US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  43
                             IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
                                  CHAPTER 9
                            CONSTRUCTION WORK AND
                           ACQUIREMENT OF PROPERTY
    43-908.  RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN. All irrigation districts organized under
the laws of the state of Idaho shall have the right of eminent domain, with
the power by and through their boards of directors, to cause to be condemned
and appropriated in the name of and for the use of said districts, all lands,
water rights, reservoirs, canals and works constructed or being constructed by
private owners, and lands for reservoirs for the storage of needful waters,
and all necessary appurtenances and other property necessary for the
construction, use and supply, maintenance, repair and improvement of said
canal or canals and works. Said irrigation districts shall have the right by
and through their boards of directors to acquire by purchase or other legal
means, any or all of the property mentioned and referred to in this section.
In any action or proceeding for the condemnation of any property mentioned and
referred to in this section, wherein said irrigation district is a party, the
plaintiff must, within six (6) months after final judgment, pay the sum of
money assessed, or said judgment will be annulled. Except as otherwise
provided in this section, the provisions of the laws of Idaho relative to the
right of eminent domain, civil actions and new trials and appeals, shall be
applicable to, and constitute the rules of practice in, condemnation
proceedings by said irrigation districts.