C.R.S. Section 37-42-101
Petition for organization

  • schedule
  • bond
Whenever the landowners of any prescribed area within the state of Colorado desire to organize an irrigation district for the purposes named in this article, they may propose such organization by presenting to the board of county commissioners of the county within which said area, or the greater part thereof, lies a petition praying such organization, signed by a majority of such landowners, whether resident or not, owning in the aggregate a majority of the acreage of such area so proposed to be organized. Such petition shall contain a definite description by metes and bounds of the area included within the exterior boundaries of said proposed district and a description by legal subdivisions of the area proposed to be organized, together with a statement of the purposes of organization and the property and rights proposed to be acquired or constructed, and shall name a resident of the county of proposed organization as agent for the proposers of organization, who shall act as their representative until such time as organization has been completed. Accompanying this petition, a schedule shall be filed showing by legal subdivisions, with acreage, the land owned by each signer and the total acreage of the proposed district, together with a map of the proposed district and the proposed system for its irrigation or reclamation, drawn to such scale and in the manner required by such rules as are promulgated by the state engineer for such purpose. These instruments shall be accompanied by a bond approved by the board of county commissioners in such amount as it shall fix, conditioned that all costs of inspection and organization shall be paid by the bondsmen in case organization is not effected. Copies of all instruments and maps filed with the board of county commissioners under this article shall also be filed with the state engineer.

Source: Section 37-42-101 — Petition for organization - schedule - bond, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑42‑101
Petition for organization - schedule - bond 37‑42‑102
Date of hearing - notice 37‑42‑103
Preliminary report 37‑42‑104
Hearing - adjournments 37‑42‑105
Adverse report - investigations 37‑42‑106
Notice of organization meeting and election 37‑42‑107
Organization - meeting - voting 37‑42‑108
Directors - election 37‑42‑109
Directors to file map 37‑42‑110
Directors to organize - powers 37‑42‑111
Meetings of directors - notice 37‑42‑112
District elections - definition 37‑42‑113
Powers of district - loans for improvements - rules 37‑42‑114
Landowners - definition - evidence of ownership 37‑42‑115
Land board as landowner 37‑42‑117
Directors to adopt plans 37‑42‑118
Bond election - ballots 37‑42‑120
Additional bonds 37‑42‑121
Sale of bonds - notice 37‑42‑122
Bonds - assessments 37‑42‑123
Rescission of action authorizing bonds 37‑42‑124
Construction of works - bids - notice - contract - bond 37‑42‑125
Fiscal year - appropriation resolution 37‑42‑126
Assessment of lands - valuation 37‑42‑127
Levy to pay interest and expenses 37‑42‑128
Collection of assessments 37‑42‑130
Call of bonds - surplus fund 37‑42‑131
Payment of general expenses 37‑42‑132
Relief from bonded indebtedness 37‑42‑133
Exclusion of land from district 37‑42‑134
Inclusion of land in district 37‑42‑135
District to lease surplus water 37‑42‑136
Drainage of lands - surveys 37‑42‑137
Sale of surplus water - proceeds 37‑42‑138
Confirmation of organization and bonds 37‑42‑139
Dissolution of district - election 37‑42‑140
Districts organized after April 7, 1921 37‑42‑141
Ratification of irrigation district
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-42-101’s source at colorado​.gov