Title 42 — IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
43 chapters · 868 sections in this title.
Idaho Code § 42-602 Director of the department of water resources to supervise water distribution within water districts
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42-602. Director of the department of water resources to supervise water distribution within water districts. The director of the department of water resources shall have direction and control of the distribution of water from all natural water sources within a water district to …
Idaho Code § 42-603 Supervision of water distribution — Rules and regulations
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42-603. Supervision of water distribution — Rules and regulations. The director of the department of water resources is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the distribution of water from the streams, rivers, lakes, ground water and other natural water sources as shall b…
Idaho Code § 42-604 Creation of water districts
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42-604. Creation of water districts. The director of the department of water resources shall divide the state into water districts in such manner that each public stream and tributaries, or independent source of water supply, shall constitute a water district: provided, that any …
Idaho Code § 42-605 District meetings — Watermaster and assistants — Election — Removal — Oath and bond — Advisory committee
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42-605. District meetings — Watermaster and assistants — Election — Removal — Oath and bond — Advisory committee. (1) There shall be held on the first Monday in March in each year, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a meeting of persons owning or having the use…
Idaho Code § 42-605A Nonconsumptive water rights — Assessments — Voting
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42-605A. Nonconsumptive water rights — Assessments — Voting. (1) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the setting of annual water district assessments and the voting of permitted, licensed and decreed water rights administered by the watermaster solely for nonconsump…
Idaho Code § 42-606 Reports of watermasters
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42-606. Reports of watermasters. All watermasters shall make an annual report to the department of water resources prior to the expiration of the watermaster’s appointment for the current year. This report shall show the total volume of water delivered by the watermaster during t…
Idaho Code § 42-607 Distribution of water
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42-607. Distribution of water. It shall be the duty of said watermaster to distribute the waters of the public stream, streams, or water supply comprising a water district among the water users taking water therefrom according to the prior rights of each respectively, in whole or…
Idaho Code § 42-608 Watermaster’s term of service
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42-608. Watermaster’s term of service. (1) The director of the department of water resources, upon receipt of a certified copy of the meeting minutes and the oath of the watermaster as provided for in section 42-605, Idaho Code, shall appoint the watermaster to a term of service …
Idaho Code § 42-609 Watermaster’s assistants — Employment in emergency — Oath and compensation
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42-609. Watermaster’s assistants — Employment in emergency — Oath and compensation. A watermaster shall have power, in case of emergency, with the approval of the director of the department of water resources, to employ suitable assistants in addition to those who may have been a…
Idaho Code § 42-610 Compensation of watermasters — Allotment and charge against land — Charge against canal
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42-610. Compensation of watermasters — Allotment and charge against land — Charge against canal. The pay for the services of the watermaster and the watermaster’s assistants shall be assessed against the land of the water users to which said water was so delivered. The amount ass…
Idaho Code § 42-612 proposed water district budget for succeeding year — adoption and contents of Budget — Debt of water user
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42-612. proposed water district budget for succeeding year — adoption and contents of Budget — Debt of water user. (1) Each watermaster shall, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the annual meeting of the water users of the water district, prepare a proposed budget for the succe…
Idaho Code § 42-613 BUDGET — FILING OF RESOLUTIONS AND COPIES — COLLECTION — TIME FOR COLLECTION OF BUDGET — PAYMENT OF DISTRICT EXPENSES BY COUNTY — WATER NOT DELIVERED UNTIL CHARGES PAID
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42-613. BUDGET — FILING OF RESOLUTIONS AND COPIES — COLLECTION — TIME FOR COLLECTION OF BUDGET — PAYMENT OF DISTRICT EXPENSES BY COUNTY — WATER NOT DELIVERED UNTIL CHARGES PAID. (1) The budget when adopted shall be filed with the secretary of the meeting and thereupon the waterma…
Idaho Code § 42-613A Proceeds from the lease of stored water — District retention — Control and use by advisory committee
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42-613A. Proceeds from the lease of stored water — District retention — Control and use by advisory committee. The advisory committee of a water district created pursuant to section 42-604, Idaho Code, and chosen pursuant to section 42-605(6), Idaho Code, when appointed by the wa…
Idaho Code § 42-616 Budget — Action to collect charges — Attorney’s fees
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42-616. Budget — Action to collect charges — Attorney’s fees. The county treasurer or water district treasurer of a water district shall have the right to collect any charges due and unpaid, by civil action, said action to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the…
Idaho Code § 42-619 Alternate plan for payment of district expenses — treasurer — election — oath and bond — removal — compensation
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42-619. Alternate plan for payment of district expenses — treasurer — election — oath and bond — removal — compensation. (1) The county commissioners of any county, having determined that providing the service of payment of water district expenses by the county treasurer from wat…