Terms Used In Idaho Code 38-502

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
It shall be the duty of the state of Idaho through any legally constituted bureau, division or department thereof having control of any burned over lands, to control erosion thereon, to provide feed and cover for wild life and range for livestock, by providing for seeding grasses and/or legumes. Whenever possible such work shall be done in cooperation with the counties and the federal government, or any agency thereof. It shall be the duty of any officer having charge of any bureau, division or department of the state of Idaho, having under his jurisdiction, lands which may hereafter be burned over, to request the state legislature to provide funds for the seeding of such areas if he has no funds at his disposal which may be used for this purpose.