Colorado § 37-41-136 - Payment of pro rata assessments.
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§ 37-41-136. Payment of pro rata assessments.
The board of directors to whom such petition is presented may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners shall severally pay to such district such respective sums, as nearly as the same can be estimated by the board, as petitioners or their grantors would have been required to pay to such district as assessments for the payment of its pro rata share of all bonds and the interest thereon, which may have previously thereto been issued by said district, or for the payment of the pro rata share of the cost of construction under any contract between the district and the United States accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States as provided in this article, had such lands been included in such district at the time the same was originally formed, or when said bonds were so issued, or when said contract with the United States was executed. In case unentered public land is proposed to be annexed to the district, the board of directors of the district, instead of requiring such payment as a condition precedent, may assess such charge against such unentered public land upon the records of the district to be collected in the manner authorized by the act of congress of August 11, 1916.
Source: L. 05: p. 266, § 35. R.S. 08: § 3474. L. 17: p. 310, § 14. C.L. § 2013. CSA: C. 90, § 412. CRS 53: § 149-1-36. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-1-36.
ANNOTATION
Payment may be waived. The provision of this section requiring payment by the petitioner is for the benefit of the district, is not a condition precedent, and may be waived by the board. Nile Irrigation Dist. v. Gas Sec. Co., 248 F. 861 (8th Cir. 1918).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 37-41-136 ("Payment of pro rata assessments.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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