Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Sample Contracts

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Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • November 11th, 2023

Subdivision 1. Agreement. (a) Two or more governmental units, by agreement entered into through action of their governing bodies, may jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties or any similar powers, including those which are the same except for the territorial limits within which they may be exercised. The agreement may provide for the exercise of such powers by one or more of the participating governmental units on behalf of the other participating units.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • January 30th, 2023

THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2004, among the parties executing this Agreement (all such parties, except those which have withdrawn as provided herein, are referred to as the “Members” and those parties initially executing this Agreement are referred to as the “Initial Members”):

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • March 4th, 2025 • California

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Government Code §§ 6500 et seq. (“JPA Act”), by and among the Paso Robles Area Groundwater Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (“GSAs”): the City of El Paso de Robles (“City”), the San Miguel Community Services District (“SMCSD”), the County of San Luis Obispo (“County”), the Shandon-San Juan Water District (“SSJWD”) and the Estrella-El Pomar-Creston Water District (“EPCWD”) (each referred to individually as a “Member” and collectively as the “Members”), for the purposes of forming a joint powers agency to serve as the groundwater authority for the Paso Robles Area Groundwater Subbasin.

THIRD AMENDED JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT RELATING TO AND CREATING THE‌
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • January 7th, 2025

This Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, effective on the date determined by Section 2.1, is made and entered into pursuant to the provisions of Title 1, Division 7, Chapter 5, Article 1 (Sections 6500 et seq.) of the California Government Code relating to the joint exercise of powers among the Parties set forth in Exhibit B, and establishes the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (“Authority”), is by and between the County of San Mateo (“County”) and those counties, cities and towns within the State of California who become signatories to this Agreement, and relates to the joint exercise of powers among the signatories hereto.

Third Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • April 28th, 2021

This Third Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement is entered into this day of , 2020, pursuant to the provisions of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Title I, Division 7, Article 1, §6500 et seq. of the California Government Code) relating to the joint exercise of powers among the County of San Mateo and those cities, and towns and special districts listed in Exhibit A and B, hereafter collectively called “AgenciesMembers.”

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • October 3rd, 2019

This Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (“Agreement”) is entered into pursuant to Sections 6500 et seq. of the California Government Code, by and between the following local agencies: the cities of San Rafael, Mill Valley, Larkspur and Belvedere (“Cities”); the towns of San Anselmo, Corte Madera, Fairfax, and Ross (“Towns”); the County of Marin (including Service Areas 13, 19 and 31 collectively referred to as “County”); the Fire Protection Districts of Southern Marin, Novato, Tiburon, Kentfield, Stinson Beach, Bolinas, and Sleepy Hollow, the Marinwood Community Services District, the Inverness Public Utility District, and Muir Beach Community Services District (“Districts”); “Cities,” “Towns,” “County,” and “Districts” are referred to in their individual capacities outside of this Agreement as “Local Agencies,” and are referred to for the purposes of participation in this Agreement as “Member” or “Members”.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT relating to WISCONSIN PACE COMMISSION a Joint Powers Commission under Section 66.0301 of the Wisconsin Statutes
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • September 12th, 2018 • Wisconsin

THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of ____________ ___, 2018 among the parties hereto (all such parties, except those which have withdrawn as provided herein, being referred to as the “Members” and those parties initially executing this Agreement being referred to as the “Initial Members”):

AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • April 29th, 2016

(“Agreement”) is entered into by and among the counties listed on Attachment 1 hereof and incorporated herein by reference. All such counties are referred to herein as "Members" with the respective powers, privileges and restrictions provided herein.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2005
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • October 31st, 2024
AN AGREEMENT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT CREATING A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING AND OPERATING A
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • September 5th, 2019

THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into this 14th day of August, 2019, by and among the County of Amador, and the cities of Amador City, Jackson, Ione, Plymouth, and Sutter Creek, and the Amador County Unified School District.

RICHARDSON BAY FIRST AMENDMENT TO JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • September 20th, 2021

THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into this 21st day of July, 2018, by and between the COUNTY OF MARIN, a political subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as “COUNTY”, and the CITIES OF BELVEDERE, MILL VALLEY, and TIBURON, municipal corporations of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as “CITIES”.

Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plan
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • January 28th, 2022 • California

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into and effective this 19th day of June, 2017 (“Effective Date”), pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Cal. Government Code §§ 6500 et seq. (“JPA Act”) by and among the entities listed in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein (collectively “Members”).

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT CREATING THE
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • May 26th, 2023

Calaveras County, a political subdivision of the State of California (“Calaveras County”); Calaveras County Water District, a California water district (“CCWD”);

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT RELATING TO AND CREATING
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • September 3rd, 2020

This Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, effective on the date determined by Section 2.1, is made and entered into pursuant to the provisions of Title 1, Division 7, Chapter 5, Article 1 (Sections 6500 et seq.) of the California Government Code relating to the joint exercise of powers among the Parties set forth in Exhibit B, establishes Central Coast Community Energy (“Authority”), and is by and among the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Santa Barbara who become signatories to this Agreement (“Counties”) and those cities and towns within the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo who become signatories to this Agreement and relates to the joint exercise of powers among the signatories hereto.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • March 9th, 2023

This Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement of the Humboldt Waste Management Authority is made and entered into pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section 6500 et seq., and supersedes the original Joint Powers Agreement first adopted on November 17, 1999, and amended on April 8, 2022, July 12, 2012, and November 10, 2016. This Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement (“Agreement”) is effective as of , 2023.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE SONOMA COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • August 15th, 2017 • California

AGREEMENT (“Agreement’) is made and entered into as of March 1, 2017 (“Effective Date”), by and among the County of Sonoma, a political subdivision of the State of California, the City of Cotati, a California municipal corporation, the City of Cloverdale, a California municipal corporation, the City of Healdsburg, a California municipal corporation, the City of Petaluma, a California municipal corporation, the City of Rohnert Park, a California municipal corporation, the City of Santa Rosa, a California municipal corporation, the City of Sebastopol, a California municipal corporation, the City of Sonoma, a California municipal corporation, and the Town of Windsor, a California municipal corporation (collectively “Members” and each individually a “Member”).

FIRST AMENDMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • May 5th, 2020 • California

AGREEMENT (“First Amendment”), dated for reference purposes only as of March , 2011, is made and entered into by and among the City of San Diego, a municipal corporation and charter city organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “City”), the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Diego, a public body, corporate and politic, duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Agency”), acting through the Centre City Development Corporation, a non-profit public benefit corporation (“CCDC”), and the San Diego Unified Port District, a public entity, duly organized and existing as a port district under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “Port”). The City, the Agency, CCDC and the Port are collectively referred to in this First Amendment as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.” The Parties enter into this First Amendment in light of the following recited facts, each a “Recital.”

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • January 6th, 2020 • California

This Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and effective on the last date executed (“Effective Date”), by and among the Carpinteria Valley Water District, the City of Carpinteria, the Santa Barbara County Water Agency and the County of Ventura, sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Member” and collectively as the “Members,” for purposes of forming the Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency (“Agency”) and setting forth the terms pursuant to which the Agency shall operate. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in Article 1 of this Agreement.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE COLUSA GROUNDWATER AUTHORITY
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • May 11th, 2017 • California

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into and effective this day of , 2017 (“Effective Date”), pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Cal. Government Code §§ 6500 et seq. (“JPA Act”) by and among the entities listed in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein (collectively “Members”).

GOLDEN STATE CONNECT AUTHORITY JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • September 30th, 2021

THIS JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into by and among the counties listed on Attachment 1 hereof and incorporated herein by reference. All such counties are referred to herein as "Members" with the respective powers, privileges and restrictions provided herein.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • December 3rd, 2020

This Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for Tuolumne County Fire Authority (“Agreement”) is entered into pursuant to Sections 6500 et seq. of the California Government Code, by and between the following local agencies: County of Tuolumne (“County”), City of Sonora (“City”), Groveland Community Services District (“GCSD”), Tuolumne Fire District (“Tuolumne FPD”), Jamestown Fire Protection District (“Jamestown FPD”), Columbia Fire Protection District (“Columbia FPD”), and Mi-Wuk-Sugar Pine Fire Protection District (“Mi-Wuk-Sugar Pine FPD”). “County,” “City,” and “Districts” are referred to in their individual capacities outside of this Agreement as “Local Agencies,” and are referred to for the purposes of participation in this Agreement individually as “Member” or collectively as “Members.”

