Section 11454 Of Article 2. General Powers And Duties From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.
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. Under such regulations and upon such terms, limitations, and
conditions as it prescribes, the department may do any of the
following:
(a) Fix and establish the prices, rates, and charges at which the
resources and facilities made available by the project shall be sold
and disposed of.
(b) (1) Enter into contracts and agreements and do any and all
things which in its judgment are necessary, convenient, or expedient
for the accomplishment of the purposes and objects of this part.
(2) The contracts and agreements may include provisions for the
indemnification of parties with whom the department contracts as
necessary to accomplish the purposes and objects of this part, except
that the contracts and agreements may not include provisions for the
indemnification, including indemnification for any costs of defense,
of any party to those contracts or agreements for that party's acts
or omissions involving negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, or
willful misconduct or for acts or omissions involving negligence,
gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct on the part of
that party's employees, agents, or contractors.
(3) The Legislature finds and declares that the amendments made to
this subdivision during the 1997 portion of the 1997-98 Regular
Session are declaratory of existing law.