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 the canals, ditches, pumps and other facilities diverting therefrom. Distribution of water […]
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 be necessary to carry out the laws in accordance with the priorities […]
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 stream or water supply, when the distance between the extreme points of […]
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 of a water right in […]
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 nonconsumptive purposes shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this section. For purposes of this […]
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 the preceding year, the volume delivered to each water user, the total […]
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 in part, and to shut and fasten, or cause […]
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 throughout the year, extending until the annual meeting […]
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 approved at the annual meeting of the water users of the […]
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 assessed to each user shall be a pro rata share […]
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 succeeding year, together with a distribution of the […]
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 watermaster shall immediately prepare and file a certified […]
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 water resource board to facilitate the rental of stored water in […]
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 name of the county treasurer or water […]
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 water district funds pursuant to section 42-613(2), Idaho Code, is an […]
