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CO Code § 37-45-134 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-134. Additional Powers

  The board has the following powers concerning the management, control, delivery, use, and distribution of water by the district:   To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, delivery, use, and distribution of water;    To withhold the delivery of water upon which there are any defaults or delinquencies of payment;    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;    To allocate and reallocate the use of water to lands within the district;    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 discharge liens from lands to which the same was theretofore attached and to create liens, as provided in this article, upon lands to which the use of such water is transferred.        History. Source: L. 37: P. 1347, § 28. CSA: C. 173B, § 42. CRS 53: § 149-6-29. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-29. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1347, § 28. CSA: C. 173B, § 42. CRS 53: § 149-6-29. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-29.    ANNOTATION   This section granted the northern Colorado water conservancy district (NCWCD) the authority to enact rules and regulations that implement the limitations placed on the distribution of Colorado-Big Thompson (CBT) water by the Water Conservancy Act and the 1938 repayment contract between the United States and the NCWCD for the construction of the CBT project. City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996).   The NCWCD had statutory authority to make those rules, the rules did not impermissibly infringe on the jurisdiction of the water court to regulate the exercise of water rights, and the court has jurisdiction to resolve disputes concerning the interpretation and application of the rules. As the rules were reasonable limitations on the use of CBT water, they superseded the general replacement and exchange statutes. City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996).
CO Code § 37-45-135 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-135. Allotment of Water to Disabled Landowner or Administrator

 Where the landowner in a water conservancy district, organized under this article, 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 this article; 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, prior to February 28, 1939, petitioned for a supply of water for irrigation of lands so held, 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 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.   History. Source: L. 39: P. 590, § 21 CSA: C. 173B, § 42(1). CRS 53: § 149-6-30. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-30. History. Source: L. 39: P. 590, § 21 CSA: C. 173B, § 42(1). CRS 53: § 149-6-30. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-30.
CO Code § 37-45-140 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-140. Publication of Call

 The resolution provided in section 37-45-139 shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, the last publication of which shall be at least ten days prior to the date set for said election, in a newspaper of general circulation 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 made.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1354, § 33. CSA: C. 173B, § 47. CRS 53: § 149-6-35. L. 61: P. 853, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-35. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1354, § 33. CSA: C. 173B, § 47. CRS 53: § 149-6-35. L. 61: P. 853, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-35.
CO Code § 37-45-141 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-141. Conduct of Election

  The respective election boards shall conduct the election in their respective precincts in the manner prescribed by law for the holding of general elections and shall make their returns to the court or secretary of the district, as applicable. At any regular or special meeting of the board held not later than five days following the date of such election, the returns thereof shall be canvassed and the results declared.    In the event that any election held under this article is consolidated with any primary or general election, the returns thereof shall be made and canvassed at the time and in the manner provided by law for the canvass of the returns of such primary or general election. It is the duty of such canvassing body to promptly certify and transmit to the board or court, as applicable, a statement of the result of the vote upon the proposition submitted under this article. Upon receipt of such certificate, it is the duty of the board or court to tabulate and declare the results of the election held under this article.     History. Source: L. 37: P. 1354, § 34. CSA: C. 173B, § 48. CRS 53: § 149-6-36. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-36. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1755, § 5, effective June 19. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1354, § 34. CSA: C. 173B, § 48. CRS 53: § 149-6-36. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-36. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1755, § 5, effective June 19.    Cross references:   For elections generally, see title 1.
CO Code § 37-45-142 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-142. Bond Elections - Subsequent Elections

  No debt required by section 37-45-139 to be submitted to the electors of the district shall be incurred unless the proposition to create such debt is first submitted to and approved by the electors of the district.    In the event it appears from the returns that the proposition submitted has been approved by a majority of those voting at the election as required under subsection (1) of this section, the district is authorized to incur such indebtedness or obligations, enter into such contract, or issue and sell such bonds of the district, all for the purpose and object provided for in the proposition submitted under this section and in the resolution therefor and in the amount so provided and at a net effective interest rate not exceeding the maximum net effective interest rate recited in such resolution. Submission of the proposition of incurring such obligation or bonded or other indebtedness at such an election shall not prevent or prohibit submission of the same or other propositions at subsequent elections called for such purpose.      The board, having received approval at an election to issue bonds and having determined that the limitations of the original election question are too restrictive to permit the advantageous sale of the bonds so authorized, may submit at another election held for such purpose:   The question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, at a higher maximum net effective interest rate than the maximum interest rate or maximum net effective interest rate approved at the original election; or    The question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, to mature over a longer period of time than the maximum period of maturity approved at the original election.       An election held pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be held in substantially the same manner as an election to authorize bonds initially, except as may be required for the submission of the limited question or questions permitted under this subsection (3).    If a majority of those voting at an election held pursuant to this subsection (3) fails to approve the changes submitted, such result shall not impair the authority of the board at a later time to issue the bonds originally approved within the limitations established at the first election.         History. Source: L. 37: P. 1355, § 35. CSA: C. 173B, § 49. CRS 53: § 149-6-37. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-37. L. 70: P. 439, § 5. L. 71: P. 1347, § 3. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1355, § 35. CSA: C. 173B, § 49. CRS 53: § 149-6-37. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-37. L. 70: P. 439, § 5. L. 71: P. 1347, § 3.
CO Code § 37-45-143 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-143. Confirmation of Contract Proceedings

