Metropolitan water districts may be organized under this part 4 for any one or more of the purposes set out in section 32-4-401 and may be formed of any two or more municipalities, if such municipalities are located in the same county or in adjacent or nearby counties. Unincorporated territory may become a part of a district as provided for in this part 4. When so organized, each such district shall be a governmental subdivision of the state of Colorado and a quasi-municipal corporation with such powers as are expressly granted in this part 4, together with such powers as are reasonably implied therefrom and necessary and proper to carry out the purpose of such district.L. 55: p. 580, § 3. CRS 53: § 89-13-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-3.
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