42-1401. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The legislature finds and declares that the state laws and procedures for the adjudication of rights to the use of water need to be modified:
(1) to provide a statutory procedure for incorporating a negotiated agreement between a federal reserved water right claimant and the state of Idaho into an adjudication;
(2) to provide a more efficient method for adjudications;
(3) to assure that state laws and procedures provide a fair and impartial forum for the adjudication of the rights of all claimants; and
(4) to assure that state laws and procedures are adequate as a matter of federal law to adjudicate all water rights claimed to have been established under federal law and to administer such rights.
History:
[42-1401, added 1986, ch. 220, sec. 2, p. 560; am. 1994, ch. 454, sec. 1, p. 1445.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 14 - ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS
Section 42-1401 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 42-1401A - DEFINITIONS.
Section 42-1401B - ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR IN AN ADJUDICATION.
Section 42-1401D - JURISDICTIONAL LIMITATION.
Section 42-1403 - CERTIFIED COPIES OF ALLOTMENTS.
Section 42-1404 - PRIVATE ACTIONS FOR ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS.
Section 42-1405 - GENERAL ADJUDICATION — PUBLIC INTEREST.
Section 42-1406 - GENERAL ADJUDICATION — CONTENTS OF PETITION.
Section 42-1406B - NORTHERN IDAHO WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATIONS — COMMENCEMENT.
Section 42-1406C - BEAR RIVER WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION — COMMENCEMENT.
Section 42-1407 - GENERAL ADJUDICATION — VENUE — NOTICE OF FILING — COMMENCEMENT ORDER.
Section 42-1408 - SERVICE OF NOTICE OF ORDER COMMENCING A GENERAL ADJUDICATION.
Section 42-1409 - NOTICE OF CLAIM.
Section 42-1409A - AMENDMENT OF NOTICE OF CLAIMS — LATE NOTICE OF CLAIMS.
Section 42-1410 - EXAMINATION OF WATER SYSTEM AND OF CLAIMS.
Section 42-1411 - REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR.
Section 42-1413 - FILING OF FINAL DECREE.
Section 42-1414 - FEES FOR FILING NOTICE OF CLAIMS WITH THE DIRECTOR.
Section 42-1415 - ENFORCEMENT OF FILING FEES.
Section 42-1417 - GENERAL ADJUDICATION — INTERIM ADMINISTRATION OF WATER RIGHTS.
Section 42-1420 - BINDING EFFECT OF DECREE — EXCEPTIONS.
Section 42-1424 - SUMMARY SUPPLEMENTAL ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS.
Section 42-1425 - ACCOMPLISHED TRANSFERS.
Section 42-1426 - ENLARGEMENTS — WAIVER OF MANDATORY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.