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ID Code § 70-1609 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1609 - COUNTIES — TAX-TITLE LANDS.

70-1609. COUNTIES — TAX-TITLE LANDS. Any county acquiring title to any lands within the area encompassed by any port district plan of harbor improvement or port development, and/or in any industrial development district created under this act, after the period of redemption thereof shall have expired, may, in lieu of public auction thereof, upon the request of the port commission, either grant such lands to the port district without remuneration or sell the lands to the port district for the amount of such delinquent taxes, together with any penalties and interest to which the county is entitled under the taxation laws of this state, as the county commissioners shall determine. Nothing in this section shall prevent such county commissioners from granting or selling such lands to any other municipality or public body that may make application therefor.  History: [70-1609, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 67, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1610 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1610 - SALE OF PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED.

70-1610. SALE OF PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED. A port district may sell and convey any of its property when the port commission has declared the property to be no longer needed for district purposes, but no real property which is a part of a comprehensive plan of harbor improvement of port development, or modification thereof, shall be disposed of without a public hearing upon the question of such disposition, after notice given in the same manner and for the same time as is notice for the adoption of the comprehensive plan.  History: [70-1610, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 68, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1611 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1611 - EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY.

70-1611. EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY. The port commission may exchange any property owned by the port district, for other property of equivalent value and/or may make such exchange of property and pay or receive any difference in value in cash or upon such terms as the port commission shall approve, and in determining such values may appoint an appraiser or appraisers to appraise such properties involved in any such transaction.  History: [70-1611, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 69, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1612 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1612 - PURCHASING PROCEDURES — CONTRACTS.

70-1612. PURCHASING PROCEDURES — CONTRACTS. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in section 70-1613, Idaho Code, procurement by port districts shall comply with the provisions of chapter 28, title 67, Idaho Code. In addition to the standards established thereby, a port district may also call for bids on work or material based upon plans and specifications submitted by the bidder. (2) Should emergency repairs to, or replacements of any equipment or other property owned or operated by any port district, become necessary in order to keep the port from ceasing operations, the port commission may, upon passing a resolution declaring such emergency, cause such repairs or replacements to be made without the necessity of compliance with subsection (1) of this section. (3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the purchase or acquisition of used personal property.  History: [70-1612, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 70, p. 144; am. 1980, ch. 211, sec. 1, p. 481; am. 1986, ch. 118, sec. 1, p. 312; am. 1987, ch. 83, sec. 1, p. 157; am. 2005, ch. 213, sec. 41, p. 683.]
ID Code § 70-1613 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1613 - NOTICE — AWARD OF CONTRACT — BOND.

70-1613. NOTICE — AWARD OF CONTRACT — BOND. Upon following the procedural steps established by chapter 28, title 67, Idaho Code, for receipt of bids, as modified by provisions of this title, the port commission shall proceed to canvass the bids, and at the proper time thereafter may let the contract upon the bid which the commission determines to be the best responsible bid, whether or not the same be the lowest bid, upon the plans and specifications on file, or the best responsible bid of a bidder submitting his own plans and specifications. If, in the opinion of the commission, all bids are unsatisfactory, they may reject all of them and readvertise, and in such case all such bid proposal deposits shall be returned to the bidders; but, if the contract is let, then all bid proposal deposits shall be returned to the bidders, except that of the successful bidder, which shall be retained until a contract is entered into for the purchase of such material or doing of such work. A bond shall be given to the port district by the successful bidder for the performance of the contract and otherwise conditioned as required by law, with surety satisfactory to the commission, in an amount to be fixed by the commission, but not in any event less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the contract price. If said bidder fails to enter into the contract in accordance with his bid and furnish such bond within ten (10) days from the date on which he is notified that he is the successful bidder, the check or money order and the amount thereof shall be forfeited to the port district, or the port district shall recover the amount of the surety bid bond. In the alternative, a port district may, by passage of a resolution by the board of commissioners, elect to exclusively follow the provisions of chapter 28, title 67, Idaho Code, concerning procurement.  History: [70-1613, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 71, p. 144; am. 2005, ch. 213, sec. 42, p. 683.]
ID Code § 70-1614 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1614 - LEASES AND CONTRACTS WITHOUT NOTICE OR BOND.

