Title 31 — COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

31-4901. Findings and purpose. (1) The legislature hereby finds and declares that the disposal of solid waste and domestic septage within the state of Idaho is an important public purpose, and that the creation of independent regional districts to administer solid waste or domest…

31-4902. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Act" or "this act" means this regional solid waste or domestic septage district act. (2) "Commissioners" means the board of commissioners of each county within a district. (3) "District" means a regional solid waste or domestic …

31-4903. Establishment of districts. Any two (2) or more counties within the state may establish an independent public body corporate and politic to be known as a regional solid waste or domestic septage district (with such additional designation as the district board may select)…

31-4904. District board — Quorum — Meetings. A district shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of not less than three (3) members, hereinafter referred to as the district board, which shall be vested with the authority, control and supervision of the district. The d…

31-4905. Conflict of interest prohibited. No member of a district board, employee, or agent of a district shall acquire any interest in any property or contract of the district.

31-4906. Powers of the board of directors. A district board shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To develop and administer a system for the regional disposal of solid waste, domestic septage and/or resource recovery within the d…

31-4907. Annual budget. The fiscal year of a district shall commence on October 1 of each year and shall end on September 30 of the following year. The district board shall prepare, by the first Monday in July of each year, a preliminary budget for the district and an estimate of…

31-4908. Apportionment of annual costs to counties. Any costs of the district for the ensuing year, in excess of the fees and other revenues anticipated to be received directly by the district, shall be allocated to the participating counties in accordance with the annual budget …

31-4909. No power to tax. A district shall have no power to levy property taxes. Nothing herein shall be deemed as limiting or prohibiting the power of any participating county to levy property taxes for the purposes authorized in section 31-4404, Idaho Code.

31-4910. Bonds and other indebtedness. A district shall have power to issue bonds or other obligations including, without limitation, installment purchase or lease-purchase obligations, from time to time in the discretion of the district board, for any of its corporate purposes. …

31-4911. Authorization, form and sale of bonds. When the district board shall find the proposed project or projects to be necessary for the proper operation of the district and economically feasible and such finding is recorded in its minutes, the bonds therefor shall be authoriz…

31-4912. Security for bonds or other indebtedness. In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of other indebtedness, and to secure the payment of the same, the district board shall have the power: (1) To pledge all or any part of its fees and revenues from any sour…

31-4913. Limitation on actions. No direct or collateral action attacking or questioning the validity of any bonds or other indebtedness of a district shall be brought after the elapse of forty (40) days from and after the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of suc…

31-4914. Application of laws. In the acquisition, construction, siting or other location of any facilities of a district, the district shall be subject to and shall comply with applicable zoning and building laws, ordinances and regulations of the governmental entity having juris…

31-4915. Competitive bid laws. In the acquisition of public works or property, other than real property, a district shall comply with the competitive bid requirements applicable to counties of the state.

31-4916. Transfer of property authorized. Any county, city, other political subdivision, public or quasi-public entity, and the state and any agency or department thereof, shall have the power to sell, convey or transfer with or without consideration, or to lease, for any term an…

31-4917. Operation of landfills, domestic septage receiving stations or resource recovery facilities by participating counties prohibited. No participating county shall acquire, construct or operate, or continue the operation of, any landfill site, domestic septage receiving stat…

31-4918. Liability of participating county. Each participating county shall be liable for the payment of its allocated costs pursuant to section 31-4908, Idaho Code. Each participating county shall be liable for environmental costs only to the extent provided in the comprehensive…

31-4919. Inclusion of additional counties. Any county which is not a participating county of a district may, with the consent of the district board and the consent of the commissioners of a majority of the participating counties, become a participating county of a district by ado…

31-4920. Withdrawal of participating county. A participating county may, with the consent of the commissioners of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the remaining participating counties, expressed by resolution, withdraw from a district. A county withdrawing from a district shall …

31-4921. Dissolution. A district may be dissolved by the unanimous action, expressed by resolution of the commissioners, of the participating counties; provided, that no dissolution shall occur while any indebtedness of the district remains outstanding unless provision for the pa…