Terms Used In Idaho Code 42-5276

  • Board: means the board of directors of a ground water district organized pursuant to this chapter. See Idaho Code 42-5201
  • District: means a ground water district established, or to be established, pursuant to this chapter. See Idaho Code 42-5201
  • Ground water: when used in this chapter means water under the surface of the ground whatever may be the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving, as provided in section 42-230(a), Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 42-5201
  • lands: when used in the context of the property of a ground water user subject to district assessment under this chapter, means the real property where ground water is diverted or placed to beneficial use, including the facilities in or through which a ground water user makes beneficial use of ground waters. See Idaho Code 42-5201
Where the water supply for lands is ground water provided by an irrigation district established under title 43, Idaho Code, and such lands are included in and subject to assessment by the irrigation district, such lands shall be included in a ground water district organized under the provisions of this chapter only if the board of the irrigation district serves notice in the same manner as that provided for nonirrigators in section 42-5214(2) and (3), Idaho Code.