C.R.S. Section 37-42-107
Organization

  • meeting
  • voting

(1)

The board of county commissioners shall attend at the time and place of the meeting specified in section 37-42-106 and shall certify to the meeting a list of the landowners of the proposed district, taking no account of those who have prosecuted appeals from the order of the board of county commissioners fixing and determining boundaries, together with the number of acres within the proposed district, owned or represented by each, the total of which acreage, for the purposes of this meeting, shall be considered the total acres of the district. The board of county commissioners shall also act as a credentials committee of the meeting and shall decide and create a written certification regarding who are eligible voters at the meeting. The chair of the board shall preside at the meeting until temporary officers are elected from among those present.

(2)

The landowners shall organize such meeting by the selection from their own number of a chairman who shall preside at said meeting and a clerk who shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of such meeting and perform the duties generally performed by such officer.

(3)

The meeting having been so organized, a vote shall be taken by ballot to determine organization. The ballots cast shall contain the words “Irrigation District - Yes ....” and “Irrigation District - No ....”, and shall have a cross marked opposite the words expressing the desire of the voter, together with the name and, if the vote is by proxy, both the name of the landowner and the person voting, and the number of votes cast, being the number of acres of the landowner within said proposed district.

(4)

The vote shall be publicly counted by tellers selected by the chairman, entered at length upon a tally sheet and checked with the list certified by the board of county commissioners, and shall be entered in detail in the minutes of the proceedings. If a majority of the total vote of the proposed district, as shown by the list certified by the board of county commissioners, is not found to have been cast in favor of organization, the meeting shall thereby stand adjourned and no further proceedings had upon the petition for organization or order of determination; but, if the majority of the total vote of the district as shown by said certified list is cast in favor of organization, the organization of the district shall be declared accomplished and record thereof entered in the minutes of the meeting, and the meeting shall proceed to the election of the directors of the district who shall hold office until the first annual election.

Source: Section 37-42-107 — Organization - meeting - voting, 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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-42-107’s source at colorado​.gov