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ID Code § 50-201 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-201 - PROOF OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE — EFFECT OF THIS ACT.

50-201. PROOF OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE — EFFECT OF THIS ACT. The corporate name of each city governed by this act shall be City of ….. All courts within the county in which such city is situated shall take judicial notice of the corporate capacity and existence of such city, and of the fact that such city is identical with, and a continuation of such former corporation. In all other courts of the state the corporate capacity and existence of such city may be proved by copies of the certificate of incorporation, required to be filed with the secretary of state, duly authenticated, declaring the same to be a city. All by-laws, ordinances and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in any city under its former organization, shall remain in full force and effect until altered or repealed by the mayor and council under the provisions of this act. The territorial limits of each city shall remain the same as under its former organization; but such territorial limits may be extended or changed as may be provided by law; and the rights and property of every description which are vested in any city under its former organization shall remain in full force and effect. Each city shall be the successor of its former organization and shall have perpetual succession. No right or liability of any city, either in favor of or against it, existing at the time, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change. It shall have and exercise all powers, functions, rights and privileges, now or hereafter granted it, and shall be subject to all the duties, obligations, liabilities and limitations now or hereafter imposed upon such city by the constitution and laws of the state of Idaho. Processes and notices affecting corporations shall be served upon the mayor and in his absence upon the clerk or in the absence of such officers, then by leaving a certified copy at the office of the clerk.  History: [50-201, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 5, p. 1249; am. 1982, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 347.]
ID Code § 50-202 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-202 - EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES NOT AFFECTED — OPERATION OF PRIOR INCORPORATED CITIES AND VILLAGES.

50-202. EXISTING RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES NOT AFFECTED — OPERATION OF PRIOR INCORPORATED CITIES AND VILLAGES. This act shall not impair or affect any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued, or acquired or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time this act takes effect, but the same may be enjoyed, asseted [asserted], enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same extent as if this act has not been passed. All cities of the first class and all cities of the second class, heretofore incorporated under the general laws of this state, and heretofore operating with a mayor and council, shall continue to operate with a mayor and a council under the provisions of this act. All villages, heretofore incorporated under the general laws of this state, and heretofore operating with a board of trustees, shall hereafter operate with a mayor and a council under the provisions of this act. All cities and villages, heretofore incorporated under the general laws of this state, and heretofore operating under chapters 36, 43 or 49, title 50, Idaho Code, shall hereafter operate under sections 50-805 [50-801] through 50-904 [50-812], and enjoy all powers and privileges given under the provisions of this act.  History: [50-202, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 473, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-203 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-203 - OFFICIALS — COMPENSATION.

50-203. OFFICIALS — COMPENSATION. The officials of each city shall consist of a mayor and either four (4) or six (6) councilmen whose compensation shall be fixed by ordinance published at least seventy-five (75) days before any general city election, which ordinance shall be effective for all said officials commencing on January 1 following said election and continuing until changed pursuant to this section.  History: [50-203, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 33, p. 1249; am. 1976, ch. 45, sec. 8, p. 127; am. 2006, ch. 105, sec. 1, p. 288.]
ID Code § 50-204 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-204 - APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS — OATH — BOND.

50-204. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS — OATH — BOND. The mayor, except as otherwise provided in sections 50-801 through 50-812, with the consent of the council shall appoint a city clerk, a city treasurer, a city attorney and such other officers as may be deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the city. The city clerk, city treasurer, and such other officers as are designated by the council shall, before entering upon the duties thereof, execute a bond to the city in such penal sum as the city council may by ordinance determine, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. All official bonds shall be approved by the city council and when so approved shall be filed with the city clerk, except the bond of the city clerk, which shall be filed with the mayor.  History: [50-204, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 68, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-205 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-205 - REFUSAL TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS — VACANCIES.

50-205. REFUSAL TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS — VACANCIES. If the city council shall refuse to confirm any nomination, the mayor shall then within ten (10) days thereafter, nominate another person to fill the office and he may continue to nominate until his nominee is confirmed. If the mayor fails to make another nomination for the same office within ten (10) days after the rejection of a nominee, the city council shall appoint a suitable person to fill the office during the term. The affirmative vote of one half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council shall be required to confirm any nomination made by the mayor. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in an appointive office, the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointment.  History: [50-205, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 69, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-206 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-206 - REMOVAL OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS.

