CHAPTER 46A-14

WATERSHED DISTRICTS

46A-14-1    Purpose of chapter--Construction and administration.

46A-14-2    Definition of terms.

46A-14-3    46A-14-3. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 6.

46A-14-4    Conservation purposes supporting establishment.

46A-14-4.1    Functions and duties of commission.

46A-14-5    Initiating petition for establishment--Filing--Signatures required.

46A-14-6    Boundaries of district--Contiguous land ownerships.

46A-14-7    Inclusion of municipality.

46A-14-8    Initiating petition--Contents.

46A-14-9    46A-14-9. Repealed by SL 1998, ch 36, § 59

46A-14-10    46A-14-10. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 13.

46A-14-11    Duties of supervisors on receipt of initiating petition.

46A-14-12    46A-14-12. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 15.

46A-14-13    Time and place for hearing on initiating petition--Publication of notice--Contents.

46A-14-14    Hearing by conservation district on petition--Right of interested persons to be heard.

46A-14-15    Determination that public interest would be served by creation of district--Election on question.

46A-14-15.1    Eligible voter defined.

46A-14-16    Referendum unnecessary where petition signed by sixty percent of eligible voters.

46A-14-17    46A-14-17. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 20.

46A-14-18    46A-14-18 to 46A-14-25. Repealed by SL 1998, ch 36, §§ 64 to 71

46A-14-26    Organization to proceed on sixty percent favorable vote--New proposal permitted on defeat.

46A-14-27    46A-14-27. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 22.

46A-14-28    Name of district--Perpetual existence--Findings and order--Political subdivision.

46A-14-29    46A-14-29. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 24.

46A-14-30    Boundaries--Minor adjustments by managers without referendum--Exception.

46A-14-31    Annexation of additional areas to watershed district--Procedure.

46A-14-32    Combining of two or more watershed districts into one district--Procedure.

46A-14-33    Abolishment of original watershed district upon combining districts or annexing additional territory--Certification to secretary of state.

46A-14-34    Powers of district.

46A-14-35    Oath of office of managers--Filing with conservation district.

46A-14-36    Officers--Records--Transaction of district's business.

46A-14-37    Annual election of managers--Terms of office.

46A-14-38    Candidates for board of managers--Filing of application--Qualifications.

46A-14-39    Vacancies on board--Appointments--Terms of office.

46A-14-39.1    Watershed district--Reactivation--Hearing.

46A-14-39.2    Reactivated watershed district--Implementation of new tax levy.

46A-14-40    Advisory committee--Appointment by board of managers--Number of members--Duties.

46A-14-41    Appointment of personnel--Performance bond.

46A-14-42    Compensation of board members--Limitation.

46A-14-43    Duties of board of managers--Adoption of seal--Record of business transacted--Bylaws and regulations, adoption--Meetings, notice.

46A-14-43.1    District bylaws may be proposed by petition--Approval by board and special election.

46A-14-44    46A-14-44. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 33.

46A-14-45    Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.

46A-14-46    Vested drainage rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.

46A-14-47    General improvement plan--Consultation with advisory committee and supervisors of conservation districts--Contents--Steering committee preparation of preliminary plan.

46A-14-48    Determination of priority of specific projects--Surveys of work--Estimates--Reports of engineer, filing, public inspection.

46A-14-49    46A-14-49, 46A-14-50. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, §§ 35, 36.

46A-14-51    Examination of and hearings on plans--Resolution as to payment of costs by general tax levy, special assessment, or improvement bonds--List of benefited lands and owners.

46A-14-52    46A-14-52. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 38.

46A-14-53    Contract with conservation districts for funding.

46A-14-54    Publication of resolution and notice of hearing--Apportionment of benefits.

46A-14-55    Hearing and referendum on financing arrangements.

46A-14-56    Referendum on financing arrangements--Eligibility to vote--Counting of votes.

46A-14-57    Annual payments by municipality to district in lieu of tax or special assessment levies--Favorable vote by voters of municipality required.

46A-14-58    Resolution approving tax or assessment levy--Detailed reports.

46A-14-59    Assessed valuation for district tax purposes--Limitation on land taxed.

46A-14-60    Annual general tax levy against land and buildings--Maximum amount.

46A-14-61    Taxes collected by county officials--Delivery to district secretary-treasurer.

46A-14-62    Interested party aggrieved by apportionment of benefits or levy of taxes and assessments--Appeal, procedure.

46A-14-63    No-fund warrants to pay district obligations--Limitation on amounts.

46A-14-64    Long-term financing arrangement authorized by voters--Notice to landowners--Suit to set aside--Collection.

46A-14-65    Amended or supplemental general plan of improvements--Special election on additional taxes or special assessments.

46A-14-66    Annual maintenance of watershed project--Project schedule--Budgets.

46A-14-67    Annual operation and maintenance budget, provisions--Reserve fund.

46A-14-68    46A-14-68. Repealed by SL 1995, ch 253, § 10

46A-14-69    Budgeted operation and maintenance expense--Inclusion in tax assessment list.

46A-14-70    Budget--Operations and budget report--Publication--Hearing--Certification and collection of taxes and assessments.

46A-14-71    Contributions by board of county commissioners to watershed district supplies, labor, and equipment.

46A-14-72    Acquisition of real estate or easement therein by watershed district--Purchase--Condemnation, appraisal of premises involved.

46A-14-73    Contracts between district and others--Purposes--Referendum by voters where contract will require increased taxes or assessments.

46A-14-74    Funds of district--Deposit by secretary-treasurer in approved depository--Warrants.

46A-14-75    Claims against district--Payment by warrant or order--Registration.

46A-14-76    Services performed by county officials and Board of Water and Natural Resources free of charge.

46A-14-77    Annual reports of district engineer, secretary, and managers.

46A-14-78    46A-14-78 to 46A-14-79.1. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, §§ 51 to 53.

46A-14-80    Operation of watershed district, investigation by board--Hearings, order to correct detrimental operation--Enforcement of order by injunction.

46A-14-81    Dissolution of district where federal watershed project not certified infeasible--Special election--Notice--Ballots.

46A-14-82    Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Special election--Percent required to dissolve--Notice to creditors--Auction--Proration of funds remaining.

46A-14-83    Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Proposal defeated, three years before another vote on question.

46A-14-84    Request that federal project be certified infeasible.

46A-14-85    Dissolution of district where federal watershed project certified infeasible.

46A-14-86    Public hearing--Publication of notice.

46A-14-87    State Conservation Commission determination on proposed dissolution.

46A-14-88    Effective date of dissolution.

46A-14-89    Division and apportionment of funds and assets of dissolved district.

46A-14-90    46A-14-90. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 61.

46A-14-91    Vested rights protected.

46A-14-92    46A-14-92. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 228, § 62.

46A-14-93    46A-14-93, 46A-14-94. Repealed by SL 2012, ch 220, § 3, eff. Jan. 20, 2015.