PUB00026

• Year: 1968
• Title: Water Conservation Agencies of The State of Colorado
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Applicable State statutes and summary information about each water conservation district in the State of Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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meeting in January, appoint a successor who shall take office
on the third Tuesday in January following his appointment.

(2) The members of the board of directors of said dis-
trict who are now in office shall hold their respective office
for the period of time for which they were selected to serve,
and their tenure of office shall not be affected by this
amendatory section. Within sixty days after this section
becomes effective, each of the boards of county commissioners
of the counties of Hinsdale and Saguache shall appoint a
director from such county with the qualifications above pre-
scribed, to serve as a member of the board of directors of
the Colorado river water conservation district. The director
from Hinsdale county shall hold office until the third
Tuesday of January, 1962, and the director from Saguache
county shall hold office until the third Tuesday of January,
1963. Upon expiration of the several terms of office of the
directors to be appointed under the terms of this section,
successors shall be appointed as herein provided to serve for
the regular term of three years. (1961).

150-7-4. Vacancies - secretary and treasurer. - The office
of director shall become vacant when any member ceases to
reside in the county from which he was appointed. In the
event a vacancy occurs in said office by reason of death,
resignation, removal, or otherwise, it shall be filled by
the board of county commissioners of the county from which
said member originally came. Before entering upon the dis-
charge of his duties, each director shall take an oath to
support and defend the constitution of the United States and
of the state of Colorado and to impartially, without fear or
favor, discharge the duties of a director of said district.
The board of directors of said district shall appoint a secre-
tary and a treasurer. The same individual may at the election
of the board hold both said offices. The board shall likewise
hire such other employees, including engineers and attorneys,
as may be required to properly transact the business of the
district, and said board is authorized to provide for the com-
pensation of the secretary and treasurer and other appointees.
The treasurer shall be required by the board to give bond
with corporate surety in such amount as the board may fix and
which it deems sufficient to protect the funds in the hands
of the treasurer or under his control. Such bond is to be
subject to the approval of the board. (1937).

150-7-5. General powers. - In its corporate capacity,
such district shall have power to: