Idaho Bills
589 bills · 2019 Regular Session
Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise the licensing process for collection agencies and to create the Collection Agency Recovery Fund to allow reimbursement to persons to whom an Idaho court awards damages resulting from violations by a collection agent, debt counselor, credit counselor, or credit repair organization.
28 – 6
Amends existing law to change the length of apprentice registrations, to establish requirements for in-state and out-of-state applicants to take the electrical journeyman's exam, to require filing of and online access to employment verification forms, and to allow the administrator of the division to revive expired apprentice and limited electrical installer trainee registrations.
67 – 2
Amends existing law to provide for licensure of electrical installers.
Amends existing law to define terms and to provide for who shall and shall not locate and mark service laterals.
Amends existing law to reduce the mandatory number of board meetings and to change the quorum requirement.
68 – 0
Amends current law to revise requirements regarding a specified board seat on the Idaho heating, ventilation and air conditioning board.
67 – 0
Stating findings of the Legislature regarding a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to request that the populated areas of the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site be delisted from the overall Superfund site and urging the Governor to take action toward such delisting.
This resolution would request the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality petition the Environmental Protection Agency and request that the Residential Soils Operable Unit 1 be delisted from the overall Superfund site in Shoshone County.
Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Historical Society for fiscal year 2019.
68 – 0
Amends existing law to clarify a code reference.
This is one of a series of bills the Supreme Court has recommended in its annual report to the Governor concerning defects or omissions in the laws, as required by article V, section 25 of the Idaho Constitution. The title of I.C. § 18-2509, "[p]unishment for violation of preceding section" clearly limits application of the outlined penalties to the crime of aiding escape as set forth in I.C. § 18-2508. However, the contradictory language in the body of I.C. § 18-2509 seems to expand application of the stated penalties to any violation of "this act." The act includes several crimes other than aiding escape (officers assisting escape, private persons assisting escape, felony escape, and misdemeanor escape) with differing penalties. In order to clarify that the penalty provisions of I.C. § 18-2509 only apply to violations of the "preceding section," this section's overbroad reference to "this act" should specifically refer to the crime of aiding escape as set forth in I.C. § 18-2508.
66 – 0
Amends existing law to provide that an order of service must direct certain action in certain instances.
66 – 0
Repeals existing law relating to the penalty for evasion of jury service.
60 – 1
Amends existing law to provide for certain employees of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
37 – 28
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding payment of a fee.
69 – 0
Relates to the appropriation to the STEM Action Center for fiscal year 2019.
This is an FY 2019 supplemental appropriation bill for the STEM Action Center. It provides $1,000,000 in appropriation in order to spend private contributions to the agency.
68 – 0
Amends existing law to provide that a surveyor's narrative shall contain certain information; and to provide that a record of survey shall contain a surveyor's narrative.
The purpose of the survey narrative is to offer a rational summary of the evidence accepted and rejected and to ensure evidence is not missed or misinterpreted. The survey narrative will serve to perpetuate a record of the evidence considered and the principles applied in performing the survey. This will aid the public and future surveyors by making the record more clear and complete.
53 – 13
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding notification in the event of a donor's death.
Amends existing law to make psychological injuries suffered by first responders compensable.
59 – 10
Amends existing law to revise the date at which a board of school district trustees shall perform organizational actions.
This bill is a technical change to the 2018 School Board Election bill (S1280) by correcting the date of organization for school board trustees.
69 – 0
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding notification in the event of a donor's death.
33 – 0
Amends existing law to raise the dollar value of property that may be sold or disposed of.
64 – 0
Amends existing law to provide that an electrical inspector may be certified by the International Association of Electrical Inspectors or the International Code Council pursuant to certain requirements.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding violations, to authorize the board to affirm, reject, decrease, or increase training or penalties imposed, and to provide that the administrator may impose certain penalties.
Amends existing law to clarify that private land surveyors may access private land.
45 – 19
Amends existing law regarding appointment of a third member of a fact-finding commission and completion of the fact-finding process.
This legislation amends Idaho Code Sections 44-1806 and 44-1807 pertaining to firefighter collective bargaining. Under existing law, in the event that an impasse between the representative(s) of the employer and the firefighters is reached, the parties select neutral fact-finders. The proposed amendments affect how fact-finders are selected; institute a process for how a final contract is produced using previously negotiated Articles in conjunction with the fact-finders' recommendation; and make the fact-finders' decision final and binding upon both parties rather than merely advisory.
Amends and repeals existing law to remove a sunset date.
51 – 19