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Committee Prints Bill Letting Canal Companies Receive Petitions on Lateral Disputes
2551965 · January 29, 2025
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Summary
The committee voted to print RS31978, which would allow canal companies and other irrigation entities, not only irrigation districts, to receive petitions and assist in appointing managers for disputed laterals.
The Senate Resources and Environment Committee voted to print RS31978, a draft bill that would expand who can receive and act on petitions about laterals — the privately owned channels that distribute water from district canals to individual users.
Paul Arrington, with the Idaho Water Users Association, told the committee that current code allows irrigation districts…
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