Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 20 - Lands, Department of › Rule 20.03.14 - RULES GOVERNING GRAZING, FARMING, CONSERVATION, NONCOMMERCIAL RECREATION, AND COMMUNICATION SITE LEASES › Section 20.03.14.010 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Amortization
. The purchase of Department authorized, lessee installed, lease improvements by the Department through allowance of credit to the lessee's annual lease payments. (3-18-22)
02.
Animal Unit Month (AUM)
. The amount of forage necessary to feed one (1) cow or one (1) cow with one (1) calf under six (6) months of age or one (1) bull for one (1) month. One (1) yearling is considered seven tenths (.7) of an AUM. Five (5) head of sheep, or five (5) ewes with lambs are considered one (1) AUM. One (1) horse is considered one and one-half (1 1/2) AUM. (3-18-22)
03.
Assignment
. The Department approved transfer of all, or a portion of, a lessee's right to another person wherein the second person assumes the lease contract with the Department. (3-18-22)
04.
Board
. The Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners or such representatives as may be designated. (3-18-22)
05.
Conflict Application
. An application to lease state endowment trust land for grazing, farming, conservation, noncommercial recreation or communication site use when one (1) or more applications have been submitted for the same parcel of state endowment trust land and for the same or an incompatible use. (3-18-22)
06.
Department
. The Idaho Department of Lands. (3-18-22)
07.
Director
. The Director of the Department of Lands, or such representative as may be designated by the Director. (3-18-22)
08.
Extension
. An approved delay in the due date of the rental owed on a farming lease without risk of loss of the lease. (3-18-22)
09.
Improvement Valuation
. The process or processes of estimating the value of Department authorized improvements associated with a lease, as defined in Section  102. (3-18-22)
10.
Lease
. A written agreement between the Department and a person containing the terms and conditions upon which the person will be authorized to use state endowment trust land. (3-18-22)
11.
Herd Stock
. Livestock leased or managed, but not owned, by the lessee. (3-18-22)
12.
Lease Application
. An application to lease state endowment trust land for grazing, farming, conservation, noncommercial recreation, or communication site purposes. (3-18-22)
13.
Manageable Unit
. A unit of state endowment trust land designated by the Department, geographically configured and sufficiently large to achieve the proposed use. (3-18-22)
14.
Management Plan
. The signed state endowment trust land lease for grazing, farming and conservation, and any referenced attachments such as annual operating plans or federal allotment management plans, is considered the management plan. (3-18-22)
15.
Mortgage Agreement
. Department authorization for the lessee to obtain a mortgage on a state endowment trust land lease. (3-18-22)
16.
Person
. An individual, partnership, association, corporation or any other entity qualified to do business in the state of Idaho and any federal, state, county, or local unit of government. (3-18-22)
17.
Proposed Management Plan
. A document written and submitted by the lease applicant detailing the management objectives and strategies associated with their proposed activity. (3-18-22)
18.
Sublease
. An agreement in which the state endowment trust land lease holder conveys the right of use and occupancy of the property to another party on a temporary basis. (3-18-22)