Article XV — Water Rights
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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…
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 5 Priorities And Limitations On Use.
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Whenever more than one person has settled upon, or improved land with the view of receiving water for agricultural purposes, under a sale, rental, or distribution thereof, as in the last preceding section of this article provided, as among such persons, priority in time shall giv…
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 6 Establishment Of Maximum Rates.
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The legislature shall provide by law, the manner in which reasonable maximum rates may be established to be charged for the use of water sold, rented, or distributed for any useful or beneficial purpose.
Idaho Const. art. XV, § 7 State Water Resource Agency.
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There shall be constituted a Water Resource Agency, composed as the Legislature may now or hereafter prescribe, which shall have power to construct and operate water projects; to issue bonds, without state obligation, to be repaid from revenues of projects; to generate and wholes…