Idaho § 42-3103 - Definitions

§ 42-3103. Definitions

Whenever used or referred to in this act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Board" or "board of commissioners" means the board of commissioners of the flood control district.

(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the board of commissioners of the flood control district.

(3) "Debris removal" or "remove debris" means to remove from the channels and banks of streams, and any other surface watercourses, any artificial debris, gravel, sediment, plants, and other materials that obstruct or are likely to obstruct the flow of water therein and thereby cause flooding or interfere with the lawful diversion and beneficial use of water.

(4) "Department" means the department of water resources, state of Idaho.

(5) "Director" means the director of the department of water resources, state of Idaho.

(6) "District" means any flood control district organized by authority of this act or prior acts of the Idaho legislature.

(7) "Flood," "flood event," or "flooding" means the inundation of normally dry land areas with water caused by the overflow or rise of rivers, streams or lakes, and other surface watercourses, or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

(8) "Flood control" means the activities, operations, and projects authorized by the board for flood risk reduction, flood study, flood response, and flood recovery.

(9) "Flood control structure" or "structure" means any treatment measure on land or the channels and banks of streams and any other surface watercourses authorized by the board for flood control, including but not limited to a bank barb, berm, dike, drop structure, levee, riprap, sill, planting, device, or other mechanism.

(10) "Flood recovery" means the activities, operations, and projects authorized by the board after a flood event, including but not limited to the maintenance, construction, or installation of any flood control structure or the implementation of any flood risk reduction measure.

(11) "Flood response" or "flood fight" means the activities, operations, and projects authorized by the board in response to a flooding emergency.

(12) "Flood risk reduction" or "flood risk prevention" means activities, operations, projects, structures, and studies authorized by the board to reduce the risk of flooding, including but not limited to the removal of debris and the maintenance, repair, stabilization, restoration, alteration, or improvement of stream banks, stream channels, and other surface watercourses.

(13) "Flood study" or "study" means any data gathering, study, modeling, or other analysis used by the district in conducting flood control.

(14) "Flooding emergency" means a circumstance in which the board has determined to take immediate action to reduce injury to life or damage to property during an existing or imminent flood event.

(15) "State" means the state of Idaho.

[42-3103, added 1971, ch. 300, sec. 3, p. 1219; am. 2014, ch. 72, sec. 1, p. 183; am. 2024, ch. 175, sec. 2, p. 658.]