The grant of powers provided in this chapter to highway districts and to their officers and agents, shall be liberally construed, as a broad and general grant of powers, to the end that the control and administration of the districts may be efficient. The enumeration of certain powers that would be implied without enumeration shall not be construed as a denial or exclusion of other implied powers necessary for the free and efficient exercise of powers expressly granted.
Idaho Code § 40-1312
Grant of powers to be liberally construed
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Ada County Highway District v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission (2011)
Most recently applied in Ada County Highway District v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission (May 2011)
I.C., § 40-1312, as added by 1985, ch. 253, § 2, p. 586.
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