Montana Code Annotated
Part 18. Alteration and Determination of District Acreage
85-7-1808. Extension of boundaries and addition of lands

85-7-1808. Extension of boundaries and addition of lands. The boundaries of any irrigation district may be extended at any time to include lands susceptible of irrigation by the works of the district or through exchange or substitution of water, as hereinafter provided, excluding and excepting therefrom all lands already under irrigation, lands having water rights appurtenant thereto, or lands that can be irrigated from sources more feasible than the district system, unless the owner of such lands shall consent in writing to have such lands included in said district; provided, however, that a petition be presented to the district court of the judicial district in which the irrigation district was organized, asking for such extension, upon terms to be fixed by the court, signed by the holders of title or evidence of title (evidenced as provided in 85-7-101 and 85-7-102) of the lands proposed to be included in the district, representing not less than two-thirds in acreage of said lands.
History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 146, L. 1909; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 145, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 7189, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7189, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-1402(1).

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 85. Water Use

Chapter 7. Irrigation Districts

Part 18. Alteration and Determination of District Acreage

85-7-1801. Change in boundaries

85-7-1802. Elimination of lands from district

85-7-1803. Requirements for petition to eliminate lands

85-7-1804. Minor errors

85-7-1805. Notice requirements

85-7-1806. Court hearing on petition to eliminate lands

85-7-1807. Court findings and order on petition to eliminate lands

85-7-1808. Extension of boundaries and addition of lands

85-7-1809. Notice of hearing for addition of lands

85-7-1810. Hearing and order on petition for addition of lands

85-7-1811. Procedure to correct errors and omissions in orders or decrees

85-7-1812. through 85-7-1820 reserved

85-7-1821. Change of boundaries of irrigation districts indebted to United States

85-7-1822. Petition to exclude lands

85-7-1823. Notice of hearing

85-7-1824. Conduct of hearing

85-7-1825. Court order and relief granted

85-7-1826. Interpretation of provisions

85-7-1827. through 85-7-1830 reserved

85-7-1831. Withdrawal of lands to organize separate or consolidated district for cooperation with federal projects -- petition

85-7-1832. Petition for withdrawal of lands

85-7-1833. Proceedings subsequent to presenting petition

85-7-1834. through 85-7-1836 reserved

85-7-1837. Limitation on irrigable acreage -- special election or petition

85-7-1838. through 85-7-1840 reserved

85-7-1841. Fixing of taxable acreage

85-7-1842. Petition for fixing of taxable area

85-7-1843. Summons, publication, and court determination

85-7-1844. Decree fixing amount of irrigable acreage

85-7-1845. Appeal to supreme court

85-7-1846. Terminated