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WY Stat § 41-7-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-405 - Additional Assessments Generally.

41-7-405. Additional assessments generally.| If any assessment for construction, operation, maintenance or repair that the commissioners shall have reported to the court is a smaller sum than is needed to carry out the purpose for which said assessment has been made, or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the principal or interest on lawful indebtedness of the said irrigation district, further or additional assessments on the lands and persons benefited shall be made by the commissioners of said irrigation district under the order of the court, or presiding judge thereof, upon such notice as the court may direct, which further or additional assessment may be made payable in installments as specified herein, and shall be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments confirmed by the court in said irrigation district.
WY Stat § 41-7-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-406 - Omissions; Effect on Other Lands; Duty of Commissioner.

41-7-406. Omissions; effect on other lands; duty of commissioner.| Omission to assess benefits, or to assess for construction, or to make additional assessment, or to make assessment for operation, maintenance or repairs against any land or person which should have been assessed, or to award damages to any one (1) or more tracts of lands or easements in an irrigation district shall neither affect the jurisdiction of the court to confirm the report nor to render the benefits assessed, or the assessments for construction, or additional assessments, or assessments for operation, maintenance, or repairs against other lands, or assessments against any person voidable, but the commissioners of said irrigation district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission, or receive notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper award or assessments and award the damages or make such assessment of benefits or assessments for construction, operation, maintenance or repair, and make such additional assessments against the omitted lands and corporations, and award such damages as shall be just, and report the facts, together with such assessments and awards, to the court.
WY Stat § 41-7-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-407 - Omissions; Procedures Generally.

41-7-407. Omissions; procedures generally.| In case of omission to assess any person or land that should be assessed for benefits, or additional assessment, or to award damages, said omitted party and the owners or person entitled to the possession of omitted land may, in writing, agree with the commissioners of said district that the assessment should be against said land, or against said person, or what said damage should be, and such agreement shall be acknowledged and witnessed as provided above for waivers, and be filed in the court.
WY Stat § 41-7-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-408 - Borrowing Money; Bonds as Security; Indebtedness as Lien on Assessments.

41-7-408. Borrowing money; bonds as security; indebtedness as lien on assessments.| The commissioners may borrow money, not exceeding the amount of "assessment for construction," as herein provided, unpaid at the time of borrowing for such purposes, or for the payment of indebtedness they may have lawfully incurred, and may secure the same by notes or bonds bearing interest and not running beyond one (1) year after the last installment of the assessment, on the account of which the money is borrowed, shall fall due, which notes or bonds shall not be sold at less than ninety percent (90%) of their face value, which bonds shall be transferable by delivery to the same extent as negotiable paper of the highest character, and may deliver notes or bonds to the United States to be held and when deemed desirable or when the appraised value of the land in the district is double the bonded indebtedness, sold by it, and the net proceeds received from the notes or bonds applied to the liquidation of contract indebtedness of the district to the United States. Notes or bonds shall be in a form, terms and denominations as may be fixed by the secretary of the interior in carrying out the provisions of the act of congress of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or that may be hereafter enacted as amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or other acts of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted providing for or permitting the acceptance of the bonds, and which notes or bonds shall not be held to make the commissioners personally liable, but constitute a lien upon the assessments for the repayment of the principal and interest of the notes or bonds. In case any monies derived from bonds sold to pay for the construction, as herein provided, now or hereafter, remains on hand after the work is completed and paid for, and not raised for damages unpaid for, the residue may be used in the maintenance and repair, as in this chapter provided, before making assessment for maintenance and repair.
WY Stat § 41-7-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-409 - Bonds; Refunding Procedures.

