WSP00020

• File Number: 8276.130
• Description: Grand Valley Unit-Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/10/1985
• Title: Formal Organizations for Operation of Laterals In the Grand Valley Unit of the Colorado Basin Salinity Control Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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sections 37-42-125, 126 and 128, C.R.S. The Act further provides:

For the purposes of defraying the expenses of the
organization of the district, and the care, operation,
management, repair, and improvement of all canals,
ditches, reservoirs, and works, including salaries of
officers and employees, the board may either fix rates
of tolls and charges and collect the same of all persons
using said canal and water for irrigation or other
purposes, and in addition thereto may provide, in whole
or in part, for the payment of such expenditures by levy
of assessment therefore, as provided ire. Section
37-42-126, or by both tolls and assessments. Section
37-42-131(2), C.R.S; See also 37-43-141, C.R.S.

An irrigation district (under the 1921 Act) is formed by the

following procedures:

(a) A Petition is made to the County Commissioners of

the county in which the district lands are situated

signed by a majority of the landovmers, whether or

not residents, of the proposed district, owning, in

the aggregate, a majority of the acreage of the

area. 37-42-101, C.R.S.

(b) A hearing is held on the petition and, if in order,

an election is called to submit the question of

creation of the district to the electorate.

37-42-102, C.R.S. 1973.

(c) An election is held to determine whether the

proposed district shall be organized and, if

organized, for the election of it" officers. At the

election, every owner of agricultural land in the

district over the age of 21 years who is a citizen

of the United States or is a resident and has paid

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