70-1614. LEASES AND CONTRACTS WITHOUT NOTICE OR BOND. Port districts may enter into leases and contracts of every kind and nature with the United States of America or any of its departments or instrumentalities, the state of Idaho, or of sister states, or any of their departments or instrumentalities or with any municipal, quasi-municipal or public corporation thereof without notice and without requiring such bodies to provide bond to secure the performance thereof.  History: [70-1614, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 72, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1615 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1615 - GIFTS — IMPROVEMENT AND USE.

70-1615. GIFTS — IMPROVEMENT AND USE. Port commissioners of any port district are hereby authorized to accept for and on behalf of said port district, gifts of real and personal property, to improve the same, and to use the same for all proper port purposes.  History: [70-1615, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 73, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1616 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1616 - LEASE OF PROPERTY — PERFORMANCE BOND OR OTHER FINANCIAL GUARANTY.

70-1616. LEASE OF PROPERTY — PERFORMANCE BOND OR OTHER FINANCIAL GUARANTY. A port district may lease all real and personal property owned or controlled by it, and/or improvements thereon, upon such terms as the port commission deems proper; provided, that no lease shall be for a period longer than fifty (50) years, and each lease of real property shall be secured by a bond, with surety satisfactory to the port commission, or by such other rental insurance or financial guaranty as may be deemed sufficient by the port commission, conditioned to perform the terms of such lease, including the payment in lieu of taxes provided for in this act; provided further, that where the property is held by the district under lease from the United States government or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, the port commission may sublease said property, with option for extensions, up to the total term and extensions thereof permitted by such United States lease, but in any event not to exceed ninety (90) years; provided further, that in a lease, the term of which exceeds five (5) years, and when at the option of the port commission it is so stipulated in the lease, the commission shall accept, with surety satisfactory to it, a bond or other such rental insurance or financial guaranty satisfactory to the port commission, conditioned to perform the terms of the lease for some part of the term, in no event less than five (5) years unless the remainder of the unexpired term is less than five (5) years, in which case for the full remainder and in every such case the commission shall require of the lessee, another or other like bond or other rental insurance or financial guaranty to be delivered within two (2) years, and not less than one (1) year prior to the expiration of the period covered by the existing bond, covering an additional part of the term in accordance with the foregoing provisions in respect to the original bond, and so on until the end of the term so that there will always be in force a bond or other rental insurance or financial guaranty securing the performance of the lease, and the penalty in each bond or other rental insurance or financial guaranty shall be not less than the rental for one-half (1/2) the period covered thereby, but no bond or other rental insurance or financial guaranty shall be construed to secure the furnishing of any other bond or other rental insurance or financial guaranty.  History: [70-1616, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 74, p. 144; am. 2001, ch. 165, sec. 1, p. 575.]
ID Code § 70-1617 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1617 - STATE-OWNED LANDS WITHIN PORT AREA — DEVELOPMENT — LEASE.

70-1617. STATE-OWNED LANDS WITHIN PORT AREA — DEVELOPMENT — LEASE. The port commissioners shall have full power and authority to improve, use for all port purposes and/or let lands belonging to the state of Idaho within the area encompassed by the port district’s plan of harbor improvement and port development, and/or its plan for industrial development in the same manner and under the same procedure as herein provided for the improvement, use and/or letting of land belonging to the port district provided that such real property is not then being utilized by the state or any legal subdivision or agency thereof, in which case the said rights shall not accrue to the port district until the said real property becomes surplus to such entity; provided further, in case of such leasing, the port commission shall determine which portion of the resulting rental is allocable to the land belonging to the state, and which is allocable to improvements placed, or to be placed, thereon, and that portion allocable to the land shall be paid by the port, as received, to the state treasurer; provided further, should the state question the allocation as made by the port commission, then the matter shall be determined by appraisal, the state and the port district each choosing disinterested appraisers, and the two (2) so chosen choosing a third; the decision of a majority of the appraisers concerning such allocation of rental shall be determinative of the matter, unless the same be modified or changed by the district court of the judicial district in which is situate the city for which the port is named, after hearing upon petition of either body, and after such notice as such court shall direct; provided further, that all bonds given to secure the payment of rentals, and the performance of any such lease, shall be payable jointly to the port district and the state of Idaho as their interest appears, based upon such allocation. Payment by a lessee of the amount of each periodic rental payment set by the port commission upon such property shall discharge such lessee and/or the lessee’s sureties pro tanto from any further liability as to each such rental payment made, and the allocation thereof between such port district and the state shall impose no liability or obligation upon such lessee and/or surety, nor shall any dispute or litigation as to such allocation in any way cause an increase in or otherwise affect the payment to be made by such lessee during the leasehold period.  History: [70-1617, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 75, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1618 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1618 - STATE-OWNED LANDS — ACQUISITION BY PORT DISTRICTS.

