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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 42 - IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAW OF 1921 (§§ 37-42-101 — 37-42-141) › Section 37-42-138 - Confirmation of organization and bonds

(1)
The board of directors of any irrigation district organized under this article at any time may file a petition in the district court of the county wherein is situated the office of such district praying for a judicial examination and determination of the question of the validity of the organization of the district, or of any bonds issued, whether sold or not, or of any assessment levied, or of any order, act, proceeding, or contract of said district. Such petition shall set forth the facts whereon the validity of such organization or of such bonds, assessment, order, act, proceeding, or contract is founded and shall be verified by a member of the board.
(2)
Thereupon a notice in the nature of a summons shall issue under the hand and seal of the clerk of said court, directed to all landowners, creditors, or other persons interested in said district, naming it, which designation shall be deemed sufficient to give the court jurisdiction of all matters and parties involved and interested. Service shall be obtained by publication of such notice as in the case of publication of summons in an action to quiet title to real property. Any landowner, creditor, or other interested person may move to dismiss or answer said petition within the time allowed therefor. All persons filing motions to dismiss or answers shall be entered as defendants in said cause and their several defenses consolidated for hearing or trial.
(3)
Upon hearing, the court shall examine into all matters and things affecting the validity of the matter in controversy, shall make a finding with reference thereto, and shall enter judgment and decree as the case warrants. In reaching its conclusions in such causes, the court shall follow a liberal interpretation of the law and shall disregard informalities or omissions not affecting the substantial rights of the parties, unless it is affirmatively shown that such informalities or omissions led to a different result than would have been otherwise obtained. The Colorado rules of civil procedure shall govern matters of pleading and practice as nearly as may be. Costs may be assessed or apportioned among contesting parties in the discretion of the trial court. Review of judgments of the district court by an appellate court may be had as in other civil causes.
L. 21: p. 553, § 38. C.L. § 2094. CSA: C. 90, § 469. CRS 53: § 149-2-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-38.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 42 - IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAW OF 1921 (§§ 37-42-101 — 37-42-141) › Section 37-42-139 - Dissolution of district - election

(1)
A plan for the dissolution of any irrigation district organized under this article may be submitted to the landowners at a special election held for that purpose. Such plan must provide for the payment of all district debts and liabilities and the disposition of district assets. If the landowners authorize such dissolution by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire voting strength of the district, the directors shall proceed to carry out the plan so authorized and, upon the accomplishment thereof, shall file their certificate of such fact with the county clerk and recorder of each county wherein any part of said district is situated.
(2)
Thereupon, the district shall be considered at an end; except that, within fifteen days from the date of the vote of the landowners authorizing such dissolution, any landowner or creditor may contest the validity of such proceeding or the legality of the proposed plan of dissolution by action in the district court of the county wherein the district office is situated, and, pending determination in such cause, no action shall be taken by the board of directors thereunder. If any funds remain in the hands of the district treasurer to the credit of such district after its dissolution, such funds shall be distributed among the landowners in proportion to the acreage of their lands within the district.
L. 21: p. 555, § 39. C.L. § 2095. CSA: C. 90, § 470. CRS 53: § 149-2-39. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-39. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 896, § 31, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 42 - IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAW OF 1921 (§§ 37-42-101 — 37-42-141) › Section 37-42-140 - Districts organized after April 7, 1921

This article 42 applies only to irrigation districts organized after April 7, 1921, and no existing laws in any manner relating to irrigation districts apply to or affect irrigation districts organized after that date, but existing laws and all amendments thereto made after that date remain in and have full force and effect as to all irrigation districts organized prior to April 7, 1921. However, whenever landowners of a majority of the number of acres of the irrigable land in any irrigation district organized prior to April 7, 1921, petition the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the landowners entitled to vote at elections of the irrigation district a proposition to vote, at any regular or any special election called and notice given for such purpose, upon the question whether the irrigation district shall thereafter operate under this article 42, and if two-thirds of the landowners of the irrigation district voting upon the question vote in favor of coming under this article 42, upon the filing of a statement of the results of the election in the manner provided by section
37-41-112
, the irrigation district is thereafter governed by this article 42. The election of the district to come under this article 42 does not invalidate any act or proceeding previously done under the laws governing the irrigation district prior to the election and does not impair any obligation of the irrigation district or any right thereunder.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 16,§ 14, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 21: p. 555, § 40. C.L. § 2096. L. 31: p. 434, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 471. CRS 53: § 149-2-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-40. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1230, § 2, effective April 6. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 54, § 14, effective August 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 42 - IRRIGATION DISTRICT LAW OF 1921 (§§ 37-42-101 — 37-42-141) › Section 37-42-141 - Ratification of irrigation district

