(1) 

Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-2a-504

  • Bond: means :
(a) a written obligation to repay borrowed money, whether denominated a bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or otherwise; and
(b) a lease agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other agreement that:
(i) includes an obligation by the district to pay money; and
(ii) the district's board of trustees, in its discretion, treats as a bond for purposes of Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, or Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Irrigation district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as an irrigation district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (a)  One board of trustees member shall be elected from each division established as provided in Section 17B-2a-505.

    (b)  Each landowner within an irrigation district may vote for one board of trustees member for the division in which the landowner’s land is located.

    (c)  Each landowner is entitled to cast one vote for each acre-foot or fraction of an acre-foot of water allotted to the land owned by the landowner.

    (2) 

    (a)  If an irrigation district is appointed fiscal agent of the United States or is authorized by the United States to collect money on behalf of the United States with respect to a federal project:

    (i)  each member of the district’s board of trustees shall:

    (A)  execute an official bond in the amount required by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the trustee‘s duties; and

    (B)  file the official bond in the office of the clerk of the county in which the district is located; and

    (ii)  the irrigation district shall execute an additional bond for the district’s faithful discharge of its duties as fiscal or other agent of the United States.

    (b)  The United States or any person injured by the failure of a member of the board of trustees or of the district to perform fully, promptly, and completely a duty may sue upon the official bond.

    Enacted by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session

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