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<br />of this article, every owner of agricultural land within said district oyer the age of tweffiy one WHO IS EIGHTEEN <br /> <br />years OF AGE OR OLDER, whe is a citizen of the United States or has declared his OR HER intention to becom'a <br /> <br /> <br />citizen of the United States, llflEl is a resident of the state of Colorado, and has paid real property taxes upon' <br /> <br />property located within said district on an area in excess of one acre during the year preceding the date of said <br /> <br />election if a resident of the district or on an area of forty acres or more if a resident of the state outside the district <br /> <br />or who is an entryman upon public lands of the United States and is residing thereon, shall be entitled to vote at <br /> <br />such election in the precinct where he OR SHE resides or, if a nonresident of the precinct, in the precinct within <br /> <br />which the greater portion of his OR HER land is located. Any person so qualified to vote, and who resides in any <br /> <br />county into which said district extends, is eligible for election as a director in and for the division in such district <br /> <br />in which he OR SHE is entitled to vote. All lands platted or subdivided into residence or business lots shall not be <br /> <br />considered agricultura11and. <br /> <br />SECTION 20 37-43-101, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read: <br /> <br />37-43-101. Definition ofIandowner. For the purposes of sections 37-43-101 to 37-43-103, a "landowner" shall <br /> <br />be held to be any individual over the age of twemy one EIGHTEEN years OF AGE OR OLDER, owning in fee within an <br /> <br />irrigation district land in excess of one acre whieh THAT is subject to irrigation district taxation or assessment, who i. <br />citizen ofthe United States or has declared his OR HER intention to become a citizen of the United States and is a resident' <br /> <br />of the state of Colorado or who is an entryman upon public lands of the United States and is residing thereon. Any <br /> <br />landowner shall be eligible to election as a director of the district in which he TIlE LANDOWNER is entitled to vote. <br /> <br />SECTION 30 Repeal. 37-43-104, Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows: <br /> <br />37-43-104. Qualifications of directors and electors.! }\Rypro','ision in artieles 41 to 43 of this title te the eontrary <br /> <br />net-:rithsttmEliflg, lll'ld in addition to thoGe l'wfGOnG oth_lise ql1alified te yote lll'ld hold offiee in a distriot, lll'lY eleetor of the <br /> <br />diGtriet, as defined in seetion 37 4S 193 (1), shallee eligie1e te eleetion 8S a E1ireeter atld shall be omit1ed te a 'lote at a11 <br /> <br />e1eetionG of the eliGtriet. <br /> <br />SECTION 40 Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is <br /> <br />necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,hea1th, and safety. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />SJ <br />