(a)To levy and collect special assessments under class B
as provided in W.S. 41-3-770, the board shall make an allotment
of water to each petitioning municipality in the district in the
manner as hereinafter provided, in such quantity as will in the
judgment of the board, when added to the then present supply of
water of such municipality, make an adequate supply for such
municipality, and shall fix and determine the rate or rates per
acre-foot, and terms at and upon which such water shall be sold,
leased, or otherwise disposed of, for use by such
municipalities; provided, however, that such rates shall be
equitable although not necessarily equal or uniform for like
classes of services throughout the district. In the event any
city, city and county, or town shall desire to purchase, lease
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(a) To levy and collect special assessments under class B
as provided in W.S. 41-3-770, the board shall make an allotment
of water to each petitioning municipality in the district in the
manner as hereinafter provided, in such quantity as will in the
judgment of the board, when added to the then present supply of
water of such municipality, make an adequate supply for such
municipality, and shall fix and determine the rate or rates per
acre-foot, and terms at and upon which such water shall be sold,
leased, or otherwise disposed of, for use by such
municipalities; provided, however, that such rates shall be
equitable although not necessarily equal or uniform for like
classes of services throughout the district. In the event any
city, city and county, or town shall desire to purchase, lease
or otherwise obtain the beneficial use of waters of the district
for domestic or irrigation purposes, the legislative body of
such municipality shall by ordinance authorize and direct its
mayor and clerk to petition the board for an allotment of water,
upon terms prescribed by the board, which petition shall contain
inter alia, the following:
(i) Name of municipality;
(ii) Quantity of water to be purchased or otherwise
acquired;
(iii) Price per acre-foot to be paid;
(iv) Whether payments are to be in cash or annual
installments;
(v) Agreement by the municipality to make payments
for the beneficial use of such water together with annual
maintenance and operating charges and to be bound by the
provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the
board.
(b) The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the
filing of such petition to be given and published once each week
for two (2) successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the
county in which said municipality is situated, which notice
shall state the filing of such petition and giving notice to all
persons interested to appear at the office of the board, at a
time named in said notice and show cause, in writing, if any
they have, why the petition should not be granted.
(c) The board at the time and place mentioned in said
notice or at such time or times at which the hearing of said
petition may adjourn, shall proceed to hear the petition and
objections thereto, presented, in writing, by any person showing
cause as aforesaid why said petition should not be granted. The
failure of any person interested to show cause in writing, as
aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken as an assent on his part to
the granting of said petition. The board may at its discretion,
accept or reject the said petition, but if it deems it for the
best interest of the district that said petition be granted,
shall enter an order granting the said petition and from and
after such order the said municipality shall be deemed to have
purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired the beneficial use of
water as set forth in said order. If said petition is granted,
the board shall, in each year, determine the amount of money
necessary to be raised by taxation from property within such
municipality to pay the annual installments and a fair
proportionate amount of estimated operating and maintenance
charges for the next succeeding year as provided in the order
granting said petition, and prepare a statement showing the tax
rate to be applied to all property in such municipality, which
rate shall be the rate fixed by resolution of the board modified
to the extent necessary to produce from each such municipality
only the amount of money apportioned thereto in said resolution,
less any amount paid or undertaken to be paid by such
municipality in cash or as credited thereto by payments from the
general funds of such municipality. Upon receipt by the board of
county commissioners of each county, wherein such municipality
is located, of a certified copy of such resolution showing the
tax rate to be applied to all property in each municipality and
showing the municipalities and the property which is exempt
therefrom, if any, it shall be the duty of the county officers
to levy and collect such tax in addition to such other tax as
may be levied by such board of county commissioners at the rate
so fixed and determined.