Section 382 Of Chapter 3.6. Deference To Decisions By Local Or Regional Agencies From California Water Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 3.6.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every local or
regional public agency authorized by law to serve water to the
persons or entities within the service area of the agency may sell,
lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer, for use outside the agency,
either or both of the following:
(1) Water that is surplus to the needs of the water users of the
agency.
(2) Water, the use of which is voluntarily foregone, during the
period of the transfer, by a water user of the agency.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit or restrict the transfer of
water or water rights by local or regional public agencies pursuant
to other provisions of law.