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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dollar of the assessed valuation of the property in said sub-
district in anyone year, unless the court shall by order
authorize an assessment of a larger percentage. The assess-
ment shall be levied by resolution of the board of directors
and shall be enrolled in a well-bound record to be known as
"maintenance fund assessment record," and shall be substantial-
ly the form provided for similar records of conservancy dis-
tricts under the laws of the st-,ate of Colorado, particularly
as provided by section 29-5-7. Assessments so certified shall
be levied by the board of county commissioners of the counties
in which said subdistrict is situate, on the property of said
district in their respective counties, to be collected by the
treasurers of the several counties and delivered to the
treasurer of the district in like manner and with like effect
as is provided for the collection and return of other assess-
ments under this article. The whole assessment shall be due
and payable as and when taxes for county purposes levied in
the same year are due and payable. The said maintenance
assessments shall be in addition to any assessments which
have been levied against benefits appraised for and on account
of construction. (l937).

150-7-25. Definition of terms. - (1) The word "district"
as used in this article shall mean "The Colorado River Water
Conservation District."

(2) The word "subdivision" as used in this law shall em-
brace and include the kind or character of special improve-
ment districts created under the provisions of this article,
including subdistricts organized under the name and style of
"Water Users I' Association No. of the Colorado
River Water Conservation District," and "Special Improvement
District No. of the Colorado River Water Conserva-
tion District."

(3) The words "Colorado river," unless the context other-
wise indicates, shall be construed to embrace and include
any and all tributaries or streams which flow into the Colo-
rado river which may be found in any part of the territory
embraced in said district.

(4) The term "property" as used in subsection (1) of sec-
tion 150-7-7 shall be deemed and construed to include both
real and personal property. In other parts of said article
relating to special assessments, unless otherwise specified,
it shall be held to mean real estate as the words "real es-
tate" are defined by the law of the state of Colorado and