Title 41, State Government

A. The environmental special plate fund is established and is administered by the board consisting of monies received pursuant to section 28-2413. B. Subject to legislative appropriation, the board shall distribute $5,000 annually to each natural resource conservation district wi…

A. The natural resource conservation district fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations, grants, federal monies and other contributions. The board shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and exempt from the provisions of sect…

Twenty-five or more owners of land, but not less than twenty percent of the owners of land lying within the limits of a proposed district, or if there are fewer than twenty-five owners of land in the proposed district, not less than twenty-five percent of all such owners, may pet…

A. Within ninety days after a petition has been accepted by the board, notice of a hearing shall be given by publication in at least two issues, at intervals of not less than six days, of a newspaper of general circulation within the area affected. If there is no such newspaper, …

A. If, after final hearing on a petition, the board determines on the facts presented and other relevant information that a district within the territory considered is in the public interest, the board shall record such determination and define the boundaries of the district. In …

A. Within a reasonable time after the board has recorded its determination that it is in the public interest that a district be organized, and has defined the boundaries thereof, the board shall hold a referendum within the proposed district on the question of the creation of the…

A. If not less than sixty-five percent of the landowners voting at the referendum and the owners of not less than fifty percent of the land, other than publicly owned, lying within the proposed district vote in favor of the creation thereof, the board shall declare the district o…

A. A district shall be organized and shall be a body corporate on taking the following steps: 1. The supervisors elected as provided in section 41-6035 shall present to the secretary of state an application, signed and acknowledged by each supervisor, setting forth: (a) That a pe…

A. Territory adjacent to an organized district may be included in the district on a petition signed by seventy-five percent of the owners of land, other than publicly owned land, within the territory proposed for addition filed with the district supervisors, requesting the inclus…

A. At any time after five years following the organization of a district, any twenty-five owners of land or not less than twenty percent of the owners of land lying within the boundaries of the district may file a petition with the board praying that the operations of the distric…

On the issuance of a certificate of dissolution as provided in section 41-6038, the ordinances and regulations theretofore in force within the district shall be of no further effect. Any contract theretofore entered into to which the district or supervisors are parties shall rema…

A. Petitions for a change in the boundaries of existing districts, or the combination of two or more existing districts may be filed with the state natural resource conservation board by a majority of supervisors of the board or boards of supervisors of the district or districts …

A. The governing body of a district shall consist of five supervisors, three of whom are to be elected and two appointed by the board from a list of nominees selected by the elected supervisors. Except as to the first supervisors, whose election and terms are prescribed in sectio…

A. At the first meeting of the supervisors following an election, they shall organize by electing a chairman and a vice chairman and such other officers as are deemed necessary from among their number to serve for the ensuing two years. B. If a vacancy occurs in the office of an …

A. The supervisors shall: 1. Provide for the keeping of a record of all policies, proceedings, resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted. 2. Furnish to the board copies of such ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms or other documents adopted or empl…

A. This state recognizes the special expertise of the districts in the fields of land, soil, water and natural resources management within the boundaries of the district. A district is empowered to: 1. Conduct surveys, investigations and research relating to the character of the …

A. This chapter does not affect existing water rights and does not in any manner contravene the provisions of title 37. B. No district or public body shall undertake or cooperate in the planning, construction, improvement or maintenance of any structure, dike or channel for the s…

The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may cooperate in the exercise of any power conferred in this chapter.

Agencies of this state which have jurisdiction over or are charged with the administration of any state-owned lands, and of any county or other governmental subdivision of the state which have jurisdiction over, or are charged with the administration of, any county owned or other…