Irrigation district board of trustees -- Bond for board of trustees members and district if the district is appointed as fiscal or other agent for the United States.

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  • (1)
    • (a) One board of trustees member shall be elected from each division established as provided in Section 17B-2a-505.
    • (b) Each landowner within an irrigation district may vote for one board of trustees member for the division in which the landowner's land is located.
    • (c) Each landowner is entitled to cast one vote for each acre-foot or fraction of an acre-foot of water allotted to the land owned by the landowner.
  • (2)
    • (a) If an irrigation district is appointed fiscal agent of the United States or is authorized by the United States to collect money on behalf of the United States with respect to a federal project:
      • (i) each member of the district's board of trustees shall:
        • (A) execute an official bond in the amount required by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the trustee's duties; and
        • (B) file the official bond in the office of the clerk of the county in which the district is located; and
      • (ii) the irrigation district shall execute an additional bond for the district's faithful discharge of its duties as fiscal or other agent of the United States.
    • (b) The United States or any person injured by the failure of a member of the board of trustees or of the district to perform fully, promptly, and completely a duty may sue upon the official bond.




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