Sec 45-1428. Limitations on powers

Notwithstanding section 45-1427, neither the boards of supervisors of Cochise, Graham or Gila counties nor the governing bodies of the towns of Safford or Thatcher or the city of Douglas shall exercise any power or authority granted by section 45-1427, nor shall they undertake or cooperate in either the planning, authorization, construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, maintenance, or operation of any flood control structures, dams, systems or projects on any portion of a watershed supplying water to any dam and reservoir existing within the state of Arizona having a designed water storage capacity of fifty thousand acre feet or more, or to any existing diversion dam and canal system having facilities within the state of Arizona designed to divert and carry not less than one thousand cubic feet per second, without first having obtained the written consent of the agency, district, association, company or organization owning or operating or being served by such dam, reservoir, diversion dam and canal system. Such consent, however, shall only be required from irrigation districts and agricultural improvement districts organized pursuant to the laws of the state of Arizona as defined under title 48, and any other associations or organizations operating such dams, reservoirs, diversion dams and canal systems as a part of a federal reclamation project.