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Idaho Const. art. XV, § 1 Use Of Waters A Public Use.
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The use of all waters now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated for sale, rental or distribution; also of all water originally appropriated for private use, but which after such appropriation has heretofore been, or may hereafter be sold, rented, or distributed, is …
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 2 Right To Collect Rates A Franchise.
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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.
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 3 Water Of Natural Stream — Right To Appropriate — State’S Regulatory Power–Priorities.
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The right to divert and appropriate the unappropriated waters of any natural stream to beneficial uses, shall never be denied, except that the state may regulate and limit the use thereof for power purposes. Priority of appropriation shall give the better right as between those u…
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 4 Continuing Rights To Water Guaranteed.
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Whenever any waters have been, or shall be, appropriated or used for agricultural purposes, under a sale, rental, or distribution thereof, such sale, rental, or distribution shall be deemed an exclusive dedication to such use; and whenever such waters so dedicated shall have once…