§ 41-3-726 — Procedure for organizing subdistricts

Wyoming § 41-3-726

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 41: Water
• Ch. 3: WATER RIGHTS; ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL
• Art. 7: WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS

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Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owner of
real property, within or partly within and partly without the
district, which petition shall fulfill the same requirements
concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in W.S.
41-3-721 is required to fulfill, concerning the organization of
the main district and shall be filed with the clerk of the
court, and shall be accompanied by a bond as provided for in
W.S. 41-3-722. All proceedings relating to the organization of
such subdistricts shall conform in all things to the provision
of this act relating to the organization of districts; provided,
that not more than a majority of the owners of lands, having
one-half or more of the aggregate assessed value of the lands in
the proposed subdistrict, shall be required to sign the petition
for the creation of a subdistrict, and not more than twenty-five
percent (25%) of the owners of lands in the proposed subdistrict
shall be required to sign the protesting petition against the
creation of such subdistrict. Whenever the court shall by its
order duly entered of record, declare the [or] decree such
subdistricts to be organized, the clerk of said court shall
thereupon give notice of such order to the directors of the
district who shall thereupon act also as directors of the
subdistrict. Thereafter, the proceedings in reference to the
subdistrict shall in all matters conform to the provision of
this act except that in the appraisal of benefits for the
purpose of such subdistricts, in the issuance of bonds, in
levying of assessments and in all other matters affecting only
the subdistrict, the provisions of this act shall apply to the
subdistrict as though it were an independent district, and it
shall not in these things be amalgamated with the main district.
The said petition for organization of a subdistrict shall also
contain a statement of the amount or quantity of water for which
said subdistrict desires to acquire the perpetual use and the
amount of money that said subdistrict is willing to pay
therefor, and the court shall, prior to the entry of its decree
organizing any territory into a subdistrict obtain the verified
consent of the board to furnish such perpetual use of water for
the purposes therein specified to such subdistrict at a price
and upon the terms mentioned in the petition, then the court
shall be authorized to enter its decree of organization of such
subdistrict.