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ID Code § 42-506 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 5 - STOCKWATER RIGHTS|Section 42-506 - SEVERABILITY.

42-506. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this act are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act.  History: [(42-506) 42-505, added 2017, ch. 178, sec. 2, p. 409; am. and redesig. 2018, ch. 320, sec. 5, p. 749.]
ID Code § 42-507 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 5 - STOCKWATER RIGHTS|Section 42-507 - PROVISIONS CONTROLLING OVER OTHER ACTS.

42-507. PROVISIONS CONTROLLING OVER OTHER ACTS. Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this act shall be controlling.  History: [(42-507) 42-506, added 2017, ch. 178, sec. 2, p. 409; am. and redesig. 2018, ch. 320, sec. 6, p. 749.]
ID Code § 42-602 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-602 - DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO SUPERVISE WATER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN WATER DISTRICTS.

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 within water districts created pursuant to section 42-604, Idaho Code, shall be accomplished by watermasters as provided in this chapter and supervised by the director. The director of the department of water resources shall distribute water in water districts in accordance with the prior appropriation doctrine. The provisions of chapter 6, title 42, Idaho Code, shall apply only to distribution of water within a water district.  History: [(42-602) First paragraph: 1915, ch. 34, sec. 4, p. 103; second paragraph: 1903, p. 223, sec. 32; reen. R.C., sec. 3283; am. 1915, ch. 34, sec. 17, p. 112; reen. C.L., sec. 3270; C.S., sec. 5606; I.C.A., sec. 41-502; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 2, p. 1015; am. 1994, ch. 450, sec. 1, p. 1435.]
ID Code § 42-603 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-603 - SUPERVISION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION — RULES AND REGULATIONS.

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 of the rights of the users thereof. Promulgation of rules and regulations shall be in accordance with the procedures of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.  History: [(42-603) 1915, ch. 34, sec. 8, p. 103; reen. C.L., sec. 3273; C.S., sec. 5607; I.C.A., sec. 41-503; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 4, p. 1015.]
ID Code § 42-606 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-606 - REPORTS OF WATERMASTERS.

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 expense of delivery and the apportionment of expenses among users and all debits and credits to be carried over to the following year. Such report shall also include the number of days the watermaster and watermaster assistants have devoted to the distribution of such water and any records of stream flow the watermaster used or made in the process of distributing water supplies. The director may ask for other information deemed necessary in assuring proper distribution of water supplies within the district. The reports of watermasters to the department of water resources shall be filed and kept in the office of the department.  History: [(42-606) 1903, sec. 25, p. 223; reen. R.C., sec. 3276; am. 1915, ch. 34, sec. 11, p. 103; reen. C.L., sec. 3276; C.S., sec. 5610; I.C.A., sec. 41-506; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 8, p. 1021; am. 2020, ch. 52, sec. 3, p. 127.]
ID Code § 42-607 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-607 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER.

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 to be shut or fastened, under the direction of the department of water resources, the headgates or controlling works for the diversion of water from such stream, streams, or water supply, during times of water scarcity, in order to supply the prior rights of others from such stream or water supply; provided, that any person or corporation claiming the right to the use of the waters of the stream or water supply comprising a water district, but not owning or having the use of an adjudicated or decreed right therein, or right therein evidenced by permit or license issued by the department of water resources, shall, for the purposes of distribution during times of water scarcity, be held to have a right subsequent to any adjudicated, decreed, permit, or licensed right from such stream or water supply, and the watermaster shall close all headgates or controlling works of diversions having no adjudicated, decreed, permit or licensed right if necessary to supply adjudicated, decreed, permit or licensed right in such stream or water supply. As long as a duly elected watermaster is charged with the administration of the waters within a water district, no water user within such district can adversely possess the right of any other water user.  History: [(42-607) 1903, sec. 26, p. 223; reen. R.C., sec. 3277; am. 1909, sec. 1, p. 326; am. 1915, ch. 34, sec. 12, p. 103; C.L., sec. 3277; C.S., sec. 5611; am. 1927, ch. 63, sec. 2, p. 78; I.C.A., sec. 41-507; am. 1969, ch. 305, sec. 2, p. 913; am. 1973, ch. 262, sec. 2, p. 534; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 9, p. 1021; am. 2020, ch. 52, sec. 4, p. 128.]
ID Code § 42-609 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-609 - WATERMASTER’S ASSISTANTS — EMPLOYMENT IN EMERGENCY — OATH AND COMPENSATION.

