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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-402 - Due Dates; Annual Budget of District; Hearings on Budget; Petition for Additional Funds; Hearings on Petition.

41-7-402. Due dates; annual budget of district; hearings on budget; petition for additional funds; hearings on petition.
(a) Assessments to meet expenses of any current year of any district shall become due, payable and delinquent at such time or times each year as may be fixed by law for state and county taxes to become due, payable and delinquent. Commissioners having charge of any irrigation district shall on or before the first Tuesday of June of each year file with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of such district, a report showing an itemized estimate of the money to be raised by assessment within the district for the purpose of constructing new work, maintenance and to meet the yearly current expenses of the district. In addition to the amount above provided, the commissioners may add a sum which in their judgment shall be sufficient to provide for possible delinquencies. Within thirty (30) days after filing such annual report, at a time and place to be fixed by the court or a judge thereof, the judge shall examine such report, hear all objections thereto, fix and determine the amount to be raised by assessments for the current year and cause such adjudication to be entered of record in said court and a certified copy thereof to be delivered to the commissioners of such district. The commissioners shall add thereto such amount as may be necessary to meet the principal and interest on lawful indebtedness of the district maturing during the current year, together with a sum which in their judgment shall be sufficient to provide for possible delinquencies. When thus completed it shall be known as "the budget of .... district for the year (year)" and also be verified under oath by any one (1) of the commissioners.
(b) The commissioners of any irrigation district within the state of Wyoming are hereby forbidden to incur any indebtedness for current expenses of the district in excess of the amount provided in the budget. Provided, however, in case a greater sum than that provided in the budget is required, the commissioners may file a petition setting forth the causes therefor, with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of said district. Immediately upon the filing of said petition the court shall make an order fixing the time and place of hearing and directing the form and manner of notice thereof to be given if the court deem such hearing advisable. If the court shall authorize the expenditure of a greater sum of money the commissioners shall be authorized to incur indebtedness equal to the amount of the additional sum authorized by the court, and in case the expenditure occurs at a time when it is too late to place the amount upon the assessment roll for the current year such amounts may be added to the budget of ensuing years. All debts contracted in contravention of this section shall be void.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-405 - Additional Assessments Generally.

41-7-405. Additional assessments generally.
If any assessment for construction, operation, maintenance or repair that the commissioners shall have reported to the court is a smaller sum than is needed to carry out the purpose for which said assessment has been made, or if in any year an additional sum is necessary to pay the principal or interest on lawful indebtedness of the said irrigation district, further or additional assessments on the lands and persons benefited shall be made by the commissioners of said irrigation district under the order of the court, or presiding judge thereof, upon such notice as the court may direct, which further or additional assessment may be made payable in installments as specified herein, and shall be treated and collected in the same manner as the original assessments confirmed by the court in said irrigation district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-406 - Omissions; Effect on Other Lands; Duty of Commissioner.

41-7-406. Omissions; effect on other lands; duty of commissioner.
Omission to assess benefits, or to assess for construction, or to make additional assessment, or to make assessment for operation, maintenance or repairs against any land or person which should have been assessed, or to award damages to any one (1) or more tracts of lands or easements in an irrigation district shall neither affect the jurisdiction of the court to confirm the report nor to render the benefits assessed, or the assessments for construction, or additional assessments, or assessments for operation, maintenance, or repairs against other lands, or assessments against any person voidable, but the commissioners of said irrigation district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission, or receive notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper award or assessments and award the damages or make such assessment of benefits or assessments for construction, operation, maintenance or repair, and make such additional assessments against the omitted lands and corporations, and award such damages as shall be just, and report the facts, together with such assessments and awards, to the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-407 - Omissions; Procedures Generally.