If the landowners of an irrigation district entitled to vote at elections have authorized the dissolution of the district in the manner provided by section
37-42-139
but the plan of dissolution so authorized has not been implemented and the district has continued to function as an irrigation district, the district may submit the question of ratification of the district to the qualified voters in a district election as specified in section
37-42-112
. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the ratification of the district, the prior authorization of dissolution shall be deemed null and void. The directors shall file their certificate of that fact with the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein such district is situated, and the district shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be a de jure irrigation district.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 16,§ 15, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 88: Entire section added, p. 1231, § 3, effective April 6. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1030), ch. 16, p. 55, § 15, effective August 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-101 - Definition of landowner

For the purposes of sections
37-43-101
to
37-43-103
, a "landowner" shall be held to be any individual eighteen years of age or older, owning in fee within an irrigation district land in excess of one acre that is subject to irrigation district taxation or assessment, who is a citizen of the United States or has declared his or her intention to become a citizen of the United States and is a resident of the state of Colorado or who is an entryman upon public lands of the United States and is residing thereon. Any landowner shall be eligible to election as a director of the district in which the landowner is entitled to vote.
L. 35: p. 664, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 487. CRS 53: § 149-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-3. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 8, § 2, effective March 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-102 - Landowners to vote for directors on acreage basis

Landowners in irrigation districts in this state who do not have the right to vote for district directors on an acreage basis shall have such right if so authorized as provided in sections
37-43-101
and
37-43-103
.
L. 35: p. 663, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 485. CRS 53: § 149-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-103 - Directors may submit question

At any general or special election held in any irrigation district, the board of directors may submit to the electors of the district the question of voting for directors of the district on an acreage basis; except that no landowner has the right to vote more than eighty acres in the election of directors. If at such election a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition, at all elections of directors held thereafter, each landowner of the district shall be permitted to vote for each office to be filled as many votes as he has acres of land within the district which are subject to district taxes or assessments. A landowner may vote in person or by proxy, and any person acting as proxy for another must file written authority therefor with the election judges, which authority must be retained with the other election proceedings. The candidate receiving the most votes shall be declared elected.
L. 35: p. 663, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 486. CRS 53: § 149-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-104 - [Repealed]

L. 71: p. 1347, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-89. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 9, § 3, effective March 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-105 - Increasing number of directors

The board of directors of any irrigation district in the state of Colorado may submit to the electors of any such district the question of whether or not the number of directors of such district shall be increased from three to five.
L. 45: p. 419, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 487(1). CRS 53: § 149-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-106 - Calling election - ballot

Such election may be called by any board of directors and shall be called if a petition therefor, signed by thirty percent of the qualified electors in said district, as defined in section
37-43-108
, is presented to any such board, which election shall be a special election and the question to be voted upon shall be submitted upon printed ballots on which the said question shall be set forth as follows:
FOR an increase of the number of directors of the ......
Irrigation District from three to five []
AGAINST an increase in the number of directors of the ......
Irrigation District from three to five []
L. 45: p. 419, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 487(2). CRS 53: § 149-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-107 - Voting

The preference of voters shall be indicated by inserting a cross mark following either one or the other of the foregoing propositions, and said ballot shall have printed upon the face thereof instructions to the voters, worded as follows:
"To vote for or against an increase in the number of directors of the .............. Irrigation District, a voter shall place a cross mark in the space at the right of the words expressing his wish either 'FOR' or 'AGAINST' such increase."
L. 45: p. 419, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 487(3). CRS 53: § 149-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-108 - Who may vote

Any qualified elector, as defined in the law under which such district is organized, owning agricultural lands of one acre or more in extent may vote at such election and is entitled to one vote and shall not vote upon an acreage basis regardless of whether or not the landowners in the particular district have the right to vote upon an acreage basis in the election of directors.
L. 45: p. 420, § 4. CSA: C. 90, § 487(4). CRS 53: § 149-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-109 - Canvassing vote - directors-at-large