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 district to aid the watermaster in the discharge of the watermaster’s duties, who shall take the same oath as the watermaster, and shall obey the watermaster’s instructions, and shall be entitled to a salary as set by the water users in their adopted budget and approved by the director of the department of water resources, or if no budget is adopted, then as set by the director of the department of water resources, to be paid in the same manner as provided for the payment of watermasters.  History: [(42-609) 1903, p. 223, sec. 28; reen. R.C., sec. 3279; am. 1915, ch. 34, sec. 14, p. 103; reen. C.L., sec. 3279; C.S., sec. 5613; am. 1927, ch. 63, sec. 4, p. 78; I.C.A., sec. 41-509; am. 1980, ch. 277, sec. 1, p. 721; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 11, p. 1023.]
ID Code § 42-610 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-610 - COMPENSATION OF WATERMASTERS — ALLOTMENT AND CHARGE AGAINST LAND — CHARGE AGAINST CANAL.

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 based on the volume of water delivered to each water user in proportion to the whole amount delivered to all water users. When any portion of the allotted waters is distributed by said watermaster to the canal of any water delivery organization, the amount of the expense chargeable for such services shall be assessed against such canal.  History: [(42-610) 1903, sec. 29, p. 223; am. 1907, sec. 1, p. 482; reen. R.C., sec. 3280; am. 1915, ch. 34, sec. 15, p. 110; reen. C.L., sec. 3280; C.S., sec. 5614; am. 1925, ch. 60, sec. 2, p. 86; am. 1927, ch. 81, sec. 1, p. 99; I.C.A., sec. 41-510; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 12, p. 1023; am. 2020, ch. 52, sec. 5, p. 128.]
ID Code § 42-613A (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-613A - PROCEEDS FROM THE LEASE OF STORED WATER — DISTRICT RETENTION — CONTROL AND USE BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

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 the district pursuant to section 42-1765, Idaho Code, shall be authorized to manage and retain in a special account the proceeds accruing within the district from the rental of storage water leased under the provisions of section 42-1765, Idaho Code. Notwithstanding the supervisory responsibilities of the director of the department of water resources over the activity of watermasters delivering water within water districts, the account shall be under the exclusive control of the advisory committee of the water district when such committee has been appointed by the water resource board to facilitate the rental of stored water in the district within which the leased water is stored. All proceeds from the lease of stored water which are retained by the advisory committee of any district under this section shall be used in accordance with the resolutions duly adopted by the water users of the district solely for one or more of the following public purposes: (1) Expenses of the district. (2) Improvements to the district’s facilities, including a reasonable reserve for future improvements. (3) Educational projects designed to increase public awareness in the area of water distribution, water rights and water conservation. (4) Other public projects designed to assist in the adjudication, conservation or more efficient distribution of water. All funds retained by an advisory committee pursuant to this section shall be deposited by the water district treasurer pursuant to the public depository law.  History: [42-613A, added 1986, ch. 78, sec. 3, p. 237; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 15, p. 1025.]
ID Code § 42-616 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 6 - DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AMONG APPROPRIATORS|Section 42-616 - BUDGET — ACTION TO COLLECT CHARGES — ATTORNEY’S FEES.

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 district treasurer 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 said action.  History: [(42-616) C.S., sec. 5615-A, 6th par., as added by 1927, ch. 39, sec. 1, p. 51; I.C.A., sec. 41-516; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 18, p. 1026.]
ID Code § 42-702 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-702 - MEASURING DEVICES ABOVE RESERVOIRS.

