C.R.S. Section 37-90-121
Management districts

  • petition
  • contents
  • minor defects
  • amendment

(1)

The petition referred to in section 37-90-120 shall set forth:

(a)

The name of the proposed district and boundaries thereof;

(b)

A proposed division of the district into divisions as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, and considering the population thereof, each of which is to be represented by a director, who shall be a resident taxpaying elector in such division or reside within the designated groundwater basin within which the district is located and be a resident agriculturist who owns and actively farms or ranches land located within such division;

(c)

The number of directors that the district shall have if formed, not less than five nor more than fifteen in number, together with the name and address of each of the proposed directors, the division to be represented by each of them, and their terms of office, which shall be so designated that approximately one-half of them shall expire on the first Tuesday in March of the second year after the organization of the district is completed, and the remainder of them on the first Tuesday in March of the fourth year after the organization of the district is completed;

(d)

Where the offices of such proposed district are to be maintained; and

(e)

A prayer that the organization of the district be submitted to a vote of the taxpaying electors as provided in section 37-90-124.

(2)

No petition for the organization of a district with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of minor defects, but the commission may at any time, prior to final determination of the sufficiency thereof, permit the petition to be amended in form to conform to the facts. Several similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district may be filed and shall together be regarded as one petition. All petitions, filed prior to the determination of the sufficiency of such petition, shall be considered as though filed with the first petition placed on file.

Source: Section 37-90-121 — Management districts - petition - contents - minor defects - amendment, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑90‑101
Short title 37‑90‑102
Legislative declaration 37‑90‑103
Definitions - repeal 37‑90‑104
Commission - organization - expenses 37‑90‑105
Small capacity wells 37‑90‑106
Determination of designated groundwater basins - exception - legislative declaration - repeal 37‑90‑107
Application for use of groundwater - publication of notice - conditional permit - hearing on objections - well permits 37‑90‑107.5
Replacement plans 37‑90‑107.6
Aquifer storage-and-recovery plans - publication - objection - hearing - rules 37‑90‑108
Final permit - evidence of well construction and beneficial use - limitations 37‑90‑109
Priority - discontinuance orders - grounds 37‑90‑110
Powers of the state engineer 37‑90‑111
Powers of the ground water commission - limitations 37‑90‑111.5
Well enforcement - injunction - fines 37‑90‑112
Notice - publication 37‑90‑113
Hearings 37‑90‑114
Other administrative hearings 37‑90‑115
Judicial review of actions of the ground water commission or the state engineer 37‑90‑116
Fees 37‑90‑117
Water conservation board - duties 37‑90‑118
Ground water management districts - formation 37‑90‑119
Creation of districts - proposal - submission - changes - proposed boundaries 37‑90‑120
Management districts - petition - signatures required - filing 37‑90‑121
Management districts - petition - contents - minor defects - amendment 37‑90‑122
Management district - petition - certification of signatures - hearing - notice - publication 37‑90‑123
Management districts - hearing - objections - change of boundaries 37‑90‑124
Election on organization 37‑90‑125
Filing decree 37‑90‑126
Management district - directors - qualifications - oath or affirmation - bond - vacancies 37‑90‑127
Management district - directors - election - term of office 37‑90‑128
Management district - directors - no compensation - expenses 37‑90‑129
Management district - officers - election 37‑90‑130
Management districts - board of directors - enforcement 37‑90‑131
Management district - board of directors - control measures - hearing - notice - publication - order 37‑90‑132
Management district - board of directors - taxes - levy - limitation 37‑90‑133
Management district - claims - warrants - payment 37‑90‑134
Management district - issuance of bonds - indebtedness - submission to electors 37‑90‑135
Management district - dissolution - procedure - funds - disposition 37‑90‑137
Permits to construct wells outside designated basins - fees - permit no groundwater right - evidence - time limitation - well permits - rules 37‑90‑138
Waste - violations - permits 37‑90‑139
Existing beneficial uses not recorded - fee 37‑90‑140
Inclusion of lands 37‑90‑141
Exclusion of lands 37‑90‑142
State engineer - action upon permit 37‑90‑143
Owners of well permits - update for name and contact information
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-90-121’s source at colorado​.gov