41-7-407. Omissions; procedures generally.
In case of omission to assess any person or land that should be assessed for benefits, or additional assessment, or to award damages, said omitted party and the owners or person entitled to the possession of omitted land may, in writing, agree with the commissioners of said district that the assessment should be against said land, or against said person, or what said damage should be, and such agreement shall be acknowledged and witnessed as provided above for waivers, and be filed in the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-408 - Borrowing Money; Bonds as Security; Indebtedness as Lien on Assessments.

41-7-408. Borrowing money; bonds as security; indebtedness as lien on assessments.
The commissioners may borrow money, not exceeding the amount of "assessment for construction," as herein provided, unpaid at the time of borrowing for such purposes, or for the payment of indebtedness they may have lawfully incurred, and may secure the same by notes or bonds bearing interest and not running beyond one (1) year after the last installment of the assessment, on the account of which the money is borrowed, shall fall due, which notes or bonds shall not be sold at less than ninety percent (90%) of their face value, which bonds shall be transferable by delivery to the same extent as negotiable paper of the highest character, and may deliver notes or bonds to the United States to be held and when deemed desirable or when the appraised value of the land in the district is double the bonded indebtedness, sold by it, and the net proceeds received from the notes or bonds applied to the liquidation of contract indebtedness of the district to the United States. Notes or bonds shall be in a form, terms and denominations as may be fixed by the secretary of the interior in carrying out the provisions of the act of congress of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or that may be hereafter enacted as amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or other acts of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted providing for or permitting the acceptance of the bonds, and which notes or bonds shall not be held to make the commissioners personally liable, but constitute a lien upon the assessments for the repayment of the principal and interest of the notes or bonds. In case any monies derived from bonds sold to pay for the construction, as herein provided, now or hereafter, remains on hand after the work is completed and paid for, and not raised for damages unpaid for, the residue may be used in the maintenance and repair, as in this chapter provided, before making assessment for maintenance and repair.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-409 - Bonds; Refunding Procedures.

41-7-409. Bonds; refunding procedures.
The court may, upon the petition of the commissioners, authorize them to refund a lawful indebtedness of the district now existing or which may hereafter be incurred by taking up and canceling all or a part of its outstanding notes and bonds, as fast as they come due or before, if the holders thereof will surrender the same, and issue in lieu thereof new notes or bonds of the district, payable in a time as the court deems proper, in an amount sufficient to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, together with an amount as the commissioners of the district deem necessary to provide for possible future defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, and bearing interest. For the purpose of providing funds to pay the refunding bonds with interest thereon, the commissioners may levy assessments against the land in the district, but not in excess of the benefits assessed. In the alternative the commissioners may issue refunding bonds in an amount sufficient only to retire all notes and bonds of the district then outstanding and the unpaid accrued interest thereon, and may, if they desire to provide a fund to provide for possible defaults and delinquencies in the payment of assessments, levy from year to year assessments against the land in the district for such purposes, but not in excess of the benefits assessed against the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-411 - Damages to Landowners to Be Paid Before Entry for Construction; Exceptions; When Entry Prior to Assessment Authorized.

41-7-411. Damages to landowners to be paid before entry for construction; exceptions; when entry prior to assessment authorized.
The damages allowed to the owners of lands shall be paid or tendered before the commissioners shall be authorized to enter upon the lands, for damage to which the award is made, for the construction of any reservoirs, canals, ditches, or other work proposed thereon. If the owner is unknown or there shall be a contest in regard to the ownership of the lands, or the owner will not receive payment, or there exists a mortgage or other lien against the same, or the commissioners cannot for any other reason pay him, they may deposit the said damages with the clerk of the court, for the benefit of the owner, or parties interested, to be paid or distributed as the court shall direct, and such payment shall have the same effect as the tender to and acceptance of the damages awarded by the true owners of the land. This section shall not, however, prevent said commissioners, their agents, servants, and employees from going upon said lands to do any and all work found necessary prior to making their assessment of benefits and award of damages, and the trial on their report thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-412 - Advertisement for Bids on Work Exceeding $7,500.00.

