2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water And Irrigation
Article 45. Water Conservancy Districts
Editor's note: The "Water Conservancy Act", enacted by House Bill No. 6 and House Bill No. 714, chapters 265 and 266, Session Laws of Colorado 1937, was originally numbered as chapter 173A in the 1938 supplement to the 1935 Colorado Statutes Annotated but was renumbered as chapter 173B in the 1941and 1942 cumulative supplements and in the 1949 replacement volume 4B to the 1935 Colorado Statutes Annotated. (See pages 48 and 49 of the disposition table for session laws 1937 located in the back of the 1953 cumulative supplement to the 1935 Colorado Statutes Annotated.)
Cross references: For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
Law reviews: For article, "Constitutional Law", which discusses Tenth Circuit decisions dealing with U.S. supremacy clause and retroactive legislation under the due process clause, see 63 Den. U. L. Rev. 247 (1986).
- Section 37-45-101. Short title.
- Section 37-45-102. Legislative declaration.
- Section 37-45-103. Definitions.
- Section 37-45-104. Name of district - bonds.
- Section 37-45-105. Liberal construction.
- Section 37-45-106. Constitutional construction clause.
- Section 37-45-107. Repeal - saving clause.
- Section 37-45-108. Jurisdiction of district courts.
- Section 37-45-109. Petition.
- Section 37-45-110. Bond of petitioners.
- Section 37-45-111. Notice of hearing on petition.
- Section 37-45-112. Protests and hearings on petitions.
- Section 37-45-113. Provisions for filing and recording decree of incorporation.
- Section 37-45-114. Appointment of board of directors.
- Section 37-45-115. Organization of the board of directors.
- Section 37-45-116. Meetings and records.
- Section 37-45-117. Employment of agents.
- Section 37-45-118. General powers.
- Section 37-45-119. Power to acquire rights-of-way.
- Section 37-45-120. Subdistricts.
- Section 37-45-121. Classification of taxes and assessments - powers.
- Section 37-45-122. Levy and collection under class A.
- Section 37-45-123. Levy and collection under class B.
- Section 37-45-124. Levy and collection under class C.
- Section 37-45-125. Levy and collection under class D.
- Section 37-45-126. Levies cover defaults and deficiencies.
- Section 37-45-127. Objections to assessments - appeal.
- Section 37-45-128. Officers levy and collect taxes and assessments.
- Section 37-45-129. Sale for delinquencies.
- Section 37-45-130. Exemptions.
- Section 37-45-131. Sale of water by contract.
- Section 37-45-132. Contracts - security - enforcement.
- Section 37-45-133. Sinking fund.
- Section 37-45-134. Additional powers.
- Section 37-45-135. Allotment of water to disabled landowner or administrator.
- Section 37-45-136. Inclusion of lands.
- Section 37-45-137. Exclusion of lands.
- Section 37-45-138. Board to execute contracts - issue bonds.
- Section 37-45-139. Contracts - submission to electors.
- Section 37-45-140. Publication of call.
- Section 37-45-141. Conduct of election.
- Section 37-45-142. Bond elections - subsequent elections.
- Section 37-45-143. Confirmation of contract proceedings.
- Section 37-45-144. Correction of faulty notices.
- Section 37-45-145. Early hearings.
- Section 37-45-146. Dissolution of districts.
- Section 37-45-147. Election for dissolution - petition or resolution filed.
- Section 37-45-148. Notice of election.
- Section 37-45-149. Objections to resolution or petition.
- Section 37-45-150. Election procedure - ballot.
- Section 37-45-151. Majority vote determines question.
- Section 37-45-152. Winding up and dissolution - order entered.
- Section 37-45-153. Validation and recreation of water conservancy districts.