§ 37-45-111 — Notice of hearing on petition

(1) Immediately after the filing of
such petition, the court wherein such petition is filed, by order, shall fix a place and
time, not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days after the petition is filed,
for hearing thereon, and thereupon the clerk of said court shall cause notice by
publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of
hearing thereon; the clerk of said court shall also forthwith cause a copy of said
notice to be mailed by United States registered mail to the board of county
commissioners of each of the several counties having territory within the proposed
district.

(2) The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the
organization of a water conservancy district has been filed shall thereafter for all
purposes of this article, except as otherwise provided in this article, maintain and
have original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of said
water conservancy district and of land and other property proposed to be included
in said district or affected by said district, without regard to the usual limits of its
jurisdiction.

(3) No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified
to perform any duty imposed by this article by reason of ownership of property
within any water conservancy district or proposed water conservancy district or by
reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed, or assessed
therein.

Legislative History

Source: L. 37: p. 1316, � 6. CSA: C. 173B, � 20. CRS 53: � 149-6-6. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-5-6.