Legal Opinion
Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District v. Livingston
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 23, 2013No. Supreme Court Case No. 11SA306PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boatright
T1 In this opinion, we review the water court's determination that holdover directors of a water conservancy district board may not continue to act on behalf of the district one year after the expiration of their term. We hold that the holdover provision in the Water Conservancy Act ("WCA"), section 37-45-114(1)(b), C.R.S. (2018), allows for a holdover director to continue to serve as a de jure officer and does not impose a temporal limit on a holdover director's authority to act on behalf of a district. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the water court and remand for proceedings…
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- People v. OsborneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
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