C.R.S. Section 37-44-102
Petition

  • establishment of an internal improvement district

(1)

For the purpose of the establishment of an internal improvement district, as provided for by this article, a petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county which embraces the largest acreage of the proposed district, which district court is hereby vested with full jurisdiction to hear said petition and to establish such internal improvement district.

(2)

Such petition shall state that it is the purpose of the petitioners to organize an internal improvement district; shall contain a general description of the boundaries of such proposed internal improvement district, the means proposed to supply storage water for the irrigation of lands embraced therein or of preventing floods, regulating streams and channels, regulating the flow of streams, and protecting public and private property from inundation or the means of supplying storage water and flood protection to the lands proposed to be included within said internal improvement district as necessary, and the name proposed for such internal improvement district; and shall name a committee of five of the petitioners to present such petition to the district court praying that the district court define and establish the boundaries of said proposed internal improvement district and submit the question of the final organization of the same to the vote of the qualified electors of said district.

(3)

The petition shall be signed by a majority of the owners of the land within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into such district, who shall have all the qualifications of electors provided for under section 37-44-105. The petition shall also be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the clerk of said district court, in an amount to be fixed by the court, conditioned for the payment of all costs incurred in such proceeding in case such organization shall not be effected, but in case such district is effected, then such expenses incurred in the organization thereof shall be paid by said district.

(4)

In the event the proposed district intends to acquire or maintain any such drainage system, the said petition shall also set forth:

(a)

In general terms, a description of the area proposed to be drained or benefited;

(b)

A general description of the means to be adopted to effect such drainage;

(c)

A statement of the proposed means of financing the construction of the necessary drainage works;

(d)

An estimate of the probable annual expense of maintaining such drainage system;

(e)

A general statement of the reasons why the construction and the maintenance of such drainage system would inure to the benefit of the irrigated lands included within the proposed district.

(5)

Such petitions shall be published for at least four weeks before the time at which the same is to be presented in some newspaper of general circulation and published in each county into which any part of the proposed district extends, together with a notice signed by the committee of said petitioners selected by the petition for that purpose, giving the time and place of the presentation of the same to said district court.

Source: Section 37-44-102 — Petition - establishment of an internal improvement district, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑44‑101
Liberal construction 37‑44‑102
Petition - establishment of an internal improvement district 37‑44‑103
Powers of district 37‑44‑104
Presentation and allowance of petitions 37‑44‑105
Notice of election - voters - ballots 37‑44‑106
Canvass of votes 37‑44‑107
Plans for improvements 37‑44‑108
Directors - powers and duties 37‑44‑109
Meetings of board - records 37‑44‑110
Title - tax exemption 37‑44‑111
Conveyances - power to sue 37‑44‑112
Bonds 37‑44‑113
Sale of bonds 37‑44‑114
Classification of lands 37‑44‑115
Objections to classifications 37‑44‑116
Conduct of appeals 37‑44‑117
Appeal not to delay 37‑44‑118
Modification of classification 37‑44‑119
Apportionment of levy 37‑44‑120
Assessment 37‑44‑121
Assessment list - collection 37‑44‑122
Assessment book 37‑44‑123
Assessments affect land benefited 37‑44‑124
District treasurer 37‑44‑125
Where office of district kept 37‑44‑126
Election of officers - oath or affirmation - bond 37‑44‑127
Notices of election of officers 37‑44‑128
Judges and clerk of election 37‑44‑129
Voters to appoint judges if necessary 37‑44‑130
Administration of oath 37‑44‑131
Hours polls open 37‑44‑132
Count of ballots - certificate of returns 37‑44‑133
Canvass of returns - result 37‑44‑134
Procedure in case of tie 37‑44‑135
Certificate of election 37‑44‑136
Filling vacancy 37‑44‑137
Collection of assessments 37‑44‑138
Construction contract - bond 37‑44‑139
Claims - audit - payment 37‑44‑140
Expenses of organization 37‑44‑141
Works may cross other lands 37‑44‑142
Officers’ compensation 37‑44‑143
Limit of indebtedness 37‑44‑144
Insufficient supply 37‑44‑145
Judicial action on bonds 37‑44‑146
Petition for confirmation 37‑44‑147
Notice of hearing 37‑44‑148
Answer or pleading 37‑44‑149
Determination
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-44-102’s source at colorado​.gov