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<br />~;~";h then ent~' a decree declaring the district to be or~ed rued the proponents of the district must sub~it proof of
<br />..1'..",. and designating the principal place of business. The de- the contents of the petition that they hav~ f~ed to form
<br />", ./. cree is filed in public offices and within SO days thereafter the district. It is not any grounds for ObjectIOn that an.
<br />.:,}"',:.: the court appoints a board of directors consisting of not individual or a combination of individuals have an ade-
<br />..:::, ... more than 15 persons who are residents of a county or quate water supply.
<br />.:. 'c" counties in which the district is situated. Provision exists . Exclusion procedures. are con~ined to requests. for
<br />.d,' for the calling of elections of directors providing 15 per elimination from the distnct after lt has been org~nI~ed
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<br />:.\<.:; ceding the expiration date of their term of office. made the Board of Directors of the dIstrIct pubhshes
<br />,.'., The board of directors is the general governing body notic~s of such requests and sets a date for the hearing
<br />.".':/>;: and the members of the board are compensated for their at which time all parties in interest ca!, ~e heard. The
<br />:.'...:.:.:,....:..:,.....:...'........:.........'..,.:~.':'. servicI~s not in exceThss ofb$50dO per year 1 plus nhecessanryt Board then determines whether or not 1ft IS forlth!" bebst
<br />. trave mg expenses. e oar can emp oy suc age s interest of the district that the petition or exc USIOn e
<br />.".".'! as it thinks necessary and has the necessary powers to granted. In addition, the Board must obtain the consent
<br />'.., handle the business of the district including the initiation of the Secretary of Interior whenever such requ.est for
<br />,.:. (..( of construction, water filings, eminent domain, contracting exclusion is rued after a repayment contract wlth the
<br />"),.'.;) with the government of the United States and entering United States has been executed.
<br />q..,' ; into contracts with such other persons as may be neces- A conservancy district is based upon the theory that
<br />,. sary, adopting plans and specifications and any other a public corporation should be organized which has the
<br />,.:-:j::, powers all being specified by the act. power to tax all property, real and personal, in the dis-
<br />:\:',U Objections to forming.a district, or to being included trict whether or not it signed up to purchase any water,
<br />"" "" therein, fall into two primary categories: (1) Protests This is the indirect benefit which is assumed to accrue
<br />'<:.'} to formation of the district and: (2) Requests for exclu- to all taxpayers in the district whether they use the
<br />:'. '. sion from the district after it is organized. waters of the district or not. Consequently, the conserv-
<br />" .,> The protests to forming a district are in turn divided ancy district can tax all real and personal property not
<br />.;",:.'.': into two types, being: (1) group action represented by to exceed one-half of one mill prior to the time that the
<br />. . a petition to oppose the formation of the entire district, project works have been completed, and .tl;tereafter not ~o
<br />:p.,;;::;; in which event the requisite signatures of owners meeting exceed one mill unless a default or deflclency occurs m
<br />;: .... the specifications as first pointed out in this article ~bove itsobligati0l1 in which event the maximum that can ever
<br />..,,: must be complied with. This type of procedure IS not be imposed is one and one-half mills on the ass~ssed val-
<br />.;.;.'t: applicable to one owner or to a small group of landowners, uation. In other words, the merchant and resldent pay
<br />'.'L., but rather anticipates a concerted effort by landowners $1.00 a year for each $1,000. asses~ed v~u.ation of his
<br />..:., . in all portions of the proposed district. (2) Individuals property as the indirect benefIt he lS recelvmg from the
<br />\;., either singly or jointly have the right to file objections project. Each farmer pays the same tax. .The farmer,
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<br />'. is first filed. Such objections are limited solely to denials a city desires to purchase water for the muni<:ipality it
<br />:fi~.,~ of the contents of the petition to form the district, and if may do so as long as it lies within the boundarIes of the
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