42-1303 LATERAL DITCHES -- REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND MAINTENANCE -- ASSESSMENT OF COSTS. - Idaho Statutes

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TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 13

LATERAL DITCH WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

42-1303. Lateral ditches -- Repairs, improvements, and maintenance -- Assessment of costs. Immediately after the annual meeting of any such association the directors thereof and the lateral manager shall make an examination of the lateral or distributing ditch or ditches, and make an estimate as to the cost of the necessary repairs and improvements thereon, and the maintenance thereof for the succeeding season, including the compensation of officers and lateral manager and such total cost and charges shall be assessed pro rata to each water user from said lateral, in the following manner, if agricultural land in proportion to the water which the owner is entitled to receive from such lateral or ditch, and if lots within any city or village, then the assessment may be made upon the basis of each lot, the same to be uniform upon lots of the same size. The improvement, repair and maintenance of any such lateral or distributing ditch shall be under the direction of the directors of the association.

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TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 13

LATERAL DITCH WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

42-1303. Lateral ditches -- Repairs, improvements, and maintenance -- Assessment of costs. Immediately after the annual meeting of any such association the directors thereof and the lateral manager shall make an examination of the lateral or distributing ditch or ditches, and make an estimate as to the cost of the necessary repairs and improvements thereon, and the maintenance thereof for the succeeding season, including the compensation of officers and lateral manager and such total cost and charges shall be assessed pro rata to each water user from said lateral, in the following manner, if agricultural land in proportion to the water which the owner is entitled to receive from such lateral or ditch, and if lots within any city or village, then the assessment may be made upon the basis of each lot, the same to be uniform upon lots of the same size. The improvement, repair and maintenance of any such lateral or distributing ditch shall be under the direction of the directors of the association.

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TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 13

LATERAL DITCH WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

42-1303. Lateral ditches -- Repairs, improvements, and maintenance -- Assessment of costs. Immediately after the annual meeting of any such association the directors thereof and the lateral manager shall make an examination of the lateral or distributing ditch or ditches, and make an estimate as to the cost of the necessary repairs and improvements thereon, and the maintenance thereof for the succeeding season, including the compensation of officers and lateral manager and such total cost and charges shall be assessed pro rata to each water user from said lateral, in the following manner, if agricultural land in proportion to the water which the owner is entitled to receive from such lateral or ditch, and if lots within any city or village, then the assessment may be made upon the basis of each lot, the same to be uniform upon lots of the same size. The improvement, repair and maintenance of any such lateral or distributing ditch shall be under the direction of the directors of the association.