WATER AND CANAL CORPORATIONS AND WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

Idaho Code tit. 30, ch. 30-8

in effect

Idaho Code § 30-801 CONTRACTS FOR MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.

30-801. CONTRACTS FOR MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY. No corporation formed to supply any city or town with water must do so unless previously authorized by an ordinance of the authorities thereof, or unless it is done in conformity with a contract entered into between the city or town and the corporation. Contracts so made are valid and binding in law, but an exclusive right must not be granted. No contract or grant must be made for a term exceeding fifty (50) years. [(30-801) R.S., sec. 2710; reen. R.C., sec. 2838; compiled and reen. C.L., sec. 2838; C.S., sec. 4842; I.C.A., sec. 29-801.]

Idaho Code § 30-802 RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED.

30-802. RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED. Any corporation created under the provisions of this title for the purposes named in this chapter, subject to the reasonable rules and directions of the city or town authorities as to the mode or manner of using such right of way within the city or town, and subject to the reasonable rules and directions of the board of county commissioners as to the mode and manner of using any right of way outside the corporate limits of such city or town, may use so much of the streets, alleys and ways in any city or town, or the public roads and highways within the county, as may be necessary for the laying of pipes for conducting water to its consumers, or the building and maintaining of ditches, canals, pipes, flumes and aqueducts in conducting water from outside points to the corporate limits of said city or town. [(30-802) R.S., sec. 2712; am. 1905, p. 192, sec. 2; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2840; C.S., sec. 4843; I.C.A., sec. 29-802.]

Idaho Code § 30-803 WORKS NOT TO OBSTRUCT HIGHWAYS.

30-803. WORKS NOT TO OBSTRUCT HIGHWAYS. All waterworks must be so laid and constructed as not to obstruct public highways. [(30-803) R.S., sec. 2713; am. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2841; C.S., sec. 4844; I.C.A., sec. 29-803.]

Idaho Code § 30-804 WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS — EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXES.

30-804. WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS — EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXES. Any water users’ association which is organized in conformity with the requirements of the United States under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and which, under its articles of incorporation, is authorized to furnish water only to its stockholders, shall be governed by the provisions of the Idaho Nonprofit Corporation Act. [(30-804) 1905, p. 373, sec. 3; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2842; C.S., sec. 4845; I.C.A., sec. 29-804; am. 1979, ch. 159, sec. 4, p. 500.]

Source: Idaho State Legislature (legislature.idaho.gov)URL: https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title30/T30CH8/Fetched: 10/20/2026