Concerning the Application for Water Rights of Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District in Rio Blanco County Yellow…

Summary

The court held that the Water Conservancy Act permits directors to remain de jure officers after their terms expire until successors are appointed and qualified, without imposing a temporal or reasonableness limit on that holdover status. Because the holdover directors remained authorized to act, their presence established a quorum that validly approved and filed the diligence applications. The court therefore reversed the water court's dismissal and remanded for further proceedings.