(1) Sections 46-101 to 46-1,163 shall be known and may be cited as the Irrigation District Act. (2) Whenever a majority of the electors owning land or holding leasehold estates, or who are entrymen of government lands, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Irrigation District Act, in any district susceptible to one mode of irrigation from a common source and by the same system of works, desire to provide for the irrigation of the same, they may propose the organization of an irrigation district under the act, and when so organized, each district shall have the power conferred by law upon such irrigation district.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-101
Irrigation District Act, how cited; irrigation districts; organization; grant of authority
Known as the Irrigation District Act
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Chimney Rock Irr. Dist. v. FAWCUS SPRINGS IRR. (1984)
Most recently applied in Frenchman-Cambridge Irr. Dist. v. Dept. of Nat. Res. (October 2017)
Laws 1895, c. 70, § 1, p. 269; Laws 1903, c. 121, § 1, p. 615; Laws 1905, c. 165, § 1, p. 648; Laws 1913, c. 142, § 1, p. 343; R.S.1913, § 3457; Laws 1917, c. 80, § 1, p. 187; C…
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