§ 37-29-101 — Dissolution - procedure

Colorado § 37-29-101

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Dissolution of Districts

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Whenever a majority of the owners of
land within a drainage district representing also a majority of the whole number of
acres of land within the district petitions the board of directors to call a special
election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said drainage
district a proposition to dissolve such district, it is the duty of such board of
directors, upon proof that all claims and bills of the district of every kind or nature
whatsoever have been fully paid, to call an election for the purpose of submitting
the question of the dissolution of such district to the qualified voters thereof and to
cause a notice setting forth the object of such election to be posted in the office of
the district and in six public places within such district and to be published in some
newspaper of general circulation and published in each county in which any portion
of said district may lie for a period of thirty days prior to said election. Said notice
shall set forth the time and place for holding said election in each precinct within
said district. It is the duty of the board of directors to prepare ballots to be used at
such elections on which shall be written or printed the words For dissolution and
Against dissolution and to appoint judges and clerks of elections as in other
elections of the district. No district shall be dissolved which has claims, bills, bonds,
or indebtedness outstanding or unpaid, and the attempted dissolution of such a
district shall be null, void, and of no force and effect.

Legislative History

Source: L. 11: p. 330, � 79. C.L. � 2196. CSA: C. 57, � 116. CRS 53: � 47-10-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 47-10-1.