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CO Code § 37-42-134 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-134. Inclusion of Land in District

  Landowners representing a majority of the acreage of any tracts of land susceptible of irrigation from the system of any irrigation district already organized may present their petition to the board of directors of such irrigation district, praying that such lands be included within the district. Such petition shall describe each tract of land sought to be included within such district and give the name of the owner thereof. It shall be accompanied by a map prepared by a competent civil engineer, showing the proposed method of irrigation of the land involved and the susceptibility of its irrigation from the system of such district. Upon the filing of such petition, it is the duty of the secretary of such district to cause notice thereof to be published, at the expense of such petitioners, once each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper designated by the board and of general circulation within such district and to set said petition down for hearing before the board at its next regular meeting after the last of such publications.    At the date set for hearing, such board shall proceed to hear said petition and any objections thereto that have been offered in writing by any landowner of the district or other interested person and may allow or reject said petition in whole or in part in its discretion. As a condition precedent to the granting of such petition, the board of directors shall require the payment into the bond fund of such amount, as nearly as the same can be estimated, as such land as is included by its order would have been assessed on account of such fund if it had been in such district from the date of its organization and, in addition, may require such further payments as it considers just and equitable to be paid into the general fund; but, in case any unentered public land is so included within any irrigation district, such payment shall be assessed against such lands on the records of the district and collected in the manner authorized by the act of congress of August 11, 1916.    In case a contract has been made between the district and the United States, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district unless the secretary of the interior assents thereto in writing and such assent is filed with the board of directors. Upon such assent any lands excluded from the district shall be discharged from all liens in favor of the United States under a contract with the United States.     History. Source: L. 21: P. 550, § 34. C.L. § 2090. CSA: C. 90, § 465. CRS 53: § 149-2-34. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-34. L. 91: (1) and (2) amended, p. 895, § 29, effective June 5. History. Source: L. 21: P. 550, § 34. C.L. § 2090. CSA: C. 90, § 465. CRS 53: § 149-2-34. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-34. L. 91: (1) and (2) amended, p. 895, § 29, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-42-135 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-135. District to Lease Surplus Water

 Whenever any irrigation district organized under this article 42 acquires water in excess of its own needs or becomes the owner of water or rights capable of use for other purposes than those for which it was organized, without impairing or injuring such use, it may lease the water or rights for use within or without the district for any beneficial use permitted by decree or applicable law, upon affirmative vote of the board of directors authorizing the lease, and the rentals derived from the lease shall be paid into the general fund of the district. At its option the board of directors may cancel any lease upon which any rental is past due and unpaid.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 552, § 35. C.L. § 2091. CSA: C. 90, § 466. CRS 53: § 149-2-35. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-35. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 53, § 12, effective August 9. History. Source: L. 21: P. 552, § 35. C.L. § 2091. CSA: C. 90, § 466. CRS 53: § 149-2-35. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-35. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 53, § 12, effective August 9.
CO Code § 37-42-136 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-136. Drainage of Lands - Surveys

 The board of directors of any irrigation district may cause surveys, maps, estimates of cost, and a report of feasibility to be made looking to the drainage of the whole or any part of an irrigation district which may have become, or threatens to become, seeped or too wet or which requires drainage for profitable cultivation. Such surveys, maps, estimates, and report shall be filed in the office of the district, and such matters shall be submitted to the landowners at a general or special election held not less than sixty days from the date of the filing of such documents. If the landowners express their approval of such drainage undertaking by affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at such election, the district may proceed to do such drainage work and shall have like powers with reference thereto, including the levying of an assessment or the issuing of bonds, to defray the expense thereof.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 552, § 36. C.L. § 2092. CSA: C. 90, § 467. CRS 53: § 149-2-36. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-36. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 896, § 30, effective June 5. History. Source: L. 21: P. 552, § 36. C.L. § 2092. CSA: C. 90, § 467. CRS 53: § 149-2-36. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-36. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 896, § 30, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-42-137 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-137. Sale of Surplus Water - Proceeds

