Idaho Bills
632 bills · 2016 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide that medical examiners or coroners may access information in the prescriptions database.
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Stating findings of the Legislature and rejecting certain final and certain pending rules of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission relating to Safety and Accident Reporting Rules for Utilities Regulated by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
ThisresolutionrejectsaportionoftheRulesGoverningSafetyandAccidentReportingoftheIdaho Public Utilities Commission under IDAPA 31.11.01, codified final rules Sections 202 and 203, to eliminate duplicative and conflicting language that exists between the Public Utilities Commission and the Division of Building Safety.
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Amends existing law to clarify persons who may possess legend drugs.
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Amends existing law to clarify drug storage requirements.
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Repeals, amends, and adds to existing law relating to the Patient Freedom of Information Act.
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Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding the statewide average class size.
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Amends existing law to provide that write-in ballots shall not be counted in a presidential primary election.
This legislation addresses election procedures related to the Presidential Primary Election. The legislation clarifies that no write-in candidates will be allowed for the Presidential Primary and that a ballot is not required to be printed for any party that has only one candidate for president. The legislation also moves the last day for a person to change party affiliation or to become unaffiliated to the second Friday in February of the even-numbered year, making the cut-off date prior to the Presidential Primary.
Amends existing law to provide an appeals process for a taxpayer when an assessor has determined that a property no longer meets the criteria of forest land.
The purpose of this legislation is to protect taxpayers by establishing an appeals procedure should a county assessor believe a change to use or ownership has resulted in the loss of designation as timber land. Also, the assessor would not be allowed to provide the deferred tax amount to the county treasurer until the appeal process is completed.
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Amends existing law to update a code reference to the Idaho Income Tax Act.
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Amends existing law to exempt certain hand tools up to $100 from the sales and use tax and to remove reference to a definition.
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Amends existing law to add paddleboards and similar vessels to the list of watercraft that are taxable to nonresident purchasers.
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Appropriates an additional $1,638,700 to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2016.
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Adds to existing law to provide that administrative rules that expire on July 1, 2016, will continue to be effective until July 1, 2017, to provide that administrative rules approved or extended by the adoption of a concurrent resolution shall be effective until July 1, 2017, or until such time as they expire, to provide that rules rejected by concurrent resolution shall be null, void and of no force and effect and to authorize agencies to amend or repeal certain rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Amends existing law to provide for written reports that certain artificial barriers are unsafe and endangering life or property; to provide for inspection; to revise criteria regarding those owners required to submit duplicate plans, drawings and specifications of proposed construction, enlargement, alteration or repair of dams to the director of the Department of Water Resources, to revise provisions regarding professional engineers and the authentication of plans, drawings and specifications and to provide for design and construction criteria.
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Amends existing law to allow a certain income tax credit for a charitable contribution to the Idaho STEM Action Center.
The legislation adds the STEM Education Fund to the educational entities for which a taxpayer would qualify for the existing income tax credit for charitable contributions to education-related funds. ThiswillhelpincentivizeindividualandcorporatedonationstosupporttheworkoftheIdaho STEM Action Center.
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Amends existing law to revise the definition of "person."
This act will clarify the existing definition of a "person" in Section 23-902(12), Idaho Code and other sections in Idaho Code, Title 23, Chapter 9, to reflect a current definition of the word "person" containedintheUniformCommercialCode, whichisacceptedinallstatesandhasbeenthoroughly vetted through legal casework.
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IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT- Appropriates an additional $104,586,700 to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2016.
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Appropriates an additional $1,808,100 to the Department of Labor for the State Longitudinal Data System, a fraud prevention award, and other activities for fiscal year 2016.
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Amends existing law to revise board compensation provisions.
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Amends existing law to revise license eligibility provisions for resident trainees.
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Amends existing law to revise definitions.
In this bill, the Idaho Real Estate Appraiser Board is amending its definition of appraisal. The law change will establish that the Board's regulation only pertains to an estimate of value of real property rather than opinions regarding the nature, quality or utility of the real property.
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Amends existing law to provide that licensed morticians and funeral directors shall designate the licensed funeral establishment responsible for merchandise or services under prearrangement sales and to provide that the licensed funeral establishment shall maintain all contracts and documents associated with prearrangement sales.
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Amends existing law to redesignate the Modular Building Advisory Board as the Factory Built Structures Advisory Board and to provide that the board shall have certain powers and duties.
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Adds to existing law to provide that any regulation regarding the use, disposition or sale or any prohibition, restriction, fee or taxation of auxiliary containers at the retail, manufacturer or distributor setting shall be done only by statute enacted by the Legislature.
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Amends existing law to define terms; and to provide that certain clinics, centers or institutions may accept donations of and dispense medications.
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