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The bonds shall comply with Title 3 (commencing with Section 9000) of
Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code. The board may reject any bid.
(b) In the event all proposals are rejected or no proposals are received,
or the estimated cost of the work does not exceed thirty thousand dollars
($30,000), or the work consists of channel protection, maintenance work,
or emergency work, the board may have the work done by force account
without advertising for bids. In case of an emergency, if notice for bids to
let contracts will not be given, the board shall comply with Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 22050).
(c) The agency may purchase in the open market without advertising for
bids, materials and supplies for use in any work, either under contract or by
force account; provided, however, that materials and supplies for use in any
new construction work or improvement, except work referred to in
subdivision (b), may not be purchased if the cost exceeds thirty thousand
dollars ($30,000), without advertising for bids and awarding the contract
to the lowest responsible bidder.
SEC. 4. The Castaic Lake Water Agency Law (Chapter 28 of the First
Extraordinary Session of the Statutes of 1962, as amended by Chapter 1715
of the Statutes of 1963, Chapter 443 of the Statutes of 1970, Chapter 561
of the Statutes of 1971, Chapter 1252 of the Statutes of 1975, Chapter 1128
of the Statutes of 1984, Chapter 832 of the Statutes of 1986, Chapter 1119
of the Statutes of 1987, Chapter 1181 of the Statutes of 1988, Chapter 910
of the Statutes of 1989, Chapter 562 of the Statutes of 1991, Chapter 841
of the Statutes of 1997, Chapter 170 of the Statutes of 1998, Chapter 929
of the Statutes of 2001, Chapter 27 of the Statutes of 2007, and Chapter 328
of the Statutes of 2010), is repealed.
SEC. 5. This section shall be known and may be cited as the Santa Clarita
Valley Water Agency Act and reads as follows:
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY ACT

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Santa Clarita
Valley Water Agency Act.
Sec. 2. The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency is hereby created,
organized, and incorporated. The agency shall be managed as expressly
provided in this act and the agency may exercise the powers in this act that
are expressly granted or necessarily implied. The agency may include
contiguous or noncontiguous parcels of both unincorporated and incorporated
territory and territory included in any public district having similar powers.
As used in this act and unless otherwise indicated by its context, “agency”
means the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.
Sec. 2.5. The purpose of the agency is to unify and modernize water
resource management within the Santa Clarita Valley through the efficient,
sustainable, and affordable provision, sale, management, and delivery of
surface water, groundwater, and recycled water for municipal, industrial,
domestic, and other purposes at retail and wholesale within the territory of

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