41-7-412. Advertisement for bids on work exceeding $7,500.00.
In all cases where the work to be done at any one (1) time under the direction of the commissioners will, in their opinion, cost to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), the same shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the commissioner shall advertise for sealed bids, by notice published in some newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, and may advertise in one (1) or more newspapers published elsewhere. If there be no newspaper published in the county in which the petition is filed, they shall advertise in some newspaper published in an adjoining county, which said notice shall particularly set forth the time and place when and where the bids advertised will be opened, the kind of work to be let and the terms of payment. Said commissioners may continue the letting from time to time, if in their judgment the same shall be necessary, and shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids. This section shall not be construed to apply to the employment of superintendent, engineer, attorney or other employee engaged in the general work of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-414 - When Assessments to Be Judgments Against Land; Manner of Collection.

41-7-414. When assessments to be judgments against land; manner of collection.
Each and every sum assessed in any irrigation district organized in the manner herein provided, as soon as such assessment is confirmed by the court, shall be and is declared to be a judgment of the district court in favor of said irrigation district and against the land so assessed, and unless some other method of collection is herein provided, shall be collected in the same manner as any other money judgment, provided, that whenever said assessment is a lien upon land it shall only be collected on said land on which it is a lien.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 4 - Assessments › Section 41-7-415 - Order Approving Contract Deemed Conclusive; Appeals.

41-7-415. Order approving contract deemed conclusive; appeals.
The order confirming the assessments of benefits shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating to the assessments of benefits unless appealed from within thirty (30) days after the entry of such order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 5 - Organization Expenses › Section 41-7-501 - Warrants for Expense of Survey Authorized.

41-7-501. Warrants for expense of survey authorized.
The duly appointed, qualified and acting commissioners of an irrigation district, having complied with the provisions of W.S. 41-7-302, are hereby authorized to issue warrants of said district bearing interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum up to the amount set by the judge of the district court of the judicial district wherein such district was organized for the purpose of making the surveys necessary to present their first report as provided in W.S. 41-7-305, and to defray other necessary expenses of the district, prior to the said first report and the assessment of benefits, upon complying with the procedure set out hereinafter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 5 - Organization Expenses › Section 41-7-502 - Petition for Authority to Issue Warrants; Notice of Hearing; Objections.

41-7-502. Petition for authority to issue warrants; notice of hearing; objections.
Whenever the commissioners of an irrigation district, after their appointment and qualification, shall wish to avail themselves of the provisions of W.S. 41-7-501, they shall file in the district court wherein such district was organized, a petition for authority to issue interest-bearing warrants, setting out the necessity for such issuance, the amounts of warrants to be issued and the purpose thereof; the judge of said court shall thereupon, by order, set a date for hearing said petition and notice of such hearing, setting out briefly the purpose thereof, shall be published for one (1) consecutive week in a newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the district or the greater portion thereof is situate, the last publication of said notice shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for said hearing and any protests or objections to the said petition must be in writing, setting out the grounds of such protest or objection, signed and verified by the protestant or objector, and filed in the proceeding at least five (5) days prior to the date set for said hearing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 5 - Organization Expenses › Section 41-7-503 - Petition for Authority to Issue Warrants; Hearing Generally; Decree Generally; Appeal.

41-7-503. Petition for authority to issue warrants; hearing generally; decree generally; appeal.
Upon the date set for the hearing of said petition, the judge shall hear evidence in support thereof and in support of any protests or objections properly filed and shall hear and determine all proper issues presented by said petition and any protests or objections which there may be and the judge shall enter his order in accord with such evidence; if, in the discretion of the court the petition should be granted he shall make his order authorizing the issuance of such interest-bearing warrants, setting the amount of such warrants which may be issued and the purpose for which such warrants may be used; such order will become final and conclusive unless appealed from within thirty (30) days of the date of its entry.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 5 - Organization Expenses › Section 41-7-504 - Effect of Decree; Reference to Be Made on Warrants.