70-1618. STATE-OWNED LANDS — ACQUISITION BY PORT DISTRICTS. Port districts shall have the right to acquire all state-owned real property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired in any manner, including lands reclaimed from the beds of navigable streams as a result of diking or other public improvements, when such real property is within the area encompassed by the port district’s plan of harbor improvement and port development and/or its plan of industrial development, provided that such real property is not then being utilized by the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof, in which case the rights shall not accrue to the port district until the real property becomes surplus to such entity. A port commission desiring to acquire such real property shall so notify the state board of land commissioners, which shall thereupon, after appraisal thereof if deemed necessary, for adequate and valuable consideration, convey such real property to such port district by negotiated or exchange sale, and the provisions of this act, as to such lands, shall be in lieu of the provisions of title 58, Idaho Code. Provided that sections 70-1617 and 70-1618[, Idaho Code,] shall not apply to any state lands upriver of any highway bridge not having a lift or draw span.  History: [70-1618, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 76, p. 178.]
ID Code § 70-1620 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 16 - PORT DISTRICTS — FURTHER POWERS AND PROCEDURES — HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS|Section 70-1620 - BY-PRODUCT AND WASTE MATERIAL DISPOSITION.

70-1620. BY-PRODUCT AND WASTE MATERIAL DISPOSITION. If the conduct of any port district function shall result in the production of any fill, waste, or by-product material which would otherwise have belonged to this state, specifically including, but not limited to, sand and gravel from the beds of navigable bodies of water and/or non-navigable bodies of water belonging to this state, the port district may use or sell the same, without regard to any other or conflicting provision of law relating to the ownership, regulation or disposition thereof, and for its lawful purposes, port districts shall have the right to remove sand, gravel and other material and by-products from the beds of navigable bodies of water belonging to the state and/or of non-navigable bodies of water belonging to the state whether now or hereafter submerged or dried up, without the necessity of paying compensation therefor.  History: [70-1620, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 78, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1701 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1701 - FISCAL YEAR.

70-1701. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of all port districts shall begin on the first day of July in each year.  History: [70-1701, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 79, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1702 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1702 - TAX LEVY.

70-1702. TAX LEVY. The port commission shall, prior to the 13th day of June in each year, determine the tax levy for the next ensuing fiscal year as provided in section 63-803, Idaho Code, which levy for any such year, for all purposes, except the payment of the principal and interest of the general bonded indebtedness of the port, shall not exceed one-tenth percent (.1%) of the market value for assessment purposes on all taxable property in such port district.  History: [70-1702, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 80, p. 144; am. 1995, ch. 82, sec. 32, p. 238; am. 1996, ch. 322, sec. 72, p. 1100.]
ID Code § 70-1703 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1703 - BUDGET — HEARING.

70-1703. BUDGET — HEARING. Prior to certifying to the boards of county commissioners as hereinafter provided, the levies made by the port commission, said port commission shall adopt a budget and shall cause to be called and held a public hearing upon such budget.  History: [70-1703, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 81, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1704 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1704 - BUDGET HEARING — NOTICE.

70-1704. BUDGET HEARING — NOTICE. Notice of the budget hearing meeting shall be posted at least ten (10) full days prior to the date of said meeting in at least one (1) conspicuous place in each commissioner district to be determined by the commission, a copy of such notice shall also be published in a daily or weekly newspaper published within such district, in one (1) issue thereof, during such ten-day period. The place, hour and day of such hearing shall be specified in said notice, as well as the place where such budget may be examined prior to such hearing. A full and complete copy of such proposed budget shall be published with and as a part of the publication of such notice of hearing.  History: [70-1704, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 82, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1705 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1705 - BUDGET — INSPECTION.

