If a privately owned irrigation line, irrigation canal, or drainage canal crosses the entire width of the proposed right of way, any adjustment or relocation will be considered as a construction item at state expense. This shall include required adjustment or relocation of any minor laterals and pumps, etc., leading off the main line or canal crossing being adjusted. Any costs for replacement property for the line or canal relocation shall be an appraisal item. The appraiser should be informed that this is a construction responsibility.

If the privately owned line or canal will not cross the right of way but is to be relocated as an improvement out of the way of the highway project, the relocation work will be handled as a right of way acquisition item. Such adjustments should be handled in the appraisal process as a part of the right of way parcel. In the appraisal process, it will be necessary to consider the size and general value of the remainder before making a decision about the irrigation line or canal. It will be necessary to estimate the value of the line or canal restored and unrestored in order to ascertain if restoration is the most economical procedure. After this determination, the appraiser should determine the estimated restored and unrestored cost rather than a value for the improvement plus damages, if any, to the remaining facility, since the state does not desire to take title to a line or canal facility as a part of the right of way parcel. The owner will be paid accordingly and will perform the adjustment work himself; refer to .

If a property remainder is of such a size and apparent value that the adjustment of the irrigation facility is unwarranted, the parcel should be appraised in the normal manner. This amount would be paid to the property owner. Refer to Irrigated Land for information on the appraisal of such property.