C.R.S. Section 37-47-104
Board of directors

(1)

The southwestern water conservation district shall be managed and controlled by a board of nine directors. The members of said board shall hold their office for staggered terms of three years, with three members appointed each year, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. One member of said board shall be selected from each of the respective counties in said water conservation district and, at the time of his or her appointment, shall have been a resident of said county or, if only a part of a county is included within the boundaries of said district, a resident of such included part for at least two years prior to the date of his or her appointment and shall be a freeholder who has paid taxes upon real estate in the county of his or her residence during the calendar year next preceding his or her appointment. The member shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the member resides. The member may be a member of the board of county commissioners of such county. The members of said board shall annually select one of their number to act as president and presiding officer until the first regular board meeting of the next calendar year.

(2)

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(a)

Immediately upon organization the members of said board shall be divided by lot or chance into three classes. The term of office of the members of the first class shall expire on the third Tuesday in January, 1942; the term of office of the members of the second class shall expire on the third Tuesday in January, 1943; and the term of office of the members of the third class shall expire on the third Tuesday in January, 1944; except that, on and after March 11, 1943, terms of office shall expire on the fourth Tuesday in January, instead of the third Tuesday in January, as provided in this subsection (2).

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a) of this section, on and after September 1, 2018, terms of office expire on the day of the first regular board meeting held in the fourth calendar year following the member’s appointment. At the first meeting of the board of county commissioners held in January, and every three years thereafter, the boards of county commissioners of the counties of residence of the members whose terms expire shall appoint successors to take office on the date of the first regular meeting of the board of the southwestern water conservation district following such appointments.

(3)

The members of the board of directors of said district who are in office on April 7, 1961, shall hold their respective offices for the period of time for which they were selected to serve, and their tenure of office shall not be affected by this amendatory section. Within sixty days after April 7, 1961, the board of county commissioners of Mineral county shall appoint a director from such county, with the qualifications prescribed in this section, to serve as a member of the board of directors of the southwestern water conservation district until the fourth Tuesday in January, 1963. Upon expiration of such term of office, a successor shall be appointed as provided to serve for the regular term of three years.

Source: Section 37-47-104 — Board of directors, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑47‑101
Legislative declaration - rivers named 37‑47‑102
Definitions 37‑47‑103
Creation and name of district 37‑47‑104
Board of directors 37‑47‑105
Allowance for directors 37‑47‑106
Vacancy in office of director 37‑47‑107
Powers of district 37‑47‑108
Principal office - meetings 37‑47‑109
Assessment and levy by board 37‑47‑110
Creation of subdistricts 37‑47‑111
Rules and regulations 37‑47‑112
Procedure for establishment of subdistricts 37‑47‑113
Time and place of hearing on petition 37‑47‑114
Recording of protest - procedure - decree - fee 37‑47‑115
Plan for subdistrict 37‑47‑116
Appointment of appraisers 37‑47‑117
Compensation of appraisers 37‑47‑118
Directors bound by financing plan 37‑47‑119
Assessments - procedure in making 37‑47‑120
Improvement district bonds 37‑47‑121
Assessments constitute perpetual lien 37‑47‑122
Directors to remedy defects in assessments 37‑47‑123
Record of assessments as evidence 37‑47‑124
Defects in notice perfected 37‑47‑125
Contracts of subdistricts 37‑47‑126
Issuance of general obligation bonds and revenue bonds 37‑47‑127
Board to certify assessments 37‑47‑128
Limitations on power to levy and contract 37‑47‑129
Investment of surplus funds 37‑47‑130
Sinking fund 37‑47‑131
Court confirmation 37‑47‑132
Subdistrict furnishing water to nonirrigated land 37‑47‑133
Election to authorize debt 37‑47‑134
Definition of elector 37‑47‑135
Elections 37‑47‑136
Election resolution 37‑47‑137
Conduct of election 37‑47‑138
Notice of election 37‑47‑139
Polling places 37‑47‑140
Election supplies 37‑47‑141
Election returns 37‑47‑142
Debt election contests 37‑47‑143
Covenants and other provisions in bonds 37‑47‑144
Liens on pledged revenues 37‑47‑145
Rights - powers of holders of bonds - trustees 37‑47‑146
Investments and securities 37‑47‑147
Rents and charges 37‑47‑148
Miscellaneous powers 37‑47‑149
Cooperative powers 37‑47‑150
Joint action entity 37‑47‑151
Correlative powers of political subdivisions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-47-104’s source at colorado​.gov