C.R.S. Section 37-41-102
Petition

(1)

For the purpose of the establishment of an irrigation district as provided by this article, a petition shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county which embraces the largest acreage of the proposed district. The petition shall state:

(a)

That it is the purpose of petitioners to organize an irrigation district under the provisions of this article;

(b)

A general description of the boundaries of such proposed district;

(c)

The means proposed to supply water for the irrigation of the lands embraced therein;

(d)

The name proposed for such district; and

(e)

A prayer that the board of county commissioners define and establish the boundaries of said proposed district and submit the question of the final organization of the same to the vote of the qualified electors of said proposed district.

(2)

The petition shall be signed by a majority of the owners of said lands, whether residents or nonresidents, as well as by the owners in the aggregate of a majority of the total number of acres of land sought to be enclosed in said proposed district. The petitioners shall elect from their number a committee of three to present such petition to the board of county commissioners. The petition shall also be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned for the payment of all costs incurred in said proceedings in case said organization shall not be effected, but in case such district is so effected, then said expenses incurred by the board of county commissioners shall be paid back to said county by said district.

(3)

Such petition shall be published for at least four weeks before the time at which the same is to be presented, in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the petition is to be presented, together with a notice signed by the committee of said petitioners giving the time and place of the presentation of the same to the board of county commissioners.

Source: Section 37-41-102 — Petition, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑41‑101
Irrigation district - organization - purposes 37‑41‑102
Petition 37‑41‑103
Presentation and allowance of petition 37‑41‑104
Notice of election - qualifications of electors 37‑41‑105
Canvass of votes - proclamation 37‑41‑106
Directors - election - term 37‑41‑107
Office of board - elections 37‑41‑108
Directors - secretary - salaries 37‑41‑109
District treasurer - duties 37‑41‑110
Duties of election officers 37‑41‑111
Canvass of votes 37‑41‑112
Records - vacancy and term of office 37‑41‑113
Board of directors - duties - contracts - rules 37‑41‑114
Meetings - duties - eminent domain 37‑41‑115
Property - title 37‑41‑116
Conveyances - suits 37‑41‑117
Bonds - contract - purposes - election 37‑41‑118
Sale of bonds - proceeds 37‑41‑119
Bonds - payment - lien 37‑41‑120
Fiscal year - directors to fix levy 37‑41‑121
Assessor - assessment 37‑41‑122
Other taxes must be paid 37‑41‑123
Special tax levy 37‑41‑124
Assessment - collection - redemption - deed 37‑41‑125
Construction - contracts 37‑41‑126
Claims - audit - payment - financial report 37‑41‑127
Funds for expenses 37‑41‑128
Crossing streams, highways, railroads, state lands 37‑41‑129
Limit of indebtedness - emergency 37‑41‑130
Insufficient supply - distribution 37‑41‑131
Compensation for property taken 37‑41‑132
Boundaries - change - effect 37‑41‑133
Additional land admitted - petition 37‑41‑134
Notice of filing - costs 37‑41‑135
Hearing of petition - assent 37‑41‑136
Payment of pro rata assessments 37‑41‑137
Inclusion or rejection of lands - protest 37‑41‑138
Order - record - effect 37‑41‑139
Records - evidence 37‑41‑140
Legal representatives petitioners 37‑41‑141
Redivision of district - election of officers 37‑41‑142
Lands may be excluded from district 37‑41‑143
Petition for exclusion 37‑41‑144
Notice of filing petition 37‑41‑145
Hearing of petition 37‑41‑146
Order 37‑41‑147
Record - effect 37‑41‑148
Division of districts 37‑41‑149
Dissolution of district - election 37‑41‑150
Canvass - record 37‑41‑151
Judicial examination of bonds and contracts 37‑41‑152
Petition for judicial examination 37‑41‑153
Notice of hearing 37‑41‑154
Answer - pleading 37‑41‑155
Determination - costs 37‑41‑156
Sale of realty not needed 37‑41‑157
President to execute deeds 37‑41‑158
Proceeds - where paid 37‑41‑159
Findings of board conclusive 37‑41‑160
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-41-102’s source at colorado​.gov