Idaho Bills
615 bills · 2017 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise the procedure for filling a vacancy in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The purpose of this legislation is to update the special election provision in Idaho Code first put into law in 1899, with regard to vacancies to be filled in the United States House of Representatives.
29 – 4
Adds to existing law to provide that local governments shall comply with law and policy regarding immigration enforcement.
Amends existing law to provide for the reimbursement and awarding of electronic payment convenience fees in certain instances.
66 – 2
Amends existing law to revise which property is subject to civil forfeiture and under which conditions, to establish a right of replevin upon court order, to require certain findings by the court, to remove payment of the state's costs, to provide for disposition of the seized property and to establish reporting requirements.
63 – 0
Amends and adds to existing law to authorize the Secretary of State to create a statewide electronic filing system and to provide that public disclosure of certain personal information of users of the system shall be exempt.
34 – 0
Amends existing law to provide that capital gains and losses on precious metals bullion and monetized bullion sales be added to or subtracted from Idaho taxable income under certain circumstances.
The framers of our nation established that gold and silver are money, but federal taxing authorities in recent decades have required taxpayers to report nominal capital "gains" and "losses" when exchanging this form of money for Federal Reserve Notes. Idaho already exempts precious metals sales from the sales tax. This bill will exempt the sale of precious metals bullion from being subject to capital gains.
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Amends existing law to revise the amount remitted to the District Court Fund from certain fines and forfeitures.
The intent of this legislation is to re-direct twenty two and one half percent of monies from fines and forfeitures remitted for state motor vehicle violations and DUI's from the public school income fund to the Supreme Court Fund. This move is in alignment with historical motives of using these monies for court services.
Amends existing law to provide an income tax credit for charitable contributions to Volunteers Against Violence or its foundation.
Thislegislationadds"volunteersagainstviolenceoritsfoundations"toIC63-3029C,toofferlimitedincome tax credits to donors.
Amends existing law to provide that a licensee may practice event styling or demonstrate the use of thermal styling equipment away from a licensed presence.
This legislation is a trailer to House Bill 139. That bill combined cosmetology and barber occupational licensure boards. The bill also decreased barriers to employment by exempting from licensure individuals who engage only in event styling and exempting from licensure businesses that only provide demonstrations of thermal styling products. Because House Bill 139 will take effect July 1, those individuals engaged in these business practices would be denied employment opportunities until the law takes effect. This bill would allow those exemptions to take effect from and after passage and approval. The bill would be null and void on July 1, when House Bill 139 takes effect.
66 – 3
Adds to existing law to provide transparency in actions involving asbestos bankruptcy trust claims.
Amends existing law to authorize the development and maintenance of online portals for adult education and parent resources.
34 – 0
Adds to existing law to designate the Japanese Yew as a noxious weed.
Amends, repeals and adds to existing law to revise the membership of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, to revise the duties of the commission and the Department of Lands, to provide well spacing and setback requirements, to provide reporting requirements and to provide for the rights and remedies of royalty owners.
Thisbill, TheLandownerBillofRights, amendsTitle47, Chapter3relatingtooilandgas. Itprotectsprivate property owners, state endowment lands, and taxpayers by updating Idaho law in accordance with other Rocky Mountain States by improving processes, transparency, and reporting of oil and gas development.
Amends existing law to provide exemptions for certain communications and for certain personal information.
Amends existing law to establish a tax credit rate for contributions to certain scholarships.
Adds to existing law to provide for first informer broadcasters in the Idaho Emergency Operations Plan and to provide for training.
Adds to existing law to authorize a board of school trustees to offer a firearms safety course to secondary school students.
Amends existing law to revise the definition of “maintenance”.
Amends existing law to clarify the conditions under which student data is personally identifiable, to specify the storage of student data, and to provide that the State Board of Education and the Department of Education shall ensure the security of the educational data system.
Section 33-133, Idaho Code, specifies student data privacy requirements. Proposed amendments would provide clarification regarding the definition of personally identifiable student data and the combination of data elements that allows for the student to be identified as opposed to data elements that, when used as a standalone data set, cannot be tied back to a student; amend terms used in Section 33-120, Idaho Code to make them consistent with terms used in Section 33-133, Idaho Code, and make additional technical corrections.
Amends existing law to revise the definitions of “instructional staff,” “measurable student achievement,” and “performance criteria.”
35 – 0
Amends existing law to provide a certification exemption for certain teachers at certain charter schools.
Amends existing law to provide an income tax credit for charitable contributions made to medical residency placement organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Organization based in Idaho and devoted to placing medical residency within Idaho.
This legislation provides an income tax credit for charitable contributions made to Idaho based medical residencyplacementorganizations, accreditedbytheAccreditationCouncilforGraduateMedicalEducation ortheAmericanOsteopathicOrganization. Residencyplacementprogramsareessentialtothefinalstagesof M.D. and D.O. educational processes, and residency placement programs enhance programs like WWAMI by encouraging doctors to stay in the state of Idaho.
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Amends existing law to revise procedures for labor negotiations between school boards and local education organizations.
Amends certain sections of Chapter 341, Laws of 2015, regarding the Budget Stabilization Fund.
This legislation changes the sunset date of the provisions established in the Strategic Initiatives Program from May 31, 2017 to May 31, 2022, extending the program for five additional years.
Amends existing law to provide that when requests are made that new routes be designated for travel by certain vehicles, the authority having jurisdiction may analyze the safety and feasibility of adding such routes.
When a local entity chooses to evaluate whether to allow vehicles weighing up to 129,000 pounds on a particular route, the authority of when and how this decision is made is left up to that local jurisdiction. This proposal makes a one-word change that clarifies the local control to highway jurisdictions by neither prohibiting nor requiring multiple feasibility studies.