C.R.S. Section 37-90-124
Election on organization

(1)

If, after the completion of the hearing on the feasibility of the organization of a district, it is determined that such district shall be organized, the commission shall forthwith make an order allowing the prayer of the petition, and, by order duly entered upon its record, shall call an election of the taxpaying electors in the district for the purpose of determining whether such district shall be organized, and shall set the date for such election.

(2)

The commission shall thereupon publish a notice, the final publication to be not less than ten days nor more than thirty days immediately preceding the election, which notice shall state: The fact of filing of the petition; in summary form, the information required by section 37-90-121 (1) to be included in the petition; that an election will be held to decide the question of organization of the proposed district; the date of such election; the polling places at which such election is to be held; the qualifications of those eligible to vote at such election; and the specific question to be submitted.

(3)

The commission shall appoint three taxpaying electors of the district as judges for each designated polling place. The election shall be held and conducted as nearly as may be in the same manner as general elections in this state. There shall be no special registration for such election, but, for the purpose of determining qualifications of electors, the judges shall be permitted to use the last official registration lists of electors residing in the district and a certified list of taxpayers in the district prepared by the county treasurer and, in addition, may require the execution of an affidavit concerning the qualification of any such taxpaying elector to vote.

(4)

At such election the voters shall vote for or against the organization of the district. The judges of each polling place shall certify the returns of the election to the ground water commission. If a majority of votes cast at said election are against the organization of the district, the commission shall forthwith dismiss the petition, and no election shall be held on the original petition or another petition for organization of the same district within one year of such dismissal.

(5)

If a majority of the votes cast at said election are for the organization of said district, the commission, by order duly entered of record, shall declare the district organized, define the boundaries thereof, and give it the corporate name designated in the petition by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known and designate the members of the first board of directors, as named in the organization petition and the districts they represent. Thereupon the district shall be a governmental subdivision of the state of Colorado and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or quasi-municipal corporation.

Source: Section 37-90-124 — Election on organization, 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

§ 37-90-124’s source at colorado​.gov