Idaho § 42-1401 LEGISLATIVE INTENT

Idaho Statutes

§ 42-1401 — LEGISLATIVE INTENT

Idaho § 42-1401

Title 42IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

Ch. 14ADJUDICATION OF WATER RIGHTS

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Idaho Code § 42-1401 (2026).

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The legislature finds and declares that the state laws and procedures for the adjudication of rights to the use of water need to be modified:

(1)to provide a statutory procedure for incorporating a negotiated agreement between a federal reserved water right claimant and the state of Idaho into an adjudication;

(2)to provide a more efficient method for adjudications;

(3)to assure that state laws and procedures provide a fair and impartial forum for the adjudication of the rights of all claimants; and

(4)to assure that state laws and procedures are adequate as a matter of federal law to adjudicate all water rights claimed to have been established under federal law and to administer such rights.

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The legislature finds and declares that the state laws and procedures for the adjudication of rights to the use of water need to be modified:
(1) to provide a statutory procedure for incorporating a negotiated agreement between a federal reserved water right claimant and the state of Idaho into an adjudication;
(2) to provide a more efficient method for adjudications;
(3) to assure that state laws and procedures provide a fair and impartial forum for the adjudication of the rights of all claimants; and
(4) to assure that state laws and procedures are adequate as a matter of federal law to adjudicate all water rights claimed to have been established under federal law and to administer such rights.