42-702. MEASURING DEVICES ABOVE RESERVOIRS. Any person, firm or corporation using the channel of any stream or streams or any tributary of such stream or streams in this state as an impounding reservoir shall place therein at a point above and as near as practicable to the backwater of such reservoir such system or device as the department of water resources may require for measuring the flow of water at such point and in accordance with plans and specifications which shall be furnished by the department.  History: [(42-702) 1917, ch. 53, part of sec. 3, p. 124; reen. C.L., sec. 3282d; C.S., sec. 5620; I.C.A., sec. 41-602.]
ID Code § 42-703 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-703 - MEASURING DEVICES ALONG STREAMS.

42-703. MEASURING DEVICES ALONG STREAMS. It shall also be the duty of those using water in any district to place in the streams from which said water is diverted and at such places and intervals on said streams as the department of water resources may require suitable systems or devices for measuring the flow of water.  History: [(42-703) 1917, ch. 53, part of sec. 3, p. 124; reen. C.L., sec. 3282e; C.S., sec. 5621; I.C.A., sec. 41-603.]
ID Code § 42-705 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-705 - DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE AND SUPERVISE WATER MEASUREMENT DISTRICTS.

42-705. DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE AND SUPERVISE WATER MEASUREMENT DISTRICTS. The director of the department of water resources is authorized to create water measurement districts to carry out the water measuring requirements of this chapter and shall have direction and control of the measurement of water existing therein or diverted from all public water sources, including ground water sources, within a water measurement district. Measurement of water within water measurement districts created pursuant to section 42-706, Idaho Code, shall be accomplished by district hydrographers as provided in this chapter and supervised by the director. Administration of water rights within water measurement districts shall be pursuant to the authority of the director of the department of water resources found elsewhere in title 42, Idaho Code, except such curtailment of diversion as is specifically authorized in section 42-714, Idaho Code.  History: [42-705, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1016.]
ID Code § 42-708 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-708 - REPORTS OF DISTRICT HYDROGRAPHERS.

42-708. REPORTS OF DISTRICT HYDROGRAPHERS. All district hydrographers shall make and certify annually a report to the department of water resources, in a form and containing the information required by the director of the department of water resources, prior to the expiration of the district hydrographer’s appointment for the current year. This report shall show the amount of water diverted at each diversion as measured or determined by the district hydrographer during the preceding period from November 1 through October 31, the total expense of the district and the apportionment of expenses among users and all debits and credits to be carried over to the following year. Such report shall also include records of stream flow, depth to ground water measurements, current names and addresses of appropriators or water users within the district and such other information as the district hydrographer collected or caused to be collected in the course of completing the duties of the district as instructed by the director. The director may also ask for other information deemed necessary in assuring proper administration of water within the district. The reports of district hydrographers to the department of water resources shall be filed and kept in the office of the department.  History: [42-708, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1020.]
ID Code § 42-709 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-709 - MEASUREMENT OF WATER.

42-709. MEASUREMENT OF WATER. (1) It shall be the duty of the district hydrographer to: (a) Measure the diversion from the water supply within the district by each appropriator or water user, or as the director of the department of water resources may otherwise require, and report the results as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code. (b) Take and record measurements from devices within the district required in sections 42-702 and 42-703, Idaho Code, and report the results as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code. (c) Monitor the ground water levels at ground water diversions, as required by the director of the department of water resources, before the pumping period begins and during the pumping period and report the results as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code. (d) Maintain current records of names and addresses of ground and surface appropriators or water users within the district and report the names and addresses as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code. (e) Maintain and report, as provided in section 42-708, Idaho Code, any change in the diversion facilities of any appropriator or water user in the district. (f) Immediately report to the director of the department of water resources the diversion of any water appearing to be diverted without a water right or in violation of a water right. (2) Data collected pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section during the period November 1 through December 31 shall be reported in the report required in section 42-708, Idaho Code, submitted the following year. (3) The district hydrographer and his assistants may make reasonable entry upon any lands in the state for the purpose of making water measurements or in direct support of making water measurements. (4) Appropriators or water users may be required by the director, pursuant to subsections (1) through (4) of section 42-701, Idaho Code, or section 42-702 or 42-703, Idaho Code, to install measuring devices to facilitate the measurement of water required in this section.  History: [42-709, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1020.]
ID Code § 42-710 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-710 - DISTRICT HYDROGRAPHER’S TERM OF SERVICE.

