Each district shall have the power and authority to issue revenue bonds, not exceeding an aggregate total outstanding of fifty million dollars, for the purpose of financing construction of projects and incidental facilities authorized by this chapter. Issuance of revenue bonds must be approved by two-thirds of all of the members of the water resource board. The district shall pledge sufficient revenue from any revenue-producing facility constructed with the aid of revenue bonds for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds and shall establish rates for the facilities at a sufficient level to provide for the operation of such facilities and for the bond payments. Revenue bonds shall not be a general obligation of any county and shall not be secured by property taxes.
61-16.1-16.1. Right of way - How acquired - Assessment of damages - Issuance of warrants. If lands assessed for drainage benefits are not contiguous to the drain, the water resource board may exercise eminent domain to acquire a right of way easement to the drain over the land of others. The right of way, when acquired, is the property of the water resource district in which the lands are located. The board may issue warrants in a sum sufficient to pay the damages assessed for the right of way. The warrants must be drawn upon the proper county treasurer or, if the water resource district treasurer is custodian of the drain funds, water
resource district treasurer, and are payable out of drain funds in the hands of the treasurer which have been collected for the construction of the drain for which the right of way is sought.