2003 Interim Committees and Task Forces

• Energy Interim Committee
• Natural Resource Issues Interim Committee
• Judicial Elections Interim Committee
• Sales Tax Task Force
• Idaho Council on Indian Affairs
• Health Care Task Force/High-Risk Reinsurance Pool Oversight Committee
• Joint Millennium Fund Committee

Energy Interim Committee -- HCR 9

Sen. Brent Hill, Co-chair	Rep. George Eskridge, Co-chair
Sen. Joe Stegner	Rep. Bert Stevenson
Sen. Laird Noh	Rep. Maxine Bell
Sen. Sheila Sorensen	Rep. Steve Smylie
Sen. Clint Stennett	Rep. Charles Cuddy

Staff: Mike Nugent, Caralee Lambert, Toni Hobbs

Meeting Minutes:
June 4, 2003
September 30, 2003 - Subcommittee
October 27, 2003 - Subcommittee
October 28, 2003
Heat and Power presentation (PowerPoint presentation)
January 15, 2004
Idaho Published Avoided Cost Rates
January 22, 2004

Natural Resource Issues Interim Committee -- SCR 103

Sen. Laird Noh, Co-chair	Rep. Dell Raybould, Co-chair
Sen. Don Burtenshaw	Rep. Lawerence Denney
Sen. John Andreason	Rep. Bert Stevenson
Sen. Stan Williams	Rep. JoAn Wood
Sen. Fred Kennedy	Rep. Charles Cuddy

Staff: Katharine Gerrity, Caralee Lambert, Jeff Youtz, Ray Houston, Toni Hobbs

Meeting Minutes:
June 18, 2003
August 11, 2003

Judicial Elections Interim Committee -- SCR 116

Charge: To study campaign financing for judicial elections, including possible funding limitations, disclosure and reporting requirements for individuals and interest groups, timing and frequency of reporting, and enforcement and penalties.

Sen. Denton Darrington, Co-chair	Rep. Debbie Field, Co-chair
Sen. Bart Davis	Rep. Leon Smith
Sen. Curt McKenzie	Rep. Richard Wills
Sen. Dick Compton	Rep. Robert Ring
Sen. Mike Burkett	Rep. Donna Boe

Staff: Caralee Lambert, Susan Bennion, Katharine Gerrity, Charmi Arregui

Meeting Minutes:

Sales Tax Task Force

Charge: To examine Idaho's sales and use tax structure in light of the evolution of the state's economy from a products-based economy to a service-side economy, and to recommend changes to make Idaho sales tax structure more relevant to that evolution in today's global economy.

Sen. Hal Bunderson, Co-chair	Rep. Dolores Crow, Co-chair
Sen. Joe Stegner	Rep. Dell Raybould
Sen. Fred Kennedy	Rep. Wendy Jaquet
Sen. Edgar Malepeai	Rep. Margaret Henbest

Staff: Mike Nugent, Jason Hancock

Meeting Minutes:
July 22, 2003
September 9 - 10, 2003
US Nominal Consumer Spending
US Consumer Spending on Services
Idaho Nonfarm Employment
Sales Tax Criteria
State by State Analysis of Services
Taxable Sales in Idaho
Sales Tax Exemptions - 5%
Sales Tax Exemptions - 6%
November 3, 2003
Sales Tax Exemptions
February 9, 2004
Sales Tax Report
Minority Report

Idaho Council on Indian Affairs -- Idaho Code, Section 67-4004

Rep. Hilde Kellogg, Chair	Nancy Murillo, Vice-Chair, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Sen. Joe Stegner	Ernest Stensgar, Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Sen. Marti Calabretta	Gary Aitken, Sr., Kootenai Tribe
Rep. Joseph Cannon	Jake Whiteplume, Nez Perce Tribe
Kathy Ruffalo, Office of the Governor	Terry Gibson, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes

Staff: Caralee Lambert, Mike Nugent, Charmi Arregui

Council By-laws

Meeting Minutes:
March 11, 2004

Health Care Task Force/High-Risk Reinsurance Pool Oversight Committee -- Idaho Code, Section 41-5502

Charge: To ask and find answers for the unprecedented increases in health insurance premiums; to determine a method of limiting the assessments that may be imposed on carriers providing reinsurance by way of excess or stop-loss coverage and on carriers selling insurance in the individual market; to review options regarding initially limiting enrollment of the Individual High-Risk Reinsurance Pool in order to preserve the financial integrity of the pool.

Sen. Dean Cameron, Co-chair	Rep. Bill Deal, Co-chair
Sen. Sheila Sorensen	Rep. Max Black
Sen. Joe Stegner	Rep. Kathie Garrett
Sen. John Goedde	Rep. Gary Collins
Sen. Fred Kennedy	Rep. Margaret Henbest

Staff: Caralee Lambert, Susan Bennion, Toni Hobbs

Meeting Minutes:
July 29, 2003
August 19, 2003
October 8, 2003
December 3, 2003
January 15, 2004
February 23, 2004

FY 2005 Joint Millennium Fund Committee -- Idaho Code, Section 67-1804

Charge: To make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the use of moneys in the Idaho Millennium Income Fund

Sen. Denton Darrington, Co-chair	Rep. Dennis Lake, Co-chair
Sen. Dean Cameron	Rep. Janice McGeachin
Sen. Patti Anne Lodge	Rep. Jim Clark
Sen. Bert Marley	Rep. Elmer Martinez
Sen. Fred Kennedy	Rep. Margaret Henbest

Staff: Matt Freeman, Maureen Ingram, Lisa Kauffman