  In its discretion, the board may file a petition in the court at any time, praying for a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred or of any tax or assessment levied or of any act, proceeding, or contract of the district, whether or not said contract has been executed, including proposed contracts for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of works for the district. Such petition shall set forth the facts whereon the validity of such power, assessment, act, proceeding, or contract is founded and shall be verified by the president of the board. Notice of the filing of said petition shall be given by the clerk of the court, under the seal thereof, stating in brief outline the contents of the petition and showing where a full copy of any contract therein mentioned may be examined. The notice shall be served by publication in at least five consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the principal office of the district is located and by posting the same in the office of the district at least thirty days prior to the date fixed in said notice for the hearing on said petition.    Any owner of property in the district or person interested in the contract or proposed contract may appear and move to dismiss or answer said petition at any time prior to the date fixed for said hearing or within such further time as may be allowed by the court; and the petition shall be taken as confessed by all persons who fail to appear.    The petition and notice shall be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction, and, upon hearing, the court shall examine into and determine all matters and things affecting the question submitted, shall make such findings with reference thereto, and shall render such judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants. Costs may be divided or apportioned among the contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of the judgment of the court may be had as in other similar cases; except that such review must be applied for within thirty days after the time of the rendition of such judgment or within such additional time as may be allowed by the court within the thirty days. The Colorado rules of civil procedure shall govern in matters of pleading and practice where not otherwise specified in this article. The court shall disregard any error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.     History. Source: L. 37: P. 1355, § 36. CSA: C. 173B, § 50. CRS 53: § 149-6-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-38. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1355, § 36. CSA: C. 173B, § 50. CRS 53: § 149-6-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-38.
CO Code § 37-45-144 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-144. Correction of Faulty Notices

 In every case where a notice is provided for in this article, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but in that case the court shall order due notice to be given, and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1357, § 37. CSA: C. 173B, § 51. CRS 53: § 149-6-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-39. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1357, § 37. CSA: C. 173B, § 51. CRS 53: § 149-6-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-39.
CO Code § 37-45-145 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-145. Early Hearings

 All cases in which there arises a question of the validity of the organization of a water conservancy district, or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this article, shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and heard at the earliest practicable moment. The courts shall be open at all times for the purposes of this article.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1357, § 38. CSA: C. 173B, § 52. CRS 53: § 149-6-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-40. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1357, § 38. CSA: C. 173B, § 52. CRS 53: § 149-6-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-40.
CO Code § 37-45-146 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-146. Dissolution of Districts

 Any water conservancy district organized may be dissolved in the manner specified in sections 37-45-146 to 37-45-152 if such district has not been authorized to incur bonded or other indebtedness under the election procedures set forth in sections 37-45-139 to 37-45-142 and such district has not incurred bonded or other indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of any other law; except that, if such district has entered into a contract with the United States or any other agency thereof, no dissolution shall take place unless the secretary of the interior of the United States has first consented thereto.   History. Source: L. 57: P. 885, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-44. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-44. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 1367, § 4, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 57: P. 885, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-44. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-44. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 1367, § 4, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-45-147 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-147. Election for Dissolution - Petition or Resolution Filed

  An election submitting the proposition of dissolution of the district may be initiated by the filing of a copy of a resolution adopted by three-fourths of all the members of the board of directors of such district requesting such an election or by the filing of a petition requesting such election. Such resolution or petition shall be filed in the district court which formed said district.    Any such petition so filed shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond for five hundred dollars with not less than two sureties approved by the court, and, if a majority of the qualified electors do not vote for dissolution in the election specified in this article, the amount of such bond shall be forfeited to the district, otherwise the same shall be discharged.    If the valuation for assessment of irrigated land together with improvements thereon within said district when formed is in excess of twenty million dollars, such petition shall bear signatures of any owners of irrigated land equal in number to two-thirds or more of the number of such type of owners required by section 37-45-109, upon a petition for the formation of such a district. Such irrigated land shall be situated within the limits of the district and shall not be embraced within the incorporated limits of any city or town. Said petition shall also bear the signatures of any owners of nonirrigated land or land embraced within the incorporated limits of a city or town equal in number to two-thirds or more of the number of such type of owners required by said section upon a petition for the formation of such a district, said land to be situated within the limits of the district.    If the valuation for assessment of irrigated land and improvements thereon within such district when formed is less than twenty million dollars, said petition shall contain the same number and type of signatures required by section 37-45-109 upon petitions for the formation of such a district. In either case the petition shall set forth opposite each signature the description of the land and the valuation for assessment thereof together with any improvements. Similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition may be filed together and shall be regarded as one petition. 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 from time to time to conform to the facts by correcting errors in descriptions, valuation, or any other particular.     History. Source: L. 57: P. 885, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-45. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-45. History. Source: L. 57: P. 885, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-45. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-45.
CO Code § 37-45-148 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-148. Notice of Election

