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ID Code § 42-713 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-713 - BUDGET OF WATER MEASUREMENT DISTRICT — ADOPTION AND CONTENTS — DEBT OF APPROPRIATOR OR WATER USER.

42-713. BUDGET OF WATER MEASUREMENT DISTRICT — ADOPTION AND CONTENTS — DEBT OF APPROPRIATOR OR WATER USER. At any annual meeting the appropriators or water users must adopt a budget covering the estimated expenses of water measurements and data collection, as required in section 42-709, Idaho Code, of the district for the ensuing year, and by resolution determine that the budget shall be collected, and the compensation of the district hydrographer and the district hydrographer’s assistants and any other expenses of the district, including the costs of the advisory committee in implementing resolutions adopted by the appropriators or water users of the district for activities in addition to the payment of the salary and operating expenses of the district hydrographer and assistants, shall be paid in the manner provided in this section. The budget shall show the aggregate amount to be collected from all the appropriators or water users in the district, and the amount to be paid by each ditch, canal company, irrigation district or other appropriator or water user, and for the purpose of computing the respective amounts, the cost of measuring the various diversions and other measurements during the past year or years not exceeding five (5) years, shall be used as a basis. Upon the adoption of the budget the amount payable by each ditch, canal company, irrigation district or other appropriator or water user, as shown by the budget, shall become the debt of each respectively and shall become due and payable as in this chapter provided.  History: [42-713, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1022.]
ID Code § 42-714 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-714 - BUDGET — COLLECTION METHOD — ENFORCEMENT.

42-714. BUDGET — COLLECTION METHOD — ENFORCEMENT. (1) The budget, when approved, shall be filed with the secretary of the meeting and the district treasurer and thereupon the district hydrographer shall immediately prepare and file a certified copy thereof with the director of the department of water resources. The budget so approved shall be due and payable on the first day of April of each year unless a different due date is specified by resolution of the appropriators or water users at the annual meeting. Any assessments not paid by the due date shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum. (2) The district hydrographer is authorized to collect his compensation and that of his assistants, and other expenses of the district, directly from the appropriators or water users, canal companies, and irrigation districts. The district hydrographer shall collect such compensation and expenses directly from the appropriators or water users and shall turn the collected funds over to the water measurement district treasurer for deposit and disbursement in accordance with section 42-715, Idaho Code. (3) The district hydrographer is authorized to cause the delivery of water to be withheld or to cause diversions of water to cease by those users who have not paid their pro rata share of the cost of operating the district as levied until such time as the pro rata share of the cost is paid. (4) The water measurement district shall have the right to collect any charges due and unpaid, by civil action, the action to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the district hydrographer to whom such charges are payable, and in addition to the amount found due, together with interest and costs, may also recover such sum as the court may adjudge reasonable as attorney’s fees in the action. (5) The appropriators or water users may by resolution request the department of water resources to prepare and mail the billings for the collections authorized in this section. The resolution will agree to reimburse to the department the actual cost incurred by the department in preparing and mailing the billings.  History: [42-714, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1023.]
ID Code § 42-801 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 8 - DISTRIBUTION OF STORED WATER|Section 42-801 - CONVEYANCE OF STORED WATER THROUGH NATURAL CHANNEL — APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL DEPUTY AND ASSISTANTS.

42-801. CONVEYANCE OF STORED WATER THROUGH NATURAL CHANNEL — APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL DEPUTY AND ASSISTANTS. Whenever the owner of a reservoir shall desire to use the bed of a stream, or a natural water course, for the purpose of carrying stored water, he shall in writing notify the department of water resources, giving the date when it is proposed to discharge the water, its volume in acre feet, and in cubic feet per second at the point of discharge, and the persons and ditches entitled to its use. The department shall then appoint a special deputy, unless a state watermaster has already been appointed to deliver the waters from said stream, in which event the appointed watermaster and his assistants may be instructed to make the delivery of the stored water without further appointment, whose duty it shall be to adjust the headgates of all ditches not entitled to the stored water, and in such manner that those having the right to the use of such water shall secure the volume to which they are entitled. For the purpose of delivering such stored water the deputy appointed by the department of water resources may employ such number of assistants as, with the approval of the department, he may deem necessary. The owner of any reservoir proceeding under the provisions of this section shall pay to the special deputy and to each assistant a salary as determined by the director of the department of water resources, or a salary and expenses as negotiated with the owner of the said stored water and approved by the director of the department of water resources, or pay to the water district, if there is one, a sum based upon the cost of delivering a unit of water. Said charge by the water district will be determined and collected in the same manner as prescribed in chapter 6, title 42, Idaho Code, for compensating the watermaster for delivery of natural flow water.  History: [(42-801) 1909, p. 150, sec. 1; reen. C.L., sec. 3282h; C.S., sec. 5624; I.C.A., sec. 41-701; am. 1980, ch. 277, sec. 2, p. 721.]
ID Code § 42-802 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 8 - DISTRIBUTION OF STORED WATER|Section 42-802 - CONVEYANCE OF STORED WATER — PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE — DUTY OF SPECIAL DEPUTY.

