Idaho § 42-5126 EXCLUSION FROM THE DISTRICT — PROCEDURE — GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION

Idaho Statutes

§ 42-5126 — EXCLUSION FROM THE DISTRICT — PROCEDURE — GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION

Idaho § 42-5126

Title 42IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

Ch. 51GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

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Idaho Code § 42-5126 (2026).

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(1)After the formation of the district, any water user included within the district may file with the board of directors a petition in writing, praying for exclusion from the district. All water users seeking exclusion as are united in interest or to which the same state of facts apply may unite in the same petition. The grounds for exclusion and the time limitations for filing any petition hereunder shall be as follows:

(a)The water user will not be benefited by the functioning of the district. A petition alleging this ground for exclusion must be filed within ninety (90) days after the adoption of a resolution to incur indebtedness as authorized in section 42-5114, Idaho Code. Any such petition filed after the ninety (90) day period has elapsed shall not be accepted or considered, exce

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(1) After the formation of the district, any water user included within the district may file with the board of directors a petition in writing, praying for exclusion from the district. All water users seeking exclusion as are united in interest or to which the same state of facts apply may unite in the same petition. The grounds for exclusion and the time limitations for filing any petition hereunder shall be as follows:
(a) The water user will not be benefited by the functioning of the district. A petition alleging this ground for exclusion must be filed within ninety (90) days after the adoption of a resolution to incur indebtedness as authorized in section 42-5114, Idaho Code. Any such petition filed after the ninety (90) day period has elapsed shall not be accepted or considered, except upon a showing of good cause for the delay.
(b) The water user has not benefited by the functioning of the district. A petition alleging this ground for exclusion shall be filed no earlier than five (5) years after the adoption of a resolution to incur indebtedness as authorized in section 42-5114, Idaho Code.
(c) A petition alleging either of the foregoing grounds for exclusion shall be acknowledged by all the petitioners and shall state in detail the reasons why it is claimed that the petitioners should be excluded from the district.
(2) Immediately after the formal appointment, the board of directors shall cause notice of the deadline for filing petitions under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and a copy of the order of formation of the district and a map indicating the boundaries of the district to be posted in three (3) public places in each county in which a part of the district is situated. In addition, the board shall publish notice of the deadline and the location at which the order of formation and map of the district may be inspected for at least four (4) successive weeks in a newspaper published or having general circulation in each of the counties in which any part of the district is situated.