 Upon presentation of such petition or resolution, the court shall cause a notice to be published forthwith at least once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county where the district or parts thereof lie. Such notice shall recite that a petition or resolution for dissolution of the district has been filed, shall describe generally the territory of the district, and shall further specify the time and places of election, which time shall not be less than sixty days nor more than ninety days after the date of the last publication of the notice. If an objection to the petition or resolution is filed in such court by an owner of land situated within said district within twenty days from the date of the last publication of the notice, the court may, if necessary, continue the election from time to time until all objections are disposed of. Due notice of the time and places of any continued election shall be given in the manner and form prescribed above.   History. Source: L. 57: P. 886, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-46. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-46. History. Source: L. 57: P. 886, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-46. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-46.
CO Code § 37-45-149 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-149. Objections to Resolution or Petition

 Objections to a resolution for an election shall be confined to the question of whether sufficient directors voted in favor of the same. Objections to a petition for such election shall be confined to the question of whether sufficient qualified owners of land situate within the district have signed the petition for such election. Such petition shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of all facts stated therein, and all signatures affixed to such petition shall be presumed to be those of qualified owners residing within the boundaries of the district until the contrary is proven. No signer of a petition shall be permitted to withdraw his name from such petition after it is filed, except for fraud. All objections shall be heard as an advanced case on the docket of the court. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the filing of subsequent resolutions or petitions for the same purpose, but elections on the proposition of dissolution shall not be held more frequently than once every three years.   History. Source: L. 57: P. 887, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-47. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-47. History. Source: L. 57: P. 887, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-47. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-47.
CO Code § 37-45-150 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-150. Election Procedure - Ballot

  Any election held for the purpose of submitting the proposition of dissolution of a district may be held separately or may be consolidated or held concurrently with any other election authorized by law. The election shall be conducted by the secretary of the board of directors of such district under the supervision of the court, and the court shall fix the manner of holding the same and shall also fix the compensation to be paid the officers of the election and shall designate the precincts and polling places. The court shall also appoint for each polling place and for each precinct from the electors thereof the officers of such election, which officers shall consist of three judges, one of whom shall act as clerk, who shall constitute a board of election for each polling place.    The description of precincts may be made by reference to any order of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated or by reference to any previous order or resolution of the board or by detailed description of such precincts. Precincts established by the boards of the various counties may be consolidated for special elections held under this article. In the event any such election is called to be held concurrently with any other election or is consolidated therewith, the court order need not designate precincts or polling places or the names of officers of election but shall contain a reference to the act or order calling such other election and fixing the precincts and polling places and appointing election officers therefrom. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 37-45-141.    The results of such election shall be certified promptly by the secretary of the board of directors to the court. It is the duty of the secretary of the board of directors of the district to prepare ballots to be used at the election on which shall be inscribed the words ”For Dissolution“ and ”Against Dissolution“. The costs of the election and ballots shall be paid by the district under the supervision of the court, and the district shall be authorized, under the supervision of the court, to borrow funds for this purpose. Irrespective of any other provision of this article, the district shall not be required or authorized to hold any election on the proposition of such borrowing.     History. Source: L. 57: P. 887, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-48. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-48. History. Source: L. 57: P. 887, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-48. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-48.
CO Code § 37-45-151 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-151. Majority Vote Determines Question

 The electors of the district shall be qualified to vote on the question of dissolving the district. If a majority of votes are for dissolution of the district, the district shall be dissolved as provided in section 37-45-152 . Any objections to the election, or proceedings to invalidate the election, must be filed in the court within thirty days from the date of the election. Errors, omissions, and irregularities not affecting substantial rights shall be disregarded.   History. Source: L. 57: P. 888, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-49. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-49. L. 70: P. 440, § 6. History. Source: L. 57: P. 888, § 1. CRS 53: § 149-6-49. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-49. L. 70: P. 440, § 6.