42-618. ALTERNATE PLAN OF COLLECTING EXPENSES IN WATER DISTRICTS. In water districts the water users, instead of following the provisions of sections 42-612, 42-613, 42-615, 42-616, and 42-617, Idaho Code, may, at any annual meeting, authorize the watermaster to collect his compensation and that of his assistants, and other expenses of delivering the water of said district to the users thereof, directly from the water users, canal companies, and irrigation districts. When so authorized the watermaster shall collect such compensation and expenses directly from the water users and shall turn the collected funds over to the water district treasurer for deposit and disbursement in accordance with section 42-619, Idaho Code. The water users in such water districts may also, at any annual meeting, authorize the watermaster to withhold water deliveries or suspend water deliveries in the event delivery has commenced, from those users who have not paid their pro rata share of the cost of operating the district as levied until such time as said pro rata share of the cost is paid. Said water district shall have the right to collect any charges due and unpaid, by civil action, said action to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the watermaster to whom such charges are payable, and in addition to the amount found due, together with interest and costs, may also recover such sum as the court may adjudge reasonable as attorney’s fees in said action.

History:

[42-618, added 1947, ch. 11, sec. 1, p. 51; am. 1969, ch. 305, sec. 3, p. 913; am. 1992, ch. 339, sec. 20, p. 1027.]