Title 50 — MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

50-1801. City irrigation system authorized. Any city within the state of Idaho is hereby authorized, in the whole or part of the city to establish a city irrigation system and to extend the boundaries within which it will supply and deliver irrigation water; to acquire by purchas…

50-1802. City control — Petition. Every city in the state of Idaho shall have the power by and through its council, upon a petition signed by a majority of the owners or representatives of owners of real property within any city receiving water by distribution from any ditch or c…

50-1803. Assignment of water stock to city. Where the inhabitants of a city own stock in irrigation or canal companies supplying them with irrigation water for use therein, and desire to receive the benefit of the provisions of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835, it shall be necess…

50-1804. City water certificate. In lieu of such stock so assigned to such city, it shall issue to such assignors a city water certificate, showing such assignor to be entitled to all the water to which he was originally entitled under the certificates shall be signed by the mayo…

50-1805. Contracts for distribution of water, collection and remission of irrigation district assessments. Every city incorporated under the laws of the state of Idaho shall have the power to enter into a contract in writing with an irrigation district organized or hereafter orga…

50-1805A. Pooling of water rights for delivery — Uniform method of allocation of assessments and charges — Allocation and accounting for bonded or contract indebtedness. Except where a landowner makes a timely written demand for delivery of water in accordance with the water righ…

50-1806. Apportionment of costs. To defray the expense of conveying, controlling, distributing and apportioning such irrigation water as herein provided, the city may assess and apportion the cost thereof against the several water user or landowners using the same, according to t…

50-1807. Levying of annual assessments to defray operating and maintenance costs. The clerk of such city which shall acquire and operate a city irrigation system under sections 50-1801 through 50-1835, Idaho Code, shall act as the assessor of such irrigation system and shall, on …

50-1808. Issuance of coupon bonds. Every city shall have power and authority to issue coupon bonds in a sufficient amount to acquire by purchase, contract, eminent domain or otherwise, and to construct, improve, enlarge, alter and extend irrigation water, waterworks and an irriga…

50-1809. Control of ditches. To fully carry into effect the purposes of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835 every city shall have power to construct, enlarge, diminish, alter or change all irrigation ditches, aqueducts, pipelines, flumes, canals or laterals within its corporate limi…

50-1810. Power of city to prescribe penalties for interference. Such city after taking over the control, conveyance, distribution and regulation of such irrigating water, shall have power, by ordinance, to declare it a misdemeanor for any unauthorized person to meddle, dam, turn,…

50-1811. Board of correction — Changes in assessment books. At the time of the meeting specified in the notice required by section 50-1807, the mayor and council of such city are hereby constituted a board of correction and for that purpose shall meet and continue in session from…

50-1812. Correction of irregularities upon giving notice — Omissions. If the levy of any assessment or assessments for any year as provided by this section, upon any or all the lands, lots, pieces or parcels of real estate within the boundaries of such irrigation system, shall be…

50-1813. Assessments as prior liens. All assessments levied under this act shall be a first and prior lien, subject only to state and county taxes and assessments based on any irrigation bond issue outstanding at the time of the passage of section 50-1801 through 50-1835, against…

50-1814. Notice of time assessments become due — Apportionment of assessments. Upon receipt of such assessment roll the treasurer of the city shall publish a notice in the official newspaper of such city that the said assessments shall be due and payable on or before the 1st day …

50-1815. Entry of delinquent assessments and penalties — Amounts of penalty and interest. On or before the second Monday of July of each year in which the assessments are levied, the treasurer of the city shall enter all delinquent assessments and penalties on the assessment roll…

50-1816. Certificate showing amount of collections and delinquencies. On or before the third Monday of July of each year in which the assessments were levied, the treasurer of the city shall make his certificate to the clerk of the city showing the amount of such assessments coll…

50-1817. Compilation of alphabetical list of delinquencies. On or before the fourth Monday of July of the year in which such assessments were levied, the city treasurer shall compile a list of such delinquency entries, in cases where redemption has not been made, which list shall…

