Idaho Code § 50-301
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50-301 CORPORATE AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT POWERS.
Official statutory text
50-301. Corporate and local self-government powers. Cities governed by this act shall be bodies corporate and politic; may sue and be sued; contract and be contracted with; accept grants-in-aid and gifts of property, both real and personal, in the name of the city; acquire, hold, lease, and convey property, real and personal; have a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure; may erect buildings or structures of any kind, needful for the uses or purposes of the city; and exercise all powers and perform all functions of local self-government in city affairs as are not specifically prohibited by or in conflict with the general laws or the constitution of the state of Idaho.
History:
[50-301, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 6, p. 1249; am. 1976, ch. 214, sec. 1, p. 784.]
History:
[50-301, added 1967, ch. 429, sec. 6, p. 1249; am. 1976, ch. 214, sec. 1, p. 784.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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