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CO Code § 37-3-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-105. Employment of Agents

  The secretary shall be the custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of him by this article or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity. The secretary shall serve also as treasurer of the district unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board of directors. The board shall also have the authority to appoint other members of the board as custodians for district funds. The board may also employ a chief engineer, who may be an individual, partnership, or corporation; an attorney; and such other engineers, attorneys, and agents and assistants as may be needed; and it may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement.    The employment of the secretary, treasurer, chief engineer, and attorney for the district shall be evidenced by agreements in writing which, so far as possible, shall specify the amounts to be paid for their services. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board of directors each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as he may deem proper. The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the court may direct shall furnish corporate surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their respective duties.     History. Source: L. 22: P. 22, § 11. C.L. § 9525. CSA: C. 138, § 136. CRS 53: § 30-3-4 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-4 . L. 81: (1) amended, p. 1750, § 3, effective May 28.
CO Code § 37-3-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-106. Regulations to Protect Works

  Where necessary, in order to secure the best results from the execution and operation of the plans of the district or to prevent damage to the district by the deterioration or misuse or by the pollution of the waters of any watercourse therein, the board of directors may make regulations for and may prescribe the manner of building bridges, roads, fences, or other works in, into, along, or across any channel, reservoir, or other construction; and may prescribe the manner in which ditches or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district or any watercourse therein; and, when not in conflict with the rules of the water quality control commission, may prescribe the manner in which the watercourses of the district may be used for sewer outlets or for disposal of waste.    The construction of any works in a manner harmful to the district or to any watercourse therein, and in a manner contrary to that specified by the board of directors, is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The directors have authority to enforce by mandamus or other legal proceedings all necessary regulations made by them and authorized by articles 1 to 8 of this title and may remove any harmful construction or may close any opening improperly made. Any person, corporation, or municipality willfully failing to comply with such regulations is liable for all damage caused by such failure and for the cost of renewing any construction damaged or destroyed.     History. Source: L. 22: P. 28, § 19. C.L. § 9533. CSA: C. 138, § 144. CRS 53: § 30-3-12 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-12 . L. 2019: (1) amended,(HB 19-1071), ch. 17, p. 63, § 3, effective August 2.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1071, see section 1 of chapter 17, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 37-3-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-107. Quorum

 A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of the majority in any matter within their duties is sufficient for its determination.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 22, § 10. C.L. § 9524. CSA: C. 138, § 135. CRS 53: § 30-3-3 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-3 .
CO Code § 37-3-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-109. 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. 22: P. 24, § 13. C.L. § 9527. CSA: C. 138, § 138. CRS 53: § 30-3-6 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-6 .    ANNOTATION   Public works constructed under the conservancy district law are of a public nature and for public purposes. People ex rel. Setters v. Lee, 72 Colo. 598 , 213, P. 583 (1923).
CO Code § 37-3-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-110. 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 said contract to the lowest or best 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, with the approval of the court; 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. 22: P. 26, § 16. C.L. § 9530. CSA: C. 138, § 141. CRS 53: § 30-3-9 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-9 .    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Highlights of the 1955 Legislative Session -- Corporations”, see 28 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 60 (1955).
CO Code § 37-3-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-111. Surveys and Investigation

 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 may make such surveys and examinations of rainfall and flood conditions, stream flow, 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. 22: P. 30, § 22. C.L. § 9536. CSA: C. 138, § 147. CRS 53: § 30-3-15 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-15 .
CO Code § 37-3-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-112. 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, and 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 articles 1 to 8 of this title and may let contracts and spend money for securing such outlets or other works in adjoining states.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 30, § 23. C.L. § 9537. CSA: C. 138, § 148. CRS 53: § 30-3-16 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-16 .
CO Code § 37-3-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-113. Access to Lands - Penalty

 The board of directors of any district organized under articles 1 to 8 of this title, or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees and the members of the board of appraisers provided for in article 4 of this title, 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 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 25, § 14. C.L. § 9528. CSA: C. 138, § 139. CRS 53: § 30-3-7 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-7 .
CO Code § 37-3-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-114. Removal of Structures

