Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the dissolution of hospital districts.

LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 549 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AN ACT1 RELATING TO HOSPITAL DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 39-1325A, IDAHO CODE, TO2 REVISE A PROVISION REGARDING PETITIONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF HOSPITAL DIS-3 TRICTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.4

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:5

SECTION 1. That Section 39-1325A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby6 amended to read as follows:7 39-1325A. PETITIONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. (1) Pro-8 ceedings for the dissolution of a hospital district may be initiated by a pe-9 tition containing the signatures of qualified electors of the district or10 owners of property within the district equal in number to ten percent (10%)11 of the qualified electors and taxpayers of the district, the same percentage12 required for the organization of the district, but not no earlier than four13 (4) years after the date of its establishment.14 (2) The petition, when completed and verified, shall be filed with the15 clerk of the court of the county or counties if more than one (1) county is in-16 volved. The county clerk shall publish notice and the county commissioners17 shall hold a hearing on the matter. If necessary, they shall hold an elec-18 tion, subject to the provisions of section 34-106, Idaho Code, on the matter.19 The hearing and election shall be held in accordance with the terms and pro-20 visions of title 34, Idaho Code. The disposition of hospital district assets21 on dissolution and the provision for payment of district indebtedness shall22 be made in accordance with the provisions of sections 63-4105 and 63-4106,23 Idaho Code.24 (3) If the hospital district embraces territory in more than one (1)25 county, an election for its dissolution shall be deemed approved only if a26 majority of the votes cast in each such county were cast in the affirmative.27 If, upon the canvass of ballots, it be determined that the proposition has28 been approved, the board of county commissioners of each county shall en-29 ter its order to that effect, subject to the provisions of section 39-1325C,30 Idaho Code, and the order shall by them be made a matter of record.31

SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby32 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after33 July 1, 2026.34