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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 37 - Water and Irrigation » Article 21 - Directors - Duties - Elections

§ 37-21-101. Directors to Exercise Powers

The board of directors is vested with all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was organized, including the power to optimize drainage and recharge of water within the district. No enumeration of particular powers granted shall be construed to impair any general grant of power specified in this article, nor shall […]

§ 37-21-102. Meetings of Directors

The board of directors shall hold a regular meeting in the office of the drainage district on the first Tuesday in January, April, July, and October and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Special meetings shall be called by the president of the board or any director. All […]

§ 37-21-103. Meetings Public – Quorum

Meetings of the board of directors shall be public, and two directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. On all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least two directors. The record of the board shall be open to the inspection of the public during business hours. Source: […]

§ 37-21-104. President – Secretary – Seal

The board of directors shall elect a president from the members of the board and shall appoint a secretary and adopt a drainage district seal. Source: L. 11: p. 316, § 21. C.L. § 2128. CSA: C. 57, § 22. CRS 53: § 47-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-1.

§ 37-21-105. Directors – Election

The regular election of directors of drainage districts shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of each alternate year, at which three directors shall be elected. The three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be the directors for the next succeeding two years and until their respective […]

§ 37-21-106. Directors to Qualify

Each director shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101 and file the director’s official bond in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county where the organization of the district was effected. Source: L. 11: p. 318, § 31. C.L. § 2138. CSA: C. 57, § 32. CRS […]

§ 37-21-107. Failure of Director to Qualify

In the event that a person elected as director of a drainage district fails or refuses to qualify within the time prescribed in this article, a vacancy shall exist and the board of county commissioners of the county where the office of the drainage district is located shall appoint a director who shall hold the […]

§ 37-21-108. Director’s Bond

Each director shall execute a bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars with sureties approved by the county judge of the county where said organization was effected and file the same in the office of the county clerk and recorder of said county. Said bond shall be in the form prescribed by law […]

§ 37-21-109. Directors – Secretary – Salary

Each director shall receive as compensation for his services a sum not in excess of six hundred dollars per annum, as fixed by the board. No director shall receive any compensation as an officer, engineer, attorney, employee, or other agent of the district. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as preventing the board […]

§ 37-21-110. Powers of Board

The board of directors is authorized to take conveyances or assurances in the name of the drainage district for all property acquired by it and to institute and maintain any actions, proceedings, and suits necessary or proper in order fully to carry out the provisions of articles 20 to 30 of this title or to […]

§ 37-21-111. Right to Enter Upon Land in District

The directors, agents, and employees of the drainage district have the right to enter upon any land in the district to make surveys and to locate drainage ditches and laterals. Source: L. 11: p. 317, § 26. C.L. § 2133. CSA: C. 57, § 27. CRS 53: § 47-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-6.

§ 37-21-112. Office of District

The office of the drainage district shall be located in the county where the organization is effected, at some fixed place to be determined by the board of directors of the drainage district. Source: L. 11: p. 318, § 33. C.L. § 2141. CSA: C. 57, § 35. CRS 53: § 47-2-14. C.R.S. 1963: § […]

§ 37-21-113. Property to Vest in District

The title to property acquired under the provisions of articles 20 to 30 of this title shall vest in such drainage district in its corporate name. Said property shall be held by such district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart for, the uses and purposes set forth in articles 20 to […]

§ 37-21-113.5. Sale of District Property

The board of directors of such drainage district has the power to sell and transfer by proper conveyance any real estate or personal property belonging to the district when, in the opinion of the board, such property is no longer needed by such district; except that no parcel of real estate with a fair market […]

§ 37-21-114. Construction of System – Contracts

The board of directors may cause surveys to be made for ditches for drainage works and rights-of-way for said district; may cause drainage or irrigation ditches, work, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for said district to be laid out, constructed, purchased, and acquired by condemnation or otherwise; and may appropriate, divert, and use waters for […]

§ 37-21-115. Notice of Election

Fifteen days prior to any election held subsequent to the organization of a drainage district, the secretary shall cause notices specifying the polling place of each precinct to be posted in three public places in each precinct, giving the hour and place of holding the election, and at the same time shall post a general […]

§ 37-21-116. Hours of Voting

The polls shall be opened at eight a.m. and be kept open until six p.m. of the day of election. Source: L. 11: p. 319, § 38. C.L. § 2146. CSA: C. 57, § 40. CRS 53: § 47-2-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-2-19.

§ 37-21-117. Judges of Election

Prior to the time for posting said notices, the board of directors shall appoint three judges of election in each precinct, each of whom shall be a landowner within said precinct, and one of whom shall act as clerk of the election. Source: L. 11: p. 319, § 35. C.L. § 2143. CSA: C. 57, […]

§ 37-21-118. Judges – Vacancies Filled by Voters

If the board of directors fails to appoint judges or the appointees fail to attend at the hour designated for opening the polls on the morning of election, the voters of the precinct present at that hour may appoint one or more judges to supply the places of those absent. Source: L. 11: p. 319, […]

§ 37-21-119. Oaths – Judges and Clerks

Any judge or clerk of election may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. Before opening the polls, each judge and clerk shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any qualified elector of the precinct may administer and certify […]