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WY Stat § 41-3-726 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-726 - Procedure for Organizing Subdistricts.

41-3-726. Procedure for organizing subdistricts.| Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owner of real property, within or partly within and partly without the district, which petition shall fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in W.S. 41-3-721 is required to fulfill, concerning the organization of the main district and shall be filed with the clerk of the court, and shall be accompanied by a bond as provided for in W.S. 41-3-722. All proceedings relating to the organization of such subdistricts shall conform in all things to the provision of this act relating to the organization of districts; provided, that not more than a majority of the owners of lands, having one-half or more of the aggregate assessed value of the lands in the proposed subdistrict, shall be required to sign the petition for the creation of a subdistrict, and not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the owners of lands in the proposed subdistrict shall be required to sign the protesting petition against the creation of such subdistrict. Whenever the court shall by its order duly entered of record, declare the [or] decree such subdistricts to be organized, the clerk of said court shall thereupon give notice of such order to the directors of the district who shall thereupon act also as directors of the subdistrict. Thereafter, the proceedings in reference to the subdistrict shall in all matters conform to the provision of this act except that in the appraisal of benefits for the purpose of such subdistricts, in the issuance of bonds, in levying of assessments and in all other matters affecting only the subdistrict, the provisions of this act shall apply to the subdistrict as though it were an independent district, and it shall not in these things be amalgamated with the main district. The said petition for organization of a subdistrict shall also contain a statement of the amount or quantity of water for which said subdistrict desires to acquire the perpetual use and the amount of money that said subdistrict is willing to pay therefor, and the court shall, prior to the entry of its decree organizing any territory into a subdistrict obtain the verified consent of the board to furnish such perpetual use of water for the purposes therein specified to such subdistrict at a price and upon the terms mentioned in the petition, then the court shall be authorized to enter its decree of organization of such subdistrict.
WY Stat § 41-3-740 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-740 - Appointment and Qualifications; Number; Term; Election of Successors; Vacancies; Bond.

41-3-740. Appointment and qualifications; number; term; election of successors; vacancies; bond.| (a) Within thirty (30) days after entering the decree incorporating said district, the court shall appoint a board of directors of the district consisting of not less than five (5) or more than nine (9) persons who are residents of the county or counties in which the water conservancy district is situated, all of whom shall be owners of real property in said district. The terms of office of said directors shall be staggered over a five (5) year period, but not more than two (2) of such directors may be appointed for a full five (5) year term.  (b) At the expiration of their respective terms of office as fixed by the court, their successors in office shall be elected in the manner provided for the election of irrigation district commissioners in W.S. 41-7-103, 41-7-104 and 41-7-316 through 41-7-318, as amended, or as may be amended by the legislature of Wyoming hereafter, except that they shall be elected for a term of five (5) years. The court shall fill all vacancies which may occur at any time on said board, but such court appointees shall only serve until the next succeeding regular election for board members. Each director shall hold office during the term for which he is appointed or elected, and until his successor is duly appointed or elected, and has qualified; and shall furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district; in amount and form fixed and approved by the court, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such director.
WY Stat § 41-3-741 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-741 - Oath; Election of Officers; Seal; Records; Compensation and Expenses.

41-3-741. Oath; election of officers; seal; records; compensation and expenses.| (a) Each director, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will support the constitution of the United States and the state of Wyoming and will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office and that he will not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by said district, which said oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of said court in the original case.  (b) Upon taking the oath, the board shall choose one (1) of their number chairman of the board and president of the district, and shall elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district, who may or may not be a member of the board. Such board shall adopt a seal and shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all of its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property within the district, as well as to all other interested parties.  (c) Each member of the board shall receive as compensation for his service such sum as shall be ordered by the court, not in excess of the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum, payable monthly, and necessary traveling expenses actually expended while engaged in the performance of his duties.
WY Stat § 41-3-743 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-743 - Duties of Secretary and Chief Engineer; Other Employees.

41-3-743. Duties of secretary and chief engineer; other employees.| The secretary shall be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal, and shall assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of him by this act, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record, so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity. The secretary shall serve also as treasurer of the district, unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board. The board may also employ a chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation; an attorney, and such other engineers, attorneys and other agents and assistants as may needful; and may provide for their compensation which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost of maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as he may deem proper. The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the court may direct, shall furnish corporate surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their respective duties.
WY Stat § 41-3-744 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-744 - Quorum.

41-3-744. Quorum.| A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum and a concurrence of a majority of those in attendance, in any matter, within their duties, shall be sufficient for its determination, except as otherwise herein provided.
WY Stat § 41-3-745 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-745 - Acquisition of Rights-of-Way.

