CHAPTER 46A-14
WATERSHED DISTRICTS
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Purpose of chapter--Construction and administration.
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Definition of terms.
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Formation of watershed district in conservation districts--Petition to hold
hearings and put to vote--Boundaries--Appointment of first board of
managers.
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Watershed districts--Conservation purposes authorizing establishment.
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Watershed districts--Initiating petition for establishment, filing, number of
signatures required.
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Watershed districts--Contiguous land ownerships.
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Watershed districts--Inclusion of municipalities.
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Watershed districts--Petition for establishment--Contents.
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Repealed.
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Determination of status of petitioners--Certification to conservation district.
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Petition for establishment of watershed district--Receipt by conservation
district, acknowledgment, preliminary report, adjustment of boundaries.
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Conservation commission duties as to watershed projects.
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Time and place for hearing on initiating petition--Publication of notice--Contents.
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Hearing by conservation district on petition--Right of interested persons to
be heard.
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Organization of proposed watershed district--Submission of question to vote
of landowners.
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Referendum on petition unnecessary where signed by sixty percent or more
of the landowners.
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Organization of proposed watershed district--Submission of question to vote
of landowners, publication of notice.
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Repealed.
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Result of referendum on organization of watershed district--Sixty percent or
more voting in favor of organization--Procedure for organization.
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Result of referendum--Defeat of proposition to form a watershed district--Resubmission of proposal.
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Certification of favorable petition or vote--Creation of watershed district by
conservation district supervisors, designation of name, certified copy of
order, filing of order with secretary of state.
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Order of conservation district supervisors creating watershed district--Mailing copy to managers of district.
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Boundaries of watershed district--Minor adjustments by managers without
referendum, exception.
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Annexation of additional areas to watershed district--Procedure.
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Combining of two or more watershed districts into one district--Procedure.
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Abolishment of original watershed district upon combining districts or
annexing additional territory--Certification to secretary of state.
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Powers of watershed district--Perpetual existence--Right to sue and be sued--Eminent domain--Taxes and assessments--Borrowing of money.
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Oath of office of managers--Filing with conservation district.
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Organization of district by managers--Selection of officers--Appointment of
nonmember as secretary-treasurer, compensation, bond--Providing
necessary equipment.
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Annual election of managers of district by landowners--Term of office.
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Candidates for election as members of board of managers--Filing of
application with secretary of board of managers--Qualifications.
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Vacancies in board of managers--Filling by appointment by remaining
managers, term of office.
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Advisory committee--Appointment by board of managers--Number of
members--Duties.
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Personnel of district, employment by board of managers, duties and
compensation--Cost as part of project--Bond for performance of duties,
amount, premium paid from district fund.
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Compensation of board members--Limitation.
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Duties of board of managers--Adoption of seal--Record of business
transacted--Bylaws and regulations, adoption--Meetings, notice.
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District bylaws may be proposed by petition--Approval by board and special
election.
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Conservation practices within the scope of proposed project--Power of
board of managers to effectuate.
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Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.
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Vested drainage rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.
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General improvement plan within district--Adoption by managers,
consultation with advisory committee and district supervisors of conservation
district--Contents--Estimated benefits--Method of financing--Examination by
board, report of recommendations.
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Determination of priority of specific projects--Surveys of work--Estimates--Reports of engineer, filing, public inspection.
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Board of Water and Natural Resources--Designation as state agency to act
for state with respect to federal watershed projects.
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General improvement plan prior to formation of watershed district--Undertaken by local people with sponsoring assistance--Considered adopted
plan.
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Examination and hearings on plans--Resolution as to doing work and paying
costs--List of benefited lands and owners.
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Evidences of indebtedness of district for payment of costs of project--Issuance in installments instead of levy of entire tax at one time.
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Contract with conservation districts for funding.
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Meeting of managers for hearing on apportionment of benefits resulting from
improvement--Rights of interested parties--Determination of fair and just
apportionment.
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Referendum on financing arrangement for improvement--Necessary number
of votes in favor of proposal.
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Referendum on financing arrangement for improvement--Eligibility to vote on
proposed general tax levies, special assessments--Determination of outcome,
counting of votes.
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Contracts between managers and municipalities for annual payments by
municipality to district in lieu of tax or special assessment levies--Favorable
vote by voters of municipality required.
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Completion of apportionment of benefits by managers--Resolution approving
tax or assessment levy on property outside corporate limits of municipalities,
detailed report filed with county auditor, collection of district levy.
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Assessed valuation for district tax purposes--Limitation on land taxed.
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Annual general tax levy against land and buildings of taxpayer--Maximum
amount.
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Taxes collected by county officials--Delivery to district secretary-treasurer.
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Interested party aggrieved by apportionment of benefits or levy of taxes and
assessments--Appeal, procedure.
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No-fund warrants to pay district obligations--Issuance by board of managers
following favorable vote of voters on financing arrangement, limitation.
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Long-term financing arrangement authorized by voters--Notice to
landowners by board of managers.
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Special election on question of raising money to cover increased costs of
district business or to be applied to supplemental improvements, calling by
board of managers.
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Annual maintenance of watershed project--Duty of managers to provide--Project schedule--Budgets.
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Annual operation and maintenance budget, provisions--Reserve fund.
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Repealed.
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Budgeted operation and maintenance expense--Inclusion in tax assessment
list by board of managers.
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Certification of taxes and assessments to county auditor by board of
managers--Extension upon tax list--Collection and deposit.
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Contributions by board of county commissioners to watershed district
supplies, labor, and equipment.
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Acquisition of real estate or easement therein by watershed district--Purchase--Condemnation, appraisal of premises involved.
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Contracts with United States and other agencies, powers of board of
managers--Purposes--Referendum by voters of watershed district where
contract will require increased levy of taxes or assessments.
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Funds of district--Deposit by secretary-treasurer in approved depository--Warrants.
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Claims against district, payment--Warrants, required signatures, registration.
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Services performed by county officials and Board of Water and Natural
Resources free of charge.
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Engineer of district--Reports to board of managers.
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Secretary-treasurer of district--Annual report to board of managers.
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Annual reports of board of managers of district--Financial conditions--Status
of projects--Business transacted.
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Annual audit of district when loan agreement in effect--Filing of copies.
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Operation of watershed district, investigation by board--Hearings, order to
correct detrimental operation--Enforcement of order by injunction.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Petition by
landowners--Special election--Notice--Ballots.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Special
election--Percent required to dissolve--Notice to creditors--Auction--
Proration of funds remaining.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Proposal
defeated, three years before another vote on question.
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Dissolution of district--Request that federal project be certified infeasible--Board may proceed after certification.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Vote by board--Statement submitted to commission.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Public hearing
before commission--Informal poll of voter opinion--Notice of meeting.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Determination
whether to approve dissolution--Matters considered.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Effective date of
dissolution.
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Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Apportionment
of funds and assets to conservation districts.
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Dissolution of district--Notice to secretary of state.
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Vested rights protected.
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Citation of chapter.