TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 32

WATER AND SEWER DISTRICTS

42-3202.  Definition of terms. A water district is one to supply water for domestic, commercial, and/or industrial purposes by any available means, and for that purpose any such district shall have power to extend its water lines to the source of water supply.

A sewer district is one to provide for sewage disposal and for that purpose any such district shall have power to extend its sewer lines to an appropriate outlet.

A district may be created for a combination of water and sewer purposes, or either of said purposes. A district may be entirely within or entirely without, or partly within and partly without one (1) or more municipalities or counties, and the district may consist of noncontiguous tracts or parcels of property.

The word "board" as used in this chapter shall mean the board of directors of a district.

A "qualified elector" of a district, within the meaning of and entitled to vote under this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, is a person qualified to vote at general elections in this state, and who has been a bona fide resident of the district for at least thirty (30) days prior to any election in the district.

Wherever the term "publication" is used in this chapter and no manner specified therefor, it shall mean publication twice, the first time not less than twelve (12) days prior to the election and the second time not less than five (5) days prior to the election, as provided in section 34-1406, Idaho Code.

History:

[42-3202, added 1947, ch. 152, sec. 2, p. 364; am. 1955, ch. 63, sec. 1, p. 122; am. 1957, ch. 29, sec. 1, p. 40; am. 1974, ch. 101, sec. 1, p. 1202; am. 1975, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 529; am. 1995, ch. 118, sec. 63, p. 479.]