2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-756 — Inclusion of state lands.

     17A-2-756.   Inclusion of state lands.
     (1) Lands belonging to the state not under contract of sale may be included in any irrigation district upon petition by the state entity responsible for the administration of the affected lands for the inclusion of those lands.
     (2) No such state lands included within any legally organized irrigation district may ever be assessed, nor do any of the provisions relative to the levying and collection of assessments in this part apply.
     (3) The entity responsible for the administration of the affected lands and the state engineer shall make a thorough examination as to the benefits to accrue to these lands by reason of the inclusion of the lands in the irrigation district, and by reason of the acquiring of water rights for the lands.
     (4) (a) The entity responsible for the administration of the affected lands may enter into contract with the board of trustees of the irrigation district, specifying by legal subdivisions the land benefitted and the amount of benefit to accrue to each tract of land.
     (b) The contract shall provide that annual payments shall be made to the district, to be applied on the cost of constructing the irrigation works for the district, until the full amount of the benefit is paid.
     (c) The entity responsible for the administration of the affected lands has the option to pay the full amount of the contract at any time, upon any or all of the legal subdivisions.

Amended by Chapter 285, 2002 General Session