Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the election of commissioners in certain single countywide highway districts.

This legislation changes the process by which highway district commissioners are elected in a countywide highway district to match the process by which county officials are elected. Specifically, it would match the process by which county commissioners are elected. Like county commissioners, countywide highway district commissioners will need to reside within the district they represent, and will be elected countywide. Also like county commissioners, they will file for nomination in the even-year May primary, and then the primary winners will run for election in the even-year General Election. The process by which county commissioners are elected is well-understood and ensures that countywide commissioners are elected on the broadest possible basis.