Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the board of trustees of the district boards of health; and to provide for appropriations to the public health districts.

A 2015 study by the Office of Performance Evaluations found that the current formula to fund Idaho public health districts is "…not clearly or consistently linked to program needs within districts." In response to the study, this legislation would set a new fee formula in Idaho Code to provide needed stability, equity and administrative simplicity. The proposed formula also ties funding to direct health district need based on readily available population and poverty numbers. A three year phase-in is also included in an effort to minimize immediate fiscal impacts to health districts as funding is adjusted.

Amends existing law to provide that certain persons who employ unlicensed engineers or land surveyors shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding moneys paid into the Fish and Game Set-Aside Account.

This bill increases set-asides from permits or tags directed to three set-aside accounts designated for specific functions to offset funds from the fish and game account used for these functions. These changes do not affect current fees for the affected permits or tags but are a redistribution of dedicated revenue to facilitate administration of these programs. A proportional set-aside is proposed for the salmon and steelhead account because it can be feasibly administered from resident and nonresident salmon and steelhead permits, which do not have substantially disparate prices and will ensure the set-aside keeps pace with any future fee revisions. A traditional approach of a flat fee set-aside from pronghorn, deer, and elk tags, of which there are multiple types of resident and nonresident tags, is retained for the feeding account exclusively for winter feeding, and the control of depredation of private property account. This approach is used because of the complexity of administering many types of tags with disparate prices. This bill also authorizes expenditures from the feeding account for activities directly related to winter feeding, such as the labor to spread pellets or to plant forage. The related set-aside distributions from eighth class licenses (sportsman's pak licenses) are also revised for consistency.

Adds to existing law to prohibit the application of foreign laws in Idaho courts in certain instances.

Amends existing law to provide a procedure where a taxing district may disclaim the right to recover all or any portion of a forgone balance.

Taxing districts, such as cities and counties, set their annual budget not to exceed an increase of 3% of the prior year's budget, after factoring in growth. A taxing district may choose to set a budget less than this allowed 3% and then use this forgone amount in a later year. This bill allows a taxing district, at its own discretion, to disclaim any or all of its forgone balances.

Amends existing law to revise the deadlines and dates for a city initiative and referendum election.

The legislation will remove the restriction of city initiative and referendum elections to only be held in odd-numbered years. Currently, allowing initiatives and referenda only in odd years causes residents to sometimes wait for nearly two years to undo or change an existing ordinance. Allowing an initiative or referendum in any year will help local government be more responsive to citizens' proposals.

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 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 a 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.

Amends existing law to revise urban renewal statutes and their effect on property taxation when annexation or plan modification occurs; and to provide that the new construction roll shall include increases in valuation caused by the removal of the agricultural tax exemption from undeveloped agricultural land within a revenue allocation area.

Thepurposeofthislegislationistorevisethedefinitionofbaseassessmentrollasitrelatestourbanrenewal. Provide that failure to submit required attestation to the State Tax Commission will result in resetting of the base value and to provide that the new construction roll shall include increases in base value due to increases in valuation caused by the removal of the agricultural tax exemption from undeveloped agricultural land within a revenue allocation area.

Amends existing law to increase the personal property tax exemption, to provide for administration and to revise definitions.

This proposal expands the current Personal Property Tax (PPT) exemption of $100,000 as provided in Idaho Code 63-602KK, to $250,000. The replacement amount will be based on 2014 personal property tax certification as provided by the county clerks to the Idaho State Tax Commission. Replacement funding will come annually from the state general fund through the sales tax distribution formula as provided in 63-3638, Idaho Code.

Repeals, amends and adds to existing law to establish the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.

Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding slot machines.