2013 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 46 - IRRIGATION AND REGULATION OF WATER
46-109 - District; divisions; directors; number; election; terms.

46-109. District; divisions; directors; number; election; terms.

The county board shall also make an order dividing the district into three divisions as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, which shall be numbered first, second, and third, and one director shall be elected for each division; Provided, that in districts comprising over twenty-five thousand acres, the electors thereof may determine by a majority vote to increase the number of directors in any multiple of three up to nine, whereupon the district may be divided into as many divisions as there are directors agreed upon. One-third of the number of directors so elected shall retire each year and the order of their retirement may be agreed upon by the directors of the district, and successors shall be elected in the manner provided for the election of directors in other districts. The election for the increased number of directors shall be called upon a petition signed by twenty percent of the electors of the district presented to the then board of directors.

Source

Laws 1895, c. 70, § 2, p. 271;
Laws 1903, c. 121, § 1, p. 617;
Laws 1909, c. 155, § 1, p. 560;
R.S.1913, § 3458;
Laws 1917, c. 81, § 1, p. 192;
C.S.1922, § 2858;
C.S.1929, § 46-102;
Laws 1933, c. 87, § 1, p. 357;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 46-102;
R.S.1943, § 46-109;
Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 1.