 The board of directors may sell property or assets of the district not needed for district use nor essential to its operation from time to time as it directs and upon such notice as it designates, and shall cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the bond fund or United States contract fund of the district. If the district has no bonded or United States contract indebtedness, then the proceeds shall be placed in the general fund.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 553, § 37. C.L. § 2093. CSA: C. 90, § 468. CRS 53: § 149-2-37. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-37. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 54, § 13, effective August 9. History. Source: L. 21: P. 553, § 37. C.L. § 2093. CSA: C. 90, § 468. CRS 53: § 149-2-37. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-37. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 54, § 13, effective August 9.
CO Code § 37-42-138 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-138. Confirmation of Organization and Bonds

  The board of directors of any irrigation district organized under this article at any time may file a petition in the district court of the county wherein is situated the office of such district praying for a judicial examination and determination of the question of the validity of the organization of the district, or of any bonds issued, whether sold or not, or of any assessment levied, or of any order, act, proceeding, or contract of said district. Such petition shall set forth the facts whereon the validity of such organization or of such bonds, assessment, order, act, proceeding, or contract is founded and shall be verified by a member of the board.    Thereupon a notice in the nature of a summons shall issue under the hand and seal of the clerk of said court, directed to all landowners, creditors, or other persons interested in said district, naming it, which designation shall be deemed sufficient to give the court jurisdiction of all matters and parties involved and interested. Service shall be obtained by publication of such notice as in the case of publication of summons in an action to quiet title to real property. Any landowner, creditor, or other interested person may move to dismiss or answer said petition within the time allowed therefor. All persons filing motions to dismiss or answers shall be entered as defendants in said cause and their several defenses consolidated for hearing or trial.    Upon hearing, the court shall examine into all matters and things affecting the validity of the matter in controversy, shall make a finding with reference thereto, and shall enter judgment and decree as the case warrants. In reaching its conclusions in such causes, the court shall follow a liberal interpretation of the law and shall disregard informalities or omissions not affecting the substantial rights of the parties, unless it is affirmatively shown that such informalities or omissions led to a different result than would have been otherwise obtained. The Colorado rules of civil procedure shall govern matters of pleading and practice as nearly as may be. Costs may be assessed or apportioned among contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of judgments of the district court by an appellate court may be had as in other civil causes.     History. Source: L. 21: P. 553, § 38. C.L. § 2094. CSA: C. 90, § 469. CRS 53: § 149-2-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-38. History. Source: L. 21: P. 553, § 38. C.L. § 2094. CSA: C. 90, § 469. CRS 53: § 149-2-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-38.
CO Code § 37-42-139 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-139. Dissolution of District - Election

  A plan for the dissolution of any irrigation district organized under this article may be submitted to the landowners at a special election held for that purpose. Such plan must provide for the payment of all district debts and liabilities and the disposition of district assets. If the landowners authorize such dissolution by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire voting strength of the district, the directors shall proceed to carry out the plan so authorized and, upon the accomplishment thereof, shall file their certificate of such fact with the county clerk and recorder of each county wherein any part of said district is situated.    Thereupon, the district shall be considered at an end; except that, within fifteen days from the date of the vote of the landowners authorizing such dissolution, any landowner or creditor may contest the validity of such proceeding or the legality of the proposed plan of dissolution by action in the district court of the county wherein the district office is situated, and, pending determination in such cause, no action shall be taken by the board of directors thereunder. If any funds remain in the hands of the district treasurer to the credit of such district after its dissolution, such funds shall be distributed among the landowners in proportion to the acreage of their lands within the district.     History. Source: L. 21: P. 555, § 39. C.L. § 2095. CSA: C. 90, § 470. CRS 53: § 149-2-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-39. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 896, § 31, effective June 5. History. Source: L. 21: P. 555, § 39. C.L. § 2095. CSA: C. 90, § 470. CRS 53: § 149-2-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-39. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 896, § 31, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-42-140 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-140. Districts Organized After April 7, 1921

