US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 6
                            DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
                             AMONG APPROPRIATORS
    42-618.  ALTERNATE PLAN OF COLLECTING EXPENSES IN WATER DISTRICTS. In
water districts the water users, instead of following the provisions of
sections 42-612, 42-613, 42-615, 42-616, and 42-617, Idaho Code, may, at any
annual meeting, authorize the watermaster to collect his compensation and that
of his assistants, and other expenses of delivering the water of said district
to the users thereof, directly from the water users, canal companies, and
irrigation districts. When so authorized the watermaster shall collect such
compensation and expenses directly from the water users and shall turn the
collected funds over to the water district treasurer for deposit and
disbursement in accordance with section 42-619, Idaho Code. The water users in
such water districts may also, at any annual meeting, authorize the
watermaster to withhold water deliveries or suspend water deliveries in the
event delivery has commenced, from those users who have not paid their pro
rata share of the cost of operating the district as levied until such time as
said pro rata share of the cost is paid. Said water district shall have the
right to collect any charges due and unpaid, by civil action, said action to
be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the
watermaster to whom such charges are payable, and in addition to the amount
found due, together with interest and costs, may also recover such sum as the
court may adjudge reasonable as attorney's fees in said action.