Colorado Statutes
§ 37-24-103 — Right of eminent domain
The board of directors has the power
to construct the works across any watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway,
canal, or ditch which the route of such drainage system or any branch thereof
intersects or crosses. If any railroad company, or the owners and controllers of said
property, thing, or franchise so to be crossed, or the owner of land necessary for
said drainage district, and the board of directors cannot agree upon the amount to
be paid therefor, or the points or the manner of said crossings, the same shall be
ascertained and determined in all respects as is provided by law in respect to the
taking of land for public uses, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, which
right is hereby conferred on drainage districts.
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Legislative History
Source: L. 11: p. 327, � 70. C.L. � 2175. CSA: C. 57, � 76. CRS 53: � 47-5-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 47-5-3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 37-1-101
Short title§ 37-1-102
Definitions§ 37-1-103
Liberal construction§ 37-1-104
Removal of officials for cause§ 37-1-105
Remedy by mandamus§ 37-1-106
Early hearings§ 37-1-107
Correction of faulty notices§ 37-1-108
Short forms and abbreviations§ 37-1-109
Repeal - saving clause§ 37-2-102
Petition§ 37-2-103
Bond of petitioners§ 37-2-104
Notice of hearing on petition§ 37-20-101
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