1. Upon adoption of a proposal to establish a joint water utility, the member cities shall establish a joint water utility board, consisting of at least five members. The mayors of the participating cities shall appoint the members, subject to the approval of the city councils, and at least one member shall be appointed from each participating city. The board shall be responsible for the planning and operation of a joint water utility,subject to the provisions of this chapter. 2. A joint water utility is a political subdivision and an instrumentality of municipal government. The statutory powers, duties, and limitations conferred upon a city utilityapply to a joint water utility,except that title to property of a joint water utility may be held in the name of the joint water utility. The joint water utility board shall have all powers and authority of a city with respect to property which is held by the joint water utility. A joint water utility shall have the power of eminent domain, including the powers, duties, and limitations conferred upon a city in chapters 6A and 6B, for the purposes of constructing and operating a joint water utility. 3. The joint water utilityboard may purchase or construct allor part of any water supply system, and may finance the purchase or construction. The board may also contract to sell allor part of the joint water utility’swater supply, including any surplus, toa public or private agency, or an entity created to carry out an agreement authorizing the joint exercise of any of the governmental powers enumerated in section 28F.1. The board may contract for the purchase, from any source, of all or a portion of the water supply requirements of the joint water facility. A contract may include provisions for the payment for capacity or output of a facility whether the facility iscompleted or operating, and for establishing the rights and obligations of the parties to the contract in the event of a default by any of the parties. 4. Payments made by a joint water utilitypursuant to a contract shall constitute operating expenses of the joint water utilityand shall be payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the joint water utility.
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