41-7-409. Bonds; refunding procedures.| The court may, upon the petition of the commissioners, authorize them to refund a lawful indebtedness of the district now existing or which may hereafter be incurred by taking up and canceling all or a part of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they come due or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same, and issue in lieu thereof new notes or bonds of the district, payable in a time as the court deems proper, in an amount sufficient to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, together with an amount as the commissioners of the district deem necessary to provide for possible future defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, and bearing interest. For the purpose of providing funds to pay the refunding bonds with interest thereon, the commissioners may levy assessments against the land in the district, but not in excess of the benefits assessed. In the alternative the commissioners may issue refunding bonds in an amount sufficient only to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, and may, if they desire to provide a fund to provide for possible defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, levy from year to year assessments against the land in the district for such purposes, but not in excess of the benefits assessed against the same.
WY Stat § 41-7-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-410 - Bonds; Effect of Change in Assessments.

41-7-410. Bonds; effect of change in assessments.| No bonds or other money obligations issued by any irrigation district shall be adversely affected by any subsequent change in assessment of benefits.
WY Stat § 41-7-411 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-411 - Damages to Landowners to Be Paid Before Entry for Construction; Exceptions; When Entry Prior to Assessment Authorized.

41-7-411. Damages to landowners to be paid before entry for construction; exceptions; when entry prior to assessment authorized.| The damages allowed to the owners of lands shall be paid or tendered before the commissioners shall be authorized to enter upon the lands, for damage to which the award is made, for the construction of any reservoirs, canals, ditches, or other work proposed thereon. If the owner is unknown or there shall be a contest in regard to the ownership of the lands, or the owner will not receive payment, or there exists a mortgage or other lien against the same, or the commissioners cannot for any other reason pay him, they may deposit the said damages with the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the owner, or parties interested, to be paid or distributed as the court shall direct, and such payment shall have the same effect as the tender to and acceptance of the damages awarded by the true owners of the land. This section shall not, however, prevent said commissioners, their agents, servants, and employees from going upon said lands to do any and all work found necessary prior to making their assessment of benefits and award of damages, and the trial on their report thereof.
WY Stat § 41-7-412 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-412 - Advertisement for Bids on Work Exceeding $7,500.00.

41-7-412. Advertisement for bids on work exceeding $7,500.00.| In all cases where the work to be done at any one (1) time under the direction of the commissioners will, in their opinion, cost to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), the same shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the commissioner shall advertise for sealed bids, by notice published in some newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, and may advertise in one (1) or more newspapers published elsewhere. If there be no newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, they shall advertise in some newspaper published in an adjoining county, which said notice shall particularly set forth the time and place when and where the bids advertised will be opened, the kind of work to be let and the terms of payment. Said commissioners may continue the letting from time to time, if in their judgment the same shall be necessary, and shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids. This section shall not be construed to apply to the employment of superintendent, engineer, attorney or other employee engaged in the general work of the district.
WY Stat § 41-7-414 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-414 - When Assessments to Be Judgments Against Land; Manner of Collection.

41-7-414. When assessments to be judgments against land; manner of collection.| Each and every sum assessed in any irrigation district organized in the manner herein provided, as soon as such assessment is confirmed by the court, shall be and is declared to be a judgment of the district court in favor of said irrigation district and against the land so assessed, and unless some other method of collection is herein provided, shall be collected in the same manner as any other money judgment, provided, that whenever said assessment is a lien upon land it shall only be collected on said land on which it is a lien.
WY Stat § 41-7-415 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 4 - Assessments|Section 41-7-415 - Order Approving Contract Deemed Conclusive; Appeals.

41-7-415. Order approving contract deemed conclusive; appeals.| The order confirming the assessments of benefits shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating to the assessments of benefits unless appealed from within thirty (30) days after the entry of such order.
WY Stat § 41-7-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 5 - Organization Expenses|Section 41-7-501 - Warrants for Expense of Survey Authorized.

41-7-501. Warrants for expense of survey authorized.| The duly appointed, qualified and acting commissioners of an irrigation district, having complied with the provisions of W.S. 41-7-302, are hereby authorized to issue warrants of said district bearing interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum up to the amount set by the judge of the district court of the judicial district wherein such district was organized for the purpose of making the surveys necessary to present their first report as provided in W.S. 41-7-305, and to defray other necessary expenses of the district, prior to the said first report and the assessment of benefits, upon complying with the procedure set out hereinafter.
WY Stat § 41-7-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 5 - Organization Expenses|Section 41-7-502 - Petition for Authority to Issue Warrants; Notice of Hearing; Objections.

