Idaho Bills
589 bills · 2019 Regular Session
Adds to and amends existing law to provide for first-time home buyer savings accounts, to revise custodial account provisions, and to revise provisions regarding credit unions acting as custodians or fiduciaries under certain trust instruments or custodial agreements.
Adds to and amends existing law to implement the Guided Education Management Act regarding scholarships for certain students and to revise provisions regarding income tax credits.
Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2020.
This is the FY 2020 original appropriation bill for the Idaho Transportation Department. It appropriates a total of $727,637,200 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 1,648.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP; provides a 5.5% increase for the employer's share of PERSI contributions; and temporarily reduces the rate agencies pay the Division of Human Resources for its services. Funding for replacement items includes $23,401,200 for computer equipment, office furniture, aircraft equipment, and trucks and equipment. For statewide cost allocation, $1,178,400 is provided. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 3% change in employee compensation for permanent employees, with a minimum increase of $550 for each employee and the remaining amount to be distributed based on merit. Funding for a 3% upward shift in the compensation schedule is also included. The bill funds 18 line items and the Governor's initiative for network equipment replacement, which provide $8,737,400 for an increase in revenue to the TECM Fund; $50,242,400 for excess revenue and receipts; $2,343,200 for highway operations equipment; $8,800 for DMV county equipment; $450,000 for the Idaho Airport Aid Program; $458,000 for video conference equipment; $45,600 for the Department of Correction to issue identification cards to inmates being released; $750,000 for AASHTO data analytic software; $2,100,000 for statewide capital facility needs; $350,000 for a D3 material lab testing facility; $206,000 for additional data storage; $146,400 for software license compliance; $200,000 for network access security; $1,255,000 for a GIS integration initiative; $985,000 for information technology service management; $1,200,000 for an integration service layer for software; $582,900 for FAST act increases; and $1,416,000 for public transportation federal grants. The bill also provides contin
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Provides a sales tax exemption for the purchase of eligible server equipment and new data center facilities by qualifying business entities.
Adds to existing law to prohibit smoking or vaping in a motor vehicle if a minor is present.
This legislation prohibits smoking or vaping in a vehicle when a minor, age 18 or under, is present. Enforcement is through fines.
Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council for fiscal year 2020.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2020.
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Amends and adds to existing law to provide funds for Medicaid expansion and other services and to provide exclusions from eligibility for the County Medically Indigent Program and the Catastrophic Health Care Cost Program.
Relates to the appropriation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for fiscal year 2020.
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Repeals and amends existing law to require that there be one highway district per county and to provide exceptions.
This legislation will consolidate highway districts in order to have each county in the state of Idaho served by one countywide highway district.
Amends and adds to existing law to revise ballot initiative requirements.
Amends existing law to revise the distribution of driver's license fees, to revise the sales tax distribution formula, and to revise provisions regarding the use of sales tax revenues by special purpose taxing districts.
Amends existing law to provide for the use of adaptive learning technology literacy intervention tools as part of a literacy intervention program.
Revises the time and number of legislative districts within which to gather signatures for an initiative petition.
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Amends existing law to create the Medicaid Expansion Dedicated Fund; and to revise provisions regarding the sales tax exemption for certain hospitals and the remittance of use tax by certain hospitals.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho hospital assessment, to provide for purposes and limitations; and to establish the Medicaid Expansion Dedicated Fund.
Adds to existing law to provide for the interstate transport of hemp and to provide for the Hemp Development Fund.
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Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho Transportation Department for fiscal year 2020.
Amends and adds to existing law to revise ballot initiative requirements.
Amends existing law to provide for the licensure of construction contractors.
Amends existing law to remove obsolete rulemaking provisions regarding a cost-sharing program for the repair or plugging of wells.
Adds to existing law to provide for diversion for a minor victim of human trafficking, to provide certain conditions for diversion, and to provide an affirmative defense.
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Adds to and amends existing law to establish the Blue Alert system in Idaho when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended and law enforcement personnel have determined that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public, or when a peace officer becomes missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for such peace officer's safety.
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Amends and repeals existing law to revise legislative intent, to revise the definition of “human trafficking,” to define terms, and to revise the penalty for human trafficking.
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Amends existing law to revise the requirements for notice filings for certain federal covered securities.
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