  For the accomplishment of the official plan, the board of directors of any district has full power to improve in alignment, section, grade, location, or any other manner any watercourse, and it may remove, widen, lengthen, lower, raise, or otherwise change any public or private road bridge or railroad bridge, or any flume, aqueduct, or telephone, telegraph, gas, oil, sewer, water, or other pipelines, or any other construction over, across, in, into, under, or through any such watercourse or may require the same to be done. The foregoing shall apply to all such changes specified by the official plan or reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the same; but, if any such change is made necessary in any construction because of the failure of the same to permit the free flow of water in such stream in time of flood or to permit the necessary enlargement or protection of the channel, then the owner of such construction shall make such change and all adjustments of grade, roadway, track, approach, or other construction incidental thereto, without cost to the district and without any claim for damages against the district; but the district shall pay the cost of excavating the earth for the enlargement of any channel or for placing earth for the filling of any channel, where such excavation or filling is required as a part of the official plan in making the changes outlined in this section. The district shall not be required to make such fill or excavation unless the same would be necessary to the official plan if the construction or work so changed did not exist.    Before the removal, change, or modification of any work or construction outlined in this section, the board of directors shall give notice to the owner thereof requiring that the same be adapted to the official plan. In case such removals, changes, or adjustments are not commenced and completed by the owner within the respective times specified therefor in such notice, which time shall be reasonable under all circumstances, such removals, changes, or adjustments may be made by the district at the expense of the owner.     History. Source: L. 22: P. 28, § 20. C.L. § 9534. CSA: C. 138, § 145. CRS 53: § 30-3-13 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-13 .
CO Code § 37-3-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-115. Passing Equipment Through Bridge or Grade

 In case it is necessary to pass any dredge boat or other equipment through a bridge or grade of any railroad company or other corporation, county, city, town, or other municipality, the board of directors shall give notice to the owner of said bridge or grade that the same shall be removed temporarily to allow the passage of such equipment or that an agreement be immediately entered into in regard thereto. The owner of said bridge or grade shall keep an itemized account of the cost of the removal and if necessary of the replacing of said bridge or grade, and the necessary and actual cost shall be paid by the district. In case the owner of said bridge or grade fails to commence or complete provision for the passage of said equipment within the time specified in the notice, the board of directors may remove such bridge or grade at its own expense, interrupting traffic in the least degree consistent with good work and without unnecessary damage or delay. In case it is hindered or prevented from so doing, the owner of said bridge or grade shall be liable for all damage resulting to the district therefrom.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 30, § 21. C.L. § 9535. CSA: C. 138, § 146. CRS 53: § 30-3-14 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-14 .
CO Code § 37-3-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-116. Condemnation Under General Law

 The district shall also have the right, instead of having appraisals made by the board of appraisers, to condemn for the use of the district, according to the procedure provided by articles 1 to 7 of title 38, C.R.S., for the appropriation of land or other property taken for public use, any land or property within or without said district not acquired or condemned by the court on the report of said appraisers.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 27, § 18. C.L. § 9532. CSA: C. 138, § 143. CRS 53: § 30-3-11 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-11 .    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Eminent Domain in Colorado”, see 29 Dicta 313 (1952).
CO Code § 37-3-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties|§ 37-3-117. Dominant Right of Eminent Domain

  The district, when necessary for the purposes of articles 1 to 8 of this title, has a dominant right of eminent domain over the right of eminent domain of railroad, telegraph, telephone, gas, water power, and other companies and corporations and over towns, cities, counties, and other public corporations.    In the exercise of this right, due care shall be taken to do no unnecessary damage to other public utilities and, in case of failure to agree upon the mode and terms of interference, not to interfere with their operations or usefulness beyond the actual necessities of the case, due regard being given to the other public interests involved.     History. Source: L. 22: P. 27, § 17. C.L. § 9531. CSA: C. 138, § 142. CRS 53: § 30-3-10 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-3-10 .    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Eminent Domain in Colorado”, see 29 Dicta 313 (1952).
CO Code § 37-3.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3.5 - Dissolution of Conservancy Districts|§ 37-3.5-103. 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. 81: Entire article added, p. 1748, § 2, effective May 28.
CO Code § 37-3.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3.5 - Dissolution of Conservancy Districts|§ 37-3.5-104. 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. 81: Entire article added, p. 1748, § 2, effective May 28.
CO Code § 37-3.5-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3.5 - Dissolution of Conservancy Districts|§ 37-3.5-106. 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 37-3.5-107 . 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. 81: Entire article added, p. 1750, § 2, effective May 28.
CO Code § 37-3.5-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 3.5 - Dissolution of Conservancy Districts|§ 37-3.5-107. Winding Up and Dissolution - Order Entered

