§ 37-41-102 — Petition

Colorado § 37-41-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Irrigation District Law of 1905

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(1) For the purpose of the establishment of an irrigation
district as provided by this article, a petition shall be filed with the board of county
commissioners of the county which embraces the largest acreage of the proposed
district. The petition shall state:

(a) That it is the purpose of petitioners to organize an irrigation district under
the provisions of this article;

(b) A general description of the boundaries of such proposed district;

(c) The means proposed to supply water for the irrigation of the lands
embraced therein;

(d) The name proposed for such district; and

(e) A prayer that the board of county commissioners define and establish the
boundaries of said proposed district and submit the question of the final
organization of the same to the vote of the qualified electors of said proposed
district.

(2) The petition shall be signed by a majority of the owners of said lands,
whether residents or nonresidents, as well as by the owners in the aggregate of a
majority of the total number of acres of land sought to be enclosed in said proposed
district. The petitioners shall elect from their number a committee of three to
present such petition to the board of county commissioners. The petition shall also
be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the board of
county commissioners, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing
such district, conditioned for the payment of all costs incurred in said proceedings
in case said organization shall not be effected, but in case such district is so
effected, then said expenses incurred by the board of county commissioners shall
be paid back to said county by said district.

(3) Such petition shall be published for at least four weeks before the time at
which the same is to be presented, in some newspaper of general circulation
published in the county where the petition is to be presented, together with a notice
signed by the committee of said petitioners giving the time and place of the
presentation of the same to the board of county commissioners.

Legislative History

Source: L. 05: p. 246, � 2. R.S. 08: � 3441. L. 15: p. 298, � 2. C.L. � 1961. CSA: C. 90, � 378. CRS 53: � 149-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-1-2.