48-3071. State lands subject to irrigation
district laws
All lands located within the boundaries of and susceptible of irrigation from
irrigation works of an irrigation district, the legal titles to which are vested in the
state, are subject to the laws of the state relating to the organization, government and
regulation of irrigation districts for the reclamation and irrigation of arid lands for
agricultural purposes to the same extent and in the same manner in which lands of a like
character held under private ownership are subject to such laws. All such lands shall be
accorded all the rights, privileges, benefits and exemptions given by the laws of the
state to persons holding lands of like character under private ownership, except as
otherwise provided in this article.
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