50-206. REMOVAL OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS. Any appointive officer, unless appointed under sections 50-801 through 50-812, may be removed by the mayor for any cause by him deemed sufficient; but such removal shall be by and with the affirmative vote of one half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council; provided, that the city council, by the unanimous vote of all its members, may upon their own initiative remove any appointive officer.  History: [50-206, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 70, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-207 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-207 - DUTIES OF THE CLERK — JOURNAL — ADMINISTERING OATHS.

50-207. DUTIES OF THE CLERK — JOURNAL — ADMINISTERING OATHS. The city clerk shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the council and shall have the custody of all laws and ordinances of the city. He may administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to him or the city council. He shall also perform such other duties as may be required by ordinance.  History: [50-207, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 71, p. 1249; am. 1976, ch. 49, sec. 1, p. 148; am. 1979, ch. 30, sec. 1, p. 46.]
ID Code § 50-208 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-208 - DUTIES OF TREASURER — RECORD OF OUTSTANDING BONDS.

50-208. DUTIES OF TREASURER — RECORD OF OUTSTANDING BONDS. (1) The treasurer of each city shall be the custodian of all moneys belonging to the city. He shall account for each fund or appropriation made in its annual budget appropriation or otherwise directed by the city council. Such accounting shall track the debits and credits relating thereto. The treasurer shall on a monthly basis, and no more than sixty (60) days after the conclusion of each month at a regular meeting of the city council, render an accounting to the city council showing the financial condition of the treasury at the date of such accounting. The report shall state the balances of accounts maintained in the city’s treasury. The treasurer shall also make available credit and debit details of all such accounts when required by the mayor or by action of the governing board. Making the quarterly treasurer’s report available for public review on the city’s website within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of each quarter shall satisfy publication requirements established by section 50-1011, Idaho Code. (2) The treasurer shall also keep a record of all outstanding bonds against the city showing the number, amount of each, and to whom said bonds were issued and when any bonds are purchased, paid, or canceled. In his annual report, the treasurer shall describe particularly the bonds issued and sold during the year and the fiscal terms of the sale including the expenses related thereto. (3) Upon notification by the state controller, the treasurer shall comply with the accounting and fiscal reporting requirements set forth in the uniform accounting manual for local governmental entities authorized under section 67-1075, Idaho Code.  History: [50-208, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 72, p. 1249; am. 1976, ch. 49, sec. 2, p. 148; am. 2017, ch. 129, sec. 1, p. 303; am. 2021, ch. 89, sec. 15, p. 309.]
ID Code § 50-208A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-208A - DUTIES OF CITY ATTORNEY.

50-208A. DUTIES OF CITY ATTORNEY. (1) The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of the municipal corporation, may represent the city in all suits or proceedings in which the city is interested, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinances and resolutions duly passed. Nothing herein, however, shall preclude any city from employing alternative additional counsel when deemed advisable. (2) The city attorney, his deputies, or contract counsel shall prosecute those violations of county or city ordinances, state traffic infractions, and state misdemeanors committed within the municipal limits. In so doing, the city attorney, his deputies, or contract counsel shall exercise the same powers as the county prosecutor including, but not limited to, granting immunity to witnesses.  History: [50-208A, added 1989, ch. 292, sec. 2, p. 720.]
ID Code § 50-209 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-209 - POWERS OF POLICEMEN.

50-209. POWERS OF POLICEMEN. The policemen of every city, should any be appointed, shall have power to arrest all offenders against the law of the state, or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as the sheriff or constable. Whenever such policemen shall be in fresh pursuit of any offender against any law of the state, including traffic infractions, or of the city and the offense has been committed within the corporate limits of such city, such policemen, while in such fresh pursuit may go beyond the corporate or geographical limits of such city subject to the provisions of chapter 7, title 19, Idaho Code, for the purpose of making such arrest or citation.  History: [50-209, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 73, p. 1249; am. 1980, ch. 152, sec. 2, p. 322; am. 1987, ch. 85, sec. 1, p. 160.]
ID Code § 50-210 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-210 - BOARDS — COMMISSIONS.