42-802. CONVEYANCE OF STORED WATER — PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE — DUTY OF SPECIAL DEPUTY. After the special deputy and his assistants shall have adjusted the headgates of all ditches, the owners of which are not entitled to the use of such stored water as provided in the preceding section and before such stored water shall have passed the headgates so adjusted, any person who shall raise or tamper with any such headgate in such manner as to misappropriate any portion of such water to his own use and benefit whether he be the owner of such headgate or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 together with imprisonment in the county jail for ten (10) days; and not more than $2000 or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Whenever the special deputy or any assistant shall discover any person in the act of committing a misdemeanor declared in this section, he shall arrest such person and turn him over to the sheriff of the county in which the misdemeanor was committed and he shall also file with the county attorney of such county an affidavit setting out the facts with reference to the commission of such misdemeanor.  History: [(42-802) 1909, p. 150, sec. 2; reen. C.L., sec. 3282i; C.S., sec. 5625; am. 1921, ch. 133, sec. 1, p. 320; I.C.A., sec. 41-702.]
ID Code § 42-901 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-901 - APPOINTMENT OF WATERMASTER — APPOINTMENT BY COURT.

42-901. APPOINTMENT OF WATERMASTER — APPOINTMENT BY COURT. It shall be the duty of those owning or controlling any ditch, canal or lateral to appoint a superintendent or watermaster, whose duty it shall be to measure the water from such ditch, canal or lateral through the outlet of those entitled thereto, according to his or her pro rata share: provided, that any vicinity or neighborhood, the inhabitants of which use the waters of any ditch, canal or lateral for the purpose of irrigation, or have or claim a common right to the waters of any ditch or lateral for such purposes, provided the waters so claimed or used have not been allotted to the individual users thereof, shall constitute a water district. Any one or more of said joint owners so using the water of any ditch, canal or lateral as aforesaid, when the appointment of a watermaster can not be agreed upon, may petition the judge of the district court in whose district the ditch, canal or lateral may be located for the appointment of a watermaster for said ditch, canal or lateral, and shall set forth in said petition the facts of his or her ownership in said ditch, canal or lateral; the ownership and interest of all other joint owners; the location and length of said ditch, canal or lateral, and requesting said district court to appoint a watermaster to take charge of the same. Upon due notice being given to all of the water users under said ditch, canal or lateral, and after hearing before said court, it shall be the duty of the judge of said district court if he deem it necessary or equitable in order that the rights of all water users under said ditch, canal or lateral may be protected, to appoint a watermaster for the ditch, canal or lateral described in the petition. Said watermaster to receive such compensation as the court in his judgment may deem adequate, and shall be paid in the same manner as is provided for the payment of watermasters under chapter 5 [6] of this title, and shall perform the same duties and have the same power and authority as other watermasters appointed or elected in accordance with the provisions of this code.  History: [(42-901) 1899, p. 380, sec. 17; reen. R.C., sec. 3284; am. 1909, p. 104, sec. 1; reen. C.L., sec. 3284; C.S., sec. 5626; I.C.A., sec. 41-801.]
ID Code § 42-902 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-902 - INJURING DITCH OR HEADGATE — TRIPLE DAMAGES.

42-902. INJURING DITCH OR HEADGATE — TRIPLE DAMAGES. Any person who, without the consent of the watermaster of the district, diverts any water from the ditch or channel where it was placed, or caused, or left to run by the watermaster or his deputies, or who shuts or opens any ditch, gate or dam with intent so to divert any water, and thereby deprive any person of the use of the same during any part of the time he is entitled to such use, or who, without the consent of the watermaster, cuts any ditch or the banks thereof, or breaks or destroys any gate or flume, is liable in a civil action to any person injured thereby in three times the actual damage sustained in consequence of any such wrongful act or acts.  History: [(42-902) 1881, p. 275; R.S., sec. 3205; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3285; C.S., sec. 5627; I.C.A., sec. 41-802.]
ID Code § 42-903 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-903 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES — WATER COMPANIES TO FURNISH.

