Colorado Revised Statutes Title 37. Water and Irrigation § 37-43-158. Dissolution--special election

(1) Upon the filing of said petition with the board of directors of said district, the board shall call a special election, at which shall be submitted to the qualified electors of such district the question whether or not said district shall be dissolved, its indebtedness liquidated, and its assets distributed in accordance with the plan so proposed or, in case no plan has been proposed, in accordance with a plan which shall be proposed by said board of directors in the notice of the election. No such election shall be called until either the assent of all holders of valid indebtedness against the district known to the directors is obtained, or else provision shall be made in said plan for the ultimate payment or liquidation of the claims of such nonassenting holders, either in money or, in the alternative, until all tax levies required by the laws of the state of Colorado for the payment of such indebtedness have been made; except that action shall not be taken upon said petition and said election called, in case contract has been made between the district and the United States, until the secretary of the interior has assented thereto in writing and such assent is filed with the board of directors.

(2) Notice of such election must be given in the same manner and for the same time as notice of election of directors of an irrigation district under the laws of the state of Colorado. Such notice must specify the time of holding the election, the fact that it is proposed to dissolve the district, and a brief summary of the plan proposed for liquidating all its indebtedness or for the making of all tax levies required by the laws of the state of Colorado for the payment of such indebtedness and for disposing of its assets. Such election shall be held and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions governing the election of directors in irrigation districts. At such election the ballot shall contain the words “Dissolution of the District -- Yes” and “Dissolution of the District -- No” or words equivalent thereto.