§ 37-41-144 — Notice of filing petition

Colorado § 37-41-144

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

Text

The secretary of the board of directors
shall cause a notice of the filing of such petition to be published for at least three
weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the office of the board of
directors is situated, and if any portion of said district lies within another county,
then said notice shall be so published in a newspaper published within each of said
counties, or if no newspaper is published therein, then by posting such notice for
the same time in at least three public places in said district, and, in case of the
posting of said notices, one of said notices must be so posted on the lands
proposed to be excluded. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the
names of the petitioners, a description of the lands mentioned in said petition, and
the prayer of said petitioners, and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at
the office of said board at a time named in said notice and to show cause in writing
why said petition should not be granted. The time to be specified in the notice at
which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the
board next after the expiration of the time for the publication of the notice. The
petitioner shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay the estimated cost
of all proceedings under such petition before the secretary shall give such notice.

Legislative History

Source: L. 05: p. 269, � 43. R.S. 08: � 3482. C.L. � 2021. CSA: C. 90, � 420. CRS 53: � 149-1-44. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-1-44.