TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 13

LATERAL DITCH WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

42-1304.  Lateral manager — appointment by water delivery organization. (1) If an association’s water users do not elect or otherwise appoint a lateral manager pursuant to section 42-1302 or 42-1303, Idaho Code, the board of directors of the water delivery organization that delivers water to the lateral may, upon the written request of one (1) or more of the association’s water users, appoint and set the compensation of a lateral manager. Such compensation shall be assessed to the water users pursuant to this chapter and may be collected in the same manner as other assessments are collected by the water delivery organization.

(2)  A lateral manager appointed pursuant to this section shall:

(a)  Have and exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties of a lateral manager as described in this chapter; and

(b)  Serve only for the period fixed by the appointment and not beyond the remainder of the year in which the manager is appointed.

History:

[42-1304, added 2026, ch. 112, sec. 17, p. 571.]