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CO Code § 36-3-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-114. Time for Construction - Forfeiture

 No proposal shall be considered by the board which requires a greater time than five years for the construction of the works. All proposals shall state that the work shall begin within six months from the date of contract; that at least one-tenth of the construction work shall be completed within two years from the date of said contract; that the construction shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously to completion; and that a cessation of work under the contract with the state for a period of six months after the second year, without the sanction of the board, will forfeit to the state all rights under said contract. The board, for good cause shown, shall extend the time of beginning or of completing the whole or any part of said construction work for a period commensurate with the difficulties of construction and the location of the proposed project. No extension of time shall be granted until after thirty days' notice, given by publication in at least one daily paper, published at the capital, and in at least one paper published in each county in which the project and the land sought to be watered thereby is located, of the time and place where such extension of time will be considered and opportunity afforded to all interested parties to appear and be heard.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 162, § 12. R.S. 08: § 5149. L. 11: P. 300, § 1. C.L. § 1134. CSA: C. 134, § 32. CRS 53: § 112-2-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-14. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 162, § 12. R.S. 08: § 5149. L. 11: P. 300, § 1. C.L. § 1134. CSA: C. 134, § 32. CRS 53: § 112-2-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-14.
CO Code § 36-3-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-115. Failure in Construction

  Upon the failure of any parties having contracts with the state for the construction of irrigation works to begin the same within the time specified by law, or to carry on work as provided in their contract, or to complete the same within the time or in accordance with the specifications of the contract with the board and the provisions of this article, it is the duty of the register to give such parties written notice of such failure. In the event the board has extended the time of the beginning or of completing the whole or any part of the construction work beyond the time set forth in the contract between the state and the party submitting the proposal, then the conditions and penalties of this section shall not apply to or be enforceable against the parties constructing the project until the time the extensions have expired.    If, after a period of sixty days they have failed to proceed with the work or to conform to the specifications and conditions of their contract with the state, it is the duty of the board to declare the bond and contract of such parties forfeited to the state. The board shall notify the contractors of the forfeiture of the contract, by letter to the address given in the proposal, and give notice once a week for a period of four weeks, in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the work is situated, and in one newspaper at the state capital in like manner and for a like period. Upon a day fixed, proposals will be received at the office of the register, at the capitol at Denver, for the purchase of the incompleted works and for the completion of the contract.    The time for receiving bids shall be at least sixty days after the issuance of first notice of forfeiture. The money received from the sale of partially completed works under the provisions of section 36-3-114 shall first be applied to the expense incurred by the state in their forfeiture and disposal to satisfy the bond and to the satisfaction, pro rata, of the adjudicated liens for labor or materials. The surplus, if any exists, shall be paid to the original contractors with the state.     History. Source: L. 1895: P. 162, § 13. R.S. 08: § 5150. L. 11: P. 301, § 2. C.L. § 1135. CSA: C. 134, § 33. CRS 53: § 112-2-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-15. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 162, § 13. R.S. 08: § 5150. L. 11: P. 301, § 2. C.L. § 1135. CSA: C. 134, § 33. CRS 53: § 112-2-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-15.    Cross references:   For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24; for the mechanics' lien law in general, see article 22 of title 38.
CO Code § 36-3-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-116. State Not to Be Made Liable

 Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing the board to obligate the state to pay for any work constructed under any contract or to hold the state in any way responsible to settlers for the failure of contractors to complete the work according to the terms of their contracts with the state.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 163, § 14. R.S. 08: § 5151. C.L. § 1136. CSA: C. 134, § 34. CRS 53: § 112-2-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-16. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 163, § 14. R.S. 08: § 5151. C.L. § 1136. CSA: C. 134, § 34. CRS 53: § 112-2-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-16.
CO Code § 36-3-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-117. Notice of Land Open for Settlement

 Immediately upon the withdrawal of any land for the state by the department of the interior, and the inauguration of work by the contractors, it is the duty of the board, by publication once each week, in one newspaper of the county in which the lands are situated, and in one newspaper at the state capital for a period of four weeks, to give notice that the land is open for settlement, and the price and terms upon which the land will be sold to settlers by the state.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 163, § 15. R.S. 08: § 5152. C.L. § 1137. CSA: C. 134, § 35. CRS 53: § 112-2-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-17. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 163, § 15. R.S. 08: § 5152. C.L. § 1137. CSA: C. 134, § 35. CRS 53: § 112-2-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-17.    Cross references:   For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
CO Code § 36-3-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-118. Application to Enter - Requirements

