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Terms Used In Idaho Code 58-131

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
The state board of land commissioners of Idaho is hereby authorized to enter into agreements on behalf of the state of Idaho with the secretary of the interior of the United States for the cooperation by the state of Idaho with the United States in securing and selecting settlers and in promoting the settlement and development of irrigation projects, or divisions thereof, where such projects are constructed by the United States under the provisions of the United States Reclamation Act: provided, that no contract shall be entered into hereunder obligating the state of Idaho to pay any money until appropriation therefor has been made by the legislature.