2005 Idaho Code - 43-1703 — CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION

                                  TITLE  43
                             IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
                                  CHAPTER 17
                         COOPERATION WITH STATE UNDER
                                  CAREY ACT
    43-1703.  CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION. Upon the withdrawal of the land by
the department of the interior it shall be the duty of the department of water
resources to enter into a contract for the construction of irrigation works
with the district submitting the proposition, which contract shall contain
complete specifications of the location, dimensions, character and estimated
cost of the proposed canal, ditch or other irrigation works. Said contract
shall state the price and terms upon which the state will dispose of the lands
to the settlers, but shall not state the cost of the water rights to the
settlers; it shall further state that the board of directors of the district
shall determine the benefits, and the cost of the proposed works shall be
apportioned to the said lands by the said board of directors, as provided by
section 43-404, [Idaho Code,] and that the procedure with reference to the
assessing and the levying of assessments on said lands and the sale for
delinquent assessments so levied and assessed and the method of issuing tax
deeds by the district shall conform in all particulars to that provided in the
irrigation district laws for other lands within said district. The aforesaid
contract shall not be entered into on the part of the department of water
resources until the withdrawal of such lands by the department of the
interior, and the irrigation district shall not at any time be required to
file a bond.