42-3204. PETITION — CONTENTS — AMENDMENTS. The organization of a district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the court vested with jurisdiction, in a county in which the major part of the real property in the proposed district is situated. The petition shall be signed by not less than ten per cent (10%) of the taxpayers of the district, who pay a general tax on real property owned by him or her within the district; provided, however, that no single tract or parcel of property containing five (5) acres or more may be included in any district organized under this act without the consent of the owner or owners thereof.
The petition shall set forth:
(1) The name of the proposed district consisting of a chosen name preceding the words, "water district" or "sewer district," or "water and sewer district."
(2) A general description of the improvements to be constructed or installed within and for the district.
(3) The estimated cost of the proposed improvements.
(4) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included therein, with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine whether or not his property is within the district.
(5) A prayer for the organization of the district.
No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular. Similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district may be filed and shall together be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed, shall be considered by the court the same as though filed with the first petition placed on file.
History:
[42-3204, added 1947, ch. 152, sec. 4, p. 364.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 32 - WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS
Section 42-3201 - DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.
Section 42-3202 - DEFINITION OF TERMS.
Section 42-3202A - RECREATIONAL WATER AND/OR SEWER DISTRICT — DEFINITION.
Section 42-3202C - CHANGING STATUS OF DISTRICT.
Section 42-3203 - JURISDICTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICTS.
Section 42-3204 - PETITION — CONTENTS — AMENDMENTS.
Section 42-3205 - BOND OF PETITIONERS.
Section 42-3206 - NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION — JURISDICTION.
Section 42-3207 - HEARINGS ON PETITIONS — ELECTION FOR ORGANIZATION AND DIRECTORS.
Section 42-3208 - QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF BOARD.
Section 42-3210 - MEETINGS — VACANCIES.
Section 42-3211 - ELECTIONS — TERMS OF OFFICE.
Section 42-3211a - EXPIRATION OF TERM.
Section 42-3211b - DECISION TO ESTABLISH BOARD DIRECTOR ZONES.
Section 42-3212 - GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD.
Section 42-3214 - LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Section 42-3215 - LEVIES TO COVER DEFAULTS AND DEFICIENCIES.
Section 42-3216 - OFFICERS TO LEVY AND COLLECT TAXES.
Section 42-3217 - SINKING FUND.
Section 42-3218A - SUBDISTRICTS — AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH — ELECTION.
Section 42-3218B - ESTABLISHMENT.
Section 42-3218C - NATURE AND POWERS.
Section 42-3218D - INDEBTEDNESS — BOND ISSUES.
Section 42-3219 - EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY PETITIONED — HEARING — ORDER.
Section 42-3220 - LIABILITY OF PROPERTY INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED.
Section 42-3221 - ISSUANCE OF NEGOTIABLE COUPON BONDS — FORM AND TERMS.
Section 42-3222 - INDEBTEDNESS OF DISTRICT — SUBMISSION OF PROPOSITION TO ELECTORATE.
Section 42-3223 - NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Section 42-3224 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION — CANVASS OF RETURNS.
Section 42-3225 - EFFECT OF ELECTION — SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS.
Section 42-3226 - CORRECTION OF FAULTY NOTICES.
Section 42-3227 - SEPARABILITY.
Section 42-3228 - BUDGET AND HEARING.
Section 42-3229 - NOTICE OF HEARING.
Section 42-3230 - PUBLIC INSPECTION OF BUDGET — TIME AND PLACE.
Section 42-3231 - QUORUM OF BOARD AT HEARING.
Section 42-3232 - VALIDATION OF ACTS TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
Section 42-3233 - MERGER AUTHORIZED.
Section 42-3234 - MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.
Section 42-3235 - VOTING PROCEDURE.
Section 42-3237 - COURT ORDER DECLARING MERGER.
Section 42-3238 - PRIVATE COMMUNITY SEWER SYSTEM — PROPERTIES EXEMPT FROM OTHER TAXATION.
Section 42-3239 - DISSOLUTION OF A DISTRICT UPON TRANSFER OF ASSETS TO MUNICIPALITY.
Section 42-3240 - ANNEXATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF AREA IN A CITY.