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<br />D. <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />Mutual Ditch Companies: <br /> <br />I. Non-profit corporations with stockholders who have "mutual" ownership of <br />structures and waterrights. CR.S. S 7-42-101, et seq.; Nelson v. Lake Canal <br />Co., 644 P.2d 55 (Colo. App. 1981). <br /> <br />2. Shares of stock represeut a property interest in structures and water rights. <br />Iacobucci v. District Court, 541 P.2d 667 (Colo. 1975). <br /> <br />3. Stockholders pay annual assessments for operation costs. CR.S. S 7-42-104. <br /> <br />C. <br /> <br />Carrier Ditch Companies: <br /> <br />1. For-profit corporations which own water rights, own and operate water <br />delivery systems, and deliver water to contract users. CR.S. S 7-42-101, et <br />seq.; Nelson v. Lake Canal Co., 644 P.2d 55 (Colo. App. 1981). <br /> <br />2. Rates are set by county commissioners. Colo. Const., Art. XVI, S 8; CR.S. <br />S 7-42-107; SS 37-85-103 to -107. <br /> <br />3. Contract users who buy water one year are entitled to continue to buy in <br />subsequent years. CR.S. S 37-85-102; Wheeler v. Northern Colorado <br />Irrigating Co., 17 P. 487 (Colo. 1888). <br /> <br />Irrigation Districts: <br /> <br />1. Created by statute: C.R.S. S 37-41-101, et seq.; S 37-42-101, et seq.; S 37-43- <br />101, et seq. <br /> <br />2. Irrigation districts operate much like mutual ditch companies, but <br />assessments are collected like taxes. <br /> <br />3. Irrigation districts are "special taxing districts" with power to levy ad <br />valorem taxes on all taxable land within the district. C.R.S. S 37-43-132. <br />However, irrigation districts are not "local governments" within the meaning <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />