Idaho Bills

Appropriates an additional $100,000 from the General Fund to the Legislature for fiscal year 2018 for the Interim Committee to study fees on certain vehicles.

This is a trailer appropriation to SCR116 that authorizes the Legislative Council to appoint an interim committee to complete a study on whether to impose an annual registration fee on all commercial vehicles and farm equipment exceeding 60,000 pounds, and whether to impose a quarterly operating fee based on weight class for all miles driven on Idaho roadways. If it is determined in the course of the interim committee's meetings, that the committee needs additional research, expertise, or if findings of other states' laws would be helpful, the interim committee may spend up to $100,000 subject to the approval of the President Pro-Tempore and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding applications for and permits to drill or treat a well, integration order options and the processing of certain applications for orders; to revise certain fee provisions; to provide that requests for orders may be appealed to the Oil and Gas Commission; and to revise provisions regarding hearings, written orders and the exhaustion of administrative remedies.

Legislation would improve the permitting and hearing processes used for applications filed with the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The legislation would simplify the integration process and modify some options for the integrated parties. The legislation would also clarify confusing and potentially conflicting timeframesandprocessesfornotification,publication,review,andapproval. Thelegislationwouldestablish predictable hearing dates that will benefit permittees, affected parties, and the department. The legislation would provide a way to eliminate hearings if no objections are received. The legislation would clarify the appeal process.

Appropriates $606,700 to the Board of Tax Appeals for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 5.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Board of Tax Appeals in the amount of $606,700 with full-time equivalent positions capped at 5. This appropriation includes benefit cost increases, Statewide Cost Allocation, a 3% CEC, and cybersecurity insurance. The 3% CEC is a merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of each director. Additionally, it includes $2,300 for rent and IT increases under inflationary adjustments, $2,900 for replacement items which include digital recorders and a laser printer, and 2 line items. Line item 1 provides $26,800 to increase the board member honoraria in accordance with Senate Bill 1016, which has been signed into law. Line item 2 provides $2,200 for additional travel costs associated with the per diem increase approved last year by the Board of Examiners. Overall, this budget is a 7.3% increase above the FY 2017 Original Appropriation.

Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding the prohibition of the sale of certain recreational vehicles and park model recreational vehicles; to revise provisions regarding exemptions from local ordinances and regulations; to provide for titling, licensing and registration of certain recreational vehicles, to provide for the disposition of annual license fees for park model recreational vehicle registration; to provide titling requirements for certain park model recreational vehicles; to provide that certain base requirements for mobile and manufactured homes shall be an implicit part of any rental agreement between landlord and resident; to provide that park model recreational vehicles shall constitute personal property; and to provide that designated items not incorporated as component parts of a park model recreational vehicle at the time of manufacture shall be subject to sales and use tax separately from the sales price of the vehicle.

Current law differentiates between park model recreational vehicles that are 8 1/2 feet wide and those that are wider with regards to titling, licensing, registration and taxation. This legislation defines "park model recreational vehicle" in a way that eliminates that difference. It provides for the titling, licensing and registration of PMRVs regardless of width and provides that the registration fees paid by PMRVs greater than 8 1/2 feet wide will be returned to the counties where they are located. PMRVs that are attached to foundations, have attached additions or have been substantially modified could be titled but not licensed or registered.

Amends existing law to make codifier's corrections and to provide correct terminology and code references.

The purpose of this bill is to make various codifier corrections and technical corrections to the Idaho Code. In terms of the codifier corrections, the codifier, in compiling the new laws that are passed every year, occasionally finds minor changes that should be made. They notify our editors of the code sections affected and then we include those code sections in our yearly codifier bill. Thesecodifiercorrectionsoftenareduetotheenactmentofmultipleamendmentstoaparticularcodesection, chapter or title during a previous legislative session. Conflicts due to multiple amendments are indicated in brackets in the Idaho Code by the codifier. This method of indicating codifier corrections is often confusing to the reader. Intermsoftechnicalcorrections,thosecorrectionsareidentifiedbytheLegislativeServicesstaffandinclude changes involving lower and upper case changes, grammar and punctuation. Sometimes codifier and technical corrections are made the next time an affected code section is amended. However, rather than waiting for future amendments to the various sections included, this bill addresses those changes.

Appropriates $9,633,100 to Idaho Public Television for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 65.48.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to Idaho Public Television (IPTV) for $9,633,100 with full-time equivalent positions capped at 65.48. It includes $53,500 in benefit cost increases, $2,900 for inflationary adjustments, $1,402,500 for replacement items, and $800 for statewide cost allocation. The change in employee compensation (CEC) section of the bill totals $111,200, of which $3,800 is for the pay structure shift and $107,400 is 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 CEC includes a fund shift of $79,800 from the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund to the General Fund for compensation increases that cannot be covered by the agency's dedicated revenues. The bill also includes $3,200 for cybersecurity insurance, plus one additional FTP and $97,300 for a new educational outreach position that is funded with a three year grant in line item 1.

Amends existing law to increase the salaries.

This bill includes a base increase for all judicial officers of $3,200, and restores appropriate salary differentials between judges and justices serving at different levels of the judiciary. It sets the annual salaries of justices of the Supreme Court at $146,700, an increase of $6,700 over their current salaries. The difference between salaries of Supreme Court justices and judges of the Court of Appeals is decreased from $10,000 to $9,000, resulting in a salary increase for Court of Appeals judges from $130,000 to $137,700. The difference between salaries of Court of Appeals judges and district judges is increased from $1,500 to $6,000, resulting in an increase in the salary of district judges from $128,500 to $131,700. The difference between salaries of district judges and magistrate judges remains at $12,000, resulting in an increase in salaries of magistrate judges from $116,500 to $119,700. In addition, the bill increases the additional salary provided to the Chief Justice, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, and Administrative District Judges from $2,000 to $3,000.

Appropriates $564,958,700 to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho for college and universities and the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2018; provides certain reappropriation authority; provides legislative intent for systemwide needs; provides legislative intent for reporting on the Complete College Idaho initiative; and exempts appropriation object and program transfer limitations.

ThisistheFY2018appropriationtotheStateBoardofEducationforCollegeandUniversitiesintheamount of $564,958,700. This appropriation provides for increased cost of benefits, an increase for statewide cost allocation, and inflationary adjustments. The appropriation also provides 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. Additionally, it provides a decrease in nondiscretionary adjustment for enrollment workload decreases and an increase for endowment earnings. Also included is $329,400 one-time from the General Fund to replace computerequipmentatLewis-ClarkStateCollegeand$235,400one-timeofdedicatedfundsforreplacement items at the University of Idaho. This appropriation includes nine line items. Line item 2 provides 20.00 FTP and $2,088,800 ongoing from the General Fund to Boise State University to expand program options and implement new initiatives related to economic and workforce development. This line item included the following aspects: (1) Expand COOP Program wherein students participate in experience-based academic courses, at the cost of $567,800; (2) Venture College Program expansion with focus on entrepreneurial skill development, at the cost of $381,500; (3) Expand bridge to career programming to equip students with fluency of professional skills and industry awareness, at the cost of $153,500; (4) Launch new Boise State X Employer Educational Program to expand degree completion options for working students with employer support, at the cost of $333,100; (5) Development of a new PhD program in computing and computer science, cybersecurity, and computational science and engineering specializations to meet industry needs, at the cost of $652,900. Line item 4 provides 7.01 FTP and $1,667,200 ongoing from the General Fund for occupancy costs to the four institutions. Of this appropriation, $425,100 is for Boise State University, $109,100 is fo

Appropriates an additional $40,000 to the Department of Fish and Game for fiscal year 2018; appropriates an additional $40,000 to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2018; appropriates an additional $45,000 to the Bureau of Occupational Licenses for fiscal year 2018; appropriates an additional $35,000 to the Board of Medicine for fiscal year 2018; and appropriates an additional $40,000 to the State Liquor Division for fiscal year 2018.

H184aaS amends Section 67-1201, Idaho Code, to clarify that the State Treasurer's office is authorized to administer programs related to receiving and keeping moneys. The bill contemplates administration of merchant services, for which the Treasurer currently manages a contract with Visa and MasterCard for the use of credit and debit cards. However, the contract now requires agencies who accept credit or debit cards to be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant. Currently, three agencies (Department of Fish and Game, LiquorDivision, andtheIdahoTransportationDepartment)intendtocontinuetoutilizemerchantservicesas administered by the Treasurer. These agencies will be billed an estimated $40,000 per year by the Treasurer for annual Reports on Compliance (ROCs), which are required for PCI compliance. Two other agencies (Bureau of Occupational Licenses and the Board of Medicine) will, instead, transition to Access Idaho, which works with a different vendor for merchant services. The Bureau of Occupational Licenses will need $25,000 one-time to convert to Access Idaho, and $20,000 ongoing to offset the 3% fee charged by Access Idaho. Similarly, the Board of Medicine would need $25,000 one-time to convert, and $10,000 ongoing.

Amends existing law to revise the definition of “protective order.”

This is one of the bills that the Supreme Court has recommended in its annual report to the Governor concerning defects or omissions in the law as required under article V, section 25 of the Idaho Constitution. At the 2016 Legislative Session the Legislature enacted SB 1328aa, which amended several statutes in the ChildProtectiveAct. Asaconsequence,thedefinitionofprotectiveorderinI.C.§16-1602(34)nowcontains an outdated statutory reference, and also fails to note all of the circumstances in which a protective order may be issued. This bill would correct those errors.