41-7-504. Effect of decree; reference to be made on warrants.
Said order shall be the authority of the said commissioners and reference shall be made thereto on all warrants issued showing the amount so authorized and the total issued to the time thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 6 - Construction Contracts With United States › Section 41-7-601 - Inclusion of Provisions for Maintenance and Reclamation of Injured Lands; Costs.

41-7-601. Inclusion of provisions for maintenance and reclamation of injured lands; costs.
The board of commissioners of any irrigation district, in contracting with the United States for the construction, operation and maintenance of its necessary works for the delivery and distribution of water therefrom under the provisions of the federal reclamation act and acts amendatory thereto and supplementary thereof, and the rules and regulations established thereunder, may include in said contract with the United States, a provision or provisions for the construction, operation and maintenance of any necessary drainage works which they may reasonably contemplate to be necessary for the reclamation and drainage of lands of the district affected injuriously by the seepage or percolation of waters from the irrigation works of the district or from the highlands in the district irrigated or to be irrigated, and said commissioners shall include the costs of such drainage in the "cost of construction" as defined by W.S. 41-7-305.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 6 - Construction Contracts With United States › Section 41-7-602 - Petition for Contract and Assessments; Hearings Generally.

41-7-602. Petition for contract and assessments; hearings generally.
Whenever any contract between the United States and an irrigation district so provides, the assessment or assessments for benefits and construction against the individual tracts of land in the district, as now required under W.S. 41-7-401, may be dispensed with, and in such case the board of commissioners of the district, at any time, or after an election as provided by law has resulted in the approval of such contract, may file in the district court of the county embracing the largest acreage of the district, a petition praying in effect, that the contract and the proceedings leading up to the execution of same and the assessment for benefits and construction as requested therein may be examined, approved and confirmed by the court. The petition shall state generally that the irrigation district was duly authorized, that due and lawful proceedings were taken to execute a contract with the United States which incurred a district indebtedness for construction charges to the United States in a maximum amount to be stated, and that the assessments to be levied against the individual tracts of land under the contract do not exceed the benefits to accrue to such tracts of land, respectively, by reason of such contract. The court shall, upon presentation of such a petition, fix a time for the hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish notice of the filing of the said petition, and of the time and place fixed for the hearing thereon. The notice of such hearing shall be published three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which such district is located and shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition, the prayer thereof, and that any person interested in the subject matter of the petition may, on or before three (3) days prior to the day fixed for the hearing thereof, answer or otherwise plead thereto, and no other notice shall be required to be given of the time and place of the hearing thereon. Upon the hearing on such proceedings, the court shall disregard every error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of any party, and the court may make an order confirming and approving the proceedings taken to ratify and confirm such contract and the assessments for benefits and construction as required therein. The costs of the proceedings may be allowed and apportioned among the parties thereto in the discretion of the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 6 - Construction Contracts With United States › Section 41-7-603 - Order Approving Contract Deemed Conclusive; Appeal.

41-7-603. Order approving contract deemed conclusive; appeal.
The order confirming and approving the proceedings taken to ratify and confirm such contract and the assessment for benefits and construction as provided therein, shall be conclusive as to the regularity of all proceedings relating thereto, unless appealed from within thirty (30) days after the entry of such order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-701 - Irrigation Districts May Undertake Power Projects.

41-7-701. Irrigation districts may undertake power projects.
Any irrigation district heretofore organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 2, Session Laws of Wyoming, Special Session, 1920, as amended, codified and compiled in W.S. 41-7-101 through 41-7-603 [ 41-7-101 through 41-7-415], as now amended, is hereby authorized and given the power to provide for the construction, building and development of suitable works and structures, and to purchase, extend, enlarge, operate and maintain constructed works and structures suitable for the operation, maintenance, development and distribution of hydroelectric energy and power.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-702 - Resolution of Commissioners.

