SENATE BILL 1033
Law
Ground water, irrigation
IRRIGATION – Adds to existing law to provide for the appropriation of ground water for supplemental irrigation use.
RS30113 / S1033
In section 67-6537, Idaho’s legislature established the policy that encourages the continued use of surface water when there is a land use change under the land use planning act. Notwithstanding this statute, a recent court decision held that the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources exceeded his authority by relying on this policy for purposes of conditioning new groundwater applications. This bill would provide clear authority to the Director to condition new irrigation groundwater rights consistent with this policy.
This bill has no impact on the general fund because it deals with review and consideration of new groundwater rights and will not require additional funds or time.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01/31 | Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing |
| 02/01 | Reported Printed; referred to Resources & Environment |
| 02/21 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 02/22 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 03/01 | Read third time in full – PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Harris Title apvd - to House |
| 03/02 | Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading |
| Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation | |
| 03/09 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/13 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/15 | Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0 AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias(Woodings), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Mickelsen Title apvd - to Senate |
| 03/16 | Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling |
| Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker | |
| 03/17 | Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate |
| 03/20 | Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor |
| Reported delivered to Governor at 1:43 p.m. on 03/20/23 | |
| 03/22 | Signed by Governor on 03/21/23 Session Law Chapter 97 Effective: 07/01/2023 |