Title 70, WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS

70-1605. OWNERSHIP OF IMPROVEMENTS. Except as to lands acquired or improved for industrial development, no improvements shall be acquired or constructed by the port district, unless such improvements shall, when completed, be the property of such port district, or the county in w…

70-1606. ENGINEERING STUDIES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND SURVEYS -- PROMOTION OF PORT -- RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EXPENDITURES -- VOUCHERS. All port districts are authorized and empowered, either alone or jointly with the state of Idaho, sister states, the United States of America, or …

70-1607. REGULATIONS FOR USE OF PORT PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES -- ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, AND REPEAL -- VIOLATIONS MAY BE MISDEMEANORS. A port district may formulate all needful regulations for the use by tenants, agents, servants, licensees, invitees, suppliers, passengers, custome…

70-1608. JURISDICTION OF OTHER PUBLIC BODIES. No municipal corporation, political subdivision or other public body or agency of this state shall have jurisdiction over port operations, port facilities, port-owned property, port services or other matters under port district regula…

70-1609. COUNTIES -- TAX-TITLE LANDS. Any county acquiring title to any lands within the area encompassed by any port district plan of harbor improvement or port development, and/or in any industrial development district created under this act, after the period of redemption ther…

70-1610. SALE OF PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED. A port district may sell and convey any of its property when the port commission has declared the property to be no longer needed for district purposes, but no real property which is a part of a comprehensive plan of harbor improvement …

70-1611. EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY. The port commission may exchange any property owned by the port district, for other property of equivalent value and/or may make such exchange of property and pay or receive any difference in value in cash or upon such terms as the port commission s…

70-1612. PURCHASING PROCEDURES -- CONTRACTS. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in section 70-1613, Idaho Code, procurement by port districts shall comply with the provisions of chapter 28, title 67, Idaho Code. In addition to the standards established thereby, …

70-1613. NOTICE -- AWARD OF CONTRACT -- BOND. Upon following the procedural steps established by chapter 28, title 67, Idaho Code, for receipt of bids, as modified by provisions of this title, the port commission shall proceed to canvass the bids, and at the proper time thereafte…

70-1614. LEASES AND CONTRACTS WITHOUT NOTICE OR BOND. Port districts may enter into leases and contracts of every kind and nature with the United States of America or any of its departments or instrumentalities, the state of Idaho, or of sister states, or any of their departments…

70-1615. GIFTS -- IMPROVEMENT AND USE. Port commissioners of any port district are hereby authorized to accept for and on behalf of said port district, gifts of real and personal property, to improve the same, and to use the same for all proper port purposes.

70-1616. LEASE OF PROPERTY -- PERFORMANCE BOND OR OTHER FINANCIAL GUARANTY. A port district may lease all real and personal property owned or controlled by it, and/or improvements thereon, upon such terms as the port commission deems proper; provided, that no lease shall be for a…

70-1617. STATE-OWNED LANDS WITHIN PORT AREA -- DEVELOPMENT -- LEASE. The port commissioners shall have full power and authority to improve, use for all port purposes and/or let lands belonging to the state of Idaho within the area encompassed by the port district's plan of harbor…

70-1618. STATE-OWNED LANDS -- ACQUISITION BY PORT DISTRICTS. Port districts shall have the right to acquire all state-owned real property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired in any manner, including lands reclaimed from the beds of navigable streams as a result of diking or …

70-1619. LEASE OF PROPERTY -- PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. If a port commission shall propose to lease any facility owned by the port which would be subject to ad valorem taxes of this state and/or its political subdivisions, if owned by a nonexempt taxpayer, to any legal entity whi…

70-1620. BY-PRODUCT AND WASTE MATERIAL DISPOSITION. If the conduct of any port district function shall result in the production of any fill, waste, or by-product material which would otherwise have belonged to this state, specifically including, but not limited to, sand and grave…