48-2362. District council; powers;
meetings
A. The council shall consist of thirty members, three of whom shall be elected from
each division. Each member shall at the time of election be the owner of record, or
hold the power of revocation over a revocable trust that is the owner of record, of land
located in the division from which the member is elected, and shall be a resident of the
district.
B. The council may enact and adopt by-laws and provide for the enforcement thereof
for the government of the district, the management of its business and the conduct of its
affairs, and may repeal, modify and amend them from time to time. No by-law shall be
passed or enforced which will interfere with any existing vested right of any landowner
within the district to the use of water for irrigation.
C. The council shall meet at least once each year in the place where the principal
office of the district is located. The regular annual meeting of the council shall begin
on the first Tuesday in May each year, and shall continue in session at its
pleasure. Special meetings may be called in such manner and at such times as prescribed
by the by-laws.
D. The compensation of members of the board of directors shall be determined by the
council, but shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for each day's attendance at meetings
of the board, and actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business under
order of the board.
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