TITLE 43

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 3

POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

43-330B.  Contract provisions. Any contract entered into under the authority of section 43-330A, Idaho Code, shall include the following provisions:

(1) An apportionment of the cost of the construction of the distribution system against the parcel or against the tract or tracts which are included in the contract;

(2)  The cost of construction of the distribution system shall constitute a lien against the parcel, tract or tracts included in the contract, to secure payment of any portion of the cost of construction that is not paid upon completion of construction by the owner or owners, or by a third party on their behalf, and securing payment of interest on any deferred installments of the construction costs;

(3)  A schedule of annual installment payments, with accrued interest, for the portion, if any, of the construction costs that are not paid upon completion of construction;

(4)  The annual installment payment against the parcel or against the tract or tracts included in the contract shall be included in the annual assessments levied by the district against the parcel, tract or tracts and any such assessment and its levy and collection shall be, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the assessment, levy and collection of other assessments levied upon lands in the district;

(5)  The deferred annual installment payments of principal and accrued interest may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty, but any prepayment of principal shall not be less that [than] one-half (1/2) the amount of the annual installment payment of principal next coming due, but the prepayment privilege authorized in this subsection shall not be applicable where the construction costs have been financed through a local improvement district;

(6)  If the district has constructed or proposes to construct a pumping station and pipeline to serve the parcel, tract or tracts included in the contract and other lands, the cost of the pumping station and pipeline shall be apportioned by the board to all lands which are planned to be served by the pumping station, so that each acre of irrigable land to be served by the pumping station shall be assessed and required to pay the same amount;

(7)  A grant of an easement to the district for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the portion of the distribution system located on the parcel, tract or tracts included in the contract. The easement shall be of sufficient width to allow construction, installation, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement by the use of ordinary mechanized equipment designed to perform those functions.

History:

[43-330B, added 1993, ch. 261, sec. 1, p. 892.]