  In the event that the vote is for dissolution, any qualified signer of the petition for the election or the board of directors of such district may, within such time as may be fixed by the court, present a written plan for the winding up of the affairs of the district. Such plan may specify that the affairs of the district be wound up by the board of directors of the district or by a receiver appointed by the court for that purpose. On a day fixed by the court, the court shall consider such plan and shall enter an order establishing therefrom a plan for the winding up of such affairs. The court shall retain continuing jurisdiction to modify such plan from time to time and shall supervise such winding up.    If no such plan is presented on or before the day set by the court, then the court shall appoint a receiver to wind up the affairs of the district under the court's supervision. Upon the appointment of any receiver, all authority of the board of directors of the district shall terminate; except that its authority to levy taxes for the payment of the obligations of the district and the costs of winding up shall continue until the district is dissolved. Such board shall levy taxes within the limits imposed by article 5 of this title sufficient to pay expeditiously such obligations and costs, and, if a receiver has been appointed, all tax collections shall be delivered to such receiver.    When it appears to the satisfaction of the court that all obligations of the district have been discharged and the costs of winding up the district paid, such court shall enter an order dissolving the district, and a certified copy of such order shall be recorded by the clerk of the court in all counties in which the district may be situate. All funds remaining in the hands of such receiver or board of directors after such dissolution shall be divided among the counties comprising any part of such district in proportion to the total valuation of taxable property in such county within the boundaries of such district, as determined by the tax roll of such counties in the treasurer's hands, for the calendar year preceding the year in which such dissolution occurs, and said receiver or members of the board of directors shall thereupon be discharged by the court.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1750, § 2, effective May 28.
CO Code § 37-4-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 4 - Appraisal of Benefits|§ 37-4-101. Appointment of Appraisal Commissioners

 At the time of making its order organizing the district or at any time thereafter, the court shall appoint three commissioners, referred to in this article as appraisers or the board of appraisers, whose duties shall be to appraise the lands or other property within and without the district to be acquired for rights-of-way, reservoirs, and other works of the district and to appraise all benefits and damages accruing to all land within or without the district by reason of the execution of the official plan. Said appraisers shall be freeholders residing within the state of Colorado, who may or may not own lands within said district. Each of the appraisers, before taking up his duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as such appraiser and that he will make a true report of such work done by him. The appraisers at their first meeting shall elect one of their own number chairman, and the secretary of the board of directors or his deputy shall be ex officio secretary of said board of appraisers during their continuance in office. A majority of the appraisers shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of the majority in any matter within their duties is sufficient for its determination. The court, by order, may remove any appraiser at any time, and shall fill all vacancies in the board of appraisers, or may appoint a new board, as occasion may require, which new board, if appointed, shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the board of appraisers of the district.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 31, § 25. C.L. § 9539. CSA: C. 138, § 150. CRS 53: § 30-4-1 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-4-1 .    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For comment, “Water: Statewide or Local Concern? City of Thornton v. Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co.”, see 56 Den. L.J. 625 (1979).
CO Code § 37-4-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 4 - Appraisal of Benefits|§ 37-4-103. Land Affected Outside the District

 If the appraisers find that land not embraced within the boundaries of the district will be affected by the proposed improvement or should be included in the district, they shall appraise the benefits and damages to such land, and shall file notice in the court of the appraisal which they have made upon the lands beyond the boundaries of the district, and to the land which, in their opinion, should be included in the district. The appraisers shall also report to the court any lands which, in their opinion, should be eliminated from the district; but no territory lying in any county into which any existing district does not already extend shall be included in such district, except in accordance with the provision of section 37-2-105 with reference to the inclusion of land in such counties.   History. Source: L. 22: P. 34, § 27. C.L. § 9541. CSA: C. 138, § 152. CRS 53: § 30-4-3 . C.R.S. 1963: § 29-4-3 .