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HOUSE BILL NO. 665 – Subdivision/irrigatn dist/contracts

HOUSE BILL NO. 665

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H0665.........................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
SUBDIVISION - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to authorize an
irrigation district to contract with landowners for the construction of
improvements within a subdivision without regard to the size of the tracts
of land within the subdivision; to authorize the board of directors of an
irrigation district to construct or maintain improvements and levy
assessments within a subdivision without regard to the size of the tracts
of land within the subdivision; and to authorize the board of directors of
an irrigation district to apportion water to tracts of land within a
subdivision without regard to the size of the tracts of land.

02/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 60-0-10
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15),
      Black(23), Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Hadley,
      Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20),
      Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher,
      Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson,
      Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Tilman, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann,
      Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and Excused -- Bell, Boe, Crane, Gagner, Gould, Linford,
      Newcomb, Taylor, Tippets, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Bivens
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Hansen
    Floor Sponsor - Lee
    Title apvd - to House
03/19    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
    Pres signed - to Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 195
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0665


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 665

                         BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION  43-330A,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 3        AUTHORIZE  A  DISTRICT TO CONTRACT WITH LANDOWNERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
 4        IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN A SUBDIVISION WITHOUT REGARD TO THE SIZE OF THE TRACTS
 5        OF LAND WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION; AMENDING SECTION 43-331,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 6        AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND
 7        LEVY  ASSESSMENTS  WITHIN  A SUBDIVISION WITHOUT REGARD TO THE SIZE OF THE
 8        TRACTS OF LAND WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL  CORRECTION;
 9        AND  AMENDING SECTION 43-332, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF DIREC-
10        TORS TO APPORTION WATER TO TRACTS OF LAND  WITHIN  A  SUBDIVISION  WITHOUT
11        REGARD TO THE SIZE OF THE TRACTS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

12    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

13        SECTION  1.  That  Section 43-330A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
14    amended to read as follows:

15        43-330A.  CONTRACTS WITH LANDOWNERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS. When
16    a parcel of land lying within an irrigation district has been subdivided 
17    into tracts of five (5) acres or less  and the owner or  owners  of  the
18    entire  parcel propose to develop that parcel or any of the tracts therein for
19    residential, commercial, industrial or municipal use, the board  of  directors
20    of  the  district  may  enter  into a contract with the owner or owners of the
21    entire parcel, or of any tract therein, for the construction of a  pressurized
22    system for the proper distribution of irrigation water to the parcel or to the
23    designated tracts within the parcel.

24        SECTION  2.  That  Section  43-331, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
25    amended to read as follows:

26        43-331.  DIRECTORS MAY CONSTRUCT OR MAINTAIN  IMPROVEMENTS,  LEVY  ASSESS-
27    MENTS.  (1)  This  section  applies: (a) When a parcel of land lying within an
28    irrigation district is subdivided  into tracts of four (4) acres or less,
29     and the owner has made no provisions which in the opinion of the  board
30    of  directors is adequate for the proper distribution of water thereto; or (b)
31    when improvements for the distribution or delivery of water to  any  tract  of
32    land  are  not owned by the district and the owner or person in control of the
33    improvement fails to maintain, repair or replace the improvement  as  required
34    for  the  proper and efficient distribution or delivery of water to any tract;
35    or (c) when fifty  per cent   percent  (50%) or more  of
36    the  owners of the tracts in any such subdivided parcel request that the board
37    provide for the proper distribution of water thereto or request that the board
38    maintain, repair or replace the improvement as required  for  the  proper  and
39    efficient distribution or delivery of water to any tract.
40        (2)  Whenever the interest or convenience of such tracts requires the con-
41    struction,  repair or maintenance of any ditch, flume, dike, aqueduct or other


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 1    improvement, the board may construct, repair or maintain such improvement, and
 2    levy and collect an assessment upon all tracts specially benefited thereby, to
 3    defray the whole or any portion of the cost and expense thereof. The board may
 4    determine what lands are specially benefited by such construction,  repair  or
 5    maintenance, and the amount to which each tract is benefited.

 6        SECTION  3.  That  Section  43-332, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        43-332.  APPORTIONMENT OF WATER TO TRACTS -- EMPLOYMENT OF PERSON TO  DIS-
 9    TRIBUTE WATER -- ASSESSMENT OF COST -- LIEN ON LAND. Whenever a parcel of land
10    lying  within  an  irrigation district is subdivided  into tracts of four
11    (4) acres or less,  and plats of such subdivision are filed as  provided
12    by  law,  and the owners fail to properly apportion the water to their various
13    tracts in the subdivision, or upon request made by fifty  per cent 
14     percent  (50%) or more of the owners of the tracts in the subdivi-
15    sion the board of directors may employ some competent person to distribute and
16    apportion water for such tracts. The reasonable cost of such services shall be
17    apportioned each year by the board to such tracts. The cost of  such  services
18    shall  be  assessed by the board as a special charge to the tracts in the same
19    manner as other assessments are made by the board. The  assessment  so  levied
20    and apportioned shall be a lien upon the tracts, and shall be collected in the
21    same manner as all other assessments are levied and collected by the board.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 07812
    
    This legislation enables irrigation districts to provide for 
    the construction and maintenance of pressurized irrigation systems 
    and other improvements to deliver irrigation water to multiple-use 
    developments that include, for example, a school, park, or 
    commercial lot over 5 acres, in addition to smaller residential 
    lots. This purpose is accomplished by removing the acreage 
    limitations in Idaho Code sections 43-330A, 43-331, and 43-332.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    There will be no fiscal impact to the General Fund or its 
    political subdivisions as a result of these proposed amendments.
    
    CONTACT:
    
    Daniel V. Steenson
    Laura Burri
    Ringert Clark Chartered
    (208) 342-4591
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
    H 665