 Any citizen of the United States, or any person having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, may make application, under oath, to the board to enter any of the land in an amount not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres for any one person. The application shall set forth that the person desiring to make such entry does so for the purpose of actual reclamation, cultivation, and settlement in accordance with the act of congress set out in section 36-3-103 and the laws of this state relating thereto and that the applicant has never received the benefit of the provisions of this article to an amount greater than one hundred and sixty acres, including the number of acres specified in the application under consideration. Such application must be accompanied by a certified copy of a contract for a perpetual water right, made and entered into by the party making application, with the person, company, or association which has been authorized by the board to furnish water for the reclamation of the lands. If the applicant has at any time entered land under the provisions of this article, he shall so state in his application, together with the description, date of entry, and location of the land. The board shall file in its office the application and papers relating thereto and, if allowed, issue a certificate of location to the applicant. All applications for entry shall be accompanied by a payment of twenty-five cents per acre, which shall be paid as a partial payment on the land if the application is allowed. All certificates, when issued, shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. If the application is not allowed, the twenty-five cents per acre accompanying it shall be refunded to the applicant. The board shall dispose of all lands accepted by the state under the provisions of this article at a uniform price of fifty cents per acre, half to be paid at the time of entry and the remainder at the time of making final proof by the settler.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 163, § 16. R.S. 08: § 5153. C.L. § 1138. CSA: C. 134, § 36. CRS 53: § 112-2-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-18. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 163, § 16. R.S. 08: § 5153. C.L. § 1138. CSA: C. 134, § 36. CRS 53: § 112-2-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-18.
CO Code § 36-3-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-119. Disposition of Funds

 As provided in the act of congress set out in section 36-3-103 , all moneys received by the board from the sale of lands selected under the provisions of this article shall be deposited with the state treasurer, and such sums as may be necessary shall be available for the payment of the expenses of the board and of the state engineer's office incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article. Such expenses shall be paid by the controller in the manner provided by law, upon vouchers duly approved by the board for the work performed under its direction and by the state engineer for all work performed by the state engineer's office; and any balance remaining over and above the expense necessary to carry out the provisions of this article shall constitute a trust fund in the hands of the state treasurer, to be used for the reclamation of other desert lands.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 164, § 17. R.S. 08: § 5154. C.L. § 1139. CSA: C. 134, § 37. CRS 53: § 112-2-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-19. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 164, § 17. R.S. 08: § 5154. C.L. § 1139. CSA: C. 134, § 37. CRS 53: § 112-2-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-19.
CO Code § 36-3-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-120. Duty of Settler - Proof of Settlement

  Within one year after any person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company authorized to construct irrigation works under the provisions of this article has notified the settlers under such works that it is prepared to furnish water under the terms of its contract with the state, the settlers shall cultivate and reclaim not less than one-sixteenth part of the land filed upon. Within two years after the notice, the settler shall have actually irrigated and cultivated not less than one-eighth of the land filed upon. Within three years from the date of notice, the settler shall appear before the register, or a judge or clerk of the district court in the county in which such land is situated, as designated by the register, and make final proof of reclamation, settlement, and occupation. The proof shall embrace evidence that he has a perpetual water right for his entire tract of land sufficient in volume for the complete irrigation and reclamation thereof, that he is an actual settler thereon, and that he has cultivated and irrigated not less than one-eighth part of said tract and such further proof, if any, as may be required by the regulations of the department of the interior or the board.    The officer taking this proof is entitled to receive a fee, to be fixed by the state board of land commissioners, not to exceed five dollars and to be paid by the settler. It shall be in addition to the price paid to the state for the land. All proofs so received shall be submitted by the register to the board and shall be accompanied by the last final payment for the land, and, on the approval of the same by the board, they shall be forwarded to the secretary of the interior, with a request that a patent to the lands be issued to the state.    When the state, through its state board of land commissioners, can make proof that such irrigation works have been completed for the reclamation of the lands so segregated and that an ample supply of water is actually furnished in a substantial ditch or canal or by artesian wells or reservoirs, for such purpose, the board shall apply for a patent to such lands, in the manner provided by the regulations of the department of the interior and in accordance with the provisions of the acts of congress relating thereto, without waiting for settlement or cultivation of such lands.     History. Source: L. 1895: P. 165, § 18. L. 07: P. 366, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5155. C.L. § 1140. CSA: C. 134, § 38. CRS 53: § 112-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-20. L. 64: P. 301, § 259. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 165, § 18. L. 07: P. 366, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5155. C.L. § 1140. CSA: C. 134, § 38. CRS 53: § 112-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-20. L. 64: P. 301, § 259.
CO Code § 36-3-121 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-121. Patent - Water Lien - Foreclosure - Deed