41-7-702. Resolution of commissioners.
Whenever the commissioners of any duly organized and existing irrigation district, heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the state of Wyoming, shall determine by a majority vote thereof that it is and would be beneficial and for the best interest of the landowners and entrymen therein that the development and distribution of hydroelectric energy and power is feasible, necessary and required for the complete and full construction and building of appropriate irrigation works necessary and required for the improvement of the water supply for the landowners and entrymen therein, they may adopt and approve an appropriate resolution stating their determination thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-703 - Report Made to District Court.

41-7-703. Report made to district court.
Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the said commissioners shall file an appropriate report with the district court of the county having jurisdiction of said irrigation district proceeding of the same nature and kind as provided in W.S. 41-7-305 through 41-7-307, for the construction of irrigation works.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-704 - Hearing on Objections to Report.

41-7-704. Hearing on objections to report.
Upon the filing of the said report, the court or judge thereof shall make an order fixing the time and place when and where all persons interested may appear and object to the confirmation thereof and all of the provisions of W.S. 41-7-308 through 41-7-314, shall be followed and be applicable thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-706 - Notices; Contents.

41-7-706. Notices; contents.
Such notice shall show the court in which said petition is filed, give a general description of the proposed works, state the time and place fixed by the court when and where the hearing on said petition will be had, and it shall require all persons interested to appear at the time and place therein stated, then and there to show cause if any they have, why said irrigation district should not proceed with plans and specifications for the construction or purchase as need be of the incidental necessary and required works for the development, distribution and sale of hydroelectric energy and power.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-707 - Order of Court Authorizing Project; Procedure Commissioners to Follow.

41-7-707. Order of court authorizing project; procedure commissioners to follow.
If the court at the hearing so petitioned for, noticed and held shall decide the issues in favor of the petitioners the court shall enter an order approving and confirming the petition and authorize the commissioners of said district to proceed as provided in the irrigation district laws of the state of Wyoming, and in particular as provided in W.S. 41-7-305 through 41-7-315, and the amendments thereof, to make investigations, surveys and lay out said proposed work, to make maps, plans and profiles and other specifications thereof and to negotiate for the purchase of needed works and equipment as is required and report their findings to the court for a hearing thereon which said plans, proposals, etc. shall be subject to change and amendments as might be beneficial and as provided in said irrigation district laws of the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-708 - Approved Project May Proceed as Incident to Existing System; Disposition of Excess Energy.

41-7-708. Approved project may proceed as incident to existing system; disposition of excess energy.
After the approval of the court the board of commissioners of said irrigation district shall be authorized to proceed with the construction, acquisition or purchase of all works and equipment required to provide for the generation, distribution and sale of hydroelectric energy and power as an incident to its existing or proposed water storage and distribution system and that it shall have the power to sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of hydroelectric energy not necessary for the uses and purposes of the district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-709 - Determination and Apportionment of Cost of Power Portion of Project.

41-7-709. Determination and apportionment of cost of power portion of project.
That if any project or amended project includes plans for the generation of electric energy and power, the board of commissioners shall ascertain the total cost of all of the property and works which are necessary to be used in connection with the generation, sale and distribution of electric energy and power as set forth in the plans of the district, and shall also ascertain what portion of the assessment of benefit to accrue to each tract or parcel of land embraced or to be included within said irrigation district consists of the properties and works which are necessary and required to be so used.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-710 - Costs of Irrigation Works and Power Project Separately Apportioned.

41-7-710. Costs of irrigation works and power project separately apportioned.
It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to apportion the respective costs of irrigation works as distinguished from the property and works required and necessary for the generation, distribution and sale of electrical energy and power to each of said units of construction.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-711 - Assessments for Power Project to Be Determined; Reported to Court.

