Section 42-3701 – SHORT TITLE.
42-3701. SHORT TITLE. This act may be known and cited as the Watershed Improvement District Law. History: [42-3701, added 1957, ch. 226, sec. 1, p. 508.]
Section 42-3702 – LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATIONS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.
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 the state by the considered and proper use thereof, is of paramount importance to […]
Section 42-3703 – DEFINITIONS.
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 a public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of this […]
Section 42-3704 – DEFINITION OF WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
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 improvement districts may be organized within one or more counties of this state and the boundaries of […]
Section 42-3705 – CREATION OF WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
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 watershed improvement district be organized to function in the territory described in […]
Section 42-3706 – ELECTION OF DISTRICT DIRECTORS.
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 directors of such district. The state soil and water conservation commission shall give […]
Section 42-3707 – APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS AND TENURE OF DIRECTORS.
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 a person who by training and experience is qualified to perform the […]
Section 42-3708 – POWERS OF DIRECTORS.
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 assessment purposes on all taxable property within the […]
Section 42-3709 – SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED PROJECT TO DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
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 to the district, or before any contract may […]
Section 42-3710 – HEARING ON PROPOSED PROJECTS.
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, [Idaho Code,] and before any contract shall be let or work begun upon any improvement or project within the district […]
Section 42-3711 – APPOINTMENT OF APPRAISERS AND APPRAISAL OF BENEFITED PROPERTY.
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 lands benefited by said improvement or project, the directors shall appoint three (3) disinterested […]
Section 42-3712 – HEARING ON REPORT OF APPRAISERS.
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 levied against any tract of land. A notice […]
Section 42-3713 – APPEAL FROM APPROVAL OF PROJECT OR DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS OR ASSESSMENTS.
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 accepting or ratifying the report of the appraisers, or from […]
Section 42-3714 – ASSESSMENTS ENTERED AS TAX LIENS IN INSTALMENTS.
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 the amount of the assessment upon each tract, and […]
Section 42-3715 – LANDS OF STATE AND ITS SUBDIVISION.
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 and the same shall be paid by the proper authorities at […]
Section 42-3716 – ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE.
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 or proportion established in the original assessment. Such aditional [additional] assessments shall be made subject […]
Section 42-3717 – DISCONTINUANCE — DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICTS.
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 than twenty-five (25) owners of land or qualified electors reside […]