  Upon the issuance of a patent to any lands by the United States to the state, notice shall be forwarded to the settler upon such land. It is the duty of the board, under the signature of its president and attested by its secretary, to issue a patent to said lands from the state to the settler. All water rights acquired under the provisions of this article shall attach to and become appurtenant to the land as soon as the title passes from the United States to the state.    Any person, company, association, or incorporated company furnishing water for any tract of land shall have a first and prior lien on the water right and land upon which the water is used, for all deferred payments for the water right. The lien shall be in all respects prior to any other liens created or attempted to be created by the owner and possessor of said land. The lien shall remain in full force until the last deferred payment for the water right is fully paid and satisfied according to the terms of the contract under which the water right was acquired. The contract for the water right upon which the lien is founded shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county where the land is situate.    Upon default of any of the deferred payments secured by any lien under the provisions of this article, the person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company holding or owning said lien may foreclose the same according to the terms and conditions of the contract granting and selling to the settler the water right. All sales shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the county where the land and water right is situate, for six consecutive weeks, and shall be sold to the highest bidder at the front door of the courthouse of the county or such place as may be agreed upon by the terms of the contract. The sheriff of the county shall give all notices of sale and sell all property and make and execute a good and sufficient deed to the purchaser. At the sale, no person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company, owning or holding any lien, shall bid in or purchase any land or water right at a price less than the amount due on the deferred payment for the water right and land and the costs incurred in making the sale of said land and water right. The sheriff shall execute a certificate of sale as in case of sale on execution, subject in all respects to redemption as in such case; and if not redeemed the sheriff shall execute a deed as upon sale on execution.     History. Source: L. 1895: P. 166, § 19. R.S. 08: § 5156. C.L. § 1141. CSA: C. 134, § 39. CRS 53: § 112-2-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-21. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 166, § 19. R.S. 08: § 5156. C.L. § 1141. CSA: C. 134, § 39. CRS 53: § 112-2-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-21.
CO Code § 36-3-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-122. Requirements of Maps

 The maps of the lands selected under the provisions of this article shall show the location of the canals or other irrigation works approved in the contract with the board. All lands filed upon shall be subject to the right-of-way of such canals or irrigation works. The right-of-way shall embrace the entire width of the canal and such additional width as may be required for its proper operation and maintenance, the width of right-of-way to be specified in the contracts provided for in this article.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 167, § 20. R.S. 08: § 5157. C.L. § 1142. CSA: C. 134, § 40. CRS 53: § 112-2-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-22. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 167, § 20. R.S. 08: § 5157. C.L. § 1142. CSA: C. 134, § 40. CRS 53: § 112-2-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-22.
CO Code § 36-3-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-123. Rules - Report of Construction Company

 The board shall provide suitable rules for the filing of proposals for constructing irrigation works, and for the entry and payment of the land by settlers, and for the forfeiting of entry by settlers upon failure to comply with the provisions of this article. There shall be kept in the office of the board, for public inspection, copies of all maps, plats, contracts for the construction of irrigation works, and the entries of land by settlers. It shall require from each person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company engaged in the construction of irrigation works, under the provisions of this article, an annual report, to be submitted to the board on or before November 1 of each year. This report shall show the number of water rights sold, the number of users of water under the irrigation works, the legal subdivisions of land for which water is to be furnished, the names of the officers of the company, the acreage of land which the irrigation works is prepared to supply with water, and such other data as the board requires. The rules required by this section may be waived in the case of irrigation works being constructed by a person, colony, or association of persons to furnish water for land settled upon and being reclaimed by themselves.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 167, § 21. R.S. 08: § 5158. C.L. § 1143. CSA: C. 134, § 41. CRS 53: § 112-2-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-23. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 167, § 21. R.S. 08: § 5158. C.L. § 1143. CSA: C. 134, § 41. CRS 53: § 112-2-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-23.
CO Code § 36-3-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-124. Duties of Employees - Fees

