C.R.S. Section 37-42-125
Fiscal year

  • appropriation resolution

(1)

The fiscal year of each irrigation district in this state shall commence on January 1 in each year. It is the duty of the board of directors, in accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., to determine the amount of money required to meet the maintenance, operating, and current expenses for the ensuing fiscal year and to certify said amount by resolution to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the office of the district is located, together with such additional amounts as may be necessary to meet any deficiency in the payment of said expenses theretofore incurred. The board of directors may fix the amount payable for any tract containing one acre or less and, if so, similarly shall certify this amount to the board of county commissioners. The board of directors shall also fix the amount payable by each tract within any district with which the United States has made a contract and shall certify the same to the board of county commissioners.

(2)

The amount so fixed shall be in accordance with the federal reclamation laws and the public notices, orders, and regulations issued thereunder and shall be in compliance with any contracts made by the United States with any owners of said lands and in compliance further with the contracts between the district and the United States. The resolution shall be termed the annual appropriation resolution for the next fiscal year, and any debt or liability incurred or warrant issued in excess of the amount therein stated shall be absolutely void, except upon express authority conferred by the landowners at a general or special election.

(3)

The annual appropriation resolution described in subsection (2) of this section must include the amount of money needed to meet loan obligations and all amounts payable by landowners to the irrigation district in accordance with loans issued to the landowners pursuant to section 37-42-113 (5) and shall indicate the amount payable by each tract within the irrigation district for which a landowner has received a loan.

Source: Section 37-42-125 — Fiscal year - appropriation resolution, 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

§ 37-42-125’s source at colorado​.gov