42-903. HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES — WATER COMPANIES TO FURNISH. Any person, association or corporation delivering or distributing water under any fixed annual charge or rental shall provide the necessary gates and measuring devices to render possible and practicable a measurement of the quantity of water being delivered to any consumer (or number of consumers using a common lateral or distributing ditch); and the price charged for the annual use of the water so distributed shall be in proportion to the quantity of water delivered from the works of such person, association or corporation. Such measuring devices shall be of such a character, and provided with such gauges or scales, that the quantity of water being delivered at any time can be ascertained by inspection; and shall be of such general plan as shall meet with the approval of the department of water resources, which shall inspect any such devices whenever possible to ascertain their character, and the department shall furnish such general information and instructions to any consumer, or the watermaster of any number of consumers of water, as may be necessary to enable him to ascertain the quantity of water flowing through any such measuring device.  History: [(42-903) 1897, p. 127, sec. 2; compiled R.C. & C.L., sec. 3286; C.S., sec. 5628; I.C.A., sec. 41-803.]
ID Code § 42-904 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-904 - DIVISION OF LAND INTO CLASSES BY PRIORITY.

42-904. DIVISION OF LAND INTO CLASSES BY PRIORITY. When any ditch, canal or reservoir delivering or distributing water to several users has one or more rights or priorities by reason of enlargements made from time to time, the right of the land being irrigated by such works shall be divided into classes; rights of the first class belonging to those lands reclaimed between the dates of the first and second priorities or rights of such works; rights of the second class belonging to those lands reclaimed between the dates of the second and third priorities of such works; rights of any other class being determined in like manner; but all the rights belonging to the same class shall be equal and subject alike to the regulations of their respective class.  History: [(42-904) 1901, p. 191, sec. 9a; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3287; C.S., sec. 5629; I.C.A., sec. 41-804.]
ID Code § 42-905 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-905 - POINT OF DELIVERY.

42-905. POINT OF DELIVERY. Any person, association or corporation which may contract to deliver a certain quantity of water to any party or parties, shall deliver the same to such party or parties, together with a reasonable and necessary allowance for loss by evaporation and seepage, at some convenient point on the main ditch, canal or reservoir of said person, association or corporation, or on any branch or lateral thereof belonging to the owner or owners of such ditch, canal or reservoir.  History: [(42-905) 1895, p. 174, part of sec. 17; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3288; C.S., sec. 5630; I.C.A., sec. 41-805.]
ID Code § 42-906 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-906 - AMOUNT AND LIEN OF RENTAL OR MAINTENANCE.

42-906. AMOUNT AND LIEN OF RENTAL OR MAINTENANCE. The amount to be paid by said party or parties for the delivery of said water, which amount may be fixed by contract, or may be as provided by law, is a first lien upon the land for the irrigation of which said water is furnished and delivered. But if the title to said tract of land is in the United States or the state of Idaho, then the said amount shall be a first lien upon any crop or crops which may be raised upon said tract of land, which said lien shall be recorded and collected as provided by law for other liens in this state. And any mortgage or other lien upon such tracts of land that may hereafter be given shall in all cases be subject to the lien for price of water as provided in this section.  History: [(42-906) 1895, p. 174, part of sec. 17; reen. R.C., sec. 3288; reen. C.L., sec. 3288a; C.S., sec. 5631; I.C.A., sec. 41-806.]
ID Code § 42-907 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-907 - DUTIES OF CONSUMERS — APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTING LATERAL.

42-907. DUTIES OF CONSUMERS — APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTING LATERAL. Where two (2) or more parties take water from said ditch, canal or reservoir at the same point, to be conveyed to their respective premises for any distance through the same lateral or distributing ditch, such parties shall, on or before April first of each year, select some person to have charge during the succeeding season of the distribution of water from such lateral, whose duty it shall be to ascertain and see that the amount of water to which each of the parties interested is entitled is properly apportioned and distributed. It shall be his further duty to see that the said person, association or corporation, contracting to furnish such water shall deliver the amount as provided in section 42-905, [Idaho Code,] and in case of dispute between such person and the said person, association or corporation as to the quantity of water to be delivered, or the amount actually delivered, the matter shall be referred to the department of water resources. The parties entitled to said water shall keep their ditches and laterals in good condition for carrying and distributing the same. In case the parties entitled to the use of water as in this section stated shall neglect or refuse to perform the duties imposed upon them by this section, they shall have no cause for damage against the person, association or corporation furnishing said water for failure to properly furnish and distribute the same.  History: [(42-907) 1895, p. 174, part of sec. 17; reen. R.C., sec. 3288; reen. C.L., sec. 3288b; C.S., sec. 5632; I.C.A., sec. 41-807.]
ID Code § 42-908 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-908 - MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTING LATERAL — ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SELECTION.

