Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to increase daily compensation for members of the Board of Tax Appeals.

Amends existing law to authorize a waiver of minimum instructional hours for after a disaster declaration under certain conditions.

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding notice of lapse or termination of an individual life insurance policy.

This legislation would require that an individual life insurance policy would include the option for the policy holder to designate an individual, in addition to themselves, to receive notification by mail 14 days prior to termination.

Appropriates $650,900 to the State Independent Living Council for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 4.

This is the fiscal year 2018 appropriation to the State Independent Living Council in the amount of $650,900 and authorizes 4.00 FTP. This appropriation includes benefit costs increases, adjustment to the statewide cost allocation, $7,500 for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads and institution presidents. The bill appropriates $124,500 from the General Fund, $353,000 from dedicated funds, and $173,400 from federal funds for a total of $650,900.

Adds to existing law to establish the admission of patients into a secure treatment facility.

With the deinstitutionalization of clients and the falling census at the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center (SWITC) the mission of the institution has changed from an Intermediate Care Facility to a stabilization facilitythatshouldhavelevelsofsecureandlesssecureplacementaccordingtoclientneeds. Thislegislation will allow for a wing of the facility to have secured features protecting more vulnerable clients and the community. Idaho courts have expressed the need for a short term placement option for individuals with developmental disabilities who pose a threat to the community during the pendency of their criminal cases.

Amends, repeals and adds to existing law to revise the membership of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, to revise the duties of the commission and the Department of Lands, to provide well spacing and setback requirements, to provide for unit integration, to provide reporting requirements and to provide for the rights and remedies of royalty owners.

This bill, The Landowner Bill of Rights, amends Title 47, Chapter 3 relating to oil and gas. It protects private property owners, state endowment lands, and taxpayers by updating Idaho law in accordance with otherRockMountainStatesbyimprovingprocesses,transparency,andreportingofoilandgasdevelopment.

Adds to existing law ratifying, approving, adopting and confirming the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas.

This legislation would ratify, approve and adopt the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, and allow Idaho to become a full member of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Idaho is currently an Associate Member, which does not allow for full participation and voting. Full membership will allow Idaho to weigh in on national oil and gas issues that affect the state's ability to administer the oil and gas conservation programs.

Appropriates $400,000 to the Legislature for fiscal year 2018 for the Public School Funding Formula Interim Committee.

Appropriates $77,568,300 to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 587.85; reappropriates certain unexpended and unencumbered balances; provides legislative intent regarding youth equine education; and provides legislative intent regarding transfers to the Public School Income Fund.

This bill appropriates $77,568,300 to the Idaho State Police for FY 2018 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 587.85. For program maintenance, the bill provides for the employer's share of increased benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, replacement items, statewide cost allocation, annualizations, and cybersecurity insurance. The bill also provides for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of the agency head. Fifteen line items are included, which provide 1.00 FTP and $124,500 for brand inspectors; 3.00 FTP and $564,000 for specialists to conduct crash reconstruction investigations; 2.00 FTP and $421,000 for a sergeant and trooper to expand the drug detection K9 program; 2.00 FTP and $148,600 for IT information technicians; $32,000 for instrument maintenance; $292,400 for conducted energy devices; $24,400 for advanced malware protection; 1.00 FTP and $57,300 for a technical records specialist; 1.00 FTP and $48,000 for an office specialist; $102,000 for digital imaging; $150,000 for additional costs associated with the Regional Communications Centers console system; 2.00 FTP and $369,400 for commercial vehicle safety specialists; $143,400 in one-time trustee and benefit payments from the Idaho Horse Council Youth Programs Account within the Pari-mutuel Distributions Fund to be used solely for youth equine education and promotion of equine-related youth development programs of the Idaho Horse Council; $7,300 in one-time trustee and benefits payments from the Breed Distribution Account within the Pari-mutuel Distributions Fund for a transfer to the Public School Income Fund to offset amounts that were improperly distributed to the Idaho Quarter Horse Association; and $65,200 in one-time trustee and benefits payments from the Breed Distribution Account within the Pari-mutuel Distributions Fund for a transfer to the Public School Income Fund to offset amoun

