2005 Idaho Code - 58-603 — RIGHTS OF WAY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY LINES, HIGHWAY, AND OTHER PURPOSES

                                  TITLE  58
                                 PUBLIC LANDS
                                  CHAPTER 6
                        RIGHTS OF WAY OVER STATE LANDS
    58-603.  RIGHTS OF WAY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY LINES, HIGHWAY, AND OTHER
PURPOSES. The state board of land commissioners is hereby empowered to grant,
over and upon any land owned or controlled by the state of Idaho, rights of
way for railroad, telegraph, telephone and electric lines, pipelines for
natural and manufactured gas, rights of way for highway purposes, and rights
of way for any other public or private purpose or beneficial use. Application
for such right of way must be accompanied by a map, in duplicate, showing the
course of such right of way over each smallest legal subdivision of land, and
the amount of land required for said right of way. The said right of way may
be granted by the state board of land commissioners upon such terms and upon
such compensation being paid therefor as the said board may determine:
provided, that no land shall be sold under the provisions of this section for
less than ten dollars ($10.00) per acre. Upon the said right of way being
granted, it shall be the duty of the director of the department of lands to
enter the same upon the plats of state lands on file in his office: provided
further, that if the lands so granted are not used for the purpose specified
in the application for right of way, within five (5) years from the granting
of such right of way, then in such event the said lands so granted shall
revert to the state; or if the tracks or works upon such lands for which such
right of way has been granted are not completed within five (5) years after
such right of way has been granted, the state land board shall have the right
to declare such rights of way forfeited.