45-1426. Limitations on powers
Notwithstanding section 45-1425, the board of supervisors of Pinal county shall not
exercise any power or authority granted by section 45-1425, nor shall it undertake or
cooperate in either the planning, authorization, construction, acquisition, extension,
improvement, maintenance, or operation of any flood control structures, dams, systems or
projects on any portion of a watershed supplying water to any dam and reservoir existing
within the state of Arizona having a designed water storage capacity of fifty thousand
acre feet or more, or to any existing diversion dam and canal system having facilities
within the state of Arizona designed to divert and carry not less than one thousand cubic
feet per second, without first having obtained the written consent of the agency,
district, association, company or organization owning or operating or being served by
such dam, reservoir, diversion dam and canal system. Such consent, however, shall only be
required from irrigation districts and agricultural improvement districts organized
pursuant to the laws of the state of Arizona as defined under title 48, and any other
associations or organizations operating such dams, reservoirs, diversion dams and canal
systems as a part of a federal reclamation project.
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