Colorado § 37-43-157 - Petition - where filed - contents.
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§ 37-43-157. Petition - where filed - contents.
A majority of the legally qualified electors of any irrigation district, or the holders of the legal title to a majority of the whole acreage of said district, or seventy-five percent or more in amount of the holders of the bonds issued by said irrigation district may propose the dissolution of said district by a petition signed by the petitioners. In case of a petition by the bondholders, said petition may be signed by said bondholders or by any one or more persons or corporations representing said bondholders and filed with the board of directors of said district, which petition shall set forth the amount of the outstanding bonds, coupons, and other indebtedness, if any, insofar as known to the petitioners, together with a general description of the same and the amount overdue thereon, if any, and the holders, insofar as known, showing the amount of each description of indebtedness and the ownership, insofar as known, of the same and also the estimated cost of the dissolution of said district. The petition shall also state the assets of said district, including the irrigation system, if any, dams, reservoirs, canals, franchises, and water rights. If any proposition has been made by the holders of said indebtedness to settle the same, said proposition, together with any plan proposed to carry the same into execution, shall be included in said petition.
Source: L. 15: p. 307, § 2. C.L. § 2036. CSA: C. 90, § 534. CRS 53: § 149-3-56. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-56.
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