41-7-711. Assessments for power project to be determined; reported to court.
The commissioners shall likewise determine the portion of assessments, if any, which is attributable to the cost of the properties and works which are necessary to be used in connection with the generation, distribution and sale of electric energy and power and the same shall be reported to and be one (1) of the items for determination and confirmation of the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-712 - Determination of Rate of Assessment.

41-7-712. Determination of rate of assessment.
The commissioners shall also determine the rate per acre of the assessment upon each tract or parcel of land assessed, for the costs of construction or acquisition of the properties and works which are necessary to be used in connection with the generation of electric energy or power, and if no assessment of such costs is made upon any tract or parcel a statement of that fact shall be made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-713 - Provisions Governing Levying, Approving and Collecting Assessments.

41-7-713. Provisions governing levying, approving and collecting assessments.
Upon the filing by the commissioners of a report to construct the initial unit or units pursuant to an original plan of construction or for any subsequent changes therein, the same proceedings shall be had and taken as required in the Wyoming Irrigation District Law and herein for levying, approving and collecting assessments to meet the costs of the units to be constructed, erected or purchased as was required to provide for an assessment to meet the cost of irrigation works or of the power unit or units first constructed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-715 - Additions to Projects; Amended or Supplemental Petitions.

41-7-715. Additions to projects; amended or supplemental petitions.
If in the judgment of the board of commissioners additional properties or works are necessary and required at any time for the development and sale of electric energy and power, the same may be petitioned for, authorized and made or acquired, as provided herein, by amended or supplemental petition as provided herein for the original construction or acquisitions thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-716 - Revenue From Sale of Power to Be Determined.

41-7-716. Revenue from sale of power to be determined.
Upon the levy of any assessment to a person thereof, as provided in this act, the board of commissioners shall ascertain the total net revenue which has been derived by the district from the generation and sale and distribution of electric power since the levy of the last previous assessment or portion thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-717 - Power Revenue to Be Deducted From Assessments.

41-7-717. Power revenue to be deducted from assessments.
From the assessments required upon each tract or parcel of land that has been assessed for the cost of the property comprising the portion of the project used or to be used for the generation, sale and distribution of electric energy and power there shall be deducted by the commissioners of the district and all officials making the levy against each separately owned tract or parcel of land within said irrigation district an amount equal to said portion of the total net revenue ascertained to have been derived from generation, development and sale of electric energy and power as the portion of the cost assessed under this act against each separate taxpayer bears to the total of said costs. In making such deduction, fractions of cents upon each tract shall be disregarded and no error in the computation of said deductions shall invalidate any such assessment or levy.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 7 - Power Projects › Section 41-7-718 - Liberal Construction; Restrictions; Regulation by Public Service Commission.

41-7-718. Liberal construction; restrictions; regulation by public service commission.
(a) This act shall be construed liberally for the purpose of making it possible for irrigation districts by the development and sale of hydroelectric energy and power through the construction or purchase of necessary and required properties and works to create sufficient income to make said works in connection with their irrigation works a feasible project, to save, conserve and preserve their full water rights under the laws of Wyoming.
(b) The generation of electric energy and power under the provisions of this act shall be restricted to the generation of hydroelectric energy and power for wholesale transmission and sale and such irrigation and public power districts established under the provisions of said act shall be subject to the regulation of the public service commission of Wyoming in the establishment of wholesale rates and transmission facilities, applicable to any other public utility generating electric energy and power for wholesale transmission and sale.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-801 - Declaration of Policy.

41-7-801. Declaration of policy.
Conservation of the state's water resources is hereby declared to be a state function, and the public interest, welfare, convenience and necessity require the creation of public irrigation districts and the construction of a system of works, in the manner hereinafter provided, for the conservation, storage, distribution and utilization of water. The construction of said system of works by such districts, as herein provided for, is hereby declared to be in all respects for the welfare and benefit of the people of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-802 - Definitions.