The vote shall be canvassed by the board of directors at its first regular meeting after such election, and, if a majority of landowners voting at such special election vote for an increase in the membership of directors of the said district from three to five, at their next regular meeting following such election, the board of directors shall appoint two electors within the said district to serve as directors-at-large to represent and act for the entire district and to serve until the next regular election for directors in the district.
L. 45: p. 420, § 5. CSA: C. 90, § 487(5). CRS 53: § 149-3-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-110 - When directors-at-large elected

At the next general election following such special election, in the event the landowners vote in favor of an increase in the membership of the board of directors, there shall be elected two directors-at-large, one to serve for two years and one for three years, and, at each regular election thereafter held in said district immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office of any such director-at-large, a successor shall be elected to succeed him for a term of three years.
L. 45: p. 420, § 6. CSA: C. 90, § 487(6). CRS 53: § 149-3-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-111 - Eligibility of directors

The law applicable to the qualification of directors shall be applicable to directors-at-large so appointed or elected.
L. 45: p. 420, § 7. CSA: C. 90, § 487(7). CRS 53: § 149-3-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-112 - Agricultural college and school lands included

For the purpose of furnishing water and securing water rights for agricultural college and public school lands lying within or adjacent to the boundaries of any irrigation district organized, the state board of land commissioners is authorized to petition all such lands into such irrigation districts.
L. 09: p. 429, § 1. C.L. § 2026. CSA: C. 90, § 488. CRS 53: § 149-3-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-113 - Petition - form and execution

All such petitions shall be in the form provided by law for the petition of other lands into such irrigation districts, and shall be signed, sealed, and acknowledged by the register of the state board of land commissioners on behalf of said board and shall in addition be countersigned by the governor of the state on behalf of the state and, when so signed, sealed, acknowledged, and filed with the board of directors of any irrigation district, shall be deemed to give the assent of said state board of land commissioners and the state of Colorado to the inclusion of all lands therein described in said irrigation district.
L. 09: p. 429, § 2. C.L. § 2027. CSA: C. 90, § 489. CRS 53: § 149-3-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-114 - Assessments

All such lands so included in any irrigation district in this state shall be assessed for irrigation district purposes in the same manner and at the same rate as other lands in such irrigation districts.
L. 09: p. 429, § 3. C.L. § 2028. CSA: C. 90, § 490. CRS 53: § 149-3-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-115 - Mode of payment - receipts

It is the duty of the county treasurer of each county in this state wherein any irrigation district is located and in which such lands have been so included to notify the register of the state board of land commissioners on or before February 1 of each year of the amount of district assessments due on such lands, giving therein the exact description of each tract of land so assessed and the amount of assessments due thereon. Immediately upon receiving such notice, it is the duty of the register of said state board of land commissioners to place the same before said board at its next regular meeting at which it shall examine said notice of assessments due, and, if the same is found correct, the board shall certify the same to the state treasurer who shall pay the same out of any moneys in his hands belonging to said respective land funds howsoever derived and charge the same to said respective funds. Such payment shall be by warrant from the state treasurer to the proper county treasurer, and, when so received by him, he shall issue his receipts therefor in the name of the state board of land commissioners, and shall in addition issue a duplicate receipt to said state treasurer.
L. 09: p. 430, § 4. C.L. § 2029. CSA: C. 90, § 491. CRS 53: § 149-3-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-116 - Purchaser to pay accrued assessments

Upon the receipt of such receipts from said county treasurers, it is the duty of the register of the state board of land commissioners to enter and charge the same against each tract of land so paid on, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, showing the amount paid, date of payment, and to whom paid. Whenever any of said tracts of land are sold, the purchaser thereof, in addition to the purchase price therefor, shall pay all of such accrued assessments so paid, together with interest thereon, from the date of payment at the rate of six percent per annum, such accrued assessments and interest thereon to be included in the total purchase price to be paid by said purchaser; except that this section shall not apply to such assessments which have been paid by the lessees of any such tracts of land theretofore leased from the state as provided in section
37-43-117
.
L. 09: p. 430, § 5. C.L. § 2030. CSA: C. 90, § 492. CRS 53: § 149-3-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-117 - Lessee to pay assessments in addition to rent

