US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 13
                          LATERAL DITCH WATER USERS'
                                 ASSOCIATIONS
    42-1303.  LATERAL DITCHES -- REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND MAINTENANCE --
ASSESSMENT OF COSTS. Immediately after the annual meeting of any such
association the directors thereof and the lateral manager shall make an
examination of the lateral or distributing ditch or ditches, and make an
estimate as to the cost of the necessary repairs and improvements thereon, and
the maintenance thereof for the succeeding season, including the compensation
of officers and lateral manager and such total cost and charges shall be
assessed pro rata to each water user from said lateral, in the following
manner, if agricultural land in proportion to the water which the owner is
entitled to receive from such lateral or ditch, and if lots within any city or
village, then the assessment may be made upon the basis of each lot, the same
to be uniform upon lots of the same size. The improvement, repair and
maintenance of any such lateral or distributing ditch shall be under the
direction of the directors of the association.