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Bill to clarify priority of irrigation-assessment liens approved by committee
Summary
Senate Bill 1082 would make water-assessment liens first in priority against property, aligning one irrigation district type with existing lien priorities; the committee sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Resources and Conservation Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 1082 after sponsor Representative Gerald Raymond described the measure as a technical fix to align lien priority for a particular irrigation district type with other similar entities.
Representative Gerald Raymond said the bill “allows for the assessment for water ... to be placed as a lien against [property] and this lien would be in first place against any other lien regardless of whether that ... where that lien is in time with exception of a tax deed.” He told the committee the change was “language clean up making it consistent with other liens of other, of the similar types.”
Representative Raybould moved to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation; the committee approved the motion by voice vote and recorded no roll-call tally. No public testimony opposed the bill during committee discussion.
If enacted, the bill would change how assessments tied to this irrigation district classification are treated in lien priority. Committee discussion characterized the change as a statutory clarification rather than a substantive overhaul of assessment processes.
Votes at a glance: Senate Bill 1082 — motion to send to floor with a due-pass recommendation moved by Representative Raybould; approved by voice vote (committee recorded “aye,” no roll-call tally provided).