41-3-745. Acquisition of rights-of-way.| Whenever, pursuant to this act, the electors of a water conservancy district shall have authorized a contract with the United States for construction and acquisition of works and water rights, which contract shall have obligated the district to acquire rights-of-way therefor to be conveyed by the district to the United States upon reimbursement by the United States, then the district, without further election and through its board of directors, shall have power to do all acts for acquiring such rights-of-way, including borrowing of and paying interest upon, such sums of money as shall be required to make deposits fixed by the court for the possession and to pay awards on condemnation of said rights-of-way as well as amounts up to the appraised values of the particular rights-of-way as shall have been fixed by the appraisers for the United States in each instance of negotiated purchases, notwithstanding the sum borrowed shall be greater than the ordinary annual incomes and revenues of the district.
WY Stat § 41-3-746 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-746 - Contracts for Use of Water; Power of Board to Sell or Lease Water; Securing of Payments Generally.

41-3-746. Contracts for use of water; power of board to sell or lease water; securing of payments generally.| The board may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the use of water by term contracts or by contracts for the perpetual use of such water to persons, public corporations, mutual ditch companies, water users' associations and other private corporations for irrigation or commercial use as shall be provided by contracts, in writing, authorized and entered into by the board; and the board shall require that security be given to secure the payments to be made under such contract or contracts.
WY Stat § 41-3-747 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-747 - Contracts for Use of Water; Means of Owners Meeting Annual Installment Payments.

41-3-747. Contracts for use of water; means of owners meeting annual installment payments.| (a) To meet the annual installments as provided in contracts for the use of water:  (i) A water users' association may bind itself to levy an annual assessment on the use of water and to secure same by liens on land and water rights or in such manner as may be provided by law;  (ii) Mutual ditch or irrigation company may bind itself by mortgage upon its irrigation works and system and/or to levy annual assessments upon its stockholders; and  (iii) Any person or corporation landowner may create a mortgage lien upon lands and/or give other security satisfactory to the board; and all such contracts shall provide for forfeiture of the use of water for nonpayment of assessments and/or installments in the same manner and procedure as provided by statute for forfeiture of stock in a mutual ditch company.
WY Stat § 41-3-748 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-748 - Surplus Funds.

41-3-748. Surplus funds.| Whenever a contract of indebtedness has been created by the district, it shall be lawful for the board to make the annual levy of taxes and special assessments in such amount as will create a surplus of funds to meet the annual installments of indebtedness and/or the payment of bonds and interest, and the necessary maintenance and operating charges, and the board shall cause such surplus funds to be placed in a sinking fund which may be used for the payments of contingencies, defaults and delinquencies, and to pay the future annual installments of indebtedness on contract and/or bonds and interest.
WY Stat § 41-3-749 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-749 - Use and Distribution of Water Generally.

41-3-749. Use and distribution of water generally.| (a) The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, delivery, use and distribution of water by the district, to wit:  (i) To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, delivery, use and distribution of water;  (ii) To withhold the delivery of water upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payment;  (iii) To provide for and declare forfeitures of rights to the use of water upon default or failure to comply with any order, contract or agreement for the purchase, lease or use of water and to resell, lease or otherwise dispose of water upon which forfeiture has been declared;  (iv) To allocate and reallocate the use of water to lands within the district;  (v) To provide for and grant the right, upon terms, to transfer water from lands to which water has been allocated to other lands within the district and to discharged liens from lands to which the same was theretofore attached and to create liens, as provided in this act, upon lands to which the use of such water is transferred.
WY Stat § 41-3-750 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-750 - Allotment of Water to Landowner Under Disability.

41-3-750. Allotment of water to landowner under disability.| Where the landowner in a water conservancy district, organized under this act is under disability by reason of infancy, insanity or otherwise, or lands are held under administration, executorship, guardianship, conservatorship, trusteeship, receivership or other similar proceeding, the administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver or other like officer shall be considered the "landowner" for all purposes within the terms of this act, and when authorized by the court having jurisdiction of the estate or lands, such administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver or other like officer may petition for an allotment of water, in such quantity as determined by such court, as will, together with the present supply of water for irrigation purposes make an adequate supply for the irrigation of such lands; or in the event such administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver or other like officer has heretofore petitioned for a supply of water for irrigation of lands so held as aforesaid, the court having jurisdiction of the estate or lands, may ratify or confirm the petition for such quantity of water as it may determine will make an adequate supply for the irrigation of such lands, and such petition so made and authorized or ratified and confirmed as aforesaid shall have the same effect and be binding upon all parties interested in such lands to the same extent as though made by a "landowner" while not under disability.
WY Stat § 41-3-751 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-751 - District Boundary Changes.