In the event that any such tracts of land so included within any irrigation district are leased from the state board of land commissioners, then all such lessees, in addition to the rental paid to said state board of land commissioners, shall pay such an additional amount to said board as will equal the district assessments levied upon such lands for the year in which such rental shall be paid; and such moneys, when so received by the register of the state board of land commissioners, shall be turned in to the state treasurer and kept in a separate fund for the payment of such assessments.
L. 09: p. 430, § 6. C.L. § 2031. CSA: C. 90, § 493. CRS 53: § 149-3-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-118 - Purchasers to pay to register until patent

All contracts for the sale of any such lands included within any irrigation district, in addition to the purchase price to be paid, shall provide that such purchaser, on or before March 1 in each year, until he has secured a patent for such lands, shall pay to the register of the state board of land commissioners an amount to equal the district assessments so levied upon such lands for the year in which such payment is to be made, and such moneys when so received by said register shall be turned in to the state treasurer and kept in a separate fund for the payment of such assessments.
L. 09: p. 431, § 7. C.L. § 2032. CSA: C. 90, § 494. CRS 53: § 149-3-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-119 - Board of directors may exclude land

The board of directors of an irrigation district by resolution may exclude any lands from the district, if such district does not have any outstanding unpaid bonded indebtedness and if the permission of the owner of the fee title and of any equitable owner has first been had or secured for such exclusion.
L. 35: p. 665, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 495. CRS 53: § 149-3-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-120 - Land may be excluded at time of refinancing

At any time during the refinancing of the bonded indebtedness of an irrigation district, the board of directors thereof by resolution may exclude any land from such district, provided such exclusion is known to the purchaser of the district's refunding bonds.
L. 35: p. 665, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 496. CRS 53: § 149-3-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-121 - Prior exclusion of lands

All exclusions of lands made prior to February 16, 1935, by boards of directors of irrigation districts which would be lawful under the terms and provisions of sections
37-43-119
and
37-43-120
are declared to be lawful.
L. 35: p. 665, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 497. CRS 53: § 149-3-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-122 - Irrigation districts to provide drainage

Upon presentation of a petition to the board of directors of an irrigation district signed by not less than two-thirds of the legal voters of such district, each of whom is the owner of five acres or more of lands within the district and has paid the irrigation district taxes in full upon all his real property located within said district during the calendar year preceding the presentation of said petition, any irrigation district organized under the laws relating to such districts may provide for any drainage made necessary by the irrigation provided for by such laws. The officers, agents, and employees of such districts shall have the same powers, duties, and liabilities respecting such drainage, and the construction, repair, maintenance, management, and control thereof as they have respecting such irrigation, and all laws respecting such irrigation or such irrigation districts shall be so construed, applied, and enforced as to apply to such drainage as well as such irrigation.
L. 19: p. 481, § 1. C.L. § 2055. CSA: C. 90, § 498. CRS 53: § 149-3-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-21.
For drainage of marsh lands, see article 33 of this title 37.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-123 - Title in seepage or waste waters

Whenever it appears necessary, proper, or beneficial to the lands affected thereby to drain such lands or any portion thereof on account of the irrigation which has been done, or which is intended to be done under such laws, whether for the purpose of more beneficially carrying on such irrigation, or increasing the available water supply of the district or for any other purpose, whether the irrigation works have already been constructed or not, it is the duty of the board of directors to provide for such drainage, and said board and its officers, agents, and employees shall do all necessary and proper acts for the construction, repair, maintenance, and management of drainage work for such purposes. Any irrigation district shall have a first and preferred right to the beneficial use of all seepage, waste, and percolating waters flowing within said district or collected and conveyed by drainage works constructed in any portion of the lands of the district. Any segregated lands drained under the provisions of this section and section
37-43-122
shall be immediately reinstated, placed upon the tax roll by the county assessor, and taxed for irrigation district and drainage purposes, and all of said lands shall bear their pro rata share of all bonded indebtedness of such irrigation district. Any lands not included in said irrigation district before, which are benefited by said drainage system, shall be assessed by the county assessor and taxed for irrigation district and drainage purposes and shall bear a full proportion of all of said irrigation district bonds and costs of drainage, in accordance with the terms of payment specified by said district.
L. 19: p. 481, § 2. C.L. § 2056. CSA: C. 90, § 499. CRS 53: § 149-3-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-124 - Sale of water rights and property