42-710. DISTRICT HYDROGRAPHER’S TERM OF SERVICE. A district hydrographer shall serve throughout the year from January 1 through December 31. The appropriators or water users of any water measurement district may, by resolution adopted at an annual meeting or at a special meeting properly called for that purpose, change the hydrographer’s term of service to correspond with consecutive annual meeting dates or other annual dates as determined by the appropriators or water users. Assistants to the district hydrographer shall serve when necessary to make the water measurements required of the district or for such period of time as specified by resolution at any annual meeting of the appropriators or water users, provided, the period of time set by resolution is sufficient for the assistants to make all needed water measurements in the district.  History: [42-710, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1021; am. 1998, ch. 44, sec. 2, p. 192.]
ID Code § 42-711 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-711 - EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT — APPROVAL — ALLOTMENT AND CHARGE AGAINST WATER USER.

42-711. EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT — APPROVAL — ALLOTMENT AND CHARGE AGAINST WATER USER. (1) District hydrographers shall prepare an accounting of all expenses of the district for the year. The accounting shall show: (a) The time charged to the district by each employee of the district, the function performed by each employee for the time charged and the cost to the district for the time charged. (b) The cost to the district for each activity of the advisory committee and for each activity a breakdown of the cost by per diem for committee members, travel costs, goods and services, and other costs with a description of the substance of the other costs. (c) The cost to the district for travel and services, except as already included in paragraph (b) of this subsection, and a description of the activity performed for the district for each cost. (d) The cost to the district for all real or personal property, equipment or facilities acquired, and a description and the cost of each. The accounting shall be certified by the district hydrographer and the chairman of the advisory committee. (2) The accounting shall be submitted to the director of the department of water resources for approval. (3) The expenses of the district shall be a charge against the water users in the district. The expenses of the district shall be apportioned among all water users included within the district in the following manner: (a) A charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for each diversion measured, provided the charge may be up to fifty dollars ($50.00) per year if adopted by resolution approved by vote of the water users at a meeting conducted in accordance with section 42-707, Idaho Code; and (b) A pro rata share of the total expense of the district, minus the total amount charged for all diversions in the district from paragraph (a) of this subsection determined by the fraction the recorded diversion rate for each water right is to the total recorded diversion rate of all water rights being measured by the district. (c) Except, if the total charge for all diversions measured in the district from paragraph (a) of this subsection is more than the total expense of the district, the individual charge for each diversion will be the total expense of the district divided by the number of diversions in the district and the pro rata share from paragraph (b) of this subsection will be zero (0). (4) An allocation of the district expenses among the various users shall be prepared by the district hydrographer and filed with the director of the department of water resources and with the water measurement district treasurer.  History: [42-711, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1021; am. 2001, ch. 169, sec. 1, p. 581.]
ID Code § 42-712 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION|Chapter 7 - HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES|Section 42-712 - PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SUCCEEDING YEAR.

42-712. PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SUCCEEDING YEAR. Each district hydrographer shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting of the appropriators or water users of the water measurement district, also prepare and file with the department of water resources a proposed budget for the succeeding year, together with an allocation of the amount of the budget to the respective appropriators or water users, using the actual amounts for the past year or years as the basis for the allocation, which proposed budget and allocation shall be submitted to the appropriators or water users for consideration and approval at the next annual district meeting.  History: [42-712, added 1995, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1022.]