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Contract No. 

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7 UNITED STATES 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

9 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

11 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, 

12 THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

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14 RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT 

PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

16 THIS CONTRACT, made this 24th day of April , 2003, in 

17 pursuance generally of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory or 

18 supplementary thereto, including, but not limited to, the acts of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844), as 

19 amended and supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, July 2, 

1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), as amended and 

21 Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively hereinafter referred to 

22 as Federal Reclamation law, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred 

23 to as the United States, THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF 

24 CALIFORNIA, hereinafter referred to as DWR, and RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT, hereinafter 

referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, duly organized, existing, and 

26 acting pursuant to the laws thereof, with its principal place of business in Bakersfield, California; 
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WITNESSETH, That: 

EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor entered into an interim 

renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR6, hereinafter referred to as the 

Existing Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the 

Contractor from March 1, 2002, through February 28, 2003; and 

WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor believe that further 

negotiations on the long-term renewal contract would be beneficial and mutually commit to 

continue to negotiate to seek to reach agreement, and the Contractor has requested a subsequent 

interim renewal contract pursuant to Article 2 (b)(1) of Interim Renewal Contract 

No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR5; and 

WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractor has to date 

fulfilled all of its obligations under the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew the Existing Interim Renewal 

Contract pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and dependent covenants 

herein contained, it is hereby mutually agreed by the parties hereto as follows: 

INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT 

1. The terms and conditions of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract are hereby 

incorporated by reference into this Contract with the same force and effect as if they were 

included in full text with the exception of Article1 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

(a) The first sentence in Subdivision (a) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim 

Renewal Contract is modified as follows: “This interim renewal contract shall be effective from 

March 1, 2003, and shall remain in effect through February 29, 2004, and thereafter will be 

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renewed as described in Article 2(a) of Interim Renewal Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR5 if a 

long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date of 

March 1, 2004.” 

(b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

amended by deleting the date “February 15, 2003,” and replacing same with the date 

“February 15, 2004.” 

(c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

amended by deleting the dates “February 1, 2003,” “February 15, 2003,” and “February 28, 

2003,” and replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2004,” “February 15, 2004,” and 

“February 29, 2004,” respectively. 

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61 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this interim renewal 

62 contract as of the day and year first above written. 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

By: /s/ Susan L. Ramos 

For Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

Bureau of Reclamation 

67 Approved as to Legal Form and THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

68 Sufficiency: OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

69 /s/ Peggy Bernardy By: /s/ Thomas M. Hannigan 

70 Chief, Counsel, Director 

71 Department of Water Resources Department of Water Resources 

72 (SEAL) RAG GULCH WATER DISTRICT 

73 By: /s/ Kent H. Stephens 

74 President of the Board of Directors 

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76 /s/ John Zaninovich 

77 Secretary 

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