed to alter any debt limitation of any authority member.
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