46A-18-1. Legislative findings and policy. Conservation, management, and development of the state’s water resources are vital to the public interest, welfare, convenience, and necessity and require, in some circumstances, the creation of water project districts for the purposes of sponsoring and implementing water projects for the conservation, storage, distribution, and utilization of water and for […]
46A-18-10. Signatures required on petition–Number. The formation petition shall be signed by the number of signers required by §6-16-2. Source: SL 1984, ch 293, §9; SL 1990, ch 366, §4; SL 1998, ch 36, §74.
46A-18-12. Petition–Maps and documents to accompany filing. A petition, if filed with the Board of Water and Natural Resources, shall be accompanied by maps showing the location of lands within the proposed district land and by such other maps, plans, and estimates as may be necessary to describe fully the operation and effects of the […]
46A-18-13. Petition examined by board–Investigation–Payment of estimated costs–Representation of petition. The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall examine the petition, and if it determines that the petitioners have complied with the requirements of this chapter, the board may make an immediate investigation of the proposed district and of its proposed works, systems, or plans […]
46A-18-14. Findings by board–Dismissal or approval of petition–Election date after approval. The Board of Water and Natural Resources, within ninety days from the receipt of a petition, or within ninety days from the time funds become available to defray the cost of an investigation, shall determine whether the proposed project is feasible and conforms to […]
46A-18-15. Notice of petition and election–Publication–Contents. The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall perform the duties of the county auditor as provided in §§6-16-4 to 6-16-6, inclusive. Source: SL 1984, ch 293, §14; SL 1998, ch 36, §77.
46A-18-2. Petition to submit to an election the establishment of water project district. Persons desiring to establish an area as a water project district may petition the Board of Water and Natural Resources to submit to an election the question of whether such area shall become a water project district. Source: SL 1984, ch 293, […]
46A-18-2.1. Voting restricted to qualified voters. Except as provided in §46A-18-2.2, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may vote in any election held pursuant to this chapter unless the person is a qualified voter of the water project district. A qualified voter of the district is a person who is a […]
46A-18-2.2. Conditions for specifying qualified voter of district or director division is owner of real property located within district or director division. If fewer than one hundred fifty persons reside within the boundaries of an existing water project district on July 1, 2011, the board of directors of the district may, by a resolution adopted […]
46A-18-20. Establishment of district–Vote required. If at least sixty percent of the votes cast in an election are in favor of formation of the water project district, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall by resolution create and establish the water project district and give it a corporate name. Upon filing of a true […]
46A-18-20.1. Payment of election costs. If at least sixty percent of the votes cast in the initial election are in favor of the formation of the water project district, the costs of the election shall be paid by the new water project district. If less than sixty percent of the votes cast in the initial […]
46A-18-21. Initial district directors. The initial district directors shall assume the duties of office and serve until successors are duly elected and qualified. Source: SL 1984, ch 293, §20; SL 2000, ch 32, §9.
46A-18-22. Organization of directors–Chairman–Secretary-treasurer. The directors shall organize by electing one of their members chairman and one vice-chairman and by appointing a secretary-treasurer, who is not a member of the board and whose compensation and bond shall be set by the directors. The directors shall provide the necessary books, records, furniture, and equipment for the […]
46A-18-23. Annual district meeting–Election of directors. Before May first of each year, on a date established by the directors, an annual meeting of the district shall be held during which the qualified voters of the district shall elect, by ballot, under the direction of the secretary of the district, directors to replace those whose terms […]
46A-18-24. Notice of annual meeting and election. The water project district directors shall publish a notice once each week for three consecutive weeks immediately prior to the annual election and meeting stating the time, place, and purpose of the election and meeting, the names of the director candidates and the director division that each candidate […]
46A-18-25. Nominating petitions for directors. Nominations of director candidates to be elected at the annual election shall be by nominating petition signed by at least twenty-five qualified voters or ten percent of the qualified voters, whichever is less, in the district, if the directors are elected at large, or signed by at least ten qualified […]
46A-18-26. Director vacancies–Filling. Any vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled by appointment within thirty days of the vacancy by the remaining directors of the district. Any vacancy in an expired term for which no candidate’s nominating petition has been filed pursuant to §46A-18-25 shall be filled by appointment within thirty days of the […]
46A-18-27. Boundary adjustments. After the creation of a water project district, minor adjustments to the boundaries of the district may be made by the directors, without referendum. Such adjustments may not delete lands from the district that have been subject to a special assessment during the budget year or the current year and such adjustments […]
46A-18-28. Annexation or withdrawal of areas. An additional area may be annexed or an area withdrawn from a water project district by: (1)Circulation of an initiating petition therefor by the qualified voters in the new area and in the existing district, similar to an initiating petition specified in §46A-18-2; or (2)Circulation of an initiating petition […]
46A-18-29. Combining districts. Two or more water project districts may be combined into a single district by: (1)Circulation of an initiating petition therefor, similar to the initiating petition specified in this chapter; or (2)Passage of resolutions by the directors stating the desire to combine the water project districts and containing the same information as prescribed […]
