§ 16462 District Commodity Purchases

• •A district can buy things like water or electricity from other places, like another district, a city, a person, or a company.
• •The district can then sell or give out what they bought to people in their area.
• •This rule was added a long time ago, in 1953.

A small town needs more water for its people.

The town can buy extra water from a nearby city or a company that sells water. Then, the town can give that water to the people who live there.