The right to collect rates or compensation for the use of water supplied to any county, city, or town, or water district, or the inhabitants thereof, is a franchise, and can not be exercised except by authority of and in the manner prescribed by law.
Right To Collect Rates A Franchise.
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 2 — under Water Rights.
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 2
Right To Collect Rates A Franchise.