The board of directors of any irrigation district may sell or dispose of any part or all of the irrigation works, franchises, water rights, or other property of the district when authorized so to do by the vote of a two-thirds majority of the legally qualified electors of the district, in the manner and upon the conditions provided in section
37-43-125
, and the authority so vested in the board of directors shall be and remain effective until such sale is fully consummated, unless previously revoked by the vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the district or such sale fails by act of the purchaser.
L. 17: p. 321, § 1. C.L. § 1974. CSA: C. 90, § 500. CRS 53: § 149-3-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-125 - Election - notice - canvass

Whenever it is desired to sell property of the district, the board of directors, by resolution entered in the minutes of their proceedings, shall submit such questions to the qualified voters of said district at a special election of the district called for such purpose or at a general district election when noticed as provided in this section. The notice of said election shall be published and posted for the same length of time and in the same manner and the election shall be conducted the same as in case of an election for an original issue of bonds. The notice shall also contain a general description of the property, or interest therein, to be sold, the conditions of the terms of sale, the time and manner of payment, and such other information as may be necessary to fully advise the voters of the facts, together with the substance of any plan proposed to carry the same into execution and any settlement with the bondholders of the district, or any proposed contract may be published in full. The ballot shall contain such appropriate words as shall enable the electors to indicate their approval or disapproval of the propositions submitted. The returns shall be canvassed and the statements of the results of said election shall be entered and filed in the same manner as in case of an original issue of bonds. Two or more propositions may be submitted at the same election.
L. 17: p. 321, § 2. C.L. § 1975. CSA: C. 90, § 501. CRS 53: § 149-3-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-127 - Proceedings by elector on failure of board

If no such proceedings have been filed by the board of directors within thirty days after the canvass of said vote, then any qualified elector of the district may bring an action in the district court of the county wherein the office of the board of directors is located. The board of directors shall be made parties defendant and notice shall be served on the members of the board personally, if they can be found in the county; if not, then service by publication as provided in section
37-43-125
shall be sufficient. Proceedings shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if brought by the board of directors.
L. 17: p. 324, § 4. C.L. § 1977. CSA: C. 90, § 503. CRS 53: § 149-3-26. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-128 - Sale

The sale may be made to any person or to a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Colorado, or may be made to the United States, but no sale of water rights shall in any manner impair or be deemed to relinquish any of the sovereign rights of the state of Colorado in the waters of the state or to control and regulate the diversion, use, and distribution thereof.
L. 17: p. 324, § 5. C.L. § 1978. CSA: C. 90, § 504. CRS 53: § 149-3-27. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-27.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-129 - Decree of sale

The court in its decree has the power to make the orders necessary to carry out said proposition or plan for the sale of the dams, reservoirs, canals, franchises, water rights, or other property of the district; but no plan for the sale of the entire property of irrigation districts including the dams, reservoirs, canals, franchises, water rights, and other property of the district shall be approved by the court which does not provide for the ultimate payment or liquidation of all the indebtedness of the district and adequate security for the holders thereof, and as well protect the landowners of said district.
L. 17: p. 325, § 6. C.L. § 1979. CSA: C. 90, § 505. CRS 53: § 149-3-28. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-130 - Construction

Sections
37-43-124
to
37-43-131
shall be liberally construed to carry out the intent and purpose, and nothing in this article shall be held to curtail or abridge the powers of the district officers, the boards of county commissioners, or the revenue officers of the state in the assessment, levy, or collection of irrigation district taxes, or in any other particular. All such powers are expressly retained and, in addition thereto, such officers have all powers necessary or proper to enable them to fully carry out the provisions of sections 37-43-124 to 37-43-131. The procedure provided in this article shall not be deemed to affect any liens for unpaid taxes or assessments which have been duly levied and assessed, existing at the time of the filing of the petition in the district court; but nothing in sections
37-43-124
to
37-43-131
or in the procedure therein provided shall be construed in any manner to either impair, enlarge, or give additional rights or powers to the holders of bonds or other evidences of district indebtedness. The board of directors of the district has the right to sell or otherwise dispose of any of the personal property of the district in the ordinary course of business, and nothing in sections
37-43-124
to
37-43-131
shall be taken or held to interfere with such right.
L. 17: p. 325, § 7. C.L. § 1980. CSA: C. 90, § 506. CRS 53: § 149-3-29. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-131 - Distribution of proceeds

