Colorado Revised Statutes Title 37. Water and Irrigation § 37-42-110. Directors to organize--powers

(1) On the same day the board of directors is elected, and immediately following the meeting at which they were elected, the board shall meet for the purpose of organization of the board. It shall select one of its own members as president of the irrigation district and shall select a secretary who may or may not be a member of the board.

(3) As compensation for service as directors, each person so acting is entitled to receive one hundred dollars for each day necessarily spent in the discharge of district business and such expenses as are necessarily incurred in the conduct of its affairs; except that, after the first year, the landowners may fix other compensation by vote at any annual or special election.

(4) Repealed by Laws 2017, Ch. 16, § 4, eff. Aug. 8, 2017.

(5) No director or any officer named in this article shall be interested directly or indirectly, in any manner, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board or in the profits to be derived therefrom, nor shall he receive any bonds, gratuity, or bribe.

(6) Any officer who violates this section commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. He or she shall also forfeit his or her office upon conviction.

(7) If it is found necessary by the board of directors to employ judges of election, each judge is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her services the sum of one hundred dollars per day to be paid by the district; except that the landowners may fix other compensation by vote at any annual or special election.