50-1818. Certified copy of delinquency list filed — Fee. On or before the fourth Monday of July of the year in which such assessments were levied, the city treasurer shall file a certified copy of the delinquency list, as provided in the preceding section, with the county recorde…

50-1819. Redemption of lands. After delinquency and prior to three (3) years from the date of delinquency, redemption of the lands may be made by paying to the city treasurer an amount equal to the delinquent assessment thereon, plus the penalty of two per cent (2%) thereon, toge…

50-1820. Unredeemed property deeded to city. If the property is not redeemed within three (3) years from the date of delinquency entry, the treasurer must make to the city a deed to the property, but the city shall not be entitled to a tax deed for the lands, lots, parcels or pie…

50-1821. Notice of pending tax deed. The city treasurer shall publish a notice in the official newspaper of the city to the effect that he will take deed to all of the property upon the delinquency list for the year of delinquency (stating the year of delinquency) for which the c…

50-1822. Affidavit of compliance by treasurer. The city treasurer shall, before the city shall be entitled to a deed, make an affidavit of his having complied with the conditions thereof, stating particularly the facts relied on as constitute such compliance, which affidavit shal…

50-1823. Tax deed — Form and contents — Title conveyed. The matters recited in the delinquency entry must be recited in the deed to the city, and such deed duly acknowledged or proved shall be prima facie evidence in that: (1) the property was assessed as required by law; (2) tha…

50-1824. Deed prima facie evidence of regularity. Such deed duly acknowledged and proved is prima facie evidence of the regularity of all other proceedings from the assessment by the treasurer up to the execution of the deed.

50-1825. Deed to city — Recitals and form. Upon the expiration of the period of redemption the city treasurer shall execute to the city a deed to the property described in the delinquency entry; which deed shall recite that it was issued in consideration of the amount of taxes or…

50-1826. Sale of land by city. All lots, pieces or parcels of land taken by the city under the provisions of this act may be sold by the city under the provisions of sections 50-1401 through 50-1409, as property not acquired or used as a public park, playground or public building…

50-1827. Payment of state and county taxes by city — Repayment upon redemption — Sale by county for taxes. Such city may pay state and county taxes on any property where the assessments levied hereunder are delinquent and within the boundaries of the city irrigation system, and m…

50-1828. Disposal of funds from sales. All moneys received from the sale of any lots, pieces or parcels of real estate under the provisions of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835 shall be paid into the city irrigation system fund by the treasurer of the city, and shall be apportione…

50-1829. Action to quiet title against or test validity of assessment — Tender. Any suit, action or proceeding which may be commenced for the purpose of determining the validity of the sale of land for assessments, as in this act provided, to quiet title against the same or to re…

50-1830. Assessment of city irrigation systems by irrigation district. Should any city acquire and operate a city irrigation system under the provisions of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835, which shall be included within the boundaries of one or more irrigation districts, nothing…

50-1831. Adjustment and settlement of accounts with irrigation system in operation. Any city operating an irrigation system under the provisions of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835 which desires to acquire and operate or acquire or operate a city irrigation system as provided und…

50-1832. Ordinances or resolutions establishing boundaries. Any city desiring to acquire and operate or acquire or operate a city irrigation system under the provisions of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835 for any part or all of such city shall pass and publish an ordinance descri…

50-1833. Diversion works for city irrigation system. Any city desiring to operate or operating a city irrigation system under the provisions of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835 may contract for the delivery of irrigation water for all or any portion of the city irrigation system …

50-1834. Manner of acquiring or establishing city irrigation system — Power of cities. Cities within this state are hereby authorized to adopt and use any one or all of the methods in this act provided for acquiring or establishing a city irrigation system, and cities and irrigat…

50-1835. Separability. Should any section, phrase, provision or portion of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835 be held to be unconstitutional or illegal, the same shall not in any manner affect the remainder of sections 50-1801 through 50-1835.