§ 37-48-108 — Creation of subdistricts

(1) Notwithstanding the organization of
the district provided for in this article, irrigation and internal improvement districts
organized under articles 41, 42, 44, and 45 of this title and any other form of
organization designed or intended to acquire, construct, or maintain reservoirs,
ditches, and similar works for irrigation or other beneficial purposes under any law
of the state of Colorado or of the United States may be organized to cover and
include areas within the Rio Grande water conservation district and may likewise
embrace territory within that district and partly out of the district. Whenever, in its
opinion, such form of organization will help promote the local interests or
accomplish improvements for any part of said district, the board of directors may
recommend the organization of any such type of organization. The creation of the
Rio Grande water conservation district shall not affect the existence of public
irrigation districts heretofore created under article 4 of chapter 149, CRS 53, or
water conservancy districts heretofore created pursuant to article 45 of this title.

(2) In addition to such forms of organization, whenever in the opinion of the
board of directors of said district it is feasible and necessary that water rights,
ditches, canals, reservoirs, wells, or other works which benefit only a part of the
district should be acquired or constructed or that a plan of augmentation or plan of
water management, or any combination of the foregoing, involving only a part of the
district should be developed and put into effect, a local improvement district or
subdivision or as many of such local improvement districts as may be necessary
may be created. Such local improvement district, when organized under the
provisions of this article, shall be designated as Water Users' Association No. .... in
the Rio Grande Water Conservation District or as Special Improvement District
No. .... in the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. Each subdistrict shall be
numbered consecutively as created or organized.

(3) Subdistricts shall be created and managed as provided in sections 37-48-123 to 37-48-193. Except as otherwise provided in said sections, the board of
directors and the engineers, attorneys, secretary, and other officers, agents, and
employees of the district, so far as it may be necessary, may serve in the same
capacity for such subdivision or subdistricts. A contract and agreement between
the main district and a subdistrict, between subdistricts, between a subdistrict and
a municipal water supplier, and between a subdistrict and an agency of the state of
Colorado or the United States, may be made in the same manner as contracts and
agreements between two districts.

(4) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 67: p. 667, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 150-10-8. L. 75: Entire section R&RE, p. 1369, � 2, effective July 18. L. 77: (3) amended, p. 1672, � 13, effective June 9. L. 2007: (3) and (4) amended, p. 1272, � 3, effective May 25. L. 2025: (4) repealed, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2109, � 336, effective August 6.