42-5125. WATER USERS SUBJECT TO INCLUSION WITHIN THE DISTRICT. (1) All water users, as defined in subsection (1) of section 42-5102, Idaho Code, included within the district and who have not obtained exclusion as hereinafter provided, shall remain within and be subject to assessment by the district, notwithstanding the absence of their signatures on the petition for formation of the district, and notwithstanding any change in the ownership or control of the property of the water user, whether by way of transfer, exchange, conveyance, assignment, lease, or otherwise, to which the water right or rights used to determine assessments are appurtenant. Municipal water users, as defined in subsection (2) of section 42-5102, Idaho Code, included within the district shall remain upon their election, within and be subject to assessment by the district unless excluded in the manner hereinafter provided.
(2) Any water user, as defined in subsection (1) of section 42-5102, Idaho Code, who has obtained exclusion from the district, but who nevertheless is benefited by the district, shall remain excluded; provided, however, that any person or entity succeeding the water user in the ownership or control of property, whether by way of transfer, exchange, conveyance, assignment, lease, or otherwise, to which is appurtenant a water right that, barring the exclusion, would have been used to determine assessments, shall be deemed included within and subject to assessment by the district.
(3) Any individual or entity whose permit to appropriate water was acquired after the formation of the district but who qualifies as a water user under subsection (1) of section 42-5102, Idaho Code, in all other respects, shall be deemed included within and subject to assessment by the district if benefited either directly or indirectly by the district.
History:
[42-5125, added 1987, ch. 349, sec. 1, p. 776.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 42 - IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
Chapter 51 - GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
Section 42-5101 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 42-5102 - GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FORMATION.
Section 42-5103 - FORMATION OF DISTRICT — DECLARATION BY DIRECTOR.
Section 42-5105 - CITIES — MANNER OF VOTING FOR DIRECTORS.
Section 42-5106 - WATER USERS OTHER THAN CITIES — QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.
Section 42-5107 - REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Section 42-5108 - NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Section 42-5109 - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.
Section 42-5110 - CANVASS OF RETURNS — DECLARATION OF WINNERS.
Section 42-5111 - BOARD OF DIRECTORS — OFFICERS — MEETINGS — COMPENSATION — VACANCIES.
Section 42-5112 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Section 42-5113 - LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS.
Section 42-5114 - POWER TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS — ASSESSMENTS TO SECURE REPAYMENT.
Section 42-5115 - ELECTION FOR INDEBTEDNESS — REFERENDUM PETITION.
Section 42-5116 - JUDICIAL EXAMINATION.
Section 42-5117 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS TO TEST VALIDITY.
Section 42-5118 - TAX EXEMPTION.
Section 42-5119 - LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Section 42-5120 - LENDING INSTITUTIONS — RIGHT TO COMPEL ASSESSMENTS — ALTERNATIVE REMEDY.
Section 42-5121 - LIEN OF ASSESSMENT.
Section 42-5122 - PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS — WHEN DELINQUENT — INTEREST AND PENALTIES.
Section 42-5123 - ENTRY OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS — FILING OF DELINQUENCY LIST.
Section 42-5124 - REDEMPTION AND SALE OF PROPERTY SUBJECT TO DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS.
Section 42-5125 - WATER USERS SUBJECT TO INCLUSION WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
Section 42-5126 - EXCLUSION FROM THE DISTRICT — PROCEDURE — GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.
Section 42-5127 - HEARING — NOTICE — ENTRY OF ORDER.
Section 42-5129 - EFFECT OF EXCLUSION ON LIABILITY FOR ASSESSMENTS.