Whenever all of the property of any irrigation district has been disposed of and all of the indebtedness and obligations thereof, if any, have been discharged, the balance of the money of said district shall be distributed to the landowners in said district upon the last assessment roll in the proportion in which each acre of land has contributed to the total amount of said assessments.
L. 17: p. 326, § 8. C.L. § 1981. CSA: C. 90, § 507. CRS 53: § 149-3-30. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-132 - Purposes for bond issues

Whenever irrigation districts shall be organized or created under the laws of this state, they have power to construct, build, or acquire irrigation works and to purchase or acquire rights-of-way, reservoirs, water rights, and priorities of rights to the use of water, all of which are declared to be public purposes. Such districts shall be special taxing districts with power to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable land therein and to collect the same and to issue negotiable coupon general obligation bonds for any of said purposes, the principal of and the interest on which shall be payable from such ad valorem taxes as provided in section
37-43-136
. If it is proposed that any district to be organized shall issue bonds under this part 1, the petition for the organization thereof and the notice of the election on the question of organization shall so state.
L. 33-34, 2nd Ex. Sess.: p. 57, § 1. CSA: C. 90, § 512. CRS 53: § 149-3-31. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-31. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1231, § 4, effective April 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-133 - Meeting of landowners

Whenever the board of directors of any irrigation district proposes to issue negotiable coupon general obligation bonds of the district for one or more of said purposes, it shall call a meeting of the owners of land in the district, at which meeting the question of issuing such bonds shall be submitted. Notice of such meeting shall be given by publication once a week in five consecutive weekly issues of an official newspaper published nearest the center of the district, and the secretary of the board, not later than five days after the first publication of said notice, shall mail a copy of said notice, postage prepaid, to each owner of land within the district. In determining who are owners of land in the district the secretary may rely upon the records on file in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the district is located. Such notice shall designate the time and place of meeting, not less than thirty days after the first publication of the notice, the purpose and the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the maximum rate of interest thereon not exceeding six percent per annum payable semiannually, and the time during which the bonds shall mature not exceeding twenty-five years.
L. 33-34, 2nd Ex. Sess.: p. 58, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 513. CRS 53: § 149-3-32. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-32.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-40-101 — 37-50-142) › CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION DISTRICTS (§§ 37-41-101 — 37-50-142) › Article 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 AND IRRIGATION DISTRICT SALINITY CONTROL ACT (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-211) › Part 1 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS OF 1905 AND 1921 (§§ 37-43-101 — 37-43-189) › Section 37-43-134 - Voting on bond issue

The president of the board of directors, or in his absence one of the other members of the board of directors of the district, shall preside at such meeting and the secretary of the board shall act as secretary of the meeting. The landowners present shall elect three of their own number to act as judges who shall determine all questions arising concerning ownership of land and the regularity and authenticity of proxies. The owners of land in the district or their duly authorized proxies shall vote by ballot containing the words "for the bonds" and "against the bonds", with spaces opposite wherein the voter may place a cross mark (X) to express his choice. Said ballot shall also have appropriate places for the signature of the voter and the number of acres of land in the district owned by the voter. Each landowner shall be entitled to cast as many votes as he has acres of land in the district. The owner of the fee title to land in the district or the owner of incomplete title to public land in the district on which a filing has been made and proceedings taken to perfect title in good faith and in full compliance with law shall be deemed to be a "landowner" for the purposes of sections
37-43-132
to
37-43-138
, and all persons, corporations, partnerships, or entities owning land in the district shall be entitled to vote at said meeting in person or by their duly authorized proxy. All proxies shall be in writing and shall be acknowledged. The judges shall canvass the votes cast at any meeting held pursuant to said sections and shall certify the result thereof to the board of directors of the district.
L. 33-34, 2nd Ex. Sess.: p. 58, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 514. CRS 53: § 149-3-33. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-33.