 This article 42 applies only to irrigation districts organized after April 7, 1921, and no existing laws in any manner relating to irrigation districts apply to or affect irrigation districts organized after that date, but existing laws and all amendments thereto made after that date remain in and have full force and effect as to all irrigation districts organized prior to April 7, 1921. However, whenever landowners of a majority of the number of acres of the irrigable land in any irrigation district organized prior to April 7, 1921, petition the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the landowners entitled to vote at elections of the irrigation district a proposition to vote, at any regular or any special election called and notice given for such purpose, upon the question whether the irrigation district shall thereafter operate under this article 42, and if two-thirds of the landowners of the irrigation district voting upon the question vote in favor of coming under this article 42, upon the filing of a statement of the results of the election in the manner provided by section 37-41-112 , the irrigation district is thereafter governed by this article 42. The election of the district to come under this article 42 does not invalidate any act or proceeding previously done under the laws governing the irrigation district prior to the election and does not impair any obligation of the irrigation district or any right thereunder.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 555, § 40. C.L. § 2096. L. 31: P. 434, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 471. CRS 53: § 149-2-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-40. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1230, § 2, effective April 6. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 54, § 14, effective August 9. History. Source: L. 21: P. 555, § 40. C.L. § 2096. L. 31: P. 434, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 471. CRS 53: § 149-2-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-40. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1230, § 2, effective April 6. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 54, § 14, effective August 9.
CO Code § 37-42-141 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 42 - Irrigation District Law of 1921|§ 37-42-141. Ratification of Irrigation District

 If the landowners of an irrigation district entitled to vote at elections have authorized the dissolution of the district in the manner provided by section 37-42-139 but the plan of dissolution so authorized has not been implemented and the district has continued to function as an irrigation district, the district may submit the question of ratification of the district to the qualified voters in a district election as specified in section 37-42-112 . If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the ratification of the district, the prior authorization of dissolution shall be deemed null and void. The directors shall file their certificate of that fact with the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein such district is situated, and the district shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be a de jure irrigation district.   History. Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 1231, § 3, effective April 6. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 55, § 15, effective August 9.
CO Code § 37-44-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-101. Liberal Construction

 This article, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and being necessary for the security of public and private property, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this article.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 519, § 48. CSA: C. 138, § 64. CRS 53: § 149-5-48. C.R.S. 1963: § 154-4-48. History. Source: L. 23: P. 519, § 48. CSA: C. 138, § 64. CRS 53: § 149-5-48. C.R.S. 1963: § 154-4-48.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, ”Legal Classification of Special District Corporate Forms in Colorado“, see 45 Den. L.J. 347 (1968).
CO Code § 37-44-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-103. Powers of District

  Any district organized under this article has the power, whenever necessary or expedient to promote the object of the district:   To provide for the drainage of lands whether lying within or without the boundaries of such district;    To acquire by condemnation or otherwise such lands as are necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such ditches, canals, drains, or other works as are required for the drainage of such lands;    To accept grants or loans of money from the federal government, or any department or agency thereof, for the construction of such drainage ditches, canals, drains, or other works, and to enter into such contracts for the maintenance of such drainage system as are necessary to be entered into in order to procure any such grant of money or other federal aid in the construction of such drainage system;    In general, to contract with the federal government, or any department or agency thereof, in such manner as shall be found necessary or advisable in order to procure federal aid in any form in the construction of any such drainage system;    To provide means for the maintenance of and to maintain and operate such drainage system when so constructed or acquired.        History. Source: L. 23: P. 484, § 1. L. 35: P. 948, § 1. CSA: C. 138, § 17. CRS 53: § 149-5-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-1. History. Source: L. 23: P. 484, § 1. L. 35: P. 948, § 1. CSA: C. 138, § 17. CRS 53: § 149-5-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-1.
CO Code § 37-44-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-106. Canvass of Votes

