CHAPTER 46A-4
ORGANIZATION, BOUNDARIES AND DISSOLUTION OF IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
46A-4-1
Creation of irrigation district--Filing petition--Number of electors required.
46A-4-2
Elector defined.
46A-4-3
Petition to organize irrigation district--Number of signers--Boundaries to be
described--Request for organization.
46A-4-3.1
Petition--Signing by electors--Form--Affidavit of circulator.
46A-4-4
Petition for formation of irrigation district--Map of proposed district to
accompany, contents.
46A-4-4.1
Notice of hearing to consider petition--Publication--Contents--Approval of
petition--Fixing date for election.
46A-4-5 to 46A-4-7.
Repealed.
46A-4-8
Inclusion in irrigation district of lands capable of being irrigated from works in
proposed district.
46A-4-9
Ditches or canals constructed prior to July 1, 1917, and lands watered thereby--Exemption from chapter, exception--Rights of ditches already constructed not
affected.
46A-4-10
Holding or taxing nonirrigable land for irrigation purposes.
46A-4-11
Repealed.
46A-4-12
Change in proposed boundaries by Board of Water and Natural Resources--Exclusion from district upon request.
46A-4-13
Repealed.
46A-4-14
District divided into divisions by board--Size and number--Election of
directors--Terms--Assessment of property within district.
46A-4-14.1
Division representing tribal or trust lands--Excepted from chapter.
46A-4-15
Notice of election on proposed district--Date of election--Contents of notice--Publication--Ballot form.
46A-4-15.1, 46A-4-16.
Repealed.
46A-4-17
Persons qualified to vote at elections for organization of irrigation district.
46A-4-18
Corporate ownership of lands within proposed or existing irrigation districts--Designation of agent to vote in behalf of elections for organization of district.
46A-4-19
Election procedure--Applicability of general laws--Resolution declaring district
organized--District as political subdivision.
46A-4-20
Resolution declaring district organized--Filing for record.
46A-4-21
Election of director for each division.
46A-4-22
Unentered public lands a major portion of district--Appointment of majority of
directors by secretary of interior, qualifications, term of office.
46A-4-23
Directors elected at large as a result of appointment of majority of directors by
secretary of interior--Term of office.
46A-4-24
Directors elected at election to establish district--Terms of office--Tie election,
procedure.
46A-4-25
Directors--Annual election--Nomination--Election by receiving highest number
of votes--Date for elections.
46A-4-26
Hours of voting.
46A-4-27
Directors to be electors of division--Residence.
46A-4-27.1
Nominating petitions for initial board of directors--Election not required if only
one petition--Notice of vacancies and election--Results and certificate of
election.
46A-4-28
Nominating petition for directors--Filing--Form--Signers.
46A-4-29
Repealed.
46A-4-30
Election not required where no question or contest--Retention of office by
incumbent.
46A-4-31
Notices of election after organization of district--Publication and posting.
46A-4-32
Elections after district organized and first set of directors elected--Voting by
mail.
46A-4-33
Precinct election officers--Appointment by board of directors or electors.
46A-4-34
Precinct election boards--Chairman, duties--Administration and certification of
oaths.
46A-4-35
Precinct election boards--Oaths of members, administration, and certification.
46A-4-36
Canvass of votes by board of directors--Time and place--Made in public--Want of form insufficient ground for rejection of list, tally paper, or certificate.
46A-4-37
Results of election--Declaration by board of directors--Certificate of election,
execution, and delivery by secretary of board.
46A-4-38
Statement of election results--Filing--Contents.
46A-4-39
Vacancy in office of board of directors--Filling--District treasurer appointed by
board.
46A-4-40
Elected directors--Qualifying--Term of office--Time for assumption of duties.
46A-4-41
Directors' and officers' oath of office--Official bonds.
46A-4-42
District appointed fiscal agent of United States to collect money in connection
with federal reclamation project--Additional bond required of officers,
approval, recording, and filing--Right to sue on bond.
46A-4-43
Bond of officers and directors--Form--Obligee--Cost of surety bonds,
payment by the district.
46A-4-44
Organization meeting of board of directors--Election of president and
vice-president--Appointment of secretary.
46A-4-45
Meetings of directors--Special meetings--Open to public--Quorum--Vote
required for action.
46A-4-46
Records of board of directors open for inspection--Publication of statement of
proceedings--Filing of list of expenditures.
46A-4-47
Compensation of district directors--Payment from district fund.
46A-4-48
Powers and duties of board of directors of district--Distribution and printing of
bylaws and procedures--Water rights appurtenant to land.
46A-4-49
Interest in contract of district or acceptance of bribe by director or officer as
felony.
46A-4-50
Boundaries of irrigation district, change--Inclusion or exclusion of land--Effect
of change.
46A-4-51
Common school and endowment irrigable lands within district--Sale--Inclusion
in district.
46A-4-52
Irrigation district contracting with United States--Change of boundaries, assent
of secretary of interior necessary.
46A-4-53
Petition for inclusion of tract of land within boundaries of irrigation district--Contents.
