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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given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivision, but it
shall be sufficient to enable a property owner to ascertain
whether his property is within the territory proposed to be
organized in a district. Such territory need not be con-
tiguous.provided it be so situated that the organization as
a single subdistrict of the territory described is such as
to promote or tend to promote one or more of the objectives
of this article as to all parts of the area proposed to be
included;

(e) A general description of the methods proposed to
finance the proposed works or other improvements, whether
by revenue warrants pledging the income from the proposed
works. special improvement bonds to be paid by special assess-
ments on the property benefited and in an amount on each tract
of land not in excess of the appraised benefits. contracts of
water users or water users associations creating liens or
mortgages on lands within the subdistrict, or general obli-
gation bonds constituting a lien against the teal property
embraced in such subdistrict, and which indebtedness shall
never be an obligation of the district itself. If general
obligations are proposed. the petition shall allege and show
that all lands in the subdistrict will be benefited in an
amount not less than the total amount of general obligation
bonds to be issued exclusive of interest.

(f) If such a petition be filed by the board of directors
of the district it shall contain a statement to the effect
that a majority of the landowners of the territory in the
proposed subdistrict petitioned the board of directors to
organize said subdistrict. and a copy of the petition of said
landowners shall be attached as an exhibit to the petition
for organization of the subdistrict.

(g) The petition shall pray for the organization of a
subdistrict by the name proposed.

(3) To determine whether a majority of landowners in said
district have signed the petition, in the event the petition
is signed by landowners. or have petitioned the board of
directors of the district in the event the petition is filed
by the board of directors. the court may require the county
treasurer of each county in which territory proposed to be
included in said subdistrict is situated. to furnish a certi-
fied list of names of landowners within said area and the
court shall be governed by the names as they appear upon said
copy of the tax roll. and the same shall be prima facie