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CO Code § 37-48-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-111. Investment of Surplus Funds

 The board of directors of said district may invest any surplus funds of the district, including any amounts in the construction fund not needed for immediate use to pay the cost of construction of any project in any one of the subdistricts or to pay bonds or coupons or to meet current expenses, in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. The board of directors of said district may require any funds of the district, or of any subdistrict, to be deposited with such depository or bank as may be designated by the board and likewise has authority to require the treasurer of the district to take from such depository a bond with corporate surety to insure payment of any such deposit, or to require such depository to insure payment of any such deposit, or to require such depository to pledge securities of the same kind as those in which the district is authorized to invest its funds to insure payment of any such deposit.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 668, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-11. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 1371, § 4, effective July 18. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1125, § 54, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 67: P. 668, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-11. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 1371, § 4, effective July 18. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1125, § 54, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-48-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-112. Rules

  The district has the power to make general rules for the conduct of its business, as well as the conduct of the business of any subdistrict therein, and by such rules may provide for the rental of water or other services that are to be furnished by said subdistrict to any municipality, public irrigation district, irrigation district, other quasi-municipal corporation in this state, or any agency of the state of Colorado or the United States, and to make contracts for the payment of the rental to be charged for any such water or services.    Where a board of managers is established to carry out the general supervision and operational management of a plan of water management of a subdistrict, such board of managers shall, before undertaking any water management function, formulate and propose to the board of directors of the district rules and regulations which shall define the scope of the responsibility of the board of managers and the functional relationship between such board and the board of directors of the district in terms consistent with the requirements of this article. If such responsibility and relationship are described in the petition for the creation of the subdistrict, the rules and regulations must incorporate and be consistent therewith. Such rules and regulations shall also include operational rules and regulations for the plan of water management and any other operational function undertaken by the board of managers. Such rules and regulations, and any amendments thereto, may be adopted by the board of managers only after having been approved by the board of directors of the district.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 668, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-11. L. 75: Entire section R&RE, p. 1371, § 5, effective July 18. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1273, § 4, effective May 25. History. Source: L. 67: P. 668, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-11. L. 75: Entire section R&RE, p. 1371, § 5, effective July 18. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1273, § 4, effective May 25.
CO Code § 37-48-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-114. Petition

 Before the Rio Grande water conservation district is established under this article, a petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the twelfth judicial district in and for Alamosa county, signed by not fewer than four hundred landowners, each of which owns eighty or more acres of land situated within the limits proposed to be organized into said district. The petition shall set forth the name of the proposed district and a general description of the boundaries of the proposed district and shall pray for an election on the question of organization of the proposed district. No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of alleged defects, but the court may permit the petition to be amended at any time to conform to the facts by correcting any error. Similar petitions, except for signatures, may be filed and together shall be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the court the same as though filed with the first petition placed on file. In determining whether the requisite number of landowners have signed the petition, the court shall be governed by the names as they appear upon the tax roll. Duplicate copies of the petition covering the lands in each county shall be prepared and sent to the treasurer of each such county. Each treasurer shall examine the copy of such petition sent to him and shall file a certificate with said district court in and for Alamosa county stating as to each signatory whether such person owns eighty acres of land or more. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence as to such ownership. For the purposes of this article, any person owning land in joint tenancy or as a tenant in common shall be deemed an owner of all land so held.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 668, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-14. History. Source: L. 67: P. 668, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-14.
CO Code § 37-48-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-115. Notice and Hearing on Petition

  Immediately after the filing of such petition, the court shall fix a time not less than forty-five days nor more than ninety days after the petition is filed for hearing thereon, and the clerk of said court shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within the boundaries of the proposed district, such notice to be published once each week for four successive weeks. The clerk shall also notify the county commissioners of each of said counties of the pendency of the petition and the time and place of hearing thereon. No judge of the district court of the twelfth judicial district in and for the county of Alamosa shall be disqualified to perform duties imposed by this article by reason of ownership of property within the proposed district.    Upon the day set for the hearing upon the original petition, if it appears to the court from the certificates of the county treasurers, and from such other evidence as may be adduced by any party in interest, that the petition is signed by the requisite number of owners of land, the court shall thereupon set a day certain for the holding of a meeting by the boards of county commissioners of the counties, part or all of which lands lie within the boundaries of the proposed Rio Grande water conservation district, and shall set the time and place of meeting.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 669, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-15. History. Source: L. 67: P. 669, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-15.    Cross references:   For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
CO Code § 37-48-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-116. Election Resolution

 On such day certain or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, the board of county commissioners of the counties, part or all of whose lands lie within the boundaries of the proposed Rio Grande water conservation district, shall meet at the time and place specified by such court, or at such other place as the county commissioners of said counties shall designate. The county commissioners of said counties shall call an election by resolution adopted at least thirty days prior to such election. Such resolution shall recite that the object and purpose of the election is to determine whether or not the Rio Grande water conservation district is to be formed. The county commissioners shall provide in the election resolution, or by supplemental resolution, for the appointment of sufficient judges and clerks of the election who shall be taxpaying electors residing within the proposed district and shall set their compensation. The election resolution shall also designate the precincts and polling places. The description of precincts may be made by reference to any order of the governing body of any county, municipality, or other public body in which the proposed district or any part thereof is situated, or by reference to any previous order or by other instrument of such governing body, or by detailed description of such precincts or by other sufficient description. Precincts established by any such governing body may be consolidated in the election resolution by the county commissioners for the election.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 669, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-16. History. Source: L. 67: P. 669, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-16.
CO Code § 37-48-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-117. Conduct of Election

  Except as provided in this article, an election held pursuant to this article shall be opened and conducted in the manner provided by the laws of the state of Colorado for the conduct of general elections except that only taxpaying electors may vote in such election. Registration pursuant to the general election laws or any other statute is not required.    Any taxpaying elector may vote in any election by absent voter's ballot under the terms and conditions and in substantially the same manner, insofar as is practicable, as prescribed in the ”Uniform Election Code of 1992“ for general elections.     History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-17. L. 80: (2) amended, p. 417, § 35, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: (2) amended, p. 924, § 196, effective January 1, 1993. History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-17. L. 80: (2) amended, p. 417, § 35, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: (2) amended, p. 924, § 196, effective January 1, 1993.    Cross references:   For the ”Uniform Election Code of 1992“, see articles 1 to 13 of title 1.
CO Code § 37-48-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-118. Notice of Election

 Notice of such election shall be given by publication. No other notice of election need be given.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-18. History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-18.
CO Code § 37-48-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-119. Polling Places

 All polling places designated by the election resolution shall be within the area included within the proposed district.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-19. History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-19.
CO Code § 37-48-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-120. Election Supplies

 The county commissioners of each county shall have provided at each polling place ballots or ballot labels, or both, ballot boxes or voting machines, or both, instructions, elector's affidavits, and other material and supplies required for a general election by law. The county commissioners, acting as a group, may procure all of the necessary supplies and may agree among themselves as to a division of the costs therefor. Election officials may require the execution of an affidavit by any person desiring to vote at any election of the district showing evidence of his qualifications as a taxpaying elector, which affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-20. History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-20.
CO Code § 37-48-121 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-121. Election Returns

 The election officials shall make their returns directly to the county commissioners of said counties in care of the board of county commissioners of Alamosa county, Alamosa, Colorado. The county commissioners of said counties shall act as the canvassing body. The returns of said election shall be made and canvassed at any time and in the manner provided by law for the canvass of the returns of any general election. It is the duty of such canvassing body to certify promptly and to transmit to the governor of the state of Colorado a statement of the results of the vote upon the proposition submitted. If a majority of the voters voting in said election vote in favor of the formation of the Rio Grande water conservation district, the governor shall declare the same to be formed. If a majority of the voters voting in said election do not vote in favor of formation of said district, the governor shall declare that the district is not formed. If the governor declares said district to be formed, it shall be formed as of the time and date specified in his declaration of formation.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-21. History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-21.
CO Code § 37-48-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-122. Expenses of Election - Appropriation

 The expenses of the election shall be paid by the Colorado water conservation board to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars, and there is hereby appropriated to said board the sum of fifteen thousand dollars to be used for this purpose and no other. Each county is entitled to a fraction of said sum, the numerator of which is the election expense incurred by each such county and the denominator of which is the total election expense of all such counties.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-22. History. Source: L. 67: P. 670, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-10-22.
CO Code § 37-48-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-124. Time and Place of Hearing on Petition

  Immediately after the filing of such petition, the court wherein the petition is filed, by order, shall fix a place and time, not less than sixty-three days nor more than ninety-one days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and the clerk of said court shall cause notice by publication, which may be substantially the same as provided in section 37-8-101, to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The clerk of the court shall also forthwith cause a copy of said notice to be sent by United States first-class mail or by electronic service using the e-filing system of the judicial department to the board of county commissioners of each of the counties having territory within the proposed subdistrict and to the board of directors of the district if the petition is filed by the landowners.    The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a subdistrict has been filed shall thereafter, for all purposes of this article, except as otherwise provided in this article, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, coextensive with the boundaries of said subdistrict, of lands and other property proposed to be included in said subdistrict or affected by said subdistrict, without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction.    No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this article by reason of ownership of property within any subdistrict or proposed subdistrict or by reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed, or assessed therein.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1375, § 7, effective July 18. L. 2017: (1) amended, (HB 17-1142), ch. 66, p. 209, § 4, effective September 1.
CO Code § 37-48-127 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-127. Execution of Plans

 The board of directors has full authority to devise, prepare for, execute, maintain, and operate all works or improvements necessary or desirable to complete, maintain, operate, and protect the works provided for by the official plan and to that end may employ and secure men and equipment under the supervision of the chief engineer or other agents or may in its discretion let contracts for such works, either as a whole or in parts.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1377, § 7, effective July 18.
CO Code § 37-48-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-128. Contracts

 When it is determined to let the work by contract, contracts in amounts in excess of ten thousand dollars shall be advertised after notice by publication calling for bids, and the board may reject any or all bids or may let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who gives a good and approved bond with ample security, conditioned on the carrying out of the contract. Such contract shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by or shall refer to plans and specifications for the work to be done prepared by the chief engineer. Said contract shall be approved by the board of directors and signed by the president of the district and by the contractor and shall be executed in duplicate; but, in case of sudden emergency when it is necessary in order to protect the district, the advertising of contracts may be waived upon the unanimous consent of the board of directors; but the provisions of this section shall not apply if it is determined by the board of directors that the work be done on force account.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1378, § 7, effective July 18. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1276, § 8, effective May 25.
CO Code § 37-48-129 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-129. Surveys and Examinations

 The board of directors also has the right to establish and maintain stream gauges, rain gauges, and a flood warning service with telephone or telegraph lines or telephone or telegraph service, and it may make such surveys and examinations of rainfall and flood conditions, streamflow, and other scientific and engineering subjects as are necessary and proper for the purposes of the district and may issue reports thereon.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1378, § 7, effective July 18.
CO Code § 37-48-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-130. Cooperation With United States or Other Agencies

 The board of directors also has the authority to enter into contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with persons, railroads, or other corporations, with public corporations, with the state government of this or other states, and with irrigation, drainage, conservation, conservancy, or other improvement districts in this or other states for cooperation or assistance in constructing, maintaining, using, and operating the works of the district or for making surveys and investigations or reports thereon. It may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in adjoining states in order to secure outlets or for other purposes of the subdistrict and may let contracts and spend money for securing such outlets or other works in adjoining states.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1378, § 7, effective July 18.
CO Code § 37-48-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-131. Access to Lands - Penalty

 [ ] The board of directors or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees and appraisers retained by the board and their assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done; but no unnecessary damage shall be done. Any person or corporation preventing such entry commits a class 2 petty offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1378, § 7, effective July 18. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3290, § 672, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 37-48-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-131. Access to Lands - Penalty

 [ ] The board of directors or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees and appraisers retained by the board and their assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done; but no unnecessary damage shall be done. Any person or corporation preventing such entry commits a civil infraction.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1378, § 7, effective July 18. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3290, § 672, effective March 1, 2022.