43-328. PETITION TO CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS FOR IRRIGATION — ASSENT OF PETITIONERS TO ASSESSMENT OF COST OF IMPROVEMENT. The holders of title, or evidence of title, representing a majority of the acreage of any body of land within any irrigation district, may file with the board of directors of the district a petition in writing, praying for the construction of any improvement necessary or expedient for the efficient irrigation of the lands, including facilities for the recharge of ground water basins. The petition shall in a general way describe the proposed improvement and shall describe the tracts, or body of land, owned by the petitioners, and shall contain a description of the exterior boundaries of the land for which the proposed improvement is to be constructed, and describing therein any lands that are to be excepted from the benefit or use of the proposed improvement. The petition shall also contain an agreement on the part of the petitioners that the cost of construction of the improvement shall constitute a lien upon the lands within the exterior boundaries of the land described in the petition, except the lands that are therein excepted from the benefit or use of the proposed improvement, and that the lands shall be assessed for and pay the cost of the improvement. The petition shall be deemed to give assent of the petitioners to construction of the improvement and shall authorize the assessment of the cost of such improvement upon and against the lands described in the petition and not specifically therein excepted. The petition shall be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged.
History:
[43-328, as added by 1973, ch. 64, sec. 1, p. 105; am. 1985, ch. 120, sec. 3, p. 294.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 43 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 3 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 43-301 - ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Section 43-302 - OFFICE OF BOARD.
Section 43-303 - MEETINGS OF BOARD.
Section 43-304 - GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD — BY-LAWS — RIGHT OF ENTRY — ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Section 43-305 - DRAINAGE OF LANDS — PAYMENT OF COST — APPORTIONMENT OF COST WHEN PAYMENT DEFERRED.
Section 43-306 - LEVY AUTHORIZED FOR PURPOSE OF DRAINING LANDS WITHIN DISTRICT.
Section 43-307 - AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE FUNCTIONS OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS.
Section 43-308 - AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE FUNCTIONS OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS — PETITION AND RESOLUTION.
Section 43-309 - NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION.
Section 43-310 - HEARING — OBJECTIONS — FINDINGS.
Section 43-311 - DECREE GRANTING PETITION — VESTING OF POWERS AND AUTHORITY IN DISTRICT.
Section 43-313 - ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS — CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION.
Section 43-314 - ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS — SALE OF SURPLUS POWER — RATIFICATION OF CONTRACT.
Section 43-315 - ASSESSMENT FOR EXTERMINATION OF RODENTS.
Section 43-316 - LEGAL TITLE TO PROPERTY.
Section 43-317 - CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY — ACTIONS.
Section 43-318A - TRADE-IN OR EXCHANGE OF DISTRICT PROPERTY.
Section 43-319 - COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 43-320 - OFFICERS MUST NOT BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.
Section 43-321 - SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS — ELECTIONS — COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS — DELINQUENT LIST.
Section 43-322 - POWER TO INCUR DEBTS — WARRANTS.
Section 43-323 - PLACE OF USE.
Section 43-324 - STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Section 43-325 - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS.
Section 43-326 - POWER TO MAINTAIN PARKS.
Section 43-327 - DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS — SHUTTING OFF OF WATER.
Section 43-330A - CONTRACTS WITH LANDOWNERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Section 43-330B - CONTRACT PROVISIONS.
Section 43-330D - CONTRACT TO BE RECORDED.
Section 43-330E - DISTRICT TO OWN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
Section 43-330F - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PRESSURIZED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.
Section 43-331 - DIRECTORS MAY CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, LEVY ASSESSMENTS.
Section 43-334 - PROCEDURE FOR LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT — APPEAL.
Section 43-336 - NOTIFICATION OF LANDOWNERS REGARDING LEASE.
Section 43-337 - REQUIREMENTS OF ELECTION FOR LANDOWNERS.
Section 43-339 - NO LEVY AGAINST LANDS WHERE WATER RIGHTS ARE LEASED.
Section 43-340 - USE OF MONEYS RECEIVED FOR LEASED WATER RIGHTS.
Section 43-341 - EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS BY LEASING.
Section 43-343 - AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE GROUND WATER RECHARGE PROJECT.