Amends and adds to existing law to provide standards of training, education and certification of emergency communications officers.

The purpose of this bill is to set up a structure that will allow for the certification of emergency communications officers by the Peace Officer's Standards and Training Council (POST). Currently, no standardized training or hiring standard is required of these individuals. Emergency communications officers deal daily with life or death matters in a rapidly evolving and highly stressful environment. They must be familiar with highly complex information and work with highly expensive equipment. They are the lifeline for our first responders and citizenry. The bill gives ample time for compliance with the training, and most current officers will not be required to obtain training as they already will be in compliance with the training or have experience that mirrors the training. The training may be obtained online or through a POST basic dispatch academy.

Appropriates $1,987,000 to the Commission on the Arts for fiscal year 2018; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 10.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Idaho Commission on the Arts for $810,500 from the General Fund, $106,300 in dedicated funds, and $1,070,200 in federal funds for a total appropriation of $1,987,000. Full-time equivalent positions are capped at ten (10). It includes $8,600 in benefit cost increases, $1,000 for statewide cost allocation, and $18,300 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. Also included is $25,000 for one line item to provide grants to public arts programs in communities across Idaho and $100 for cybersecurity insurance.

Appropriates $665,166,400 for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 1,648; expresses legislative intent for certain continuously appropriated funds; authorizes the transfer of moneys to the Tourism and Promotion Fund; provides reappropriation authority for certain dedicated funds; provides reappropriation authority for airport development grants; and provides a cash transfer to the GARVEE Debt Service Fund.

This is the fiscal year 2018 appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for $353,619,400 in dedicated funds and $311,547,000 in federal funds for a total of $665,166,400. Full-time equivalent positions are capped at 1,648.00. This bill includes $1,434,100 for an increased cost of benefits, $24,748,800 for replacement items, an increase of $165,700 for statewide cost allocation, $68,700 for cybersecurityinsurance, and$3,143,800foranongoing3%merit-basedincreaseinemployeecompensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads. This bill funds 15 line items: 1. $22,840,100 in one-time capital outlay and $356,400 in ongoing capital outlay from the dedicated State Highway Fund and $4,679,700 in ongoing capital outlay from the federal State Highway Fund for construction projects on the state highway system. This line item represents a variety of revenue sources above forecast for FY 2018. 2. $2,518,000 one-time to provide covered storage, winterized maintenance facilities, and improve inclement weather response times. 3. $768,300 one-time to provide additional winter road equipment such as snow plows, pressure washers, weed sprayers, and plows that can be attached to machinery when necessary. District 1: $129,300 for six units District 2: $181,000 for eight units District 3: $56,000 for four units District 4: no additional equipment District 5: $252,000 for 18 units District 6: $150,000 for one unit 4. $450,000one-timefortheIdahoAirportAidProgram(IAAP)whichhas$550,000intheongoingbaseand provides matching funds and/or direct assistance to approximately 80 airports statewide for public airport improvements, safety improvements, and maintenance of infrastructure. This additional funding comes primarily from increased volumes of aviation fuel being used at the Boise Airport as airlines add more routes that go through Boise. 5. $20,900foranewDMVofficeinKootenaiCounty. FTPandpersonnelcostswillbefundedbythecounty. DISCLAIMER: This statem

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the licensing of dentists and dental hygienists.

The proposed legislation will: a) delete the retirement license status; licensees will be active or inactive, b) revise the definition of active status by deleting language about absenting practice, c) delete language regarding a licensee's intent to be active and revise language to allow licensees to go inactive for any reason, d) revise the requirements to convert a license from inactive status to active status by deleting the clinical hour requirement and replacing with continuing education requirements and require that persons unable to fulfill requirements for conversion to active status must apply as a first-time applicant.

Adds to existing law to authorize the Department of Labor to request criminal record checks of certain persons; to provide for the receipt and use of criminal history information; to provide for the communication of clearance or denial; to provide for formal review of a denial; to provide for immunity from liability; and to provide that clearance is not a determination of suitability for employment or contracting.

Allows the department to request and require an employee, applicant, contractor or prospective contractor, who has or will have access to IRS federal tax information, to provide the information and fingerprints necessary for obtaining criminal history information from the Idaho State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,pursuanttosection67-3008,IdahoCode. TheInternalRevenueServicehasanewrequirement for positions with access to federal tax data to have a national criminal history background check. The department will use the information derived from the background check to determine the suitability of those positions, employees, applicants or contractors that would have access to federal tax information.