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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 37 - Water and Irrigation » Article 31 - Grand Valley Drainage District

§ 37-31-121. Meetings Public – Quorum – Records

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: […]

§ 37-31-122. Directors May Sell Bonds

The board of directors may sell bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money to carry out the objects and purposes of this article. Before making any sale, the board, by resolution, shall declare its intention to sell a specified amount of bonds, and the […]

§ 37-31-123. No Director Interested in Contract

No director or officer of the district shall be interested directly or indirectly, in any manner, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board or in the profits thereof, nor shall he or she receive any gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision such officer commits a class 6 […]

§ 37-31-124. Directors May Contract – With Whom

The board of directors has the power, without advertising for bids, to enter into a contract upon such terms as the board may regard as equitable, with any individual, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity or an irrigation or drainage district organized under the laws of this state or with more than one or with all […]

§ 37-31-125. Vacancy on Board of Directors

In case of a vacancy in the board of directors by failure of any person named or elected to the office to qualify, or by death, removal, or inability from any cause to properly discharge the duties of a director, the board of county commissioners of Mesa county, Colorado, shall appoint a director who shall […]

§ 37-31-126. Bonds of Directors

Each director shall execute a bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the county judge of Mesa county, Colorado, and file the same in the office of the county clerk and recorder of said county. Said bonds shall be in the form prescribed by law for county officers making […]

§ 37-31-127. Right of Entry to Survey

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. 23: p. 292, § 26. CSA: C. 57, § 152. CRS 53: § 47-12-26. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-26.

§ 37-31-128. Treasurer of District

The board of directors shall choose one of its members to serve as treasurer of the board and may choose one of its members to serve as secretary of the board. The secretary and treasurer may be one person, and if such is the case, he shall be a member of the board. The treasurer […]

§ 37-31-129. Salary and Expenses of Officers

Each director shall receive as per diem compensation for his or her services a sum not in excess of one hundred dollars per day, but not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, as fixed by the board, together with actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties. […]

§ 37-31-130. Location of Office

The office of the drainage district shall be located in the county of Mesa, at a place to be determined by the board of directors of the drainage district. The board of directors shall elect a president from the members of the board, appoint a secretary who may or may not be a director, and […]

§ 37-31-131. Funds Paid on Warrant

The treasurer of the drainage district shall pay out of the funds of the district only upon warrants ordered by the board of directors of the drainage district, signed by its president and attested by its secretary, under the seal of the drainage district. Source: L. 23: p. 293, § 30. CSA: C. 57, § […]

§ 37-31-132. Warrants Not Paid Draw Interest

When any warrants of the drainage district are presented to the treasurer and there are no funds in his hands to pay the same, he shall stamp the same in the same manner as ordinary county warrants are stamped, and said warrants shall draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the […]

§ 37-31-135. Treasurer to Report

At each regular meeting of the board of directors of the drainage district and at such other times as may be required by the board, the treasurer shall report in writing the amount of money on hand, the amount received since his last report, and the amount paid out, with a list of warrants presented […]

§ 37-31-136. Treasurer’s Fees

The county treasurer of Mesa county, Colorado, shall charge and receive for duties required of him to be performed and for handling the taxes of said district the same fees and commissions as are paid to him under the laws of Colorado upon school taxes in counties of the first class. Source: L. 23: p. […]

§ 37-31-137. Property Taxable and Service Fees Chargeable by District

In order to carry out the purposes of the district and the provisions of this article, the board of directors has the following powers: Within the limits of the Grand Valley drainage district, to levy taxes of the same kinds and classes upon the taxable property, real, personal, or mixed, which is subject to taxation […]

§ 37-31-138. General Tax Laws Apply

The laws of this state for the collection of the general taxes, including the laws for the sale of property for taxes and the redemption of the same, shall apply and have full force and effect for the purposes of this article. Source: L. 23: p. 296, § 38. CSA: C. 57, § 164. CRS […]

§ 37-31-139. Certification of Property Values

It is the duty of the county assessor of Mesa county, Colorado, in making his return each year, to designate the property situated within the limits of the said district and to certify to the board of directors of the said drainage district the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the district. […]

§ 37-31-140. District Tax on Tax List and Included in Warrant

It is the duty of the county assessor of Mesa county, Colorado, as soon as the assessment roll is ready in each year for the extension of the taxes, to extend the same upon the tax list of the current year in a separate column properly headed in the same manner as other taxes are […]

§ 37-31-141. Certification and Levy of Tax

The board of directors of the Grand Valley drainage district shall, in accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., certify to the board of county commissioners a statement showing the aggregate amount which, in the judgment of said drainage board, is necessary to raise from the taxable property of said district to create […]

§ 37-31-142. Title to Property – Tax Exemption

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