42-220. EFFECT OF LICENSE. Water right licenses shall be binding upon the state as to the right of such licensee to use the amount of water mentioned therein and shall be prima facie evidence as to such right; and all rights to water confirmed under the provisions of this chapter, or by any decree of court, shall become appurtenant to, and shall pass with a conveyance of, the land for which the right of use is granted. The right to continue the beneficial use of such waters shall never be denied nor prevented for any cause other than the failure, on the part of the user or holder of such right, to pay the ordinary charges or assessments which may be made or levied to cover the expenses for the delivery or distribution of such water, or for other reasons set forth in this title: provided, that when water is used for irrigation, no such license or decree of the court allotting such water shall be issued confirming the right to the use of more than one (1) second foot of water for each fifty (50) acres of land so irrigated, unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of the department of water resources in granting such license, and to the court in making such decree, that a greater amount is necessary, and neither such licensee nor anyone claiming a right under such decree, shall at any time be entitled to the use of more water than can be beneficially applied on the lands for the benefit of which such right may have been confirmed, and the right to the use of such water confirmed by such license shall always be held subject to the local or community customs, rules and regulations which may be adopted from time to time by a majority of the users from a common source of supply, canal or lateral from which such water may be taken, when such rules or regulations have for their object the economical use of such water.
History:
[42-220, added 1903, sec. 9, p. 223; 1905, ch. 166, sec. 1, p. 174; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3262; C.S., sec. 5580: I.C.A., sec. 41-214; am. 2020, ch. 164, sec. 5, p. 483.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 2 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER — PERMITS, CERTIFICATES, AND LICENSES — SURVEY
Section 42-202A - TEMPORARY APPROVAL — APPLICATION — CRITERIA — EXCEPTIONS.
Section 42-202B - DEFINITIONS.
Section 42-203A - NOTICE UPON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION — PROTEST — HEARING AND FINDINGS — APPEALS.
Section 42-203C - HYDROPOWER WATER RIGHT — CRITERIA FOR REALLOCATION — WEIGHT — BURDEN OF PROOF.
Section 42-203D - REVIEW OF PERMITS — OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.
Section 42-204 - EXAMINATION — PERMIT — COMMENCEMENT OF WORK — EXTENSIONS — APPEAL.
Section 42-205 - ISSUANCE OF PERMIT — RESTRICTIONS — PREFERENCE.
Section 42-206 - RESIDENCE A REQUISITE FOR ISSUANCE.
Section 42-207 - SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR MORTGAGE OF PERMIT.
Section 42-208 - CANCELLATION OR REVOCATION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Section 42-209 - EFFECT OF ILLEGAL TRANSFER.
Section 42-210 - APPLICATION OF ACT.
Section 42-211 - AMENDED APPLICATION OR PERMIT — APPEALS.
Section 42-212 - DIVERSION OF PRIVATE WATERS.
Section 42-213 - DIVERSION OF PRIVATE WATERS — APPLICANTS MUST SHOW RIGHT OF WAY.
Section 42-217 - PROOF OF APPLICATION TO BENEFICIAL USE.
Section 42-217a - CERTIFIED WATER RIGHT EXAMINER.
Section 42-218 - PROOF OF APPLICATION TO BENEFICIAL USE — EXTENSION OF TIME.
Section 42-219 - ISSUANCE OF LICENSE — PRIORITY.
Section 42-220 - EFFECT OF LICENSE.
Section 42-221 - FEES OF DEPARTMENT.
Section 42-222A - TEMPORARY CHANGES DURING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
Section 42-222B - IRRIGATION CORPORATION BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 42-223 - EXCEPTIONS OR DEFENSES TO FORFEITURE.
Section 42-224 - FORFEITURE OF STOCKWATER RIGHTS.
Section 42-226 - GROUND WATERS ARE PUBLIC WATERS.
Section 42-227 - DRILLING AND USE OF WELLS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES EXCEPTED.
Section 42-228 - DRILLING AND USE OF WELLS FOR DRAINAGE OR RECOVERY PURPOSES EXCEPTED.
Section 42-229 - METHODS OF APPROPRIATION.
Section 42-231 - DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
Section 42-232 - GROUND WATER RECHARGE PROGRAM — NEGOTIATIONS WITH BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.
Section 42-233 - LOW TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE.
Section 42-233b - GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA.
Section 42-234 - GROUND WATER RECHARGE — AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT TO GRANT PERMITS AND LICENSES.
Section 42-235 - DRILLING PERMITS.
Section 42-237 - ABANDONMENT OF WATER RIGHT — CHANGE OF POINT OF DIVERSION AND PLACE OF USE.
Section 42-237a - POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
Section 42-237e - APPEALS FROM ACTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
Section 42-237f - ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHT.
Section 42-237h - DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 42-238 - WELL DRILLERS’ LICENSES AND OPERATOR PERMITS.
Section 42-238a - WATER ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT.
Section 42-239 - INTERPRETATION.
Section 42-244 - RECORDING OF CLAIMS BY DEPARTMENT — CORRECTIONS.
Section 42-245 - FAILURE TO FILE CLAIM WAIVES AND RELINQUISHES RIGHT.
Section 42-246 - FILING OF CLAIM NOT DEEMED ADJUDICATION OF RIGHT — EVIDENCE.