US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 7
                       HEADGATES AND MEASURING DEVICES
    42-711.  EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT -- APPROVAL -- ALLOTMENT AND CHARGE
AGAINST WATER USER. (1) District hydrographers shall prepare an accounting of
all expenses of the district for the year. The accounting shall show:
    (a)  The time charged to the district by each employee of the district,
    the function performed by each employee for the time charged and the cost
    to the district for the time charged.
    (b)  The cost to the district for each activity of the advisory committee
    and for each activity a breakdown of the cost by per diem for committee
    members, travel costs, goods and services, and other costs with a
    description of the substance of the other costs.
    (c)  The cost to the district for travel and services, except as already
    included in paragraph (b) of this subsection, and a description of the
    activity performed for the district for each cost.
    (d)  The cost to the district for all real or personal property, equipment
    or facilities acquired, and a description and the cost of each.
The accounting shall be certified by the district hydrographer and the
chairman of the advisory committee.
    (2)  The accounting shall be submitted to the director of the department
of water resources for approval.
    (3)  The expenses of the district shall be a charge against the water
users in the district. The expenses of the district shall be apportioned among
all water users included within the district in the following manner:
    (a)  A charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for each diversion
    measured, provided the charge may be up to fifty dollars ($50.00) per year
    if adopted by resolution approved by vote of the water users at a meeting
    conducted in accordance with section 42-707, Idaho Code; and
    (b)  A pro rata share of the total expense of the district, minus the
    total amount charged for all diversions in the district from paragraph (a)
    of this subsection determined by the fraction the recorded diversion rate
    for each water right is to the total recorded diversion rate of all water
    rights being measured by the district.
    (c)  Except, if the total charge for all diversions measured in the
    district from paragraph (a) of this subsection is more than the total
    expense of the district, the individual charge for each diversion will be
    the total expense of the district divided by the number of diversions in
    the district and the pro rata share from paragraph (b) of this subsection
    will be zero (0).
    (4)  An allocation of the district expenses among the various users shall
be prepared by the district hydrographer and filed with the director of the
department of water resources and with the water measurement district
treasurer.