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ID H0401
Bill
Status
3/26/2012
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Conservation Committee
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AI Summary
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Establishes a procedure for two irrigation districts to transfer lands through exclusion from one district and annexation to another via board resolutions and a formal hearing process.
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Requires resolutions to include legal descriptions of parcels, owner and lienholder information, reasons for transfer, benefits to be provided, water delivery methods, and drainage obligations, with hearing scheduled at least 28 days after resolution adoption.
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Mandates public notice containing resolution information and opportunity for interested parties to file written objections before the hearing.
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Boards must determine that the transfer is in landowners' best interests, provides comparable benefits, ensures uninterrupted water delivery, and does not injure other water users' ditch rights before ordering exclusion and annexation.
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Allows appeals to district court by any landowner or interested party and requires costs to be divided equally between districts unless they agree to different apportionment.
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law relating to irrigation districts to provide a procedure for the transfer of lands between districts; to provide for the content of resolutions regarding the transfer of lands between districts; to provide for notice; to provide for hearing; to provide for orders and determinations; to provide for orders of exclusion and annexation; to provide for appeals and to provide a procedure; and to provide for costs.
IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
Last Action
Governor signed Session Law Chapter 122 Effective: 07/01/12
3/26/2012