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Section 73-12-1 - Majority of the resident freeholders may propose district. - Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, owning more than...
Section 73-12-2 - Petition, where filed and contents; definition of term "resident freeholders"; security for costs. - For the purpose of the establishment of an irrigation district,...
Section 73-12-3 - Notice of hearing on petition to be published. - When such petition is presented, it shall be the duty...
Section 73-12-4 - Petition hearing; objections; boundaries; election; appeals. - A. At the hearing before the board of county commissioners...
Section 73-12-5 - Notice of election; qualification of electors; election procedure. - The board of county commissioners shall thereupon cause notice embodying...
Section 73-12-6 - Canvass of votes, by board of county commissioners. - The said board of county commissioners shall meet on the...
Section 73-12-7 - Regular elections of district; oath of office and bond of directors. - The regular election of said district shall be held on...
Section 73-12-8 - Office of board; subsequent elections. - The office of the board of directors shall be located...
Section 73-12-9 - The election board; oath of judges; polls kept open. - One of the judges shall be chairman of the election...
Section 73-12-10 - Returns canvassed by board of directors. - No list, tally paper or certificate returned from any election...
Section 73-12-11 - Secretary to certify results of election to county clerk. - The secretary of the board of directors must, as soon...
Section 73-12-12 - Organization of board, its powers, its duties; employment of engineers; rules and regulations; report on water supply and engineering plans; when bonds may be used in payment; when contracts must be ratified by electors; uniform ra... - The directors having duly qualified, shall organize as a board,...
Section 73-12-13 - Regular and special meetings of board; records of board to be kept open; rights-of-way; right to acquire oil or gas for power; title to property; exemption from taxation. - The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting...
Section 73-12-14 - Acquire property and rights for district; actions in court; legality of organization of district presumed after one year. - The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to take...
Section 73-12-15 - Determining cost; bond election; notice; conduct; bond terms and conditions; subsequent issues. - For the purpose of constructing or purchasing or acquiring the...
Section 73-12-16 - Sale of bonds; refunding bonds; use of bonds. - The board may sell bonds from time to time in...
Section 73-12-17 - How revenue raised to pay bonds; service charges within district to be uniform; may use highways. - Said bonds, and the interest thereon, shall be paid by...
Section 73-12-18 - Certifying requirements to board of county commissioners each year; county commissioners may act [; duties of county treasurer; delinquent accounts; special assessments; disbursements] - It shall be the duty of the board of directors...
Section 73-12-19 - Duties of county assessor. - It shall be the duty of the county assessor of...
Section 73-12-20 - Board of county commissioners to fix rate per-acre levy. - It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of...
Section 73-12-21 - Duties of county treasurer. - The county treasurer of the county in which is located...
Section 73-12-22 - Revenue laws of state to govern; may refuse service to delinquents. - The revenue laws of this state for the assessment, levying...
Section 73-12-23 - Construction and material contracts to be let to lowest bidder. - After adopting a plan for the construction of power plants,...
Section 73-12-24 - Payment of claim; when warrants to issue; claims to be verified; record to be kept. - No claims shall be paid by the district treasurer until...
Section 73-12-25 - [Service charges to pay operation and maintenance; tax levy; employment of electrician or mechanic.] - For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the organization...
Section 73-12-26 - Right of eminent domain. - The board of directors shall have the power to construct...
Section 73-12-27 - Compensation of board; members may not be interested in any contract. - The board of directors shall each receive compensation at the...
Section 73-12-28 - Board of directors have no power to incur debt other than provided in this act. - The board of directors, or other officers of the district,...
Section 73-12-29 - Manner of distribution of power or water. - In case the volume of water in any canal, reservoir...
Section 73-12-30 - Prior water rights not affected. - Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any person...
Section 73-12-31 - Boundaries may be changed, but such change shall not affect obligations incurred. - The boundaries of any irrigation district now or hereafter organized...
Section 73-12-32 - Petition for inclusion of land. - The holder or holders of title, or evidence of title,...
Section 73-12-33 - Notice of application for inclusion of land to be published. - The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice...
Section 73-12-34 - Hearing on petition for inclusion of land. - The board of directors, at the time and place mentioned...
Section 73-12-35 - Terms on which lands may be included. - The board of directors to whom such petition is presented...
Section 73-12-36 - Action of board on petition to include land; order describing new boundaries; electors may protest. - The board of directors if they deem it not for...
Section 73-12-37 - Board to transmit order and plat of new boundaries to county clerk. - Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no...
Section 73-12-38 - Authority to sign petition of protest. - A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, who...
Section 73-12-39 - Board may redivide district for election purposes [after inclusion of land]. - In case of the inclusion of any lands within any...
Section 73-12-40 - Land may be excluded from district. - Any tract of land included within the boundaries of any...
Section 73-12-41 - Owner shall file petition for exclusion. - The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting...
Section 73-12-42 - Publish notice of petition for exclusion. - The secretary of the board of directors shall cause a...
Section 73-12-43 - Board shall consider petition for exclusion. - The board of directors at the time and place mentioned...
Section 73-12-44 - Board shall act on petition for exclusion. - The board of directors, if they deem it not for...
Section 73-12-45 - Order making change and plat to be transmitted to county clerk. - Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no...
Section 73-12-46 - Board may redivide district for election purposes [after exclusion of land]. - At least thirty days before the next regular election of...
Section 73-12-47 - Supervision of electrical and mechanical appliances; schedules for use of power; regulations of quantity of water to be pumped. - The board may employ a competent engineer or mechanic whose...
Section 73-12-48 - District shall pay tax on gross revenue derived from sales of surplus power. - Any district organized under the provisions of this act [73-12-1...
Section 73-12-49 - Petition for dissolution of district; election thereon. - Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, representing a majority...
Section 73-12-50 - Vote on dissolution to be canvassed. - The board of directors shall name a day for canvassing...
Section 73-12-51 - Confirmation proceedings may be brought. - The board of directors of any irrigation district purporting to...
Section 73-12-52 - Petition to be filed in district court. - The board of directors of the irrigation district shall file...
Section 73-12-53 - Court to fix time for hearing and publish notice thereof. - The court shall fix the time for the hearing of...
Section 73-12-54 - Provisions of Civil Code shall apply; effect of findings of court. - The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure respecting the...
Section 73-12-55 - The court's findings of fact and conclusions of law; judgment res judicata. - Upon the hearing of such special proceedings the court shall...
Section 73-12-56 - ["Electrical district" defined.] - Whenever the words ". . . . . . ....
Section 73-12-57 - Provisions of Chapter 20, Acts of 1925, relating to certification board, shall apply to this act. - The provisions of Chapter 20, of the Sessions Acts of...