42-3313. COMMISSION TO SERVE ON JOINT COMMISSION RELATING TO WATERS OF SNAKE RIVER. The governor of the state of Idaho is hereby authorized to appoint a commission of ten (10) members, of which the director of the department of water resources shall be one (1), to represent the state of Idaho on a joint commission to be composed of commissioners representing the states of Wyoming and Idaho and a commissioner that may be appointed by the President of the United States, to be constituted by said states for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a compact or compacts, agreement or agreements, between the states, with the consent of congress, respecting the lawful diversion, distribution, and further utilization and disposition of the waters of the Snake River and all streams tributary thereto, with due regard to vested rights, mutual benefits and equitable apportionment, and fixing and determining a method of regulation, administration and control of the waters of said river; provided, however, that any compact or agreement so entered into on behalf of said states shall not be binding or obligatory upon either of said states or citizens thereof until and unless the same shall have been ratified and approved by the legislatures of both states and by the congress of the United States.
History:
[42-3313, added 1949, ch. 11, sec. 1, p. 11.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 33 - COMMISSIONS TO NEGOTIATE COMPACTS WITH OTHER STATES
Section 42-3302 - LEGAL, ENGINEERING AND OTHER ASSISTANTS.
Section 42-3303 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS.
Section 42-3305 - REQUEST FOR RECIPROCAL LEGISLATION AND PROPER CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION.
Section 42-3306 - TENURE OF OFFICE — REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES — REDUCTION OF NUMBER.
Section 42-3308 - APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER — TERM — REMUNERATION — DUTIES.
Section 42-3309 - REQUEST FOR RECIPROCAL LEGISLATION AND APPOINTMENT OF NEVADA COMMISSIONER.
Section 42-3310 - COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION — PURPOSE.
Section 42-3311 - EFFECTIVE DATE OF COMPACT.
Section 42-3312 - INSTITUTION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO SECURE APPORTIONMENT UPON FAILURE TO COMPACT.
Section 42-3313 - COMMISSION TO SERVE ON JOINT COMMISSION RELATING TO WATERS OF SNAKE RIVER.
Section 42-3314 - LEGAL, ENGINEERING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.
Section 42-3315 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
Section 42-3317 - REQUEST FOR RECIPROCAL LEGISLATION AND PROPER CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION.
Section 42-3318 - TENURE OF OFFICE — REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES — REDUCTION OF NUMBER.
Section 42-3319 - COMMISSION TO SERVE ON JOINT COMMISSION RELATING TO WATERS OF COLUMBIA RIVER.
Section 42-3320 - LEGAL, ENGINEERING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.
Section 42-3321 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
Section 42-3323 - REQUEST FOR RECIPROCAL LEGISLATION AND CONGRESSIONAL ENABLING LEGISLATION.
Section 42-3324 - TENURE OF OFFICE — REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES.