Title 42 — IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
43 chapters · 868 sections in this title.
Idaho Code § 42-3701 Short title
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42-3701. Short title. This act may be known and cited as the Watershed Improvement District Law.
Idaho Code § 42-3702 Legislative determinations and declaration of policy
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42-3702. Legislative determinations and declaration of policy. It is hereby recognized that the protection of life and property from floods, the prevention of damage to lands therefrom, and the orderly development, wise use, conservation and protection of the water resources of t…
Idaho Code § 42-3703 Definitions
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42-3703. Definitions. Whenever used or referred to in this act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "District" or "watershed improvement district" means a governmental subdivision of this state and…
Idaho Code § 42-3704 Definition of watershed improvement districts
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42-3704. Definition of watershed improvement districts. Watershed improvement districts may be established in this state pursuant to this act, and when so established shall be governmental subdivisions of this state and public bodies corporate and politic. Such watershed improvem…
Idaho Code § 42-3705 Creation of watershed improvement districts
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42-3705. Creation of watershed improvement districts. Any fifteen (15) owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a watershed improvement district may file a petition with the state soil and water conservation commission asking that a wa…
Idaho Code § 42-3706 Election of district directors
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42-3706. Election of district directors. After the date of issuance of the secretary of state of a certificate of organization of a watershed improvement district nominating petitions may be filed with the state soil and water conservation commission to nominate candidates for di…
Idaho Code § 42-3707 Appointment, qualifications and tenure of directors
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42-3707. Appointment, qualifications and tenure of directors. The governing body of the district shall consist of three (3) directors elected or appointed as provided hereinabove. The director appointed by the commission shall be an owner of land within the district and shall be …
Idaho Code § 42-3708 Powers of directors
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42-3708. Powers of directors. The directors of a watershed improvement district shall have power: 1. To levy and cause to be collected assessments on real property within the district in an amount not to exceed six hundredths of one per cent (.06%) of the market value for assessm…
Idaho Code § 42-3709 Submission of proposed project to director of the department of water resources
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42-3709. Submission of proposed project to director of the department of water resources. Before any contract shall be let or work begun upon any improvement or project within the district the cost of which cannot be exclusively financed by funds on hand, grants in aid, or gifts …
Idaho Code § 42-3710 Hearing on proposed projects
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42-3710. Hearing on proposed projects. Not sooner than sixty (60) days after the submission of the plans for any project to the director of the department of water resources as set forth in section 42-3709, and before any contract shall be let or work begun upon any improvement o…
Idaho Code § 42-3711 Appointment of appraisers and appraisal of benefited property
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42-3711. Appointment of appraisers and appraisal of benefited property. If the directors, by resolution, determine that the proposed improvement or project should be constructed and that the costs of said improvement or project should be paid by special assessment against the lan…
Idaho Code § 42-3712 Hearing on report of appraisers
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42-3712. Hearing on report of appraisers. Upon receiving the report of the appraisers the directors shall fix a time and place within the district for hearing any complaint that may be made regarding the benefits appraised to any tract of land or the assessment proposed to be lev…
Idaho Code § 42-3713 Appeal from approval of project or determination of benefits or assessments
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42-3713. Appeal from approval of project or determination of benefits or assessments. Any owner of land or person having an interest therein upon which an assessment is proposed to be levied may, within ninety (90) days, take an appeal from the resolution of the directors accepti…
Idaho Code § 42-3714 Assessments entered as tax liens in instalments
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42-3714. Assessments entered as tax liens in instalments. Upon the entering of the resolution and no appeal therefrom being filed within the time allowed for such appeal the directors shall transmit to the county auditor a list of all tracts of land so benefited, together with th…
Idaho Code § 42-3715 Lands of state and its subdivision
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42-3715. Lands of state and its subdivision. In case of lands belonging to the state, county, school district, or other public corporations are benefited by any improvement or project instituted under the provisions of this act, all benefits shall be assessed against said lands a…
Idaho Code § 42-3716 Additional assessments for maintenance
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42-3716. Additional assessments for maintenance. Additional assessments for the proper maintenance and/or operation of any improvement or project constructed within the district pursuant to this act may be levied against lands benefited by the improvement or project at the ratio …
Idaho Code § 42-3717 Discontinuance — dissolution of districts
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42-3717. Discontinuance — dissolution of districts. (1) At any time after three (3) years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this chapter any twenty-five (25) qualified electors or owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district or, if less t…