C.R.S. Section 37-42-131
Payment of general expenses

(1)

Repealed.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

For the purposes of defraying the expenses of the organization of the district and the care, operation, management, repair, and improvement of all canals, ditches, reservoirs, and works, including salaries of officers and employees, the board may:

(I)

Fix rates of tolls and charges and collect them from all persons using the district’s structures or water for irrigation or other purposes;

(II)

Provide, in whole or in part, for the payment of the expenditures specified in this subsection (2)(a) by levy of assessments therefor, as provided in section 37-42-126; or

(III)

Both fix tolls and levy assessments.

(b)

If the money raised by the sale of bonds issued is insufficient and if bonds are unavailable for the completion of the plans of works adopted, the board of directors shall provide for the completion of the plans by levy of an assessment therefor in the same manner in which levies of assessments are made for other purposes.

Source: Section 37-42-131 — Payment of general expenses, 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

§ 37-42-131’s source at colorado​.gov