Any person, by an action brought pursuant to the provisions of this part, may submit any contract or proposed contract entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by such person under the provisions of this part to the superior court of either the county in which such person resides or in which such person has its principal office for the transaction of business or in which such contract was made or is to be performed in whole or part, to determine the validity of such contract and each and all of its terms and provisions, and the authority of such person to make and perform the contract, and the authority for and validity of any purchase, acquisition, sale or conveyance under the contract; provided, that if the contract provides for a water supply such decree shall not be construed to be an adjudication that the United States owns, or does not own, such water supply.

(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)

Terms Used In California Water Code 12007

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
  • person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company, but not including any public corporation or other public entity. See California Water Code 12000
  • United States: means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. See California Water Code 12001