50-210. BOARDS — COMMISSIONS. The mayor and council shall have authority to appoint such boards, commissions and committees as may be deemed necessary or expedient to assist the mayor and council in better carrying out the responsibilities of their offices. The responsibilities, duties and authority granted permanent boards or commissions, shall be enumerated by ordinance. All appointments to permanent boards, commissions or committees shall be made by the mayor with the advice and approval of the council, and members of permanent boards, commissions or committees may in like manner be removed. Members of all such boards, commissions or committees shall serve without compensation, but actual and necessary expenses may be allowed by ordinance in the case of permanent boards, commissions or committees, or with prior approval of the mayor and city council for all other boards, commissions or committees. Unless otherwise specifically provided, each such board, commission or committee shall provide its own manner of organizing, but shall maintain such records and make such reports as the mayor and city council may require or request.  History: [50-210, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 74, p. 1249; am. 1987, ch. 24, sec. 1, p. 33.]
ID Code § 50-213 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-213 - OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.

50-213. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. The city council of each city shall, by ordinance, designate a newspaper within the provisions of title 60, Idaho Code, to be the official newspaper of that city. Said newspaper shall be one published within said city, or if none there be, then a newspaper published within the county in which said city is situated, or the nearest Idaho newspaper of general circulation within the city.  History: [50-213, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 36, p. 1249; am. 1977, ch. 194, sec. 1, p. 528.]
ID Code § 50-214 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-214 - CENSUS AUTHORIZED.

50-214. CENSUS AUTHORIZED. Any city council may provide, by resolution, for taking census or enumeration of the inhabitants thereof, and in such resolution shall provide for engaging the services of the bureau of census, U.S. department of commerce, to take said census or enumeration. Whenever it shall have been duly ascertained by any census or enumeration taken as hereinbefore provided, such fact shall thereupon by the clerk of said city, be certified to the secretary of state and to the county clerk wherein said city is situated. Provided further, that the population of any city determined by a special census shall thereafter be used in apportionment of state revenues in which the city may share.  History: [50-214, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 7, p. 1249; am. 1973, ch. 21, sec. 1, p. 42.]
ID Code § 50-215 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-215 - PROSECUTIONS AGAINST CORPORATIONS UNDER CITY ORDINANCE.

50-215. PROSECUTIONS AGAINST CORPORATIONS UNDER CITY ORDINANCE. In all prosecutions of any corporation for a violation of any city ordinance or any forfeiture or penalty provided by ordinance of such city, it shall be sufficient to make the corporation in its corporate name a defendant and service may be procured by serving of summons upon the president, secretary, or other managing agent of such corporation; and after the return of such service, the court shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction of the defendant and may proceed to try said cause; and any judgment imposed by said court shall have the force and effect of a judgment in a civil suit action and execution may issue thereon, and the corporate property, rights and franchises of said defendant may be sold thereunder in satisfaction of the same. The summons herein authorized to be served upon a defendant corporation shall contain a statement that the corporation shall appear forthwith and defend said action, and in case of failure to so appear and defend, a plea of not guilty will be entered by the court and the trial will proceed as if said defendant shall have appeared. A copy of the complaint shall be attached to and served with said summons.  History: [50-215, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 8, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-216 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-216 - COMPELLING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES BEFORE COUNCIL.

50-216. COMPELLING ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES BEFORE COUNCIL. The council of any city shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses before the mayor and council or any committee thereof in any investigation ordered by the council: provided, that all process shall be issued by the mayor, and the attendance of such witnesses may be compelled by attachment, fine, or imprisonment; provided, further, that the mayor or president of the council shall preside at such hearing and administer all oaths and any person testifying falsely at such investigation shall be deemed guilty of perjury.  History: [50-216, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 9, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-217 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-217 - PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS.

50-217. PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS. The city council shall have power to order paid any final judgment against such city, but none of its lands or property of any kind or nature, taxes, revenues, franchises, rates or interest shall be attached, levied upon or sold in or under any process whatsoever.  History: [50-217, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 10, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-218 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-218 - PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOGNITION OF INVALID OR STALE CLAIMS.

50-218. PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOGNITION OF INVALID OR STALE CLAIMS. The city council of any city shall never allow, make valid, or in any manner recognize any demand against the city, which was not at the time of its creation a valid claim against the same; nor shall it authorize to be paid any demand which, without such action, would be invalid or which shall then be barred by any statute of limitation or for which the city was never liable, and any such action shall be void.  History: [50-218, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 11, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-219 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-219 - DAMAGE CLAIMS.

