C.R.S. Section 37-42-110
Directors to organize

  • powers

(1)

On the same day the board of directors is elected, and immediately following the meeting at which they were elected, the board shall meet for the purpose of organization of the board. It shall select one of its own members as president of the irrigation district and shall select a secretary who may or may not be a member of the board.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The board of directors shall be the governing body of the irrigation district for which it is elected and shall have the power to make and alter bylaws, rules, and regulations for the distribution of water and for the conduct of the district business not inconsistent with the laws of the state of Colorado and to make such contracts and employ such persons as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the district, in general exercising the usual and ordinary functions of management of the district, including, when specifically authorized by vote of the landowners so to do, to cooperate with the United States under the federal reclamation laws or any other federal laws enacted by the congress of the United States for the purpose of the construction of irrigation works, including drainage works necessary to maintain the irrigability of the land, or for the acquisition, purchase, extension, operation, or maintenance of constructed works, or for the assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands.

(b)

It is also the duty of the board to make an annual report of the district showing the status of its affairs generally, including full lists of assets and liabilities, warrants and bonds outstanding, and such as have been paid or retired during the last fiscal year, and to present the report to the landowners at or before the annual election.

(3)

As compensation for service as directors, each person so acting is entitled to receive one hundred dollars for each day necessarily spent in the discharge of district business and such expenses as are necessarily incurred in the conduct of its affairs; except that, after the first year, the landowners may fix other compensation by vote at any annual or special election.

(4)

Repealed.

(5)

No director or any officer named in this article shall be interested directly or indirectly, in any manner, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board or in the profits to be derived therefrom, nor shall he receive any bonds, gratuity, or bribe.

(6)

Any officer who violates this section commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. He or she shall also forfeit his or her office upon conviction.

(7)

If it is found necessary by the board of directors to employ judges of election, each judge is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her services the sum of one hundred dollars per day to be paid by the district; except that the landowners may fix other compensation by vote at any annual or special election.

Source: Section 37-42-110 — Directors to organize - powers, 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

§ 37-42-110’s source at colorado​.gov