41-3-751. District boundary changes.| The boundaries of any district organized under the provision of this act may be changed in the manner herein prescribed, but the change of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization or its rights in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges whatsoever; nor shall it affect or impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or upon which it might be liable or chargeable had such change of boundaries not been made. The owners of lands may file with the board a petition, in writing, praying that such lands be included in the district. The petition shall describe the tracts or body of land owned by the petitioners, and such petition shall be deemed to give assent of the petitioners to the inclusion in said district of the lands described in the petition, and such petition must be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of filing of such petition to be given and published in the county in which the lands are situated, which notice shall state the filing of such petition, names of petitioners, descriptions of lands mentioned and the prayer of said petitioners; giving notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at the time named in said notice and show cause in writing, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted. The board shall at the time and place mentioned or at such time or times at which the hearing may be adjourned, proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented, in writing, by any person showing cause why said petition should not be granted. The failure of any person interested to show cause, in writing, shall be deemed and held and taken as an assent on his part to the inclusion of such lands in the district as prayed for in the petition. If the petition be granted, the board shall make an order to that effect and file same with the clerk of the court and upon order of the court said lands shall be included in the district.
WY Stat § 41-3-752 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-752 - Petition for Exclusion of Lands.

41-3-752. Petition for exclusion of lands.| The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting a portion of the district may file with the board a petition praying that such lands be excluded and taken from said district. Petitions shall describe the lands which the petitioners desire to have excluded. Such petition must be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land and be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings. The secretary of the board shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published in the county in which said lands, or the major portion thereof, are located. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the names of petitioners, descriptions of lands mentioned in said petition, and the prayer of said petitioners; and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of said board at the time named in said notice, showing cause in writing, if any they have, why said petition should not be granted. The board at the time named in said notice, or at the time or times at which the hearing of said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented, in writing, by any person showing cause as aforesaid, why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each and all such petitioners to the exclusion from the district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof. The board, if they deem it not for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or portion thereof, shall be excluded from the district, shall order that said petition be denied, but if they deem it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if there are no outstanding bonds of the district, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the petition or some portion thereof, to be excluded from the district. Provided, further, that in case a contract has been made between the district and the United States or any agency thereof, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district unless the secretary of the interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent be filed with the board. Upon such assent, any lands excluded from the district shall upon order of the court be discharged from all liens in favor of the United States under the contract with the United States or under bonds deposited with its agents. Upon allowance of such petition, the board shall file a certified copy of the order of the board making such change with the clerk of the court and upon order of the court said lands shall be excluded from the district.
WY Stat § 41-3-753 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-753 - Bonds; Authority of Board to Issue; Purpose; Terms; Execution; Tax Exemptions.

41-3-753. Bonds; authority of board to issue; purpose; terms; execution; tax exemptions.| To pay for construction, operation and maintenance of the works and expenses preliminary and incidental thereto, the board is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the United States or an agency thereof, providing for payment in installments or to issue negotiable bonds of the district. If bonds are authorized, the same shall bear interest payable semiannually and shall be due and payable not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) years from their dates. The form, terms and provisions of bonds, provisions for their payment and conditions for their retirement and calling, not inconsistent with law, shall be vested and determined by the board and they shall be issued as hereinafter provided in payment of the works, equipment, expenses and interest during the period of construction. Bonds shall be executed in the name of and on behalf of the district and signed by the president of the board with the seal of the district affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the board. Bonds shall be in denominations as the board determines and shall be payable to the bearer and may be registered in the office of the county treasurer of the county wherein the organization of the district has been effected, with the interest coupons payable to bearer, which shall bear the facsimile signature of the president of the board. The bonds are exempt from all state, county, municipal, school and other taxes imposed by any taxing authority of the state of Wyoming and shall not be sold at less than par and accrued interest.
WY Stat § 41-3-755 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 3 - Water Rights; Administration and Control|Article 7 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 41-3-755 - Bonds; Election Prior to Issuance; Publication of Resolution.

41-3-755. Bonds; election prior to issuance; publication of resolution.| The resolution provided in W.S. 41-3-754 shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, the last publication of which shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for said election, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, and no other or further notice of such election or publication of the names of election officers or of the precincts or polling places need be given or made.