Utah Code 17B-2a-205. Additional drainage district powers
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In addition to the powers conferred on a drainage district under Section 17B-1-103, a drainage district may:
(1) enter upon land for the purpose of examining the land or making a survey;
Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-2a-205
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Drainage: includes the reclamation, protection, or betterment of land by leading, carrying, withholding, or pumping excess water from land through canals, ditches, pipes, or other means. See Utah Code 17B-2a-202
- Drainage district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a drainage district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
- Land: includes :(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See 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
- Special district: means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in Section
17B-1-103 , that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers described in:(31)(a) this chapter; or(31)(b)(31)(b)(i) this chapter; and(31)(b)(ii)(31)(b)(ii)(A) Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(B) Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(C) Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(D) Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(E) Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(F) Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(G) Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(H) Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(I) Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act;(31)(b)(ii)(J) Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District Act;(31)(b)(ii)(K) Chapter 2a, Part 11, Municipal Services District Act; or(31)(b)(ii)(L) Chapter 2a, Part 13, Infrastructure Financing Districts. See Utah Code 17B-1-102- Works: includes a dam, reservoir, well, canal, conduit, pipeline, drain, tunnel, power plant, and any facility, improvement, or property necessary or convenient for supplying or treating water for any beneficial use, and for otherwise accomplishing the purposes of a special district. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
(2) locate a necessary drainage canal with any necessary branches on land that the district’s board of trustees considers best;(3) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Special District Bonds, to carry out the purposes of the district;(4) after the payment or tender of compensation allowed, go upon land to construct proposed works, and thereafter enter upon that land to maintain or repair the works;(5) appropriate water for useful and beneficial purposes;(6) regulate and control, for the benefit of landholders within the district, all water developed, appropriated, or owned by the district;(7) appropriate, use, purchase, develop, sell, and convey water and water rights in the same manner and for the same use and purposes as a private person;(8) widen, straighten, deepen, enlarge, or remove any obstruction or rubbish from any watercourse, whether inside or outside the district; and(9) if necessary, straighten a watercourse by cutting a new channel upon land not already containing the watercourse, subject to the landowner receiving compensation for the land occupied by the new channel and for any damages, as provided under the law of eminent domain.