50-219. DAMAGE CLAIMS. All claims for damages against a city must be filed as prescribed by chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code.  History: [50-219, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 12, p. 1249; am. 1983, ch. 93, sec. 1, p. 206.]
ID Code § 50-220 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-220 - ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF LANDS OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS — PURPOSE.

50-220. ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF LANDS OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS — PURPOSE. Cities are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, lands outside of their respective corporate limits and to own, control, regulate and administer lands so acquired, either directly by said corporations or through any governmental agency or other agency.  History: [50-220, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 13, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-221 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-221 - CITIES SITUATED ON NAVIGABLE LAKES AND STREAMS — EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES INTO WATERS.

50-221. CITIES SITUATED ON NAVIGABLE LAKES AND STREAMS — EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES INTO WATERS. Cities situated on navigable lakes and streams, when the corporate boundaries or limits of such cities extend to the shorelines of such lakes or streams, shall have power by ordinance to fix, determine or extend its corporate boundaries or limits over the waters of such lakes or streams for a distance of one fourth (1/4) of a mile from the low-water mark of such navigable lakes, and for a distance of seventy-five (75) feet from the low-water mark of such navigable streams.  History: [50-221, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 14, p. 1249.]
ID Code § 50-223 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-223 - ANNEXATION ORDINANCE TO BE FILED.

50-223. ANNEXATION ORDINANCE TO BE FILED. It shall be the duty of the clerk of any city, within ten (10) days following the effective date of any annexation ordinance: to file a certified copy of such ordinance with the county auditor, the county treasurer and the county assessor of the county in which the city is located, and with the Idaho state tax commission; to comply with the provisions of section 63-215, Idaho Code; and to order the annexed area surveyed if the council shall so direct; the cost of said survey to be prorated according to the amount of land surveyed and assessed to the then owners of said lands as provided in section 50-1008, Idaho Code, and thereupon and thereafter the corporate limits of such city shall extend to and include such land, and thereafter all property and persons within the limits of such annexed tract of land shall be subject to the provisions of all by-laws and ordinances of the said city.  History: [50-223, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 16, p. 1249; am. 1971, ch. 7, sec. 1, p. 17; am. 1996, ch. 322, sec. 47, p. 1077.]
ID Code § 50-224 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 50 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS — GOVERNMENT — TERRITORY|Section 50-224 - EFFECT OF ANNEXATION — CEMETERY DISTRICTS EXEMPTED.

50-224. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION — CEMETERY DISTRICTS EXEMPTED. Upon compliance with the provisions of section 63-215, Idaho Code, all the property situated within the said annexed territory shall be subject to taxation as other property and persons within the corporate limits of such city, as though said annexed portion had been a part of the said city from the date of its incorporation. When the annexed area or any part thereof is situated in any district, organized under the laws of this state, and said district is supported in whole or in part by taxes levied upon the annexed territory or any part thereof, and said district provides the same or similar services as that provided by the annexing city, the annexed area shall, upon the filing of the certified copy of said ordinance, be relieved of all liability for levies, taxes and assessments made by said district after the calendar year in which said annexation occurred. The purpose of this section is to prevent duplicate taxation of said annexed area for the same or similar services by such district and the annexing city. The filing of the certified copy of said ordinance shall constitute a withdrawal of said annexed territory from the district, offering the same or similar services to the annexed territory as the annexing city, which withdrawal shall be effective as of December 31 of the calendar year of annexation, such withdrawal shall have the same effect as if the withdrawal had been made by the statutory procedure for withdrawing from such district. However, this section shall not apply to public cemetery districts created prior to the date of the annexation ordinance, and that the annexing city may not levy taxes for cemetery maintenance within the bounds of an existing cemetery district. Cities which have heretofore levied taxes for cemetery maintenance on property within an existing cemetery district shall discontinue that practice from and after the date this act becomes effective.  History: [50-224, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 17, p. 1249; am. 1967, ch. 432, sec. 1, p. 1418; am. 1970, ch. 47, sec. 1, p. 97; am. 1996, ch. 322, sec. 48, p. 1077.]