Idaho Bills

Adds to existing law to establish Simon's Law regarding life-sustaining treatment for children.

The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that at least one parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor child, who is under the care of a doctor and healthcare facility, is notified 48 hours prior to a doctor instituting an order to withhold life-sustaining treatment. This legislation also provides within 48 hours of notification of such an order, a parent or guardian has the right to request their unemancipated minor child to be transferred from the facility under whose care the child is admitted to another available facility or transferred home. The parent or guardian has 15 days to arrange the transfer, if it is not against existing state law, governing agency rules and regulations, hospital policy, or third-party payment contracts.

Amends existing law to revise the allocation of property tax revenues between a highway district and a revenue allocation area within the highway district.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on Aging for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Commission on Aging. It appropriates a total of $13,759,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 13.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classifications most in need of equity adjustments. The bill funds one line item, which provides $207,000 in federal funds to allow the agency to spend grant funds they have been awarded. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services for security software and data center office space located at the Chinden Campus; and software licensing, server infrastructure, and storage to expand system capabilities on core systems and to maintain agency-specific software. Lastly, the ongoing General Fund appropriation is reduced by 2%.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for forfeiture of stockwater rights.

ThislegislationestablishestheproceduretobeusedbytheDirectoroftheIdahoDepartmentofWaterResources prior to issuing an order declaring certain stockwater rights to be forfeited under I.C. Sec. 42-222(2) for failure to put the rights to beneficial use for a term of five years or more. It repeals I.C. Sec. 42-502(2) that prohibits a grazing permittee from being an agent of the federal government for purposes of acquiring a stockwater right in the permittee's name. It repeals I.C. Sec. 42-503 that provides a forfeiture procedure only for certain federally-owned stockwater rights. It amends I.C. Sec. 42-504 to clarify that a stockwater right for use on a federal grazing allotment may not be used for another purpose or at another place of use.

Amends existing law to provide an exception, to clarify record request requirements, and to provide certain exceptions regarding legislative communications.

Amends existing law to provide that certain notice shall be given for nonrenewal of a lease or an increase in the amount of rent charged.

This legislation amends Section 55-307 of Idaho Code to require that for residential properties, landlords provide at least 30 days' written notice if the landlord is raising rent or intends not to renew the lease.

Relates to the appropriation to the Industrial Commission for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Executive Office of the Governor for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Executive Office of the Governor. It appropriates a total of $2,268,100 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 21.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services for security software and data center office space located at the Chinden Campus; and software licensing, server infrastructure, and storage to expand system capabilities on core systems and to maintain agency-specific software. Lastly, the ongoing General Fund appropriation is reduced by 2%.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2021.

Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Idaho Transportation Department. It appropriates a total of $782,602,500 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 1,648.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. Funding for replacement items includes $29,674,900 for computers, tablets, printers, air pool equipment, various tools, and various road equipment. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classifications most in need of equity adjustments. Funding for a 3% upward shift in the compensation schedule is also included. The bill funds 14 line items, which provide a net-zero object transfer of $75,000 from operating expenditures into personnel costs for an unmanned aircraft system manager; $1,750,000 for a onetime increase to the Idaho Airport Aid Program; $486,700 to interface with Luma; $1,270,000 for a cloud security upgrade; $265,800 for countymotorvehiclesequipment; atransferof3.00FTPand$276,600fromtheStateHighwayDivisionintothe Motor Vehicles Division for the Insurance Compliance Program; $454,400 for highway equipment; $2,754,700 for an intelligent transportation system; $190,000 for grant management software; $1,635,000 to fund year three of GIS integrations; $3,267,000 for federal funds; $98,744,600 for additional revenue received above projection; and $1,029,200 for the Strategic Initiatives Program Fund interest. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services for security software and data center office space located at the Chinden Campus; and billings in excess of current appropriations.

Amends existing law to provide that a party asserting that a water right has been forfeited has the burden of proving the forfeiture, to provide that certain water rights shall not be lost or forfeited for nonuse, and to provide for third-party claims of right.

Relates to the appropriation to the Commission on the Arts for fiscal year 2021.

Amends existing law to provide for the administration and maintenance of the Health Care Directive Registry by the Department of Health and Welfare.

This legislation transfers the responsibilities for the health care directive registry from the Secretary of State to the Department of Health and Welfare, including the existing records, and directs the Department to make the registry available 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.