Idaho § 42-3313 COMMISSION TO SERVE ON JOINT COMMISSION RELATING TO WATERS OF SNAKE RIVER

Idaho Statutes

§ 42-3313 — COMMISSION TO SERVE ON JOINT COMMISSION RELATING TO WATERS OF SNAKE RIVER

Idaho § 42-3313

Title 42IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

Ch. 33COMMISSIONS TO NEGOTIATE COMPACTS WITH OTHER STATES

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Idaho Code § 42-3313 (2026).

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The governor of the state of Idaho is hereby authorized to appoint a commission of ten (10) members, of which the director of the department of water resources shall be one (1), to represent the state of Idaho on a joint commission to be composed of commissioners representing the states of Wyoming and Idaho and a commissioner that may be appointed by the President of the United States, to be constituted by said states for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a compact or compacts, agreement or agreements, between the states, with the consent of congress, respecting the lawful diversion, distribution, and further utilization and disposition of the waters of the Snake River and all streams tributary thereto, with due regard to vested rights, mutual benefits and equitable apportionmen

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The governor of the state of Idaho is hereby authorized to appoint a commission of ten (10) members, of which the director of the department of water resources shall be one (1), to represent the state of Idaho on a joint commission to be composed of commissioners representing the states of Wyoming and Idaho and a commissioner that may be appointed by the President of the United States, to be constituted by said states for the purpose of negotiating and entering into a compact or compacts, agreement or agreements, between the states, with the consent of congress, respecting the lawful diversion, distribution, and further utilization and disposition of the waters of the Snake River and all streams tributary thereto, with due regard to vested rights, mutual benefits and equitable apportionment, and fixing and determining a method of regulation, administration and control of the waters of said river; provided, however, that any compact or agreement so entered into on behalf of said states shall not be binding or obligatory upon either of said states or citizens thereof until and unless the same shall have been ratified and approved by the legislatures of both states and by the congress of the United States.