{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-71720","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 71720","heading":"","body":"As used in this article:\n(a) “Public agency” means and includes the United States or any department or agency thereof, the State or any department or agency thereof, and a county, city, public corporation, or public district of the State.\n(b) “Private corporation” means and includes any private corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of this or any other state thereof.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 20. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS [71000. - 73001.]","PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [71590. - 71760.]","CHAPTER 5. Contracts [71720. - 71733.]","ARTICLE 1. Contracts With Other Agencies [71720. - 71726.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e3ba0ed730713ed248ad0b5ab86d9bbfecea3663d3c9704eb92e73cadb48371a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-71700","next":"us-ca/wat-71721"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}