 The district judge, within ten days after the returns of said election have been filed with the clerk of said district court by the judges of election in the various precincts of said district, shall proceed to canvass the returns of the votes cast thereat and if it is proven to said court that at least a majority of the legal electors in said district who are also the owners of more than one-half the total acreage included in said district have voted ”Internal Improvement - Yes“, the said judge, by an order duly entered in said court, shall declare such territory duly organized into an internal improvement district under the name and style theretofore designated and in said order declare the persons receiving respectively the highest number of votes in each election precinct for such several offices to be duly elected to such office. Said board shall cause a copy of such order, including a plat of said district, duly certified by the clerk of said district court, to be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county into which any portion of the lands situated in said internal improvement district extends and, after the date of filing such order, no portion of such district shall be included in or form a part of any other internal improvement district. From and after the date of such filing, the organization of such district shall be complete, and the officers thereof shall immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices, upon qualifying in accordance with law, and shall hold such offices respectively until their successors are elected and qualified.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 491, § 4. CSA: C. 138, § 20. CRS 53: § 149-5-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-4. History. Source: L. 23: P. 491, § 4. CSA: C. 138, § 20. CRS 53: § 149-5-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-4.
CO Code § 37-44-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-107. Plans for Improvements

 Upon qualification, the board of directors shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan for the improvements for which the district was created. Such plan shall include such maps, profiles, plans, other data and descriptions as may be necessary to give the proper location and character of the work contemplated, and the specific property to be benefited thereby, that portion to be furnished with a supply of reservoir water for the irrigation thereof or to supplement inadequate water rights already appurtenant thereto, or used for the irrigation thereof, or any lands lying either within or without the boundaries of the district, the drainage of which may be deemed directly or indirectly beneficial to the lands within the district, and that portion of said district requiring flood protection; however, no system of drainage or irrigation already existing in said internal improvement district, or any drainage district, or irrigation district, or any water rights appertaining to or provided for any lands in said district after May 9, 1923, and not supplied by works constructed by such internal improvement district, shall be affected in any way by the passage of this article or the organization of said district.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 492, § 5. L. 35: P. 955, § 3. CSA: C. 138, § 21. CRS 53: § 149-5-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-5. History. Source: L. 23: P. 492, § 5. L. 35: P. 955, § 3. CSA: C. 138, § 21. CRS 53: § 149-5-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-5.
CO Code § 37-44-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-109. Meetings of Board - Records

 The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting in its office on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, April, July, and October and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings shall be called by the president of the board or any two directors. All meetings of the board shall be public, and three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and, on all occasions requiring a vote, there shall be a concurrence of at least two members of said board. All special meetings of the board shall be held at locations which are within the boundaries of the district or which are within the boundaries of any county in which the district is located, in whole or in part, or in any county so long as the meeting location does not exceed twenty miles from the district boundaries. The provisions of this section governing the location of meetings may be waived only if the proposed change of location of a meeting of the board appears on the agenda of a regular or special meeting of the board and if a resolution is adopted by the board stating the reason for which a meeting of the board is to be held in a location other than under the provisions of this section and further stating the date, time, and place of such meeting. All records of the board must be kept open to any elector during business hours. The board and its agents and employees have the right to enter upon any land in the district, to make surveys, and to construct such works as may be necessary for the proper operation of the district. The board also has the right to acquire all lands, water rights, franchises, and other property necessary to the construction, use, maintenance, repairs, and improvements of its canals, ditches, reservoirs, and works and also has the right by purchase or condemnation to acquire rights-of-way for the construction or enlargement of any of its ditches, canals, or reservoirs or lands for reservoir sites.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 495, § 7. CSA: C. 138, § 23. CRS 53: § 149-5-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-7. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1504, § 18, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 23: P. 495, § 7. CSA: C. 138, § 23. CRS 53: § 149-5-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-7. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1504, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-44-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-110. Title - Tax Exemption

 The title to all property acquired under the provisions of this article, immediately and by operation of law, shall vest in such internal improvement district in its corporate name, and shall be held by such district in trust and is hereby dedicated and set apart for the uses and purposes set forth in this article, and shall be exempt from all taxation, and said board is hereby empowered to hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy, and possess said property.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 496, § 8. CSA: C. 138, § 24. CRS 53: § 149-5-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-8. History. Source: L. 23: P. 496, § 8. CSA: C. 138, § 24. CRS 53: § 149-5-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-8.