41-7-502. Petition for authority to issue warrants; notice of hearing; objections.| Whenever the commissioners of an irrigation district, after their appointment and qualification, shall wish to avail themselves of the provisions of W.S. 41-7-501, they shall file in the district court wherein such district was organized, a petition for authority to issue interest-bearing warrants, setting out the necessity for such issuance, the amounts of warrants to be issued and the purpose thereof; the judge of said court shall thereupon, by order, set a date for hearing said petition and notice of such hearing, setting out briefly the purpose thereof, shall be published for one (1) consecutive week in a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the district or the greater portion thereof is situate, the last publication of said notice shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for said hearing and any protests or objections to the said petition must be in writing, setting out the grounds of such protest or objection, signed and verified by the protestant or objector, and filed in the proceeding at least five (5) days prior to the date set for said hearing.
WY Stat § 41-7-503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 5 - Organization Expenses|Section 41-7-503 - Petition for Authority to Issue Warrants; Hearing Generally; Decree Generally; Appeal.

41-7-503. Petition for authority to issue warrants; hearing generally; decree generally; appeal.| Upon the date set for the hearing of said petition, the judge shall hear evidence in support thereof and in support of any protests or objections properly filed and shall hear and determine all proper issues presented by said petition and any protests or objections which there may be and the judge shall enter his order in accord with such evidence; if, in the discretion of the court the petition should be granted he shall make his order authorizing the issuance of such interest-bearing warrants, setting the amount of such warrants which may be issued and the purpose for which such warrants may be used; such order will become final and conclusive unless appealed from within thirty (30) days of the date of its entry.
WY Stat § 41-7-504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 5 - Organization Expenses|Section 41-7-504 - Effect of Decree; Reference to Be Made on Warrants.

41-7-504. Effect of decree; reference to be made on warrants.| Said order shall be the authority of the said commissioners and reference shall be made thereto on all warrants issued showing the amount so authorized and the total issued to the time thereof.
WY Stat § 41-7-601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 6 - Construction Contracts With United States|Section 41-7-601 - Inclusion of Provisions for Maintenance and Reclamation of Injured Lands; Costs.

41-7-601. Inclusion of provisions for maintenance and reclamation of injured lands; costs.| The board of commissioners of any irrigation district, in contracting with the United States for the construction, operation and maintenance of its necessary works for the delivery and distribution of water therefrom under the provisions of the federal reclamation act and acts amendatory thereto and supplementary thereof, and the rules and regulations established thereunder, may include in said contract with the United States, a provision or provisions for the construction, operation and maintenance of any necessary drainage works which they may reasonably contemplate to be necessary for the reclamation and drainage of lands of the district affected injuriously by the seepage or percolation of waters from the irrigation works of the district or from the highlands in the district irrigated or to be irrigated, and said commissioners shall include the costs of such drainage in the "cost of construction" as defined by W.S. 41-7-305.
WY Stat § 41-7-602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 6 - Construction Contracts With United States|Section 41-7-602 - Petition for Contract and Assessments; Hearings Generally.

