§167-6 Further powers. (a) The board of agriculture and biosecurity shall also have the power to:
(b) The board shall also have the power to enter into any repayment or other contracts with the United States for the construction, operation, and maintenance of any projects as may be required or provided for by the federal reclamation laws, or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or other federal laws, and further to borrow money or accept grants or assistance from the federal government, or any department, bureau, or agency thereof with respect to the engineering, construction, operation, and financing of any project hereunder. The board shall make every effort to obtain all federal aid possible for the purposes of this chapter.
(c) In making surveys, studies, and investigations, in planning and designing, and in constructing projects and facilities for irrigation, the board shall also have power to include therein surveys, studies, and investigations of, plans and designs for, and construction of facilities for flood control and the utilization of water for the production of hydroelectric power, where the same may be practicable in conjunction with the formation and operation of an irrigation project or projects. [L 1987, c 306, pt of §1; am L 1992, c 97, §1; am L 1998, c 102, §1; am L 2014, c 223, §§2, 4; am L 2025, c 236, §18]