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Park County sends certified legal questions on contested water-rights assessments to district court
Summary
Facing unclear statute and limited case law, commissioners voted to forward three certified legal questions to the district court asking whether they must convene as a board of equalization for irrigation-district assessment complaints, whether the board can adjust assessment rolls and to what extent, and when the board may convene as the board of equalization.
Park County commissioners voted on Feb. 3 to forward a certification of questions of law to the district court after months of examining four petitions about water-rights assessments. County attorneys told the board that relevant statutes (dating to 1937) appear contradictory and that there is little controlling case law, leaving substantial uncertainty about the…
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