41-7-602. Petition for contract and assessments; hearings generally.| Whenever any contract between the United States and an irrigation district so provides, the assessment or assessments for benefits and construction against the individual tracts of land in the district, as now required under W.S. 41-7-401, may be dispensed with, and in such case the board of commissioners of the district, at any time, or after an election as provided by law has resulted in the approval of such contract, may file in the district court of the county embracing the largest acreage of the district, a petition praying in effect, that the contract and the proceedings leading up to the execution of same and the assessment for benefits and construction as requested therein may be examined, approved and confirmed by the court. The petition shall state generally that the irrigation district was duly authorized, that due and lawful proceedings were taken to execute a contract with the United States which incurred a district indebtedness for construction charges to the United States in a maximum amount to be stated, and that the assessments to be levied against the individual tracts of land under the contract do not exceed the benefits to accrue to such tracts of land, respectively, by reason of such contract. The court shall, upon presentation of such a petition, fix a time for the hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish notice of the filing of the said petition, and of the time and place fixed for the hearing thereon. The notice of such hearing shall be published three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which such district is located and shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition, the prayer thereof, and that any person interested in the subject matter of the petition may, on or before three (3) days prior to the day fixed for the hearing thereof, answer or otherwise plead thereto, and no other notice shall be required to be given of the time and place of the hearing thereon. Upon the hearing on such proceedings, the court shall disregard every error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of any party, and the court may make an order confirming and approving the proceedings taken to ratify and confirm such contract and the assessments for benefits and construction as required therein. The costs of the proceedings may be allowed and apportioned among the parties thereto in the discretion of the court.
WY Stat § 41-7-603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 6 - Construction Contracts With United States|Section 41-7-603 - Order Approving Contract Deemed Conclusive; Appeal.

41-7-603. Order approving contract deemed conclusive; appeal.| The order confirming and approving the proceedings taken to ratify and confirm such contract and the assessment for benefits and construction as provided therein, shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating thereto, unless appealed from within thirty (30) days after the entry of such order.
WY Stat § 41-7-701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 7 - Power Projects|Section 41-7-701 - Irrigation Districts May Undertake Power Projects.

41-7-701. Irrigation districts may undertake power projects.| Any irrigation district heretofore organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 2, Session Laws of Wyoming, Special Session, 1920, as amended, codified and compiled in W.S. 41-7-101 through 41-7-603 [§§41-7-101 through 41-7-415], as now amended, is hereby authorized and given the power to provide for the construction, building and development of suitable works and structures, and to purchase, extend, enlarge, operate and maintain constructed works and structures suitable for the operation, maintenance, development and distribution of hydroelectric energy and power.
WY Stat § 41-7-702 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 7 - Power Projects|Section 41-7-702 - Resolution of Commissioners.

41-7-702. Resolution of commissioners.| Whenever the commissioners of any duly organized and existing irrigation district, heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the state of Wyoming, shall determine by a majority vote thereof that it is and would be beneficial and for the best interest of the landowners and entrymen therein that the development and distribution of hydroelectric energy and power is feasible, necessary and required for the complete and full construction and building of appropriate irrigation works necessary and required for the improvement of the water supply for the landowners and entrymen therein, they may adopt and approve an appropriate resolution stating their determination thereof.
WY Stat § 41-7-703 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 7 - Power Projects|Section 41-7-703 - Report Made to District Court.

41-7-703. Report made to district court.| Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the said commissioners shall file an appropriate report with the district court of the county having jurisdiction of said irrigation district proceeding of the same nature and kind as provided in W.S. 41-7-305 through 41-7-307, for the construction of irrigation works.
WY Stat § 41-7-704 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 7 - Power Projects|Section 41-7-704 - Hearing on Objections to Report.

41-7-704. Hearing on objections to report.| Upon the filing of the said report, the court or judge thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place when and where all persons interested may appear and object to the confirmation thereof and all of the provisions of W.S. 41-7-308 through 41-7-314, shall be followed and be applicable thereto.
WY Stat § 41-7-705 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 7 - Power Projects|Section 41-7-705 - Notices; How Given and Served.

41-7-705. Notices; how given and served.| All required notices shall be given and served in the same manner as provided in the said Irrigation District Law of the state of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 41-7-706 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 41 - Water|Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts|Article 7 - Power Projects|Section 41-7-706 - Notices; Contents.

41-7-706. Notices; contents.| Such notice shall show the court in which said petition is filed, give a general description of the proposed works, state the time and place fixed by the court when and where the hearing on said petition will be had, and it shall require all persons interested to appear at the time and place therein stated, then and there to show cause if any they have, why said irrigation district should not proceed with plans and specifications for the construction or purchase as need be of the incidental necessary and required works for the development, distribution and sale of hydroelectric energy and power.