Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to remove a requirement for a broadband infrastructure improvement grant and to revise the duty of the State Board of Education to make certain rules.

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT- Appropriates an additional $24,760,900 to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2017.

Amends existing law to provide that the Board of Dentistry may commence emergency proceedings against a licensee under certain circumstances.

Amends existing law to provide that Idaho Career Information Systems staff in the Department of Labor are classified employees and to provide for a onetime irrevocable election.

To amend Idaho Employment Security Law to change the status of Idaho Career Information staff from exempt to classified.

Amends existing law to allow for subcommittees of the Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission Council, to provide membership of the subcommittees, and to provide powers and duties.

Amends existing law to revise a reference to the National Electrical Code.

The purpose of the proposed change to Idaho Code § 54-1001A is to clarify 682.10 of the National Electrical Code section and is the only part of 682 that will not apply.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding portable electronics insurance.

Amends existing law to provide that certain state lands shall be subject to specified law for the levy and collection of assessments.

This legislation ensures that State lands that are entitled to water rights and drainage benefits apportioned by irrigation districts are subject to irrigation district assessments to pay for the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining district water delivery and drainage systems.

Amends existing law to provide that when the Idaho Transportation Board and the Idaho Transportation Department achieve approval by the Department of Homeland Security for issuance of REAL ID compliant driver's licenses and identification cards, applicants shall be offered a choice of compliant or noncompliant cards.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding notification of meetings of the board and to remove a provision regarding public notice for certain meetings.

Amends existing law to revise when highway district commissioners may agree on a replacement commissioner in the event of a vacancy.

The purpose of the change to IC40-1304 is to allow adequate time to fill a vacancy to highway district commissioner positions in the event a vacancy occurs.

Amends existing law to provide that registered sex offenders are required to submit DNA samples, to provide that a collection facility is not required to collect a DNA sample in certain instances; and to provide certain conditions for the collection of a DNA sample.

Amends existing law to provide that facility dogs shall be allowed to remain at the witness stand with a child during testimony in certain instances.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding advance health care directives.

Amends existing law to remove provisions regarding the dissolution of a limited liability company.

This legislation corrects a drafting error that occurred when section 30-25-701, Idaho Code was adopted in 2015. This section of Idaho's Limited Liability Company (LLC) statute relates to the dissolution of an LLC. The current statute includes language in both subsections (4) (B) and (4) (C) that should be included only in subsection (4) (C). As a consequence, the legislation strikes the duplicate and incorrect language in subsection (4) (B).

Amends existing law to provide that a renewed judgment may be recorded in the same manner as the original judgment, and the lien established thereby shall continue for 10 years from the date of the renewed judgment.

Amends existing law to revise the penalties for unlawful entry and to provide for restitution.

Amends existing law to provide for an administrator to handle matters of oil and gas conservation and to provide qualifications.

Amends existing law to limit fees imposed for stock watering claims.

Amends existing law to provide for other equipment in certain types of theft.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding skills test fees for commercial driver's licenses.

Amends existing law to provide that certain initial reviews may be held in executive session, to provide that certain deliberations and voting shall be made in executive session and to provide for firearm restoration in certain instances.

Repeals and adds to existing law to prohibit the acquisition of certain stockwater rights, to provide that certain permittees shall not be considered agents of the federal government, to limit the use of certain stockwater rights, and to provide for the effect of an illegal change of ownership or transfer.

This legislation seeks to codify the findings of the Idaho Supreme Court in the case of Joyce Livestock Company v. United States of America, 144 Idaho 1, 156 P.3d 502 (2007). In this case, the court held that agencies of the federal government cannot hold stock water rights unless they put the water to beneficial use by watering livestock owned by the agency.

Amends existing law to revise the composition and compensation of the Commission of Pardons and Parole; to provide that certain meetings by less than a majority of the commission regarding parole violations shall be exempt from the open meetings law; to revise rulemaking authority for the commission; to provide that the commission shall consider certain factors in making any parole or commutation decision and to revise how the commission holds hearings on parole violations.