Appropriates $40,000,900 to the State Board of Education for Community Colleges for fiscal year 2018; exempts the appropriation from object and program transfer limitations; requires an update on the Complete College Idaho initiative; and appropriates an additional $1,200,000 to the College of Southern Idaho for fiscal year 2017.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to Community Colleges in the amount of $40,000,900, including $39,400,900 from the General Fund and $600,000 from dedicated funds. This appropriation provides for increased cost of benefits, the equivalent of a 3% ongoing change in employee compensation, and a nondiscretionary adjustment for enrollment workload decreases. This appropriation includes seven line items. Line item 3 provides funding to the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) for the Bridge to Success Summer Program. Line item 4 provides funding to CSI to hire two dedicated faculty members for the CSI Outreach Center in Idaho Falls. Line item 7 provides funding to North Idaho College (NIC) to hire a Title IX Coordinator to lead compliance efforts and conduct training. Line item 8 provides funding to NIC for an assistive technology coordinator and make associated upgrades. Line item 9 provides funding to the College of Western Idaho (CWI) to hire staff to advise existing students and provide outreach to special student populations. Line item 10 provides funding to CWI to aid in average weighted credit equity with other community colleges. Line item 12 provides funding to backfill the current and projected decreases in enrollment at the three community colleges. This funding would provide $434,200 to CSI, $443,200 to CWI, and $416,200 to NIC. This appropriation results in an 6.7% increase from the General Fund and 6.6% from all funds. The supplemental appropriation, in the amount of $1,200,000 one-time from the General Fund, is provided to the Community Colleges for the remainder of fiscal year 2017. The funding will enable the College of Southern Idaho to purchase Pristine Springs near Twin Falls from the Idaho Department of Water Resources. CSI utilizes the geothermal aquifer at Pristine Springs as a source of heat for buildings on the community college campus. The total purchase price for Pristine Springs is $2,400,000. CSI will match the appropriation, and upon payment, th

Appropriates an additional $1,019,900 to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2017, of which $519,900 is for the methyl bromide project; and $500,000 is for animal tracking software; and provides reappropriation authority for fiscal year 2018.

This is a supplemental appropriation bill to the Department of Agriculture for two purposes. First, it provides $169,900 from the General Fund and $350,000 from the federal grant fund for a total of $519,900 for the methyl bromide project. Activities are in response to the identification of fields and commoditiesthatexhibitelevatedlevelsofinorganicbromide,aresidueofmethylbromide. Methylbromide was used as a fumigant to treat fields infested with pale cyst nematode (PCN), a pest of potatoes identified in 26 fields in Bonneville and Bingham counties. PCN is a quarantined pest, the presence of which has impacted export market access for fresh potatoes from Idaho. Moneys will be used for commodity and water sampling, disposal of hay, grower contracts for baling hay, and a burn study with the Idaho National Laboratory. Second, it provides $500,000 from the General Fund for the development of a software program that will facilitate the electronic tracking of animal identification numbers and other data pertaining to livestock movements into and out-of the state. This software will also be able to pass information electronically to the Brand Board for its use, as well as capture relevant data from the Brand Board software. A supplemental is needed because the Division of Purchasing will not allow the distribution of the Request for Proposal (RFP) until a funding source has been approved. Because of the timing and process, JFAC provided carryover authority into FY 2018.

Amends existing law to revise the definition of “basis of bearing.”

Appropriates an additional $400,000 to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2017.

Amends existing law to remove language providing that a physician has examined in person a woman to whom an abortifacient is administered to determine the medical appropriateness of such administration and has determined that the abortifacient is sufficiently safe for use in the gestational age at which it will be administered; and to remove language providing that no drug may be prescribed through telehealth services for the purposes of causing an abortion.

The purpose of this legislation is to terminate the lawsuit now pending against the State of Idaho in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho (Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands v. Wasden, et.al., Case No. 1:15-cv-00557-BLW). This legislation would repeal certain provisions of the law regulating the performance of chemical abortions adopted by the Legislature in 2015.

Amends existing law to remove term limits for public charter school commissioners.

This bill amends Idaho Code 33-5213 to remove term limits for commissioners on the public charter school commission.

Amends existing law to revise requirements for the source matching funds for the Postsecondary Credit Scholarship Program.

33-405 provides scholarships for students who graduate from high school in Idaho and will attend college in Idaho having earned some sort of college credit (Dual Credit, Advanced Placement, Career Technical, etc.) The state funded scholarship must be matched by a scholarship generated from business. This bill clarifies how the matching scholarships from businesses are handled by postsecondary institutions.

Amends existing law to provide a correct code reference.

Amends existing law to provide legislative intent and to provide for the legislative review for parts of a rule.

The purpose of this legislation is to amend the Administrative Procedures Act to reflect the language in HJR 5 defining the term "in whole or in part." Adding an emergency clause.