Section 42-1801 – APPOINTMENT, OATH AND BOND OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT.

42-1801. APPOINTMENT, OATH AND BOND OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT. The director of the department of water resources shall be appointed by the governor for a term of four (4) years commencing as of the first Monday of January, 1975, and thereafter for like terms of four (4) years commencing on the first Monday of January […]

Section 42-1801a – NAME OF DEPARTMENT CHANGED.

42-1801a. NAME OF DEPARTMENT CHANGED. Wherever the words department of reclamation or department of water administration appear in the Idaho Code they shall mean the department of water resources, and wherever the words state reclamation engineer or deputy state reclamation engineer appear in the Idaho Code they shall mean the director of the department of […]

Section 42-1802 – POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROHIBITED.

42-1802. POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROHIBITED. The director of the department of water resources shall not, during his incumbency, take any active part in political party management or in political campaigns, nor shall he use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof, or for the purpose […]

Section 42-1803 – REMOVAL.

42-1803. REMOVAL. The governor may remove the director of the department of water resources for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, delivering to him a copy of the charges and affording him an opportunity of being publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense, upon not less than ten (10) […]

Section 42-1804 – SUCCESSOR TO COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION — STATE RECLAMATION ENGINEER — DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF WATER ADMINISTRATION.

42-1804. SUCCESSOR TO COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION — STATE RECLAMATION ENGINEER — DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF WATER ADMINISTRATION. Whenever rights, powers and duties have heretofore been vested in, or exercised by, the commissioner of reclamation, the state reclamation engineer or the director of the department of water administration, all such rights, powers and duties are hereby […]

Section 42-1805 – ADDITIONAL DUTIES.

42-1805. ADDITIONAL DUTIES. In addition to other duties prescribed by law, the director of the department of water resources shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To represent the state in all matters pertaining to interstate and international water rights affecting Idaho water resources; and to cooperate with all agencies, now existing or hereafter […]