Section 37-42-125 - Fiscal year - appropriation resolution(1) The fiscal year of each irrigation district in this state shall commence on January 1 in each year. It is the duty of the board of directors, in accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., to determine the amount of money required to meet the maintenance, operating, and current expenses for the ensuing fiscal year and to certify said amount by resolution to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the office of the district is located, together with such additional amounts as may be necessary to meet any deficiency in the payment of said expenses theretofore incurred. The board of directors may fix the amount payable for any tract containing one acre or less and, if so, similarly shall certify this amount to the board of county commissioners. The board of directors shall also fix the amount payable by each tract within any district with which the United States has made a contract and shall certify the same to the board of county commissioners.(2) The amount so fixed shall be in accordance with the federal reclamation laws and the public notices, orders, and regulations issued thereunder and shall be in compliance with any contracts made by the United States with any owners of said lands and in compliance further with the contracts between the district and the United States. The resolution shall be termed the annual appropriation resolution for the next fiscal year, and any debt or liability incurred or warrant issued in excess of the amount therein stated shall be absolutely void, except upon express authority conferred by the landowners at a general or special election.(3) The annual appropriation resolution described in subsection (2) of this section must include the amount of money needed to meet loan obligations and all amounts payable by landowners to the irrigation district in accordance with loans issued to the landowners pursuant to section 37-42-113(5) and shall indicate the amount payable by each tract within the irrigation district for which a landowner has received a loan.Amended by 2022 Ch. 84,§2, eff. 8/10/2022.L. 21: p. 539, § 25. C.L. § 2081. CSA: C. 90, § 456. CRS 53: § 149-2-35. L. 63: p. 1003, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-2-25. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 1515, § 85, effective July 15. 2022 Ch. 84, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).