Title 37, Water and Irrigation
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-101 Person defined - liability
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Person, as used in this article, includes corporations and associations and the plural as well as the singular number. Every officer of a corporation or member of an association or co-ownership and every agent violating any of the provisions of sections 37-85-108 to 37-85-111 sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-102 Right to continue purchasing water
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Any persons, acting jointly or severally, who have purchased and used water for irrigation for lands occupied by them from any ditch or reservoir, and have not ceased to do so for the purpose or with intent to procure water from some other source of supply, have the right to cont…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-103 County commissioners to hear and consider applications
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The board of county commissioners of each county, at its regular sessions in each year, and at such other sessions as it in its discretion may deem proper, in view of the irrigation and harvesting season, and the convenience of all parties interested, shall hear and consider all …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-104 Commissioners to appoint day for hearing
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Every board of county commissioners, upon examination of such affidavit, or from the oaths of witnesses in addition thereto, if it finds that the facts sworn to show the application to be in good faith, and that there are reasonable grounds to believe that unjust rates of compens…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-105 Order fixing date of hearing
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(1) At the time so fixed, all persons interested, on either side of the controversy, in lands which may be irrigated from such ditch, or other work, may appear by themselves, their agents, or their attorneys, and said board of county commissioners shall then proceed to take actio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-106 Hearing - testimony - maximum rates
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(1) The board of county commissioners may adjourn or postpone any hearing from time to time as may be found necessary or for the convenience of parties or of public business. It shall hear and examine all legal testimony or proofs offered by any party interested concerning the or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-107 False swearing
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Every person who swears or affirms falsely in any matter is guilty of perjury in the second degree. Every person who testifies falsely after being duly sworn or having affirmed as a witness in any proceeding provided for in sections 37-85-103 to 37-85-106 is guilty of perjury in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-108 Bonus deemed an extortionate rate
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(1) It shall not be lawful for any person owning or controlling, or claiming to own or control, any ditch, canal, or reservoir carrying or storing, or designed for the carrying or storing of, any water taken from any natural stream or lake within this state, to be furnished or de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-109 Penalty for collecting excessive rate
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Every person owning or controlling, or claiming to own or control, any ditch, canal, or reservoir, who, after demand in writing made upon the person for the supply or delivery of water for irrigation, mining, milling, or domestic purposes, to be delivered from the canal, ditch, o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-110 Penalty for refusal to deliver water
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Every person owning or controlling, or claiming to own or control, any ditch, canal, or reservoir, such as is mentioned in section 37-85-108, who, after demand in writing made upon the person for the supply or delivery of water for irrigation, mining, milling, or domestic purpose…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-85-111 Action when corporation refuses to deliver water
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When any corporation, in defiance or by attempted evasion of the provisions of sections 37-85-101 and 37-85-108 to 37-85-111, after tender of the compensation, refuses to deliver water, such as is mentioned in section 37-85-110, to any person lawfully entitled to apply for water,…