Section 41-7-318 – Election; Validity; Qualifications of Candidates; Vacancies in Office; Duties of Elected Commissioners.
41-7-318. Election; validity; qualifications of candidates; vacancies in office; duties of elected commissioners. No person shall be declared elected as a commissioner who shall not be a landowner in said commissioner district and who shall not have received a majority of all votes cast by the qualified voters of said commissioner district. No election shall […]
Section 41-7-312 – Hearings on Commissioners’ Report; Revision of Confirmation.
41-7-312. Hearings on commissioners’ report; revision of confirmation. Said order of confirmation may, at the same or at any subsequent term of said court be revised, modified or changed, in whole or in part, on petition of the commissioners, after such notice as the court may require to parties interested. At any time prior to […]
Section 41-7-313 – Hearings on Commissioners’ Report; Payment of Costs When Objections Dismissed.
41-7-313. Hearings on commissioners’ report; payment of costs when objections dismissed. In case the petition or proceedings are dismissed as provided herein, a judgment shall be entered against the petitioners and in favor of the commissioners for the costs, expenses, and liabilities incurred in said proceedings, for the benefit of those who have rendered services […]
Section 41-7-314 – Power to Enter Land to Repair Irrigation Works; Construction of Ditches Across Railway Rights-of-Way.
41-7-314. Power to enter land to repair irrigation works; construction of ditches across railway rights-of-way. (a) The commissioners, their agents, servants, and employees shall have the right to go upon all lands along any reservoirs, ditch, canal, or embankment in their district, to inspect, deepen, widen and repair the same whenever necessary, doing no unnecessary […]
Section 41-7-315 – Sale of Water Rights.
41-7-315. Sale of water rights. Whenever any of the lands embraced within said district have been or are to be reclaimed by the work done or proposed to be done by said district and the segregation of said lands has been secured by said district, it shall be competent for the commissioners of said district, […]
Section 41-7-316 – Election; When Held; Term of Office; Exception.
41-7-316. Election; when held; term of office; exception. (a) At any annual meeting of the irrigation district, the district may elect to adopt either a calendar year basis for their district elections or a fiscal year basis for their district elections. If the district elects a calendar year basis, on or after the first day […]
Section 41-7-317 – Election; Where Held; Notice to Voters; Qualifications of Voters; Recording Vote; Proxies.
41-7-317. Election; where held; notice to voters; qualifications of voters; recording vote; proxies. The commissioners of the district shall fix the hour and place, within the boundaries of or at a place convenient to the landowners within the irrigation district, of each election and preside at the same. It shall be the duty of the […]
Section 41-7-306 – Power to Alter Location of Irrigation Works; Power of Court to Alter Plans Proposed by Commissioners.
41-7-306. Power to alter location of irrigation works; power of court to alter plans proposed by commissioners. The commissioners shall not be confined to the points of location, commencement, routes or termini of the reservoirs, canals, ditches or other work, or the number, extent or size of the same, as proposed by the petitioners, but […]
Section 41-7-307 – Exclusion or Inclusion of Lands in District; Review of Report by Court Generally.
41-7-307. Exclusion or inclusion of lands in district; review of report by court generally. If the commissioners find that the proposed district, as described in the petition filed, will not embrace all of the lands that will be benefited by the proposed work, or that it will include lands that will not be benefited and […]
Section 41-7-308 – Hearings on Commissioners’ Report; Filing of Objections; Notice Generally.
41-7-308. Hearings on commissioners’ report; filing of objections; notice generally. Upon the filing of the said report, the court or judge thereof, shall make and enter an order fixing the time and place when and where all persons interested may appear and object to the confirmation thereof. All objections shall be in writing and shall […]