C.R.S. Section 37-41-104
Notice of election

  • qualifications of electors

(1)

The board of county commissioners shall thereupon cause a notice embodying said orders in substance, signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the clerk of said board, to be issued, given, and published, giving public notice of said election, the time and places thereof, and the matters submitted to the vote of the electors. The notice and order shall be published once a week for at least four weeks prior to such election in a newspaper of general circulation in said county, and if any portion of such proposed district lies within any other county, then such order and notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within each of the counties. No election, the purpose of which is to issue bonds or purchase sites, water rights, reservoirs, or rights-of-way, shall be held nor shall any bonds be issued or purchased or contract of purchase be made for reservoirs, water rights, sites, or works before the board of directors has submitted to the state engineer a complete and detailed plan of the project and a complete and detailed information of the property to be leased or purchased, and any other information required by the state engineer, and a decision rendered by him as to the feasibility of the project. No election thereon shall be held nor purchase contract or lease made until sixty days have expired after the rendition of such decision by the state engineer.

(2)

At all elections held under the provisions of this article, every owner or entryman of agricultural or horticultural land within said district over the age of eighteen years who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and is a resident of the state of Colorado and has paid property taxes upon real property located within said district during the calendar year preceding any such election shall be entitled to vote at such election in the precinct where he resides or, if a nonresident of the precinct, in the precinct within which the greater portion of his land is located. A corporation organized or qualified to do business in this state which owns agricultural or horticultural land within the district, and which has paid property taxes thereon, may authorize an agent, who satisfies the residency and age requirements of this subsection (2), to vote in its behalf at all elections held under the provisions of this article or to serve as a director of the district. Any such person so qualified to vote and who resides in any county into which said district extends shall be eligible to election as a director in and for the division in such district in which he is entitled to vote. All lands platted or subdivided into residence or business lots shall not be considered agricultural or horticultural land. The ballots to be used and cast at such election for the formation of such district shall be substantially as follows: “Irrigation District - Yes”, and “Irrigation District - No”, or words equivalent thereto, and shall also contain the names of the persons to be voted for as members of the board of directors of said district. Each elector may vote for three directors, one from each division, and shall indicate his vote by placing a marginal cross upon the ballot, for or against any question submitted or name voted upon, and opposite thereto, at any election held under this article.

Source: Section 37-41-104 — Notice of election - qualifications of electors, 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
Single election precincts
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-41-104’s source at colorado​.gov