41-7-802. Definitions.
(a) "Public irrigation district", "Public irrigation and power district", or "district", means a district organized under this act, either as originally organized or as the same may be from time to time altered or extended.
(b) The word "board" shall mean the board of directors of a district organized under this act.
(c) The words "works" and "system" shall be deemed to include all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for their operation, and all water rights acquired or exercised by the board in connection with such works, and shall embrace all means of conserving, controlling and distributing water, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, reservoirs, dams, diversion canals, distributing canals, lateral ditches and pumping units, mains, pipelines and water works systems, and shall include all such works for the conservation, development, storage, distribution and utilization of water, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, works for the purpose of irrigation, flood control, development, sale and distribution of power, watering of stock, supplying of water for public, domestic, industrial and other uses, whether such works be operated in conjunction with or separately from electric power plants or systems.
(d) The word "project" shall mean any one (1) of the works hereinabove defined or any combination of such works which are physically connected or jointly managed and operated as a single unit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-803 - Creation; as Corporate Entity; District Within District.

41-7-803. Creation; as corporate entity; district within district.
A district may be created as provided in this act and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the organization of a district hereunder within, or partly within, the territorial boundaries of another district organized hereunder, so long as the works, systems or power plants, the operation of the same, the exercise of powers and the assumption of duties and responsibilities hereunder, of or in part of one such district, do not nullify, conflict with, or materially affect those of or on the part of another such district.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-806 - Board of Directors; Qualifications; Officers; Treasurer's Bond; Adoption of Rules and Regulations; Audit Department Report; Compensation.

41-7-806. Board of directors; qualifications; officers; treasurer's bond; adoption of rules and regulations; audit department report; compensation.
The corporate powers of the district shall be vested in and exercised by the board of directors of the district. No person shall be qualified to hold office as a member of the board of directors of any district unless he or she shall be a freeholder or entryman of the district. The board of directors shall elect the officers of the district who shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, and the board shall appoint such executive committee and other officers, agents, servants and employees as shall be deemed necessary in transacting the business of the district. The president, vice-president and treasurer shall be elected from the membership of the board of directors. The treasurer shall furnish and maintain a corporate surety bond in an amount sufficient to cover all monies coming into his possession or control, which bond shall be satisfactory in form and with sureties approved by the board. The bond, as approved, shall be filed with the secretary of state. The board of directors may adopt rules and regulations or bylaws, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, for the conduct of the business and affairs of the district. The board of directors shall cause to be kept accurate minutes of their meetings and accurate records and books of account, conforming to methods of bookkeeping approved by the director of the department of audit, clearly setting out and reflecting the entire operation, management, and business of the district. The books and records shall be kept at the principal place of business of the district and at reasonable business hours always open to public inspection. The fiscal year shall commence July 1. The board of directors, at the close of each year's business, shall file a report of the books, records and financial affairs of the district with the department of audit as required by W.S. 9-1-507. A copy of the report shall be placed and kept on file at the principal place of business of the district and shall be filed with the secretary of state. Members of the board of directors shall be paid their actual expenses while engaged in performing the duties of their office or otherwise engaged upon the business of the district, and in addition thereto they each shall receive as compensation for services a sum of not exceeding six dollars ($6.00) per day for a total working period not more than ten (10) days in each month.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-807 - Powers; Generally.

