Definitions for "Irrigation district"
Quasi-political districts created under special state laws to provide for water services to property owners. These districts have the power to tax, borrow and condemn.
a cooperative, self-governing public corporation set up as a subdivision of the State government, with definite geographic boundaries, organized and having taxing power to obtain and distribute water for irrigation of lands within the district; created under the authority of a State legislature with the consent of a designated fraction of the landowners or citizens.
A political entity responsible for securing and distributing water supplies for agricultural and municipal customers. The PUC does not have regulatory oversight of irrigation districts.
Keywords:  statute, entity, projects, legal, large
A legal entity created by statute in order to develop large irrigation projects.