Article 9 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

Section 73-9-1 - Organizers' qualifications; exempt areas; exception
Section 73-9-2 - Voting power of water users under town or village community ditches
Section 73-9-3 - Petition to establish irrigation district; contents; signatures; filing; cost bond; publication of petition and notice; "resident freeholder" defined; agency
Section 73-9-4 - 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
Section 73-9-5 - Irrigation district; notice; election; ballots
Section 73-9-6 - Determining and declaring results of election; effect; including district's lands in another district; officers holdover; change of divisions, voting precincts and polling places
Section 73-9-7 - First election; terms
Section 73-9-8 - Second and subsequent elections
Section 73-9-9 - Irrigation districts; transitional features for present boards
Section 73-9-10 - Location of office; secretary; notice of elections; election board
Section 73-9-11 - Election board; chairman's powers; opening and closing polls; return
Section 73-9-12 - Determining and declaring result of election; plurality elects
Section 73-9-13 - Election statement and certificates; filling vacancy in office of director
Section 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
Section 73-9-15 - Meetings of directors; quorum; concurrence; records; entry on lands; acquisition of property; tax exemption
Section 73-9-16 - Acquisition of property; suits; judicial notice and presumption of organization; certified copies as evidence
Section 73-9-17 - Bonds; authority to issue; election; how payable; form and contents
Section 73-9-18 - Sale; notice
Section 73-9-19 - Bonds; how paid; liens
Section 73-9-20 - Special proceedings to enforce collection
Section 73-9-21 - President and secretary to compile bond statement
Section 73-9-22 - Directors certify amounts needed; assessment; no funds to be transferred
Section 73-9-23 - Board of directors to submit accurate description of lands to county assessor
Section 73-9-24 - Tax assessments
Section 73-9-25 - Creation of sinking fund
Section 73-9-26 - Tax levy
Section 73-9-27 - County treasurer; duties; bonds and coupons in payment of taxes; accounts; collection and distribution of taxes
Section 73-9-28 - Taxation; general laws applicable
Section 73-9-29 - Contracts for construction of works; advertisement; bids; contractor's bond; supervision by engineer
Section 73-9-30 - Claims against district; verification; allowance; warrants; register; payment
Section 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
Section 73-9-32 - Crossings authorized; right-of-way over state lands granted
Section 73-9-33 - Compensation of directors and secretary; personal interest in contracts; bribery; penalty
Section 73-9-34 - Statutory authorization required for debts and liabilities
Section 73-9-35 - Water volume insufficient; distribution
Section 73-9-36 - Prior water rights protected
Section 73-9-37 - Change of district boundaries; authorization; effect
Section 73-9-38 - Petition for annexation of lands; who may file; contents; acknowledgment
Section 73-9-39 - Notice of proposed annexation; contents; publication; costs
Section 73-9-40 - Hearing on proposed annexation; written objections
Section 73-9-41 - Petitioners required to pay sums determined by directors
Section 73-9-42 - Decision on petition; survey; allowance nullified by protests within thirty days
Section 73-9-43 - Allowance of petition for annexation; certified copy of order and plat; recording; effect; evidence
Section 73-9-44 - Participation in proceedings for change of district boundaries
Section 73-9-45 - Redivision of district after annexation
Section 73-9-46 - Exclusion of lands from district; authorization; effect
Section 73-9-47 - Petition or resolution for exclusion
Section 73-9-48 - Petition or resolution for exclusion; notice; publication
Section 73-9-49 - Petition or resolution for exclusion; hearing
Section 73-9-50 - Petition or resolution for exclusion; hearing; order; protest
Section 73-9-51 - Unprotested allowance of petition; certified copy of order and plat; recording; effect
Section 73-9-52 - Redivision of district after exclusion
Section 73-9-53 - Petition for dissolution of district; who may file; contents; calling election; notice; ballots
Section 73-9-54 - Determining and declaring result of election; recording certificate
Section 73-9-55 - Bond issue; proceedings to determine validity
Section 73-9-56 - Bond issue; petition for proceedings to determine validity
Section 73-9-57 - Proceedings to determine validity of bonds; notice of hearing
Section 73-9-58 - Determining validity of bonds; procedure
Section 73-9-59 - Determining validity of bonds; hearing; decree; costs
Section 73-9-60 - "District" defined
Section 73-9-61 - Former districts; validation of organization, bonds and contracts; application of article
Section 73-9-62 - Repeal; saving clause