46A-4-54
Fiduciaries, signing of petitions for organization of district or changing
boundaries of district.
46A-4-55
Change of boundaries of irrigation district--Notice of filing of petition, contents-
-Time and place of hearing by board of directors--Cost of proceedings,
advancement by petitioners.
46A-4-56
Hearing of petition for change of boundaries of irrigation district by board of
directors--Adjournment--Assent to change.
46A-4-57
Rejection of petition for change of boundaries of irrigation district by board of
directors--Resolution of board ordering change of boundaries, contents.
46A-4-58
Land not included in irrigation district unless owner or lessee obligated to pay
assessments or charges.
46A-4-59
Petition for change of boundaries of irrigation district--Condition precedent to
granting--Payment of share of original cost by petitioners.
46A-4-60
Board order for election on filing of protests--Publication of notice--Ballots--Boundary descriptions.
46A-4-61
Order of board in conformity with election results on boundary change.
46A-4-62
Order of board of directors changing boundary of irrigation district--Certified
copy, recording--Effect of change.
46A-4-63
Petition for change of boundaries of irrigation district--Recording in minutes of
board of directors, admissibility as evidence.
46A-4-64
Redivision of district--Additional land included in boundaries of irrigation
district--Election precincts.
46A-4-65
Exclusion of contiguous tracts of land from irrigation district--Petition by
owners, contents, acknowledgment.
46A-4-66
Notice of petition to exclude land--Publication--Contents--Time for hearing.
46A-4-67
Hearing on petition to exclude land from irrigation district--Assent of parties
interested.
46A-4-68
Resolution for exclusion of land when bonds or federal contract outstanding--Bondholders' or federal assent required--Assent waived by terms of bond
issue.
46A-4-69
Granting or denial of petition to exclude land from irrigation district--Best
interests of district.
46A-4-70
Election ordered on exclusion after objections filed--Publication of notice--Contents--Conduct of election.
46A-4-71
Majority vote against exclusion, denial and dismissal of petition--Majority vote
in favor of exclusion, order of board of directors excluding land from irrigation
district, contents.
46A-4-72
Order excluding land from irrigation district--Entry in minutes of board of
directors--Filing and recording--Effect of order.
46A-4-73
Exclusion of land from irrigation district--Refunding of assessments.
46A-4-74
Exclusion of land from irrigation district--Effect of change on office of director.
46A-4-75
Exclusion of land from irrigation district--Redivision of district by board of
directors--Election precincts, establishment, change from time to time.
46A-4-76
Resolution to exclude unproductive lands from district--Reasons--Service on
owners and residents--Publication of notice.
46A-4-77
Hearing on exclusion of unproductive lands--Time and place--Objections--Failure to object deemed consent--Rescission of resolution or adoption of
second exclusion resolution.
46A-4-78
Motion to reconsider exclusion of unproductive lands--Time--Appeal to circuit
court--Contents--Trial--Filing of final resolution.
46A-4-79
Rearrangement or reapportionment of district divisions upon exclusion of lands-
-Effects of exclusion--Procedural defects--Resolutions and bylaws.
46A-4-80
Subirrigated land--Relief from district assessments--Suspension order by board
of directors, recording of certified copy of order with register of deeds.
46A-4-81
Dissolution of irrigation district--Petition by majority of assessment payers--Submission to voters at special election--Calling of election by board of
directors--Notice of election, publication and posting.
46A-4-82
Dissolution of irrigation district contracting with United States--Assent of
secretary of interior required.
46A-4-83
Election on dissolution of irrigation district--Ballots, form and contents, deposit
with election officers--Conduct of election.
46A-4-84
Election on dissolution of irrigation district--Returns and ballots, certification by
election boards--Canvass of returns and declaration of result by board of
directors--Recording of result.
46A-4-85
Majority vote against dissolution of irrigation district--Another election during
year forbidden.
46A-4-86
Majority vote for dissolution of irrigation district--Notice by board of directors
to creditors of district--Settlement of claims.
46A-4-87
Dissolution of irrigation district--Raising of money to pay debts--Valuation of
property of district by appraisers--Appointment of appraisers--Report of
appraisers to board of directors.
46A-4-88
Sale of property by board of directors--Advertisement--Notice of sale--Consideration of bids of purchasers by board of directors.
46A-4-89
Rejection of bids for purchase of property--Private negotiations for sale by
board of directors, deferred payments.
46A-4-90
Purchasers of property on dissolution of irrigation district--Additional security
for deferred payments--Collection.
46A-4-91
Bonds and obligations of irrigation district--Redemption by board of directors
after sale of property on dissolution of district.
46A-4-92
Payment of outstanding obligations with proceeds of property sales--Prices
paid.
46A-4-93
Proceeds of sale of property on dissolution of irrigation district insufficient to
pay debts--Assessments against lands in the district.
46A-4-94
Dissolution of irrigation district--Disposal of property--Payment of obligations--Report of board of directors, filing and recording--Contents--Failure to sue on
unpaid claim, effect.
46A-4-95
Validation of previously created irrigation districts.