Section 503 - Additional irrigation district powers -- No authority to levy property tax.

UT Code § 17B-2a-503 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) In addition to the powers conferred on an irrigation district under Section 17B-1-103, an irrigation district may: (a) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Local District Bonds, to carry out the purposes of the district; (b) purchase stock of an irrigation, canal, or reservoir company; (c) enter upon any land in the district to make a survey and to locate and construct a canal and any necessary lateral; (d) convey water rights or other district property to the United States as partial or full consideration under a contract with the United States; (e) pursuant to a contract with the United States, lease or rent water to private land, an entryman, or a municipality in the neighborhood of the district; (f) if authorized under a contract with the United States, collect money on behalf of the United States in connection with a federal reclamation project and assume the incident duties and liabilities; (g) acquire water from inside or outside the state; (h) subject to Subsection (2), lease, rent, or sell water not needed by the owners of land within the district: (i) to a municipality, corporation, association, or individual inside or outside the district; (ii) for irrigation or any other beneficial use; and (iii) at a price and on terms that the board considers appropriate; and (i) repair a break in a reservoir or canal or remedy any other district disaster.

(a) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Local District Bonds, to carry out the purposes of the district;

(b) purchase stock of an irrigation, canal, or reservoir company;

(c) enter upon any land in the district to make a survey and to locate and construct a canal and any necessary lateral;

(d) convey water rights or other district property to the United States as partial or full consideration under a contract with the United States;

(e) pursuant to a contract with the United States, lease or rent water to private land, an entryman, or a municipality in the neighborhood of the district;

(f) if authorized under a contract with the United States, collect money on behalf of the United States in connection with a federal reclamation project and assume the incident duties and liabilities;

(g) acquire water from inside or outside the state;

(h) subject to Subsection (2), lease, rent, or sell water not needed by the owners of land within the district: (i) to a municipality, corporation, association, or individual inside or outside the district; (ii) for irrigation or any other beneficial use; and (iii) at a price and on terms that the board considers appropriate; and

(i) to a municipality, corporation, association, or individual inside or outside the district;

(ii) for irrigation or any other beneficial use; and

(iii) at a price and on terms that the board considers appropriate; and

(i) repair a break in a reservoir or canal or remedy any other district disaster.

(2) (a) The term of a lease or rental agreement under Subsection (1)(h) may not exceed five years. (b) A vested or prescriptive right to the use of water may not attach to the land because of a lease or rental of water under Subsection (1)(h).

(a) The term of a lease or rental agreement under Subsection (1)(h) may not exceed five years.

(b) A vested or prescriptive right to the use of water may not attach to the land because of a lease or rental of water under Subsection (1)(h).

(3) Notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-103(2)(g), an irrigation district may not levy a property tax.