70-1705. BUDGET — INSPECTION. Such budget shall be available for public inspection from and after the date of the posting of notices of hearing as in this act provided, at such place and during such business hours as the commission may direct.  History: [70-1705, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 83, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1706 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1706 - HEARING — PETITION — ADDITIONAL ELECTION.

70-1706. HEARING — PETITION — ADDITIONAL ELECTION. A quorum of the port commission shall attend such hearing and shall explain the port budget and hear any objections thereto. In the event the port district levy, excluding any sums levied in connection with any bonded indebtedness of the district, is in excess of three (3) mills, or six hundredths of one per cent (.06%) of market value for assessment purposes, for such fiscal year, and in the further event at such hearing that ten per cent (10%) of the number of electors voting in the area embraced by the port district in the most recent general election shall sign a petition calling for an election on the question of the tax levy which the port commission shall be authorized to make, then, in those events, the commission shall call and hold an election, subject to the provisions of section 34-106, Idaho Code, upon the question of the making of such levy provided that, in no case shall the authority of the port commission to determine and certify such general levy be limited below three (3) mills, or six hundredths of one per cent (.06%) of market value for assessment purposes, in any fiscal year, and such election shall be solely upon the question of any such levy in excess of three (3) mills, or six hundredths of one per cent (.06%) of market value for assessment purposes. At the election the majority of qualified electors voting in the whole port district shall determine whether or not the levy of the port commission in excess of said three (3) mills, or six hundredths of one per cent (.06%) of market value for assessment purposes, shall be certified to said county commissioners. Such levy shall in no event exceed the maximum levy provided in this chapter.  History: [70-1706, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 84, p. 144; am. 1995, ch. 118, sec. 110, p. 512.]
ID Code § 70-1707 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1707 - TAX LEVY — CERTIFICATION.

70-1707. TAX LEVY — CERTIFICATION. When the amount of the levy has been determined, the port commission shall certify the amount of the levy, the date thereof, the year for which the levy has been made or is to be made, which shall be the ensuing port fiscal year, and the name of the port district, to the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district exists. Such board of county commissioners shall at the time of making the annual county levies, make a levy upon all of the taxable property in said port district, within its boundaries, not exempt from taxation, which levy shall be the same as determined by the port commission, and shall thereafter certify the same to the county auditor.  History: [70-1707, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 85, p. 144; am. 1995, ch. 82, sec. 33, p. 238.]
ID Code § 70-1708 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1708 - SUPPLEMENTAL AND AMENDED BUDGETS.

70-1708. SUPPLEMENTAL AND AMENDED BUDGETS. A port commission may adopt by resolution one or more supplemental or amended budgets at any time during the fiscal year. Such supplemental or amended budgets shall be adopted only after public hearing. Notice of such hearing, including a full and complete copy of such proposed amended or supplemental budget, shall be given by a single publication of a notice containing the date, place and hour of the hearing, in a newspaper published in the district. Such publication shall be at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date.  History: [70-1708, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 86, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1709 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1709 - LOANS AND WARRANTS IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUES.

70-1709. LOANS AND WARRANTS IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUES. Any port commission is hereby authorized after making and certifying any such levy and prior to the receipt of taxes to be raised by levy in any fiscal year, to borrow money or issue warrants of the district in anticipation of the revenues to be derived by such district, and such indebtedness shall be paid and such warrants shall be redeemed from the first moneys available from such taxes when collected.  History: [70-1709, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 87, p. 144.]
ID Code § 70-1710 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 70 - WATERCOURSES AND PORT DISTRICTS|Chapter 17 - PORT DISTRICTS — BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS|Section 70-1710 - PORT FUNDS — DEPOSIT.

70-1710. PORT FUNDS — DEPOSIT. The port treasurer shall create such funds as the port commissioners shall direct, into which he shall place all receipts of the port district, in such manner and amounts as the port commission shall direct. Any interest which may be collected on any port funds shall belong to such port district and shall be deposited to its credit in the proper funds.  History: [70-1710, added 1969, ch. 55, sec. 88, p. 144.]