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Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • March 20th, 2018

Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a party to an agreement under this chapter may be exercised and enjoyed jointly or cooperatively with any other party to the extent that federal laws, when applicable, permit the joint or cooperative exercise. When acting jointly or cooperatively with any party, any agency of State Government may exercise all of the powers, privileges and authority conferred by this chapter upon a public agency. [PL 2009, c. 636, Pt. D, §3 (AMD).]

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Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • November 2nd, 2024
RESTATED JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • January 5th, 2017

This Agreement is executed in the State of California by and among those Members, organized and existing under the Constitution of the State of California, which are parties signatory to this Agreement. All such Members shall be listed in Appendix A, which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • November 27th, 2016 • California

This Joint Powers Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by and among Colusa County Water District (CCWD), County of Colusa (Colusa County), County of Glenn (Glenn County), Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID), Maxwell Irrigation District (MID), Orland- Artois Water District (OAWD), Proberta Water District (PWD), Reclamation District 108 (RD 108), Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority (TCCA), Westside Water District (WWD), and Western Canal Water District (WCWD), jointly, Placer County Water Agency and City of Roseville (PCWA/Roseville), and Reclamation District 2035 (RD 2035) hereinafter “Authority Members” or “Authority Member Agencies”.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE COSUMNES GROUNDWATER AUTHORITY
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • October 19th, 2021 • California

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of 2021 pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, California Government Code §§ 6500, et seq., by and between Galt Irrigation District (“Ga1t ID”), Omochumne-Hartnell Water District (“OHWD”), Clay Water District (“Clay”), The City of Galt (“City”), Sloughhouse Resource Conservation District (“Sloughhouse RCD”) Amador County Groundwater Management Authority (“Amador”) and the Sacramento County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (“County”), each of which is a “Party” to or a “Member” of this Agreement. The terms “Parties” or “Members” shall also include any additional MembersParties that join this Agreement, but shall exclude any PartiesMembers that withdraw from this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT OF THE
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • September 30th, 2020

This Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement of the California Intergovernmental Risk Authority (“CIRA” or “Authority”) (“Agreement”), formerly known as the Public Agency Risk Sharing Authority of California (“PARSAC”), is entered into by and among the public entities, hereafter referred to as “Members”, each of which is organized and existing under the laws of the State of California and is a signatory to this Agreement and listed in Appendix “A”, attached hereto and made a part hereof. This Agreement supersedes the Public Agency Risk Sharing Authority of California [PARSAC] Joint Powers Agreement dated May 25, 2017 as of, and is effective on, July 1, 2021 (“Effective Date”).

Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • May 18th, 2009 • California
JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • November 9th, 2016

This Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and effective on the last date executed (“Effective Date”), by and among the Casitas Municipal Water District, the City of San Buenaventura, the County of Ventura, the Meiners Oaks Water District, and the Ventura River Water District, sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Member” and collectively as the “Members,” for purposes of forming the Upper Ventura River Groundwater Agency (“Agency”) and setting forth the terms pursuant to which the Agency shall operate.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • July 16th, 2021

THIS AGREEMENT, dated July 20, 2021, by and among the SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, a municipal water district that is duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District”), the SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, an independent special district that is organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District”), the YUCAIPA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, a county water district that is organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “Yucaipa Valley Water District”), and the other parties set forth in Exhibit A as it may be revised from time to time, each a public agency that is organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “Additional Members”).

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • August 15th, 2014

, 2014, by and between the cities of Clayton, Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, and Walnut Creek, all municipal corporations, and Contra Costa County, a state political subdivision. Each public agency which is a party to this Agreement is hereby referred to individually as “Party” and collectively as “Parties”.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT CREATING THE
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • July 6th, 2021

This amended and restated Agreement replaces the original Agreement made and entered into as of the 24th day of June 2003, by and between the Agencies that were then parties to the Agreement.

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • June 13th, 2019
JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 6500 ET.SEQ.
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • June 14th, 2006 • California

THIS JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into , 2003 by and between the Cities of Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Richmond and El Cerrito or any combination thereof (collectively “Cities”).

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT between CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES and CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement • February 10th, 2025

WHEREAS, Cal OES is responsible under California Government Code section 8585(e) for the state’s emergency and disaster-response services for natural disasters and emergencies, including activities necessary to mitigate the effects of wildfires on people and property; and