The department may enter into a contract for the acquisition of and payment for a water supply made available to the people of the State of California by the Washoe Reclamation Project-Nevada and California (Act of August 1, 1956, c. 809, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 775, 43 U.S.C. § 614 (1958), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) or by any division or unit thereof; provided, that the authority of the department to so contract shall not be exercised unless the governing body of one or more of the counties or countywide water agencies or countywide districts in the area where the water supply will be used shall first request the department to take such action by duly adopted resolution.

(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)