48-4801. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Active management area" means an active management area established under title 45, chapter 2. 2. " Board" means either the initial board of directors or the permanent board of directors of a district. 3. " Contract replenishment obligation" means an amount of groundwater […]
48-4802. Formation A. A water district may be organized in an active management area in which all of the following conditions exist on the date the district is organized: 1. The active management area: (a) Has a management goal of safe-yield. (b) Contains territory in at least three counties. 2. The population of the most […]
48-4803. Initial board of directors; qualification and organization A. The governor shall appoint the initial board of directors, consisting of seven members, as follows: 1. One member from a list of nominees submitted by the board of supervisors of the most populous county in the active management area. 2. One member from a list of […]
48-4804. Contest of formation; appeal Any aggrieved person or entity may contest the formation of a district under this chapter by filing an action within thirty days after the initial board assumes office under section 48-4803 in superior court in the most populous county in the active management area. If more than one such contest […]
48-4805. Corporate existence; rights and immunities; official name A. A district is a corporate body and political subdivision of this state that may act in its official corporate name and has all of the rights and immunities of municipal corporations that are granted by the constitution and statutes of this state, including immunity of its […]
48-4806. Powers and duties of initial board; recommendation as to permanent organization or dissolution A. The initial board has all of the powers and responsibilities prescribed by this chapter unless specifically limited to the permanent board. B. Not later than thirty months after the initial board conducts its organizational meeting under section 48-4803, subsection E, […]
48-4807. Dissolution A majority of the board may propose that the district be dissolved, but only if all contractual obligations and debts of the district are satisfied and another governmental entity or entities accept dedication of all district projects and of all water district groundwater replenishment obligations and other duties established under article 7 of […]
