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

(2) Such assessment shall not exceed five mills on each

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herein provided, made applicable and are to be fOllOwed in
the levy of assessments for payment of taxes and collection
of principal and interest on such general obligations. (1937).

l50-7-23. Lawful contracts. - (1) (a) When the petition
for the. organization of a subdistrict and the decree for such
organization so provides it shall be lawful for any said sub-
district to make contracts as follows:

(b) A water users' association may bind itself to levy an
annual assessment for the use of water and to secure same by
liens on land and water rights or in such manner as may be
provided by law.

(c) Any person or corporation landowner may create a
mortgage lien upon lands or give other security satisfactory
to the board or any other contracting agency, and all such
contracts shall provide for forfeiture of the use of water
for nonpayment of assessments or installments in the same
manner and procedure as provided by statute for forfeiture
of stock in a mutual ditch company. (l937).

150-7-24. Maintenance assessment. - (l) To maintain,
operate and preserve ditches, canals, reservoirs, or other
improvements made pursuant to this article, and to strengthen,
repair and restore the same, when needed, and for the purpose
of defraying any incidental expenses of the subdistrict, upon
completion of a works provided for in the plan for any such
subdistrict, on or before the first Monday in November of
each year thereafter, the board of directors may certify to
the board of county commissioners of the county in which
said subdistrict or any part thereof is located an assess-
ment on each tract of land and upon public -corporations subject
to assessment under this article, for the purpose of raising
funds to be used for the maintenance of said improvements.
If an appraisal of benefits has been made against the lands
in said district, assessments shall be apportioned by the
county treasurer and by the board of directors of said dis-
trict against the property therein upon the basis of the
appraisal of benefits originally made. If no such app~aisal
has been made and the form of organization and financing is
such that revenue warrants or general obligations of the sub-
district have been issued, then said assessment shall be made
on the basis of assessed valuation of the property subject to
assessment in said subdistrict.