42-908. MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTING LATERAL — ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SELECTION. Wherever two or more persons take water from any main ditch, canal or reservoir, at the same point, to be conveyed to their respective premises for any distance through the same lateral or distributing ditch, as provided in section 42-905, [Idaho Code,] the person to be selected by such parties on or before April first of each year, as provided in section 42-907, [Idaho Code,] may be selected and appointed by a written instrument designating such person, signed by the majority of such persons so using the said ditch for their said water, and filed with the watermaster or other managing agent or director of such main canal, ditch or reservoir.  History: [(42-908) 1909, p. 108, sec. 1; reen. C.L., sec. 3288c; C.S., sec. 5633; I.C.A., sec. 41-808.]
ID Code § 42-909 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-909 - MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTING LATERAL — APPOINTMENT BY DISTRICT WATERMASTER — BY DIRECTORS OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT — PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.

42-909. MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTING LATERAL — APPOINTMENT BY DISTRICT WATERMASTER — BY DIRECTORS OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT — PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION. If two (2) or more parties taking water from any main ditch, canal or reservoir at the same point to be conveyed to their respective premises for any distance, through the same lateral or distributing ditch, do not select a manager for said lateral, as provided in section 42-907[, Idaho Code,] or section 42-908, [Idaho Code,] the watermaster of the water district, shall on the written demand of any one or more of said parties, appoint a manager for said lateral, who shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all of the duties of a manager of the distributing lateral as provided in section 42-910[, Idaho Code]: provided, that if an irrigation district is owner of the main ditch, canal or reservoir, then the board of directors of such district shall, upon such demand, make such appointment. The compensation of said manager shall be fixed by said watermaster, and shall be paid in the manner provided by section 42-910[, Idaho Code,] for the payment of expenses incurred by him. If not paid, it may be collected, with other damages in the action provided by said section: provided, that if an irrigation district is the owner of the main ditch, canal or reservoir, the board of directors of such district shall fix the compensation of said manager; and at the end of the irrigation season upon the request of such manager the secretary of such district shall prorate the amount of such compensation among the several parties taking water through such lateral, or distributing ditch upon the basis of the number of acres irrigated by each, and mail each a statement of the amount prorated to such party, requesting that remittance be made to such secretary for and on behalf of such manager. In the event such parties or either of them, not later than the date when irrigation district assessments are delinquent, remit to such secretary, he shall, upon receiving same, and without making any entry in his books of account, deliver it to such manager. Should such parties or either of them fail or refuse at such time to remit to said secretary, then such manager may collect as hereinbefore provided.  History: [(42-909) C.S., sec. 5633-A, as added by 1925, ch. 99, sec. 1, p. 144; am. 1929, ch. 45, sec. 1, p. 57; am. 1931, ch. 62, sec. 1, p. 105; I.C.A., sec. 41-809.]
ID Code § 42-911 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-911 - USERS OF WATER DEFINED.

42-911. USERS OF WATER DEFINED. The term "users of water" from a community ditch shall be understood to include the owner of the land on which the water is used, or any tenant or other person in possession and control of said premises.  History: [(42-911) 1909, p. 108, sec. 3; reen. C.L., sec. 3288e; C.S., sec. 5635; I.C.A., sec. 41-811.]
ID Code § 42-912 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TO CONSUMERS|Section 42-912 - COMPANY TO FURNISH WATER ON DEMAND.

42-912. COMPANY TO FURNISH WATER ON DEMAND. Any person, company or corporation owning or controlling any canal or irrigation works for the distribution of water under a sale or rental thereof, shall furnish water to any person or persons owning or controlling any land under such canal or irrigation works for the purpose of irrigating such land or for domestic purposes, upon a proper demand being made and reasonable security being given for the payment thereof: provided, that no person, company or corporation shall contract to deliver more water than such person, company or corporation has a title to, by reason of having complied with the laws in regard to the appropriation of the public waters of this state.  History: [(42-912) 1899, p. 380, sec. 19; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3289; C.S., sec. 5636; I.C.A., sec. 41-812.]