Within seven days after said election, the board shall meet at the office of the drainage district for the purpose of canvassing the vote cast at said election, and shall issue a certificate of election to the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for said office, and shall file a statement of the result of said election in the clerk and recorder's office of Mesa county, Colorado. The director certified to be elected shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101.
C.R.S. § 37-31-115
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.