42-3103. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used or referred to in this act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Board" or "board of commissioners" means the board of commissioners of the flood control district.
(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the board of commissioners of the flood control district.
(3) "Debris removal" means to remove from the channels and banks of streams any artificial debris, plants and other materials that obstruct or are likely to obstruct the flow of water therein and thereby cause flooding or interfere with the lawful diversion and beneficial use of water.
(4) "Department" means the department of water resources, state of Idaho.
(5) "Director" means the director of the department of water resources, state of Idaho.
(6) "District" means any flood control district organized by authority of this act or prior acts of the Idaho legislature.
(7) "Flood" or "flooding" means the inundation of normally dry land areas with water caused by the overflow or rise of rivers, streams or lakes, and other surface watercourses, or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
(8) "Flooding emergency" means a circumstance in which the board has determined that the district is required to take immediate action to protect life or property from injury or damage resulting from existing or imminent flooding.
(9) "Flood fight" means the activities and operations authorized by the board in response to a flooding emergency.
(10) "State" means the state of Idaho.
(11) "Structural works of improvement" means any undertaking for flood prevention, including structural and land treatment measures, and for the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water, as provided for in the act of the congress of the United States known as the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (U.S.C., tit. 16, sections 1001-1008) and acts amendatory thereto.
History:
[41-3103, added 1971, ch. 300, sec. 3, p. 1219; am. 2014, ch. 72, sec. 1, p. 183.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 31 - FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS
Section 42-3101 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 42-3102 - POLICY OF STATE.
Section 42-3103 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 42-3104 - DISTRICTS — COMPOSITION — DESIGNATED BY NUMBER.
Section 42-3105 - PETITION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT — CONTENTS.
Section 42-3106 - DIVISION OF DISTRICT — MAPS AND SURVEYS.
Section 42-3107 - PUBLICATION OF NOTICE — CONTENTS.
Section 42-3108 - HEARING ON PETITION — FINDINGS AND ORDER OF DIRECTOR — RECORDING.
Section 42-3109 - BOARD MEMBERS — APPOINTMENT — BOND OF COMMISSIONERS — OATH — REMOVAL.
Section 42-3110 - ORGANIZATION OF BOARD — APPROVAL BY COURT.
Section 42-3111 - COMMISSIONERS — ANNUAL APPOINTMENT — OFFICERS’ ELECTION — DUTIES.
Section 42-3112 - VACANCIES ON BOARD — APPOINTMENT BY DIRECTOR.
Section 42-3113 - MEETINGS OF BOARD — REGULAR — SPECIAL.
Section 42-3114 - COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Section 42-3115 - COMMISSIONERS — POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 42-3116 - DIRECTOR’S APPROVAL — WHEN REQUIRED.
Section 42-3117 - CONTRACTS SUBMITTED TO VOTERS — NOTICE — ELECTION.
Section 42-3118 - ELECTORS — QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 42-3119 - TITLE TO AND SALE OF WATERS — DISPOSITION OF AGGREGATE.
Section 42-3120 - ENLARGEMENT OF DISTRICT — PETITION.
Section 42-3121 - CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.
Section 42-3122 - PETITION FOR CONSOLIDATION — INVESTIGATION — NOTICE OF HEARING.
Section 42-3123 - DIRECTOR’S FINDINGS ON PETITION AND HEARING.
Section 42-3124 - DECISION BY DIRECTOR — COURT CONFIRMATION OF CONSOLIDATION REQUIRED.
Section 42-3125 - DIRECTOR MAY SUBMIT CONSOLIDATION TO ELECTION.
Section 42-3126 - DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
Section 42-3127 - EXCLUSION OF A DIVISION.
Section 42-3128 - EXCLUSION OF A DIVISION — DISBURSEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Section 42-3129 - PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF LAND.
Section 42-3130 - GUARDIANS AND ADMINISTRATORS MAY SIGN PETITION.
Section 42-3131 - NOTICE OF PETITION.
Section 42-3132 - HEARING OF PETITION.