2005 Idaho Code - 42-1760 — WATER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 17
                       DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES --
                             WATER RESOURCE BOARD
    42-1760.  WATER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT. (1)  There is hereby created and
established in the trust and agency fund the water management account. All
moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the water resource
board to be used and administered by it for the purposes specified in
subsection (2) of this section, and shall not be subject to the provisions of
the standard appropriations act of 1945 or section 67-3516, Idaho Code.
    (2)  The board may expend, loan or grant moneys from the water management
account for new water projects or the rehabilitation of existing water
projects limited to the following purposes:  reclamation, upstream storage,
offstream storage, aquifer recharge, reservoir site acquisition and
protection, water supply, water quality, recreation, and water resource
studies, including feasibility studies for qualifying projects.
    (a)  Expenditures may be made from the account to provide public moneys
    for participation in any project constructed with funds from the water
    resource board revolving development account provided by section 42-1756,
    Idaho Code.
    (b)  Grants and loans may be made by the board from the account for any
    project in the public interest for the projects authorized by this
    section; no single grant shall exceed $50,000 unless legislative approval
    has been obtained.
    (3)  The director of the department of water resources shall assist the
board in any way the board deems necessary to fulfill the policy and purpose
of the water management account, including technical evaluation of proposed
projects and coordination in state and federal agencies.