41-7-807. Powers; generally.
(a) A public irrigation district or a public irrigation and power district, organized under the provisions of this act shall have the following powers and shall be entitled to own, have, or exercise the following rights, privileges and franchises:
(i) Such district shall have all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes and may purchase, hold, sell and lease personal property and real estate reasonably necessary for the conduct of its business;
(ii) Such districts shall have the right and power to own, construct, reconstruct, improve, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, extend, manage, use or operate any "irrigation works", as defined in this act, and any and every kind of property, personal or real, necessary, useful or incident to such acquisition, extension, management, use and operation, whether the same be independent of or separated from the power, business or functions of the district or in connection or conjunction therewith, in whole or in part. In connection with the aforesaid powers, such district shall have the right and power to enter into any contract, lease, agreement or arrangement with any state, county, city, village, governmental or public corporation or association, or with any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or with the government of the United States, or with any officer, department, bureau or agency thereof, or with any corporation organized under federal law, for the purpose of exercising or utilizing any one (1) or more of the above enumerated powers, or for the sale, leasing, or otherwise furnishing or establishing water rights, electric power, water supply, conveyance and distribution of water, water service, or water storage, for irrigation or flood control or for the financing or payment of the cost and expenses incident to the construction, acquisition or operation of such irrigation works, or incident to any obligation or liability entered into or incurred by such district;
(iii) Such district shall have the right, power and authority to exercise any of the powers enumerated in paragraph (ii) of this subsection, either within or beyond or partly within and partly beyond the boundaries of the district and of the state of Wyoming if not otherwise prohibited by the law of such area, state or the United States of America;
(iv) Such district shall have the right to appropriate the waters of the state in the same manner as other appropriators in accordance with the general provisions of chapter 122, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, and other laws and regulations of the state of Wyoming, so far as the same may be applicable; provided, that such district shall, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this act, not interfere with, injure or otherwise damage or affect existing water rights.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-808 - Powers; Eminent Domain; Application of Provisions.

41-7-808. Powers; eminent domain; application of provisions.
All provisions of law now applicable to irrigation districts, privately owned irrigation corporations, ditch companies, or power districts or power corporations, as regards the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the use and occupation of state and other public lands and highways, the appropriation, or other acquisition or use of water, waterpower, water rights, or water diversion or storage rights, for any of the purposes contemplated in this act, the manner or method of construction and physical operation of irrigation works, storage dams, distribution systems, power plants, transmission lines and power systems, as herein contemplated, shall be applicable as nearly as may be, and insofar as not in conflict with the provisions of this act, to districts organized under this act in their exercise of the rights, powers and franchises and in the performance of the duties conferred or imposed upon them under the provisions of this act. In addition to any other rights and powers hereinabove conferred upon any district organized under the provisions of this act, such district shall have and exercise the power of eminent domain for the purposes and after the manner provided for in sections 38-401 to 38-416, inclusive, of chapter 38 [ 1-26-401, 1-26-403, 1-26-404] and in chapter 122, Wyoming Revised Statutes, 1931, or in any one (1) or more of said sections or other applicable sections in said statutes made and provided. If any such district shall condemn private property or interests therein, the appraisement shall include such amount of damage as will accrue to the owner of the condemned property through severance thereof from other property of said owner, previously operated with that so condemned, as a unit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-810 - Powers; Obtaining Federal Grants or Loans; Acceptance of Gifts.

41-7-810. Powers; obtaining federal grants or loans; acceptance of gifts.
Any district organized hereunder shall have and exercise any power conferred by this act for the purpose of obtaining grants or loans or both from any federal agency pursuant to or by virtue of any and all acts of congress, independently or in conjunction with any other power or powers conferred by this act, or heretofore or hereafter conferred by any other law, and shall have power to accept from private owners or other sources, gifts, deeds or instruments of trust or title relating to land, water rights and any other form of property.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 41 - Water › Chapter 7 - Irrigation Districts › Article 8 - Public Irrigation and Power Districts › Section 41-7-811 - Powers; Purchase or Conveyance of Water Rights.

41-7-811. Powers; purchase or conveyance of water rights.
Such district shall have power to purchase and acquire lands, water rights, rights of way, and real and personal properties of every nature in cooperation with the United States under such conditions as may to the board seem advisable, and to convey the same under such conditions, terms and restrictions as may be approved by the board of directors and the federal government or any of its agencies and to pay the purchase price and any and all construction costs or other necessary expenses and costs in connection with any works contemplated by this act either from its own funds, or cooperatively with the federal government.