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Irrigation Districts

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Organizers' qualifications; exempt areas; exception.

[Voting power of water users under town or village community ditches.]

[Petition to establish irrigation district; contents; signatures; filing; cost bond; publication of petition and notice; "resident freeholder" defined; agency.]

[Proceedings by county commissioners on receiving petition; boundaries; applications for inclusions and exclusions; adjournments; approval; election; denial of petition; mandamus; management by board of directors.]

Irrigation district; notice; election; ballots.

[Determining and declaring results of election; effect; including district's lands in another district; officers holdover; change of divisions, voting precincts and polling places.]

First election; terms.

Second and subsequent elections.

Irrigation districts; transitional features for present boards.

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73-9-10

[Location of office; secretary; notice of elections; election board.]

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73-9-11

[Election board; chairman's powers; opening and closing polls; return.]

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73-9-12

[Determining and declaring result of election; plurality elects.]

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73-9-13

[Election statement and certificates; filling vacancy in office of director.]

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73-9-14

[Board of directors; organization; powers; water regulations; delinquent assessments; engineer's report on water supply; contracts; pro rata distribution; delivering water to other lands; assignment of water rights.]

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73-9-15

[Meetings of directors; quorum; concurrence; records; entry on lands; acquisition of property; tax exemption.]

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73-9-16

[Acquisition of property; suits; judicial notice and presumption of organization; certified copies as evidence.]

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73-9-17

Bonds; authority to issue; election; how payable; form and contents.

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73-9-18

Sale; notice.

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73-9-19

Bonds; how paid; liens.

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73-9-20

Special proceedings to enforce collection.

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73-9-21

President and secretary to compile bond statement.

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73-9-22

Directors certify amounts needed; assessment; no funds to be transferred.

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73-9-23

Board of directors to submit accurate description of lands to county assessor.

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73-9-24

Tax assessments.

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73-9-25

Creation of sinking fund.

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73-9-26

Tax levy.

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73-9-27

County treasurer; duties; bonds and coupons in payment of taxes; accounts; collection and distribution of taxes.

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73-9-28

Taxation; general laws applicable.

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73-9-29

[Contracts for construction of works; advertisement; bids; contractor's bond; supervision by engineer.]

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73-9-30

[Claims against district; verification; allowance; warrants; register; payment.]

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73-9-31

[Expenses of organization, operation and improvements to be paid from water tolls and/or tax levies; tax levy to complete original construction.]

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73-9-32

[Crossings authorized; right-of-way over state lands granted.]

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73-9-33

Compensation of directors and secretary; personal interest in contracts; bribery; penalty.

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73-9-34

[Statutory authorization required for debts and liabilities.]

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73-9-35

[Water volume insufficient; distribution.]

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73-9-36

[Prior water rights protected.]

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73-9-37

[Change of district boundaries; authorization; effect.]

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73-9-38

[Petition for annexation of lands; who may file; contents; acknowledgment.]

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73-9-39

[Notice of proposed annexation; contents; publication; costs.]

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73-9-40

[Hearing on proposed annexation; written objections.]

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73-9-41

[Petitioners required to pay sums determined by directors.]

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73-9-42

[Decision on petition; survey; allowance nullified by protests within thirty days.]

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73-9-43

[Allowance of petition for annexation; certified copy of order and plat; recording; effect; evidence.]

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73-9-44

Participation in proceedings for change of district boundaries.

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73-9-45

[Redivision of district after annexation.]

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73-9-46

[Exclusion of lands from district; authorization; effect.]

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73-9-47

Petition or resolution for exclusion.

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73-9-48

Petition or resolution for exclusion; notice; publication.

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73-9-49

Petition or resolution for exclusion; hearing.

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73-9-50

Petition or resolution for exclusion; hearing; order; protest.

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73-9-51

[Unprotested allowance of petition; certified copy of order and plat; recording; effect.]

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73-9-52

[Redivision of district after exclusion.]

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73-9-53

[Petition for dissolution of district; who may file; contents; calling election; notice; ballots.]

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73-9-54

[Determining and declaring result of election; recording certificate.]

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73-9-55

Bond issue; proceedings to determine validity.

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73-9-56

Bond issue; petition for proceedings to determine validity.

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73-9-57

Proceedings to determine validity of bonds; notice of hearing.

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73-9-58

Determining validity of bonds; procedure.

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73-9-59

Determining validity of bonds; hearing; decree; costs.

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73-9-60

["District" defined.]

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73-9-61

[Former districts; validation of organization, bonds and contracts; application of article.]

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73-9-62

[Repeal; saving clause.]