§ 37-42-101 — Petition for organization - schedule - bond

Whenever the
landowners of any prescribed area within the state of Colorado desire to organize
an irrigation district for the purposes named in this article, they may propose such
organization by presenting to the board of county commissioners of the county
within which said area, or the greater part thereof, lies a petition praying such
organization, signed by a majority of such landowners, whether resident or not,
owning in the aggregate a majority of the acreage of such area so proposed to be
organized. Such petition shall contain a definite description by metes and bounds of
the area included within the exterior boundaries of said proposed district and a
description by legal subdivisions of the area proposed to be organized, together
with a statement of the purposes of organization and the property and rights
proposed to be acquired or constructed, and shall name a resident of the county of
proposed organization as agent for the proposers of organization, who shall act as
their representative until such time as organization has been completed.
Accompanying this petition, a schedule shall be filed showing by legal subdivisions,
with acreage, the land owned by each signer and the total acreage of the proposed
district, together with a map of the proposed district and the proposed system for
its irrigation or reclamation, drawn to such scale and in the manner required by such
rules as are promulgated by the state engineer for such purpose. These
instruments shall be accompanied by a bond approved by the board of county
commissioners in such amount as it shall fix, conditioned that all costs of inspection
and organization shall be paid by the bondsmen in case organization is not effected.
Copies of all instruments and maps filed with the board of county commissioners
under this article shall also be filed with the state engineer.

Legislative History

Source: L. 21: p. 517, � 1. C.L. � 2057. CSA: C. 90, � 432. CRS 53: � 149-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-2-1.