Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to revise the boundaries of Benewah County, Bonner County, Clearwater County, Kootenai County, Latah County, and Shoshone County.

This Legislation amends Idaho Code Sections, 31-107, 31-111, 31-120, 31-130, 31-131, and 31-142, revising the North-South boundary lines of Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, and Shoshone Counties. This legislation will remove references to an ambiguous North-South line of reference common to the above six (6) county boundaries and will redescribe new boundaries with a clear unambiguous North-South boundary based on the United States Public Land Surey System. This Legislation will fix a long-standing problem with legal descriptions, and surveys stemming from descriptions written prior to Idaho’s Statehood, based upon a “tree”atthemouthoftheNorthforkoftheClearwaterRiver,whichdisappeareddecadesago. Thesurveyorsand others from these counties have been working on this problem for over seven (7) years. This is a culmination of work by all six (6) counties and proper ordinances have been recorded by each of the six (6) Counties agreeing tothisfix. ThislegislationwillrequiretheCountyAssessorsofBenewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, and Shoshone Counties to complete the following no later than January 1, of the year following the enactment of this law: 1. To revise their respective County Tax Assessment rolls to reflect the County Boundary revisions in this legislation; 2. To enlist the services of a licensed land surveyor to produce new legal descriptions for any land parcels affected by the new County boundaries. All REVISED descriptions shall include the words, “CHANGED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIX BOUNDARY STATUTE ENACTED IN 2024 BY THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE”; 3. Provide written notice to any affected landowners with copies to the adjoining county of said parcel legal descriptionchanges,andadvisesaidlandownersthattheirrespectiveCountyClerkwillwaiverecordingfeesfor any corrective deeds filed in association with this change for a period of one-year (1) following the enactment of this law; 4. To ensure that no lapses of title occur, all new parcel deeds present

Amends existing law to revise the boundaries of Cassia County and Minidoka County.

This legislation makes corrections to the county boundaries of Minidoka and Cassia counties. Presently, two definitions exist for the boundary, in which certain parcels or islands within the Snake River are located in neither county.