Colorado Revised Statutes Title 37. Water and Irrigation § 37-43-122. Irrigation districts to provide drainage

Upon presentation of a petition to the board of directors of an irrigation district signed by not less than two-thirds of the legal voters of such district, each of whom is the owner of five acres or more of lands within the district and has paid the irrigation district taxes in full upon all his real property located within said district during the calendar year preceding the presentation of said petition, any irrigation district organized under the laws relating to such districts may provide for any drainage made necessary by the irrigation provided for by such laws. The officers, agents, and employees of such districts shall have the same powers, duties, and liabilities respecting such drainage, and the construction, repair, maintenance, management, and control thereof as they have respecting such irrigation, and all laws respecting such irrigation or such irrigation districts shall be so construed, applied, and enforced as to apply to such drainage as well as such irrigation.