  The board shall prescribe the duties of all its employees and shall collect the following fees: For filing each application, one dollar; for filing each proof, one dollar; for issuing each patent, one dollar; and for making certified copies of papers or records, the same fee as provided for to be charged by the secretary of state for like services.    A fee book shall be kept by the register, showing all fees received by him from any source whatever. The money collected for fees shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited to the fund created by virtue of this article.     History. Source: L. 1895: P. 168, § 22. R.S. 08: § 5159. C.L. § 1144. CSA: C. 134, § 42. CRS 53: § 112-2-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-24. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 168, § 22. R.S. 08: § 5159. C.L. § 1144. CSA: C. 134, § 42. CRS 53: § 112-2-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-24.    Cross references:   For fees charged by secretary of state, see § 24-21-104 ; for other fees of the state board of land commissioners, see § 36-1-112 .
CO Code § 36-3-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 3 - Desert Lands|§ 36-3-125. Record of Work - Publication

 The board shall maintain a detailed record of the names, location, and character of the irrigation works in process of construction; the acreage and legal subdivisions of land intended to be reclaimed; the estimated cost of said irrigation works; the price of water rights from such irrigation works; and the terms of payment for water rights and land. Publication of this information and of other material circulated in quantity outside the board shall be subject to the approval and control of the executive director of the department of natural resources.   History. Source: L. 1895: P. 168, § 23. R.S. 08: § 5160. C.L. § 1145. CSA: C. 134, § 43. CRS 53: § 112-2-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-25. L. 64: P. 164, § 120. History. Source: L. 1895: P. 168, § 23. R.S. 08: § 5160. C.L. § 1145. CSA: C. 134, § 43. CRS 53: § 112-2-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-25. L. 64: P. 164, § 120.
CO Code § 36-4-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 4 - Reclamation of State Lands|§ 36-4-101. Water Rights for State Lands

 For the purpose of furnishing water and securing water rights for state lands, the state board of land commissioners is authorized to enter into contracts with any person, corporation, or irrigation district, providing for such irrigation, and to petition all such lands into irrigation districts at the time of or after the formation of such districts.   History. Source: L. 11: P. 211, § 1. C.L. § 1190. CSA: C. 134, § 89. CRS 53: § 112-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-4-1. History. Source: L. 11: P. 211, § 1. C.L. § 1190. CSA: C. 134, § 89. CRS 53: § 112-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-4-1.    Cross references:   For drainage of state lands, see article 30 of title 37; for inclusion of college and school lands in irrigation districts, see § 37-43-112 .
CO Code § 36-4-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 36 - Natural Resources - General|Article 4 - Reclamation of State Lands|§ 36-4-102. Water Tax - Assessment

 In case of any such land so petitioned into any irrigation district, the state board of land commissioners shall be considered in all respects as a freeholder, so long as said land remains unsold, but as soon as any of such land is sold, whether occurring prior or after the time such land is petitioned into any such irrigation district, the purchaser shall from the time of his purchase be considered as such freeholder and entitled to all the rights of a freeholder, whether or not he has completed his payments to the state board of land commissioners. In no case shall any interest or title of the state be made liable or subjected to any claim for any water tax, water assessment, or water charge by reason of the including of any of such state land in any irrigation district. All assessments or other payments for the cost of irrigating any such state land shall be paid by the lessees or purchasers thereof. In case of any lease or sale, the lessee or purchaser shall pay to the register on or before March 1 of each year, in addition to his rental or amount due on his contract of purchase, as the case may be, such an additional amount as will equal the district assessment for an equal amount of land within the district or such greater amount as the board may require, and the register shall pay such additional amounts to the proper officer authorized by law to receive payment of assessments within such district to apply on the cost of furnishing water for such state land. When the title to any such state land passes from the state, the unpaid balance of the cost of furnishing water for the same shall at once become due and payable and attach as a lien thereon and be collected as an assessment of such irrigation district, in the same manner as assessments on other lands in the district.   History. Source: L. 11: P. 211, § 2. C.L. § 1191. CSA: C. 134, § 90. CRS 53: § 112-4-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-4-2. History. Source: L. 11: P. 211, § 2. C.L. § 1191. CSA: C. 134, § 90. CRS 53: § 112-4-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-4-2.    Cross references:   For irrigation district assessments, see § 37-41-124 .