§ 41-7-860 — Construction and application of Public Irrigation and Power District Law

Wyoming § 41-7-860

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 41: Water
• Ch. 7: IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
• Art. 8: PUBLIC IRRIGATION AND POWER DISTRICTS

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(a) In applying and adapting the public power district law
to the existing irrigation district law, organization and
procedures, the Public Irrigation and Power District Law of the
state of Wyoming as aforesaid shall be and the same is hereby
construed in the following specific manner, when applied to a
regularly organized irrigation district which assumes and
receives the rights, powers and authority of a "public power
district", as follows, to wit:
(i) The word "board" shall mean the board of
commissioners of the existing irrigation district;
(ii) Whenever the phrase, "members of the board of
directors" appears in the existing Public Irrigation and Power
District Law, the same shall be read as "members of the board of
commissioners";
(iii) The requirements and limitations as to number,
terms of office, vacancies, election, qualifications, and
compensation of commissioners shall be governed by the
Irrigation District Law of the state of Wyoming and not by the
Public Irrigation and Power District Law of the state.