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) All assessments under this article shall be collected
by the county treasurer of the respective counties in which
said real estate is situated at the same time and the same
manner as it is now provided by law for the collection of
taxes for county and state purposes, and if said assessments
are not paid, then the real estate shall be sold at the regu-
lar tax sale for the payment of said assessments, interest
and penalties in the manner provided by the statutes of the
state of Colorado for selling property for the payment of
general taxes. If there are no bids at said tax sale for the
p~operty so offered said property shall be struck off to the
district and the tax certificates shall be issued in the name
of the district, and the board of directors shall have the
same power with reference to the sale of said tax certificates

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shall embrace all railroads, tram roads, electric railroads,
state and interurban railroads, highways, telephone, tele-
graph and transmission lines, water systems, water rights,
pipelines, and rights-of-way of public service corporations
and all other real property, whether held for public or pri-
vate use.

(5) The term "person" as used in this article not other-
wise specified, shall be taken to mean a person, firm, part-
nership, association or corporation. (l937).

150-7-26. Compensation of directors. - The directors of
said district shall receive as compensation a sum not to
exceed twenty-five dollars per day while actually engaged
in the business of said district, and in addition shall be
entitled to their actual traveling and transportation ex-
penses when away from their respective places of residence
on district business. "(1961).

150-7-27. Annual levy limit. - (1) The district shall
have no power of taxation or right to levy or assess taxes,
except an annual levy, not exceeding two tenths of a mill on
each dollar of the assessed value of property in said dis-
trict, as provided in section 150-7-7. The district shall
have no power to contract or incur any obligation or indebt-
edness except as herein expressly provided, and then any
obligation or indebtedness so contracted or incurred is to
be payable out of the funds derived through said limited tax
and not otherwise, and except that said district for and in
behalf of any subdistrict or improvement district created
hereunder shall have the right to issue obligations as herein
expressly authorized and not otherwise.